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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1075 on: August 07, 2017, 01:10:53 pm »
I have made very little progress on the monoshocker, but I am getting back into it soon. 

I am still in 'engine jail', but I should get the frame mostly finished this month.

It's getting crowded!
If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

*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. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1076 on: August 30, 2017, 01:55:03 pm »
The mail man brought me some presents today for the monoshock project.  ;D



If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

*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
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154614.0.html

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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1077 on: August 30, 2017, 01:57:33 pm »
You're welcome.  ;)
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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1078 on: August 30, 2017, 02:23:43 pm »
You're welcome.  ;)

Thanks broseph, but you forgot the C5 though! =P
If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

*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
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154614.0.html

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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1079 on: August 30, 2017, 02:56:08 pm »
The mail man brought me some presents today for the monoshock project.  ;D



Did they arrive via FedEx?
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
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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1080 on: August 30, 2017, 03:04:17 pm »
They did
If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

*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
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154614.0.html

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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1081 on: August 30, 2017, 03:11:39 pm »
You're welcome.  ;)

Thanks broseph, but you forgot the C5 though! =P

You forgot to send extra funds and extra hugs....

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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1082 on: August 30, 2017, 03:20:38 pm »
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: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1083 on: August 30, 2017, 03:29:52 pm »
Shipping most definitely was not free, it was very pricey actually.....I also no longer work for said company.

Enjoy the parts homie.
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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1084 on: September 21, 2017, 09:27:05 am »
Okay, while you are waiting for new Duc belts, is this engine back on the front burner?
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: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1085 on: September 21, 2017, 12:30:15 pm »
I flag it.

You've done an amazing job till now ! congrats

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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1086 on: September 22, 2017, 01:38:13 am »
Okay, while you are waiting for new Duc belts, is this engine back on the front burner?

I have the 126-20 cam, now I just need the hard welded rockers. I think Im going to do with Dynoman for them instead of Megacycle, the price is about $65 each vs $95+ with Megacycle  :o
If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

*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
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154614.0.html

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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1087 on: September 22, 2017, 06:38:59 am »
Okay, while you are waiting for new Duc belts, is this engine back on the front burner?

I have the 126-20 cam, now I just need the hard welded rockers. I think Im going to do with Dynoman for them instead of Megacycle, the price is about $65 each vs $95+ with Megacycle  :o

I can see why! They add up!  I doubt there's any compatibility issues, but more sage people can otherwise chime in.
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: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1088 on: October 01, 2017, 05:51:03 pm »
Hi mate, just got through this thread, bike is looking great! Where have you ended up with the remote front master cylinder set up?

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« Reply #1089 on: October 02, 2017, 12:17:59 am »
Hi mate, just got through this thread, bike is looking great! Where have you ended up with the remote front master cylinder set up?

I have read too many people complaining that the slack on the blake lines leading to and from the MC give it a really sloppy feel... Im hesitant on going this direction, so I think I will probably just bite the bullet and get a Beringer set up
If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

*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
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154614.0.html

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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1090 on: October 02, 2017, 12:24:57 am »
Only made a LITTLE progress on the monoshock bike today.  I bought all new OEM hardware and grommets and installed them to the Intake manifolds that I had vapor blasted by Nils and port matched by the great MR

If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

*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
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154614.0.html

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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1091 on: October 02, 2017, 08:51:11 am »
Nice.  Do you have the bottom end back together?  Waiting on parts? 
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: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1092 on: October 02, 2017, 10:09:39 am »
Nice.  Do you have the bottom end back together?  Waiting on parts?

im going to buy the hardwelded rockers then do all the measuring for the valve reliefs i have to cut in the pistons. then I will be set.
If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

*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
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154614.0.html

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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1093 on: October 02, 2017, 11:33:39 am »
Ah, should've asked man! I have all brand new OEM clamps and rubber isolators.

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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1094 on: October 02, 2017, 05:05:37 pm »
Check with Mike R as JMR sells cams & hard welded rockers to go with them and might be able to give you a better price on it than you have at Megacycle or Dynoman or Webcams.  He can sell you the MLS head gaskets on the 550 and if there is a MLS for the 650 he is likely to be able to source it for less as well.

He has a daughter in college just like the others most likely...
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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1095 on: October 02, 2017, 05:20:20 pm »
Mike does get a price break (generally) with his vendors.  I got my Megacycle hardweld rockers and 126-20 cam through him.  He, of course, does kick-a$$ head work!!
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: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1096 on: October 02, 2017, 06:43:42 pm »
Yep, I have talked to him. Even with the price-break it is significantly more than what dynoman sells their rockers for at retail.  Im not too excited by the prospect of spending $800+ on rockers  :-[
If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

*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
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154614.0.html

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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1097 on: October 02, 2017, 07:12:27 pm »
Ah, should've asked man! I have all brand new OEM clamps and rubber isolators.

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Ah darn, well I got 8 clamps and 4 grommets for $70 shipped, so I didnt do too bad.
If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

*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
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154614.0.html

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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1098 on: November 18, 2017, 09:13:06 pm »
Just finished going through this thread. Serious eye candy here. I hope one day I'll have the finances to support a build like this, definitely no cut corners anywhere here! Keep up with the progress.
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Re: 1974 CB550. Racetech Monoshock. JMR Head. Built Engine. "BLAC"
« Reply #1099 on: November 19, 2017, 12:09:44 pm »
Thanks Marissa!

I will be back at this project later this month. Remodel and other project bikes have been taking up my time  >:(
If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

*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
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,154614.0.html