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Offline Folsoe

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Would this be a competitor:)
« on: January 16, 2016, 02:24:05 PM »
10tUSD spent on original and aftermarket parts , plus buying a somewhat original cb 500 k1 :)
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Re: Would this be a competitor:)
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2016, 03:53:05 PM »
Yes, I'm nominating you!
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Re: Would this be a competitor:)
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2016, 03:59:22 PM »
WOW
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Re: Would this be a competitor:)
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2016, 08:02:24 PM »
Time capsule! Incredible bike.
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Re: Would this be a competitor:)
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2016, 09:59:17 PM »
What a beauty.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Offline Folsoe

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Re: Would this be a competitor:)
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2016, 12:32:05 AM »
Many thanks :)
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Re: Would this be a competitor:)
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2016, 04:38:06 AM »
Those shocks look like TEC, are they? How do you like them?
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Offline SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan

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Re: Would this be a competitor:)
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2016, 02:30:01 PM »
Stock of aftermarket, those shocks will have limited performance but will probably provide a decent ride for easy recreation riding.  This bike is not built for performance anyway.  If you want something with more performance capability and adjustability, IKON, Works, Race Tech, Fox and others are good options -- but they do not appear stock.
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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: Would this be a competitor:)
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2016, 04:39:08 PM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on January 20, 2016, 02:30:01 PM
  If you want something with more performance capability and adjustability, IKON, Works, Race Tech, Fox and others are good options -- but they do not appear stock.

Hagon makes a good, stock looking, shock.
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Re: Would this be a competitor:)
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2016, 06:40:58 PM »
Totally agree on both points.  i have to go the cheap route :( due to lack of funds. I do have hagons on the 750.
still ride good at 9yrs old. I ride easy these days when I do ride. Been watching the TEC (brand) on ebay. They
claim in their description that their shocks are engineered specifically for the bike listed (cb550), with matched
damping and proper springs that are not overly stiff. Wondered if the ones from 4/1 are the same ones.
Sorry for the hijack...........Nice bike mr. Folsoe, Well done 8)
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Re: Would this be a competitor:)
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2016, 07:09:21 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on January 20, 2016, 04:39:08 PM
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on January 20, 2016, 02:30:01 PM
  If you want something with more performance capability and adjustability, IKON, Works, Race Tech, Fox and others are good options -- but they do not appear stock.

Hagon makes a good, stock looking, shock.

I neglected to mention Hagon.  I have them on my stockish CB550K, and they work perfectly fine.  They are not a performance-shock but they are an improvement over the stock and Progressive shocks. 
« Last Edit: January 21, 2016, 06:59:04 AM by CB750 Cafe Racer Fan »
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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: Would this be a competitor:)
« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2016, 06:35:16 AM »
Beautiful job.  Really.
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Offline Folsoe

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Re: Would this be a competitor
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2016, 03:48:00 AM »
Thanks for all the comments :)
The Shocks are no name shock , bought in France.  Seem to be good quality.  Chrome is perfect , and they fit Right on.  Havent really driven the bike yet , due to the Cold weather here in Denmark so must wait with really testing it. 
but im working on two other similar cb 500 from 1975 as Well.  So time flyes :)
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