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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #125 on: January 20, 2018, 10:39:56 pm »
I spent today laying fiberglass. I have 5 layers of woven fiberglass. I will pop the mold tomorrow and clean it up. It should be good and strong.
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #126 on: January 31, 2018, 10:18:04 pm »
Ok so the seat pan is done. I finished trimming it and dropped it off at an upholstery shop today. It's going to cost a little more than I expected but the shop is highly recommended and produces quality work. I'm excited to see how it turns out. I've never had a real seat on this bike and this is also the last piece of the puzzle for Phase II of this bike.
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #127 on: January 31, 2018, 11:12:30 pm »
I also picked up some cool finned covers off my friend Ted (Ricky_racer). He has tons of really cool parts (unobtainium) for these bikes that are for sale. Shoot him a pm or email with your needs.

So yeah, on with the pics... haha
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #128 on: February 01, 2018, 08:57:15 am »
Quote from: JoeCooley on January 31, 2018, 11:12:30 pm
I also picked up some cool finned covers off my friend Ted (Ricky_racer). He has tons of really cool parts (unobtainium) for these bikes that are for sale. Shoot him a pm or email with your needs.

So yeah, on with the pics... haha

Ted has a treasure trove of goodies.  A regular Bill Benton of Southern California.
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #129 on: February 10, 2018, 04:26:56 pm »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on February 01, 2018, 08:57:15 am
Quote from: JoeCooley on January 31, 2018, 11:12:30 pm
I also picked up some cool finned covers off my friend Ted (Ricky_racer). He has tons of really cool parts (unobtainium) for these bikes that are for sale. Shoot him a pm or email with your needs.

So yeah, on with the pics... haha

Ted has a treasure trove of goodies.  A regular Bill Benton of Southern California.

For sure and he's a great guy!

Update: The seat is back from Mark Luhr. http://www.customupholstery.net/
He did an amazing job and is a real craftsman. Not cheap but very nice quality and worked with me the entire time to ensure that I would be happy with the finished product.

A couple pics attached. It's almost time for glamor shots. I have to ride it and find a good background.
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #130 on: February 10, 2018, 07:08:20 pm »
Some Moose Racing plugs and a Pingel Power-Flo petcock. Anybody ever use these plugs? They came from Cognito Moto.
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #131 on: February 10, 2018, 11:53:37 pm »
Here's a couple glamor shots from the garage.
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #132 on: February 11, 2018, 12:03:59 am »
So the first test ride went sorta well. The new rear shocks ride much better than the #$%*ty emgos it had. She ran like a scalded dog!
 
That is until an intermittent ignition problem reared its ugly head again. I think either the dyna s has taken a #$%* or my coils are on their way out. Seems to run great until it gets warm and then it starts missing real bad. Sometimes it'll pick right up and start hauling ass again, othertimes not so much.

Anyone have some coils laying around so I can test my theory?
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #133 on: February 11, 2018, 10:46:32 am »
The seat looks great.

Make sure to check your wiring to the coils and move the wires as you test to make sure there are no internal breaks in the wires. 
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #134 on: February 11, 2018, 01:45:49 pm »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on February 11, 2018, 10:46:32 am
The seat looks great.

Make sure to check your wiring to the coils and move the wires as you test to make sure there are no internal breaks in the wires.

Thanks man!

I replaced the harness but not the little wires on the coils. When it started missing I also lost my tach. I'm tied into yellow wire for tach reference.
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #135 on: February 11, 2018, 07:20:49 pm »
Sounds more like a loose power or ground connection than a bad coil/igntion plate.
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #136 on: June 12, 2018, 05:09:05 pm »
Quote from: calj737 on February 11, 2018, 07:20:49 pm
Sounds more like a loose power or ground connection than a bad coil/igntion plate.

It was a faulting pickup on one side of the Dyna-s ignition. I replaced it with another used Dyna-s and all is well.

This project bike is completed. I need to take it out somewhere scenic and get some glamour shots.
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #137 on: June 12, 2018, 05:20:32 pm »
Quote from: JoeCooley on June 12, 2018, 05:09:05 pm
This project bike is completed. I need to take it out somewhere scenic and get some glamour shots.

At least outside of the dark garage! Congrats.
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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: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #138 on: August 23, 2019, 01:26:33 am »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on June 12, 2018, 05:20:32 pm
Quote from: JoeCooley on June 12, 2018, 05:09:05 pm
This project bike is completed. I need to take it out somewhere scenic and get some glamour shots.

At least outside of the dark garage! Congrats.

It seems these types of bikes are never quite complete...

So the bike has gotten some upgrades lately. I replaced the head with a ported and done up for race unit. The other head was having some issues with exhaust valve guides and burning oil. I also threw on a set of PD42 carbs with new cables and pods. The carbs were jetted with 42/130 jets and a .020" shim on the needle. Its a little fat up top right now. Haven't had the motivation to put the 125 or 128 main jets in.

Otherwise, the bike runs quite well now. It will only get better with more carb tuning. I also installed a cam that was slightly used and stamped CRANE H284.

I took it for a ride the other day and my buddy hopped on for a spin around the block. Thought I might take a few pics out in the sunlight.

Cheers guys!
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Updates!
« Reply #139 on: January 07, 2020, 10:06:51 am »
Some more glamour shots.
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Finished
« Reply #140 on: January 07, 2020, 03:15:58 pm »
Fantastic!   I am nominating you for BOTM!! Actually, Don beat me to it but plz go here to accept...


http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180400.0.html
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Finished
« Reply #141 on: January 07, 2020, 04:09:57 pm »
Quote from: Stev-o on January 07, 2020, 03:15:58 pm
Fantastic!   I am nominating you for BOTM!! Actually, Don beat me to it but plz go here to accept...


http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180400.0.html

You guys are making me blush. A lot of very noce bikes in that thread. Thanks Stev-o and Don.
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Finished
« Reply #142 on: January 09, 2020, 10:46:07 pm »
I loved your thread, a can do attitude, hardwork, lots of $ and a classic cb 750 hot rod has been built, well done  8) 8) ;D
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Re: K8 Highway Racer - Finished
« Reply #143 on: January 31, 2020, 09:27:32 pm »
Quote from: johno on January 09, 2020, 10:46:07 pm
I loved your thread, a can do attitude, hardwork, lots of $ and a classic cb 750 hot rod has been built, well done  8) 8) ;D

Thanks for the kind words. I need to ride it more now that it is done.

Here's a quick video for anyone interested in some noise!
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