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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #225 on: June 07, 2016, 08:33:29 PM »
Nice job on the polishing, BTW.
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #226 on: June 08, 2016, 05:11:44 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on June 07, 2016, 08:33:29 PM
Nice job on the polishing, BTW.

Thank you!  I literally wet sanded my fingertips off and bled on those buggers (mechanix gloves are ordered and on the way).

Excel shouldered wheels are just getting finished at Buchannan's and will be here this weekend.  I CANT WAIT to see what the wheel looks like between these forks =)
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #227 on: June 08, 2016, 08:48:54 PM »
Quote from: blacSOHC on June 08, 2016, 05:11:44 PM
Quote from: Stev-o on June 07, 2016, 08:33:29 PM
Nice job on the polishing, BTW.

Thank you!  I literally wet sanded my fingertips off and bled on those buggers (mechanix gloves are ordered and on the way).

Excel shouldered wheels are just getting finished at Buchannan's and will be here this weekend.  I CANT WAIT to see what the wheel looks like between these forks =)

Something like this:


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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #228 on: June 09, 2016, 10:32:32 AM »
Wheels were delivered! 

They are beautiful, but it looks like there are a bunch of weights on the spokes?  Is there a different way to do this? I think it looks a little clunky...

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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #229 on: June 09, 2016, 12:17:13 PM »
Very nice looking hoops.  I suppose you could use adhesive weights in place of the spoke weights, but that's definitely not a period thing.
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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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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #230 on: June 09, 2016, 01:08:51 PM »
Ah gotcha! If that is period correct and common I'll leave them, I just wasn't familiar with it
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #231 on: June 09, 2016, 03:48:39 PM »
There are other types of weights, those do not look bad.  I have this type on my Z1...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/K-L-Chrome-Steel-Spoke-Wheel-Weight-1-oz-/282042440929?hash=item41ab0a1ce1:g:1ywAAOSwgQ9V00r0&vxp=mtr
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #232 on: June 12, 2016, 02:09:40 AM »
A little progress! The seat cowl came in from cliff / cognito :)

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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #233 on: June 12, 2016, 07:16:19 AM »
I think you're going to need a few more parts!   :D  Bet you can't wait to put those wheels and rubber to use.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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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
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #234 on: June 12, 2016, 12:16:05 PM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on June 12, 2016, 07:16:19 AM
I think you're going to need a few more parts!   :D  Bet you can't wait to put those wheels and rubber to use.

I don't know what you are talking about, I took her for a test ride last night after I took the picture.  It handles very nice! Really light and flickable in the twisties
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #235 on: June 12, 2016, 12:35:35 PM »
Hey, maybe its none of my business, but looking at your steering geometry in the latest picture, I can't believe you didn't install a steering damper  :o What, you got a death wish or something?  ;D
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #236 on: June 12, 2016, 01:02:15 PM »
Did you get the matching loop for the seat cowl?
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #237 on: June 12, 2016, 01:02:33 PM »
never mind the steering damper. i find that thin-air supported suspension system even more worrisome. pfff... some people really go to far with the weight savings.
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #238 on: June 12, 2016, 01:05:52 PM »
Quote from: flatlander on June 12, 2016, 01:02:33 PM
never mind the steering damper. i find that thin-air supported suspension system even more worrisome. pfff... some people really go to far with the weight savings.
But you really must commend him for rebuilding a 40 year old fossil fuel burning antique into just about the Greenest Machine on the planet. And, he'll never have to synch his carbs!  ;D  :D :D
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #239 on: June 12, 2016, 01:16:26 PM »
you are right, that's very innovative. and the way that steering-by-intuition mechanism is ergonomically integrated with the mindpower brakes, is completely revolutionary.
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #240 on: June 12, 2016, 03:48:22 PM »
Quote from: flatlander on June 12, 2016, 01:16:26 PM
you are right, that's very innovative. and the way that steering-by-intuition mechanism is ergonomically integrated with the mindpower brakes, is completely revolutionary.

I put a lot of time and thinking into this build  :P
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #241 on: June 12, 2016, 03:49:13 PM »
Quote from: calj737 on June 12, 2016, 12:35:35 PM
Hey, maybe its none of my business, but looking at your steering geometry in the latest picture, I can't believe you didn't install a steering damper  :o What, you got a death wish or something?  ;D

What are you talking about!  I ride motorcycles just for the tank slappers, thats the best part!
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #242 on: June 12, 2016, 04:15:49 PM »
Quote from: Camrector on June 12, 2016, 01:02:15 PM
Did you get the matching loop for the seat cowl?

Yes, I actually got the extended loop so I can chop off my stock subframe and replace it with straight tubing.  I just sat this on the stock frame for the pic :)
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #243 on: June 12, 2016, 04:25:39 PM »
Word!
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #244 on: June 13, 2016, 11:17:58 AM »
I need to buy a tap to put threads in a mounting plate for my Motogadget buttons.

They are listed as M12, but it doesnt list the thread pitch.  Anyone know what it is? 
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*2014 BMW S1000RR (sold)
*2010 Ducati Streetfighter S
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #245 on: June 13, 2016, 11:40:12 AM »
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #246 on: June 13, 2016, 11:58:32 AM »
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #247 on: June 13, 2016, 02:31:49 PM »
I have reached yet another "point of no return" moment  ;D





(small tacks to help me see what I want it to look like)
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*2010 Ducati Streetfighter S
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Re: 1974 Honda CB550 Build. "BlacSOHC"
« Reply #248 on: June 13, 2016, 03:06:07 PM »
Are you planning on using that tank?
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« Reply #249 on: June 13, 2016, 03:17:28 PM »
I like it with the stock tank.  I assume blacSOHC has already worked out his suspension mount points, geometry and adequate support for the new subframe.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
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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)

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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