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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #525 on: February 02, 2017, 06:01:54 PM »
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #526 on: February 02, 2017, 06:15:25 PM »
Quote from: BLAC on February 02, 2017, 05:45:03 PM
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You were right, I was wrong! I just hope you are ready to field some questions about reassembly  :P
Absolutely! My most insightful answer will be, "Ask someone who knows better than I"  ;D ;D ;D

fine, I'll just ask Jwilde  ;D
Them's fightin' words!!!!  >:(

 ;D jk I do appreciate all of your insight on my build.  You and the people like you on this forum are a huge asset to the rookies like me.

Good recovery, BLAC.  ;)
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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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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #527 on: February 03, 2017, 08:19:51 AM »
Continuing to enjoy this thread.  Your beautiful swingarm hoop back on page 15 -- what tools / techniques did you use to bend that up? thx!
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #528 on: February 03, 2017, 08:32:00 AM »
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They really are gorgeous.  You have to be getting excited to put this thing back together. 
This is going to be one really sweet bike when it's rideable.  Looking forward to seeing it street-ready.

thanks, and yes, I cant wait to get it down to Racetech so they can start making my monoshock!  Then I just have to choose a color scheme, tank fab work, assemble the entire engine..  :-[ I guess I'm still a long way away haha

I did get plates cut out for the monoshock mounting to the swing arm and up under the tank  8)

Some really outstanding work on this build.  I'm looking forward to see what Racetech builds for you.
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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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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #529 on: February 03, 2017, 09:22:53 AM »
Quote from: kosmjon on February 03, 2017, 08:19:51 AM
Continuing to enjoy this thread.  Your beautiful swingarm hoop back on page 15 -- what tools / techniques did you use to bend that up? thx!

Just a manual bender using a 5" radius.  I didn't have a bender at my shop so I made a bunch of measurements and emailed it to my GFs dad (the one who is building that truck featured a few pages back).

Here are the plans I made and sent him:

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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #530 on: February 03, 2017, 10:02:13 AM »
I'm just here for the skittles....

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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #531 on: February 03, 2017, 01:46:58 PM »
Im waiting for my cases! I will get them on the 7th =)

@noblehops, you aren't making me go hungry this time, are ya!?
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*2005 Yamaha R6 (sold)
*2014 Ducati Streetfighter 848 (sold)
*2014 BMW S1000RR (sold)
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #532 on: February 03, 2017, 02:47:43 PM »
I know right, Nils takes SO LONG to turn parts around  ::)

In seriousness I'm not sure how he get things done so quickly, but Im not going to complain about it  8)

I also just realized this build turned one-year-old last month  :'( My baby is growing up so fast.
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*2005 Yamaha R6 (sold)
*2014 Ducati Streetfighter 848 (sold)
*2014 BMW S1000RR (sold)
*2010 Ducati Streetfighter S
*1978 CB550 Restomod Build
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #533 on: February 03, 2017, 05:24:12 PM »
Quote from: BLAC on February 03, 2017, 01:46:58 PM
Im waiting for my cases! I will get them on the 7th =)

@noblehops, you aren't making me go hungry this time, are ya!?

You got the Skittles Bryan, you are good to go. :-).
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #534 on: February 03, 2017, 06:04:03 PM »
YAY!   :P

Gaskets and seals are starting to get delivered! Still waiting on 39 more, all OEM  ;)

« Last Edit: February 04, 2017, 01:30:09 PM by BLAC »
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #535 on: February 03, 2017, 10:52:57 PM »
Quote from: NobleHops on February 03, 2017, 05:24:12 PM
Quote from: BLAC on February 03, 2017, 01:46:58 PM
Im waiting for my cases! I will get them on the 7th =)

@noblehops, you aren't making me go hungry this time, are ya!?

You got the Skittles Bryan, you are good to go. :-).

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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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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #536 on: February 05, 2017, 12:08:20 PM »
I got the monoshock mounting points done and tacked up.  Now I just have to take it to RaceTech and hopefully they say the geometry will work!



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*2014 BMW S1000RR (sold)
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« Reply #537 on: February 05, 2017, 12:12:32 PM »
Great looking last shot.
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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)

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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
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #538 on: February 05, 2017, 02:51:44 PM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on February 05, 2017, 12:12:32 PM
Great looking last shot.
It really is.  Nice looking work there, Bryan!
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #539 on: February 05, 2017, 05:28:31 PM »
Will RaceTech hook you up w/ a custom rear shock ?
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #540 on: February 05, 2017, 06:10:53 PM »
Yes it will be a custom length, springrate, dampening etc.  I'm having it made with an adjustable height option too
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*2010 Ducati Streetfighter S
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #541 on: February 06, 2017, 07:34:58 AM »
Bryan, Such an awesome job on this man....seriously I love seeing this kind of stuff. THe type of bike that you'll probably never sell because you've put so much of your own work into it.... I wish we lived closer so we could go tearing around together.....

Finally got all my stuff out to Nils, He is the f'ing man...talked to him on Saturday over the phone. I am so darn excited to build a perfectly clean motor....

I can't wait to see this one all done up too.... looking great man.
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #542 on: February 06, 2017, 10:13:53 AM »
Thanks and I agree, it's too bad you live so far away!

I bought a junk tank to mess around with, I dont love how it came out but I think there might be something to this that I like... Ill keep messing around and then take my crappy sample to someone who knows what they are doing to make the final version for me..

what do you think and are there other cb550k tanks you have seen that are interesting?


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*2005 Yamaha R6 (sold)
*2014 Ducati Streetfighter 848 (sold)
*2014 BMW S1000RR (sold)
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*1974 CB550 Monoshock build
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #543 on: February 06, 2017, 10:20:11 AM »
Yep, that is the main reason I don't like the current mock-up.

I like the idea of putting some concave to it, but not as much as this mock up has and with keeping the bottom edge straight like you mentioned
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*2005 Yamaha R6 (sold)
*2014 Ducati Streetfighter 848 (sold)
*2014 BMW S1000RR (sold)
*2010 Ducati Streetfighter S
*1978 CB550 Restomod Build
*1974 CB550 Monoshock build
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #544 on: February 06, 2017, 10:31:17 AM »
Just my $0.02 but there is certain "chopper" aesthetic coming from that tank with that shape indent.  The lines are not flowing together.  The rest of this bike says race.
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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: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #545 on: February 06, 2017, 10:43:05 AM »
Don- I agree with you, I originally liked the idea of the concave along the factory decal line to keep a "stockish" vibe while being custom... But it isnt working like I had hoped...

Cal- I agree on all of those points, I had considered the flush fill cap and finishing off the back of the tank, but not being experienced in sheetmetal work (at all), im a little hesitant to do it myself..

Im considering calling Cliff and having him make me a "stock shaped" tank out of aluminum with these changes and being aluminum I could connect the tank and seat cowl all one piece which I think would let it flow beautifully.

also I love your term "discreetly extraordinary".  8)
« Last Edit: February 06, 2017, 10:44:47 AM by BLAC »
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*2014 BMW S1000RR (sold)
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #546 on: February 06, 2017, 10:44:33 AM »
Quote from: calj737 on February 06, 2017, 10:32:40 AM
Honestly, I love the stock tank's lines. The only things I dislike about it are: filler neck, seat/tank union and the pinched lower edge.

Given your investment in this bike, may I suggest you remove the stock neck and install a recessed cap (in fact, Jeff Stephens Asian Orange has something similar for example) cut off and extend the side panels to the bottom plates and get rid of those edges, and resolve the mount/cavity at the rear of the tank.

Do those things and you have a completely custom tank that to the average eye will look completely stock. But like everything else on your bike, its not. Not flashy, not ordinary, but discreet and extraordinary.

This flush cap is a little less ambitious in terms of installation.  You could have a local welder do it for you.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Weld-In-Flush-Mount-Paintable-Pop-Up-Gas-Cap-Weld-In-Bung-Hot-Rod-Chopper-/252574190704?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368
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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: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #547 on: February 06, 2017, 10:46:19 AM »
its not so much the welding, it is the making and shaping of the metal to replace where the factory cap was cut out.  I would want to center the fill cap if I did this mod and that would leave a hole. 
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #548 on: February 06, 2017, 10:50:08 AM »
Quote from: BLAC on February 06, 2017, 10:46:19 AM
its not so much the welding, it is the making and shaping of the metal to replace where the factory cap was cut out.  I would want to center the fill cap if I did this mod and that would leave a hole.

Then you have to be mindful of the gas filler nozzle striking the tunnel.
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Re: 1974 CB550. Monoshock. Engine Build. "BLAC"
« Reply #549 on: February 06, 2017, 10:55:37 AM »
Here is a funny pic from the past.. back in high school I "borrowed" my sisters electric scooter, took it into the shop class and made this... It was a death trap that did 60mph... I rode it home from school on the freeway.

(yes I made a y-pipe and it has dual exhaust)

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