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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #425 on: February 01, 2016, 04:15:51 pm »
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I like the shape of the Motolanna seat but I am not a huge fan of the vinyl.  The shape of the seat, follows the 550 frame rails closer, and as Mick pointed out, I have done that tank/seat combo previously on my other 750. 

Maybe I'll re-upholster the Motolanna seat down the road.

Thought about making your own seat Don, wouldn't be that hard.... ;)
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #426 on: February 01, 2016, 04:30:29 pm »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on February 01, 2016, 04:15:51 pm
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on February 01, 2016, 03:53:23 pm
I like the shape of the Motolanna seat but I am not a huge fan of the vinyl.  The shape of the seat, follows the 550 frame rails closer, and as Mick pointed out, I have done that tank/seat combo previously on my other 750. 

Maybe I'll re-upholster the Motolanna seat down the road.

Thought about making your own seat Don, wouldn't be that hard.... ;)

If I really wanted to, I could spend a day at Ian's and he would walk me through it.  I am not sure how pretty it would be though! 

I think that for now, I'll use what I have and save a second custom metal seat for later.   ;)
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #427 on: February 01, 2016, 05:10:53 pm »
You can draw the design for him ;)
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #428 on: February 01, 2016, 06:09:16 pm »
Quote from: MessnerMoto on February 01, 2016, 05:10:53 pm
You can draw the design for him ;)

Actually, I have a good F model tank, I'm currently trying to work out what type of seat or tail to use with it, I may end up modifying/ reshaping a stock seat base or another seat base yet... ;)
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #429 on: February 01, 2016, 08:45:24 pm »
The 750F tank is my favorite of the whole 750 series.
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #430 on: February 01, 2016, 09:00:40 pm »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on February 01, 2016, 08:45:24 pm
The 750F tank is my favorite of the whole 750 series.

Yes, I like them too Don, a lot don't though...
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #431 on: February 01, 2016, 09:37:17 pm »
Has anyone used these lights? They have a white side facing LED to illuminate a license plate and then amber turn signals -- and mount the license plate to the bike. 

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I was thinking of using these on the back and something discrete on the front -- maybe the Motogadget handle bar-end mounted LEDs.
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #432 on: February 02, 2016, 01:52:57 am »
I used LED Socket heads for my license plate bolts ( I think I got them at DCC). Moto now makes a M-Blaze Pin light for the rear indicators that are super discreet:
http://motogadget.com/en/turn-signal-lights/anbaublinker-m-blaze-pin/m-blaze-pin-423.html
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #433 on: February 02, 2016, 10:18:04 am »
I would consider the Motogadget if it also illuminated the plate.  The Motogadget ones are probably brighter, but I'll see how the dual purpose LEDs work out -- since the Motogadget ones are twice as expensive. 

I will likely use the Blaze discs for the fronts.  http://motogadget.com/en/turn-signal-lights/m-blaze-disc/m-blaze-disc.html

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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #434 on: February 02, 2016, 11:39:35 am »
those bar-end signals are super neat. i'm glad i'm not in the market for some or i'd be tempted.
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #435 on: February 02, 2016, 11:45:16 am »
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #436 on: February 02, 2016, 02:42:27 pm »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on February 01, 2016, 09:37:17 pm
I was thinking of using these on the back and something discrete on the front

These are very discrete Don.
Super bright too.

http://www.watsendesign.com/

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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #437 on: February 02, 2016, 02:51:02 pm »
Quote from: FunJimmy on February 02, 2016, 02:42:27 pm
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on February 01, 2016, 09:37:17 pm
I was thinking of using these on the back and something discrete on the front

These are very discrete Don.
Super bright too.

http://www.watsendesign.com/

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So many choices.  These look great if I decide to not go with a dual purpose light (to signal turns and to illuminate the plate).  Very discrete and bright (220 lumens).
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #438 on: February 02, 2016, 03:01:08 pm »
One warning Don, the Blaze discs are incredibly bright so be mindful staring at them. They will cauterize your corneas promptly  ;) You may actually be able to make a safe left turn in LA on an bike with them...
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #439 on: February 25, 2016, 09:01:46 pm »
 Any updates to report...?  ;)
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« Reply #440 on: February 25, 2016, 09:51:11 pm »
Marinating.
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #441 on: February 26, 2016, 12:15:04 am »
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #442 on: February 26, 2016, 01:04:05 pm »
Did you ever decide on the carbs?  I have a really clean set of stock 650 carbs, but I have thought about getting a set of the 750 carbs so that I have a better choice of air filters.

I don't really want to do velocity stacks and Pod have their own headaches.
Steel Dragon makes some cool looking airboxes.  I might be able to copy that style and just make it myself... 
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #443 on: February 26, 2016, 02:03:16 pm »
Quote from: CBGhia on February 26, 2016, 01:04:05 pm
Did you ever decide on the carbs?  I have a really clean set of stock 650 carbs, but I have thought about getting a set of the 750 carbs so that I have a better choice of air filters.

I don't really want to do velocity stacks and Pod have their own headaches.
Steel Dragon makes some cool looking airboxes.  I might be able to copy that style and just make it myself...

I am not 100% decided on carburetors.  I will most likely use CR26s or CR29s.

I am not planning on using velocity stacks, because I don't want the trouble of having to cover them each time I park the bike -- to keep foreign matter out of the carburetors and engine -- or having to deal with rain.  I will likely use K&N filters since I do not have the stock 650 airbox, AND it will not fit in the 550 frame.  The Steel Dragon box for a 750 might be an option.
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #444 on: February 26, 2016, 02:47:33 pm »
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-- or having to deal with rain.
Shut the FRONT door! It rains in SoCal? Man I must have slept thru the next millenium...
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #445 on: February 26, 2016, 03:33:31 pm »
Quote from: calj737 on February 26, 2016, 02:47:33 pm
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on February 26, 2016, 02:03:16 pm
-- or having to deal with rain.
Shut the FRONT door! It rains in SoCal? Man I must have slept thru the next millenium...

Torrential downpours, but not in SoCal. We get the "Storm Watch" news headlines whenever it drizzles.
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"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: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #446 on: February 27, 2016, 08:41:31 am »
So, I am giving this project a re-think of sorts.  I picked up a dirt cheap 2012 GSX-R600 front in BLACK to upgrade the front (nothing else is gold on the bike).  Since Devin will allow me to swap my unused hub, and his triples fit the front, it is an easy swap.  It also features the newer Big Piston Fork (BPF) tech -- but the other GSXR was a quantum leap forward from our old forks -- and Brembo monoblock calipers.

12-600-2_zpsg4syttbk by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

12-600-4_zpsnrnf65q4 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

12-600-7_zpsubdpbrgu by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

brembo2_zpskqqinktd by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

brembo6_zpslarzoc89 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

brembo7_zpsknswnyex by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
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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)

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

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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #447 on: February 27, 2016, 11:20:15 am »
Marinating ideas . . .

While at Jay's shop last night, we had one of those "What do you think of this?" moments.  Since this project is leapfrogging the Bionic Mongrel 750 project, I wondered what the CMR Racing tank and Ian Halcott's seat would look like on the 550 frame.  Since I don't have the TTR400 swingarm for mock up, we used my CMR Racing swingarm in its place.  Frankly, I LIKE this idea.  Obviously the bottom edge of the tank will end up matching the seat line.

[image_zpskroyt9ev by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr

image_zpsbghlukp2 by Donald Leonhardt, on Flickr
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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)

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

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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #448 on: February 27, 2016, 11:23:23 am »
That's looks great man! I'm running the same fork in black and swing arm on my build. The Cmr swing arm is the best IMHO
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Re: The Hot Mess - 1975 CB550F1 Frame/1981 CB650 Engine
« Reply #449 on: February 27, 2016, 11:24:23 am »
Mmmmm.... YES!!! More more MORE!!!
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