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Re: Gentlemans Express Cb550
« Reply #125 on: August 17, 2016, 05:24:36 PM »
Quote from: Camrector on August 15, 2016, 10:41:12 PM
Don: that's awesome. I wish I could share more details of the show with everyone, but alas sworn to secrecy lol. But I'm sure you know the premise and particulars. Stoked!

Mark: I'm trying my hardest to follow your break in instructions!! Honest I swear!!

Well, part of those do include the "...occasional run to higher RPM before 1000 miles...".
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Re: Gentlemans Express Cb550
« Reply #126 on: August 18, 2016, 10:41:42 AM »
Cam,

Did you re-use the stock tank trim or find a substitute?
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Re: Gentlemans Express Cb550
« Reply #127 on: August 18, 2016, 11:36:24 AM »
New trim from an eBay seller Don. I think it came out great for $7. I used the same sellers seat trim product as well. Besides the frame, tank, and rear hub everything on this build is new or NOS.
« Last Edit: August 18, 2016, 11:40:08 AM by Camrector »
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Re: Gentlemans Express Cb550
« Reply #128 on: August 18, 2016, 03:15:05 PM »
Quote from: Camrector on August 18, 2016, 11:36:24 AM
New trim from an eBay seller Don. I think it came out great for $7. I used the same sellers seat trim product as well. Besides the frame, tank, and rear hub everything on this build is new or NOS.

That NOS trim is unobtainium.  Those replacing it usually use something close.  This looks pretty damn close.
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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
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: Gentlemans Express Cb550
« Reply #129 on: August 18, 2016, 06:21:25 PM »
I'd definantly agree. The thickness is nearly perfect. It is plastic "chrome", but really looks super good and won't rust  :)
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Re: Gentlemans Express Cb550
« Reply #130 on: September 01, 2016, 06:28:41 PM »
BOTM!!! Thank you all! Really means a lot to Nick and myself. Again thank you guys!
Works tracker shocks arrived today. First impression is they are super light. I got the aluminum bodies. Build quality looks excellent. Plenty of adjustments as well. I'll put them on this weekend and report back.
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Re: Gentlemans Express Cb550
« Reply #131 on: September 13, 2016, 12:07:24 PM »
Gymkhana 9 -- fresh from Buffalo, your neck of the woods. . . (with a nice Lemmy tune at the end)

« Last Edit: September 13, 2016, 12:09:22 PM by CB750 Cafe Racer Fan »
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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: Gentlemans Express Cb550
« Reply #132 on: September 13, 2016, 12:30:34 PM »
Ugh take that down quick!!!! That's about a block away from Nicks ( Sinisters) shop and he drives a focus!!  ;D ;D

Really cool though.
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Re: Gentlemans Express Cb550
« Reply #133 on: September 13, 2016, 12:32:43 PM »
I totally went and peeped the tire marks by central terminal after they finished filming.
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Re: Gentlemans Express Cb550
« Reply #134 on: September 13, 2016, 12:40:22 PM »
Nick was a special consultant.
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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: Gentlemans Express Cb550
« Reply #135 on: September 13, 2016, 12:41:45 PM »
not the first time I've been called special.
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