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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #75 on: March 04, 2017, 10:55:40 AM »
 I thought he was tossing his out, after seeing SohRon's build? ;)
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #76 on: March 04, 2017, 12:35:06 PM »
Quote from: calj737 on March 04, 2017, 11:46:18 AM
Who wouldn't?  :-[ The guy is an absolute show-off with his factory perfect condition cars and bikes. Doesn't seem fair to fly overhead of a bunch of second-raters like an Eagle.  :P

True but his is a show bike that doesn't get ridden....ever!  At least that's how I justify my second-rate restorations!
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #77 on: March 04, 2017, 01:11:06 PM »
Quote from: calj737 on March 04, 2017, 12:42:29 PM
Ha, Stev-o! You're just as bad as he is. All your bikes are (especially the Parkie) belong in my garage.


Sorry, I would not consider parking anything in your garage!  Ron has warned me....
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #78 on: March 04, 2017, 04:43:42 PM »
For the starter clean the metal plates inside the casing as well. Mine were gross.
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #79 on: March 04, 2017, 04:46:44 PM »
Wow took this long for someone to start the "Cals Garage" jokes! I've been saving all mine for this day!!!!! ;D ;D
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #80 on: March 04, 2017, 07:15:47 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on March 04, 2017, 01:11:06 PM
Quote from: calj737 on March 04, 2017, 12:42:29 PM
Ha, Stev-o! You're just as bad as he is. All your bikes are (especially the Parkie) belong in my garage.


Sorry, I would not consider parking anything in your garage!  Ron has warned me....

Brutal!
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #81 on: March 04, 2017, 07:27:45 PM »
Quote from: Camrector on March 04, 2017, 04:46:44 PM
Wow took this long for someone to start the "Cals Garage" jokes! I've been saving all mine for this day!!!!! ;D ;D

Well he "opened the door" to it....
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #82 on: March 04, 2017, 08:07:43 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on March 04, 2017, 07:27:45 PM
Quote from: Camrector on March 04, 2017, 04:46:44 PM
Wow took this long for someone to start the "Cals Garage" jokes! I've been saving all mine for this day!!!!! ;D ;D

Well he "opened the door" to it....

Be careful Scott! Your liable to "bring the roof down" around here!
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #83 on: March 05, 2017, 04:35:42 AM »
I apologize Cal. We all felt your pain too. Scott and I are using bad humor to cope.
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #84 on: March 05, 2017, 04:53:06 AM »
 Don't bring me into it!! I'm just over here building stuff...
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #85 on: March 05, 2017, 05:10:28 AM »
Ha I meant Steve sorry Scott!
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #86 on: March 05, 2017, 01:26:35 PM »
 Got the 400F shifter heim joints modified and installed dust boots on the set I'm going to use.

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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #87 on: March 05, 2017, 01:30:35 PM »
 Picked up the pipes from getting them ceramic coated. "Glacier Black" on the outside and a gold/green-ish coating on the inside that's a heat dispersant.



 I also got a closer look at the pipes. They are really well made and each muffler, pipe and baffle is individually numbered.





 Here's a look at the packing on the curved baffles.



 And my guy did the hardware and hangers, too.



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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #88 on: March 05, 2017, 01:33:41 PM »
 The pistons were vapor blasted, then coated with "Piston Coat" on the tops and "Micro Slick" on the skirts. Heat reflective and thin film lubricant, respectively.



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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #89 on: March 05, 2017, 02:16:28 PM »
Joey Ramone approved!

Love those pipes!
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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: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #90 on: March 05, 2017, 04:59:35 PM »
Look at the standards for quality you set! 

Now I want to be sedated!
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #91 on: March 06, 2017, 08:30:12 PM »
very cool. makes me look forward to my pipes now even more. what's that slacker enrique doing... he should hurry.
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #92 on: March 06, 2017, 09:24:54 PM »
Quote from: flatlander on March 06, 2017, 08:30:12 PM
very cool. makes me look forward to my pipes now even more. what's that slacker enrique doing... he should hurry.
Nice, flatlander!  You caught the Benelli bug, too!
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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: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #93 on: March 06, 2017, 11:07:35 PM »
yeah i've got it bad. think i ordered it 3 weeks ago so should be ready any minute if those guys in spain don't do too much of the siesta!
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #94 on: March 11, 2017, 04:37:16 PM »
 I said I wasn't gonna do this, but I couldn't stand it. Everything else is getting powdercoated, painted, polished, chromed or detailed. The front was actually OK, but the rear was a little faded and chipped. They looked good from five feet away, but not so much up close.
 The lips got a hand polish to a shiny satin sheen, the body got a satin black paint job.
 Oh....and I also sanded down the fork lowers and painted them silver, followed with clear coat. They also got rebuilt with new seals, oil and a full service.

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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #95 on: March 11, 2017, 05:15:13 PM »
Looking great!
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #96 on: March 11, 2017, 06:24:28 PM »
 Mo' better.

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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #97 on: March 11, 2017, 09:04:01 PM »
Like new again.
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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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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: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #98 on: March 11, 2017, 09:17:43 PM »
 8)  8) They look real good
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #99 on: March 12, 2017, 11:59:03 AM »
I've come to expect nothing short of full attention to detail from your work.  Looks really great.  (Now you can stop tossing and turning and sleep at night again.) 

If I can achieve 1/100th of that, my bike will be 100x better than what I could have done without the assistance of SOHC4.
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