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Offline Gixxerusa

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New Life - Part II
« on: July 01, 2015, 10:29:39 AM »
From a cracked seat and oil leaks to a rebuilt top end and new paint. The CB is back.










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Re: New Life - Part II
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2015, 10:33:04 AM »
Well, I posted my reply in the original thread and then it looks like you started a new one.  So, I'll do it here:

The new paint re-fresh looks nice (Ayrton Senna inspired theme).  How is she running?
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Re: New Life - Part II
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2015, 10:44:35 AM »
Thanks CB750. Sorry for moving the post. It makes more sense to start a new one.

The original carbs have their days numbered. Looking into getting a new set for Christmas, lol.
But the bike is running a lot better than it did before. I replaced the front suspension springs with Racetech ones. New points/condenser cover. etc.
 
Big fan of Senna here, so the new paint job was predictable (according to my wife).





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Re: New Life - Part II
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2015, 10:55:24 AM »
No worries.  I was just confused (old guys get confused easily) when I replied to the original thread and it warned that there was not new post in 90 days. 

I'm sure you like the documentary on him released in 2011.  He's also featured in the Art of Racing in the Rain -- one of my very favorite contemporary novels.
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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)

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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: New Life - Part II
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2015, 11:02:42 AM »
I got the same message, that's why I decided to move. :)

I sure did see those. I grew up in Brazil watching him race on Sundays. My dad was a huge Fittipaldi and Piquet fan, until we saw Senna racing. From his start at Toleman to the tragic end at Williams team. Hard not to become a fan of the guy.
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Re: New Life - Part II
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2015, 01:29:15 PM »
I like it.  It looks really cool!
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Re: New Life - Part II
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2015, 01:40:37 PM »
Thanks Bigsam.
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Re: New Life - Part II
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2015, 04:15:28 PM »
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Re: New Life - Part II
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2015, 10:09:44 PM »
Sweet looking! Are those Hurricane wheels? I need to find the build thread...  :)
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