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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #200 on: September 24, 2016, 03:52:41 PM »
New oil bung fits like a charm!
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #201 on: September 25, 2016, 04:34:33 PM »
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #202 on: September 25, 2016, 04:38:47 PM »
Sensational..!!!   Hows she feel on the road...?   Forgot to add, those pipes sound great.... ;)
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #203 on: September 25, 2016, 04:45:04 PM »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on September 25, 2016, 04:38:47 PM
Sensational..!!!   Hows she feel on the road...?   Forgot to add, those pipes sound great.... ;)
All good. Needs some tuning now.
The 110 main jets don't seem enough.
Will have to increase.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #204 on: September 25, 2016, 04:48:17 PM »
Quote from: Artracing on September 25, 2016, 04:45:04 PM
Quote from: Retro Rocket on September 25, 2016, 04:38:47 PM
Sensational..!!!   Hows she feel on the road...?   Forgot to add, those pipes sound great.... ;)
All good. Needs some tuning now.
The 110 main jets don't seem enough.
Will have to increase.

Was that its first outing...?   
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #205 on: September 25, 2016, 05:20:59 PM »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on September 25, 2016, 04:48:17 PM
Quote from: Artracing on September 25, 2016, 04:45:04 PM
Quote from: Retro Rocket on September 25, 2016, 04:38:47 PM
Sensational..!!!   Hows she feel on the road...?   Forgot to add, those pipes sound great.... ;)
All good. Needs some tuning now.
The 110 main jets don't seem enough.
Will have to increase.

Was that its first outing...?

Yes, the maiden voyage
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #206 on: September 26, 2016, 05:59:12 AM »
Quote from: Artracing on September 25, 2016, 05:20:59 PM
Quote from: Retro Rocket on September 25, 2016, 04:48:17 PM
Quote from: Artracing on September 25, 2016, 04:45:04 PM
Quote from: Retro Rocket on September 25, 2016, 04:38:47 PM
Sensational..!!!   Hows she feel on the road...?   Forgot to add, those pipes sound great.... ;)
All good. Needs some tuning now.
The 110 main jets don't seem enough.
Will have to increase.

Was that its first outing...?

Yes, the maiden voyage

Excellent.... 8)
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #207 on: September 28, 2016, 04:42:54 PM »
More eyecandy
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #208 on: September 28, 2016, 06:27:39 PM »
Looks great.  How bout a ride report when you get a chance?
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #209 on: September 29, 2016, 09:58:58 AM »
Simply, WOW, Rob!

Have a blast at Barber.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #210 on: September 30, 2016, 05:53:42 PM »
Version 1 complete

Version 2 is full paint as original.
Coming soon
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #211 on: September 30, 2016, 06:14:05 PM »
very nice.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #212 on: October 01, 2016, 12:03:35 AM »
Very very nice. Are the pipes coated?
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #213 on: October 01, 2016, 12:17:07 PM »
Rob (Artracing),

Your bike has been nominated for Bike of the Month November 2016.  Please post that you "accept" in the nomination thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,161227.0.html
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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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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #214 on: October 01, 2016, 12:39:59 PM »
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Rob (Artracing),

Your bike has been nominated for Bike of the Month November 2016.  Please post that you "accept" in the nomination thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,161227.0.html

You should just give his the award.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #215 on: October 01, 2016, 12:51:30 PM »
Quote from: FunJimmy on October 01, 2016, 12:39:59 PM
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on October 01, 2016, 12:17:07 PM
Rob (Artracing),

Your bike has been nominated for Bike of the Month November 2016.  Please post that you "accept" in the nomination thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,161227.0.html

You should just give his the award.

+1....for Bike of the Year!
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #216 on: October 01, 2016, 01:05:00 PM »
This is a awesome build!  Congrats!
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #217 on: October 01, 2016, 01:54:26 PM »
Ceramic. Custom mixture.

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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #218 on: October 02, 2016, 05:04:01 AM »
Another view.

See you all at Barber Festival at Framecrafters booth.

And many thanks for the nomination and kind replies.

In coming weeks  I'll be back with white original version.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #219 on: October 02, 2016, 05:22:33 AM »
Say hi to Karsten for me if he's about.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #220 on: October 02, 2016, 05:36:29 AM »
Will do. I think he is looking forward to driving the bike.

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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #221 on: October 02, 2016, 06:08:15 AM »
Quote from: Artracing on October 02, 2016, 05:36:29 AM
Will do. I think he is looking forward to driving the bike.

Rob

Will the bike be raced?
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #222 on: October 02, 2016, 06:18:25 AM »
No,  built for the street.
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #223 on: October 02, 2016, 04:26:38 PM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on October 01, 2016, 12:17:07 PM
Rob (Artracing),

Your bike has been nominated for Bike of the Month November 2016.  Please post that you "accept" in the nomination thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,161227.0.html

I would have waited until its finished before nominating it, It will look completely different in a few weeks.... ;)
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Re: Bimota HB1 Clone build
« Reply #224 on: October 02, 2016, 04:51:01 PM »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on October 02, 2016, 04:26:38 PM
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on October 01, 2016, 12:17:07 PM
Rob (Artracing),

Your bike has been nominated for Bike of the Month November 2016.  Please post that you "accept" in the nomination thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,161227.0.html
But it is finished. This is carbon version and
It is possible I might not paint as soon as I said.

I would have waited until its finished before nominating it, It will look completely different in a few weeks.... ;)
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