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Offline Davez134

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Cases back together
« Reply #575 on: February 15, 2017, 04:43:54 PM »
More news on the head. Plan was to install iron guides on the exhaust side, but one of the guides fit too loosely in the head. Mike found some oversized iron guides, and is doing what needs done to fit them. I had to get out on two wheels today, so I went to the trails on my mountaim bike  ;)

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« Reply #576 on: March 13, 2017, 09:41:22 PM »
Got my head back today from Mike. Looks amazing, and I know with all the work he put in its right! Gapped/installed rings, pistons, and painted the head. I wanted to get farther along, but installing the jugs kicked my butt this time. So I'm stopping here for today



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« Reply #577 on: March 15, 2017, 06:51:59 PM »
...and she runs again! Just fired it up, took like 2 seconds, great oil pressure right away and sounds strong. Hopefully this is it for a long time. I'll get some pics tomorrow with a shakedown ride. My son and I are both sick with the flu, so I'm done for today👎

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« Reply #578 on: March 15, 2017, 09:49:39 PM »
Yessss!!  ;D
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

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1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Cases back together
« Reply #579 on: March 15, 2017, 10:22:58 PM »
Hope you both get well soon and get riding! :)
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1972 CB750 K2 (Sold)
1973 CB750 K3 (Hardtail 836cc)
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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Cases back together
« Reply #580 on: March 16, 2017, 04:43:23 AM »
Get well soon and get riding!
--Evan

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Delkevic Stainless 4-1 Header, Cone Engineering 18" Quiet Core Reverse Cone, K&N Filter in Drilled Airbox
K5 Crankcase/Frame, K4 Head and Cylinders, K1 Carbs (42;120;1 Turn)

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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Cases back together
« Reply #581 on: March 16, 2017, 06:38:56 AM »
I play a bit of guitar, but I'm mainly a drummer.


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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Cases back together
« Reply #582 on: March 17, 2017, 11:15:20 AM »

I play a bit of guitar, but I'm mainly a drummer.


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Either this was posted in wrong thread, or it's the best random post I've seen in a bit haha. I play a bit of guitar but mainly a bass player .



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« Reply #583 on: March 17, 2017, 11:16:47 AM »
It was in response to palepainter about seeing more musicians on these boards. Sorry sometime I get notifications from Tapatalk and get all disorganized. Anyway, love the colors on that bike.


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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Cases back together
« Reply #584 on: March 17, 2017, 11:16:54 AM »
Feeling good enough to go on a break in ride. She feels great! No smoke anymore! Had an issue with clutch plates being stuck from sitting dry, but fixed that last night by rocking back and forth.



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Re: 1972 CB750K2 (start from scratch) project. Cases back together
« Reply #585 on: March 17, 2017, 12:05:12 PM »
Feeling good enough to go on a break in ride. She feels great! No smoke anymore! Had an issue with clutch plates being stuck from sitting dry, but fixed that last night by rocking back and forth.



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Still a beauty.  Glad she is all sorted.
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold