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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #175 on: August 16, 2016, 06:46:48 PM »
Machined up battery/solenoid tray and some exhaust hangers.
Only the oil tank to go. Then tear done, detail and paint.
Wiring wil be last to do.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #176 on: August 16, 2016, 07:37:16 PM »
Damn, that is so pretty it's a shame to cover it with a battery and starter solenoid.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #177 on: August 16, 2016, 09:11:18 PM »
Quote from: Artracing on August 16, 2016, 06:46:48 PM
Machined up battery/solenoid tray and some exhaust hangers.
Only the oil tank to go. Then tear done, detail and paint.
Wiring wil be last to do.

The oil tank looks good, Rob.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #178 on: August 17, 2016, 04:03:18 AM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on August 16, 2016, 09:11:18 PM
Quote from: Artracing on August 16, 2016, 06:46:48 PM
Machined up battery/solenoid tray and some exhaust hangers.
Only the oil tank to go. Then tear done, detail and paint.
Wiring wil be last to do.

The oil tank looks good, Rob.

Yes, Ian Halcott did a great job. I hope I made the model correct.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #179 on: August 17, 2016, 08:55:44 AM »
Quote from: Artracing on August 12, 2016, 12:25:49 PM
Work in progress. Lots a tweaking. Each silencers is slightly different.
So I need to go back and forth trying to mirror each side.
I think I'll go with this now on right side.
Just need to figure out the hard mounts.


Awesome build.   remember - you can only see one side at a time.   So exact symetry is too critical.  As long as they look symetrical from the rear.

Again - Fantastic build.  Can not wait to see it finished.  The exhaust is beautiful.
« Last Edit: August 17, 2016, 10:30:17 AM by greenjeans »
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #180 on: August 17, 2016, 05:42:36 PM »
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Awesome build.   remember - you can only see one side at a time.   So exact symetry is too critical.  As long as they look symetrical from the rear.

Again - Fantastic build.  Can not wait to see it finished.  The exhaust is beautiful.
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Very true. I spent three days getting that right.

How about symetrical exhaust hangers.:-)

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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #181 on: August 19, 2016, 04:17:17 PM »
Machined up new starter cover to mount the solid state regulator.
Oil tank from Ian Halcott comes in tomorrow.
Looking forward to tearing down for paint next week.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #182 on: August 19, 2016, 11:15:58 PM »
Oil tank cooler is coming to you tomorrow and I am going to its source tomorrow, to ride dirt bikes on Ian's flat track!
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #183 on: August 20, 2016, 03:47:50 AM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on August 19, 2016, 11:15:58 PM
Oil tank cooler is coming to you tomorrow and I am going to its source tomorrow, to ride dirt bikes on Ian's flat track!
Ian has a flat track?
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #184 on: August 21, 2016, 01:24:03 PM »
This is the final piece to fit. Oil tank.
Construction is now complete.
I now tear down, detail, paint and assemble.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #185 on: August 21, 2016, 06:45:38 PM »
Quote from: Artracing on August 20, 2016, 03:47:50 AM
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on August 19, 2016, 11:15:58 PM
Oil tank cooler is coming to you tomorrow and I am going to its source tomorrow, to ride dirt bikes on Ian's flat track!
Ian has a flat track?

Rob,

Yes, he has a short dirt track oval.  Great for mini-bikes.  We were running around on 90s and 110s. Loads of fun.

We also checked out the fitment photos of the oil tank.  Looks great.  Your build looks primo.
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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: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #186 on: August 26, 2016, 09:59:17 AM »
Sheesh, you don't waste much time!
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #187 on: August 26, 2016, 10:49:13 AM »
Quote from: 01Thomas on August 26, 2016, 09:59:17 AM
Sheesh, you don't waste much time!
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #188 on: August 26, 2016, 02:15:59 PM »
Damn that's pretty and it's not even done yet. Love the unpainted carbon fiber.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #189 on: August 26, 2016, 04:33:41 PM »
Beautiful, the only thing I would change is, I would angle the pipes up a bit at the rear, they sit a bit low for me... ;)
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #190 on: August 26, 2016, 05:13:29 PM »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on August 26, 2016, 04:33:41 PM
Beautiful, the only thing I would change is, I would angle the pipes up a bit at the rear, they sit a bit low for me... ;)

And blend the tube intersection (under tank) so that the tubes flow seamlessly.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #191 on: September 10, 2016, 03:50:58 AM »
Spy camera, sneak preek.
Bike will be introduced at Barber Festival
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #192 on: September 10, 2016, 03:48:44 PM »
Quote from: Artracing on September 10, 2016, 03:50:58 AM
Spy camera, sneak preek.
Bike will be introduced at Barber Festival

There should be a like button on this forum, It would be getting a workout at the moment... ;D ;)
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #193 on: September 10, 2016, 08:07:00 PM »
Rob,

I saw some sneak pics from our buddy in Arroyo Grande.  The bike looks amazing!!!

Have a blast unveiling it at Barber!!
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #194 on: September 11, 2016, 04:09:35 PM »
Here is some music
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #195 on: September 18, 2016, 01:44:20 AM »
Hello,
I just joined the forum when I saw this thread. I am Wolfgang from Vienna / Austria, 56 years old and regularly do restorations or custom bikes for myself.
You may cruzify me now when I tell my story since it is not related to HONDA CB´s but BIMOTA HB1 - my intention is not to highjack this thread, if you feel so let me know and I will stop immediately.

I am building a BIMOTA replica as well, as close to HB1 as I can get, but with a SUZUKI GT750 engine in. There is 2 reasons for this - I am two stroke nut and I had a spare engine tuned to TR750 specs left.
Apart from the engine and from the exhaust pipes, my bike is a HB1 replica.

Complete frame / swingarm - using similar swingarm pivot construction as BIMOTA / Rob:










Original BIMOTA Rearset:


AP Lockheed master cylinder:


SUZUKI Tacho with modified face:


Battery is a LiPoFe4 hidden in a standard lead acid battery cover.



The engine is expected to have ca. 90 RWHP.
Many details on the pics are still preliminary mockups, like the rear axle excenter adjuster, triple clamps, dummy engine block, etc.
Plan is to have it completed in spring 2017.
If someone can give me a hint on the closest frame color match to a HB1 I would be very happy - I am very sensitive to correct colors in all my rebuilds.

best regards

Wolfgang
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #196 on: September 18, 2016, 10:24:56 AM »
Very cool ,Wolfgang .
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #197 on: September 18, 2016, 03:42:47 PM »
WOW, all this talent in one thread... 8)
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #198 on: September 18, 2016, 06:28:20 PM »
The more I look at posts like this, the more I feel like such a hack. Great work, Wolfgang!
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #199 on: September 24, 2016, 03:00:46 PM »
Two weeks to Barber Festival
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