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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #75 on: October 10, 2016, 04:25:45 PM »
Quote from: Denver_Larry on October 10, 2016, 03:03:21 PM
Don't tell me you sent that thing to the great salvage yard in the sky?!
No she has a home with a younger rider. This old man traded in for a Thruxton R.
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #76 on: October 15, 2016, 07:59:47 PM »
I am also in the Denver area.  I was curious who you had do the machine work on the motor in the area?

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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #77 on: October 15, 2016, 08:41:59 PM »
Ridge Reamer did the bore, decked the head and cut the valve seats, Hondaman presided over the matter and reassembled the head for me.
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #78 on: October 29, 2016, 10:26:32 AM »
Anyone know of a place that does small batches of zinc plating?  I've got a handful of screws etc that need a refresh that I can't find replacements for anywhere..
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #79 on: October 29, 2016, 10:26:58 AM »
Or cadmium..
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #80 on: October 29, 2016, 10:56:39 AM »
I was recently told there is a small chromer in Yuma. Didn't think we still had one in CO.
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Re: Mile High; CB350 Four project
« Reply #81 on: October 29, 2016, 11:11:10 AM »
Quote from: Denver_Larry on October 29, 2016, 10:26:32 AM
Anyone know of a place that does small batches of zinc plating?  I've got a handful of screws etc that need a refresh that I can't find replacements for anywhere..

Larry if you strike out locally drop them in a box to me. My local guy does good work if I prep it well with the vapor blaster prior, perfectly serviceable for a SOHC. A small batch is something silly like $20, and it's a 10 minute ride to drop them off along with a prepaid box back to you, no big thing. Happy to do that for you.

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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #82 on: October 29, 2016, 12:15:37 PM »
Thanks noble, I'll get everything together for one batch!
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #83 on: October 29, 2016, 02:01:26 PM »
Ok, so maybe I've gone a little too far prettying up the starter motor...
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #84 on: October 29, 2016, 03:18:06 PM »
Quote from: Denver_Larry on October 29, 2016, 02:01:26 PM
Ok, so maybe I've gone a little too far prettying up the starter motor...


I think that's the cleanest starter I've ever seen ;D
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #85 on: October 29, 2016, 04:02:31 PM »
Nice work !  8) 8)
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #86 on: March 07, 2017, 03:04:36 PM »
Finally something to talk about!  After a long break from the action Cliff Meyer worked up some more of his magic and delivered this beauty today:


I won't be able to play with it until this weekend but at least I got to check it out and hold it up against the bike.  My new welder gets here Thursday!
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #87 on: March 07, 2017, 03:17:27 PM »
Pretty! What new welder did you buy?
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #88 on: March 07, 2017, 03:27:40 PM »
Miller Syncrowave 210.  Little step up from my little Century wire feed!
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #89 on: March 07, 2017, 03:44:17 PM »
Nice box! Its a great "shop" unit. Not too portable, but really welds well. I am partial to the Dynasty series, but they're pricey and then some. If my current unit ever dies, I'll be replacing it with a 280DX but the darn thing keeps kicking  >:(
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #90 on: March 07, 2017, 03:47:33 PM »
Looking great! make sure you get the shock mounting points in the correct spot (if you want to run stock springs.

I built the subframe how I wanted it to 'look' but it ended up not working with stock springs and I scrapped the mounting plates and dual springs and went with a monoshock   :P
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #91 on: March 07, 2017, 03:56:08 PM »
Quote from: calj737 on March 07, 2017, 03:44:17 PM
Nice box! Its a great "shop" unit. Not too portable, but really welds well. I am partial to the Dynasty series, but they're pricey and then some. If my current unit ever dies, I'll be replacing it with a 280DX but the darn thing keeps kicking  >:(
Hoping to get quite a few good years out of it.  Couldn't justify or afford anything more at the moment!  I was pretty much set on a Diversion 180, but this will let me grow a lot more as I get better I think.  Have you ever dealt with Matheson for gas and wire?  Closest place to me and I need a bottle and some filler to start with.
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #92 on: March 07, 2017, 04:01:09 PM »
Quote from: BLAC on March 07, 2017, 03:47:33 PM
Looking great! make sure you get the shock mounting points in the correct spot (if you want to run stock springs.

I built the subframe how I wanted it to 'look' but it ended up not working with stock springs and I scrapped the mounting plates and dual springs and went with a monoshock   :P
Thanks, although I can't really take any credit for the hoop and cowl! Lol!

Not planning on running the stock shocks, but I'll certainly be as careful as possible measuring and replicating the stock mounting locations.
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #93 on: March 07, 2017, 04:16:56 PM »
Cliff does some great sheet metal fab.
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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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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #94 on: March 07, 2017, 04:50:01 PM »
No, I'm not local to you. I do buy consumables and stuff from weldingsuppliesfromioc.com. They have great prices, knowledgeable folks, and fast shipping.
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"Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #95 on: March 07, 2017, 05:29:09 PM »
They're national, that's why I asked.  IOC is where I just bought my new rig from.
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #96 on: March 07, 2017, 07:47:18 PM »
That tail section really looks sweet.  Almost too nice to paint.   :)
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #97 on: March 07, 2017, 08:10:12 PM »
Never thought I would say a starter is gorgeous, until now.  Wow man great job.
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #98 on: March 07, 2017, 10:06:40 PM »
Quote from: palepainter on March 07, 2017, 07:47:18 PM
That tail section really looks sweet.  Almost too nice to paint.   :)

And that's coming from a painter.

I agree.  Maybe brush the finish and clear it, or at least show some of it off.
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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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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: "Mile High" CB350 Four project
« Reply #99 on: March 08, 2017, 03:22:13 AM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on March 07, 2017, 10:06:40 PM
I agree.  Maybe brush the finish and clear it, or at least show some of it off.
Use ScotchBrite, brush in a single direction, cover with Flood Penetrol. Run it that way for a while. You can always paint it later.
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