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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #375 on: March 22, 2017, 08:31:01 AM »
This bike is crying out for Black anodized GSX-R forks

Everyone has an opinion.  I agree with Cal about the black GSXR forks though.
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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #376 on: March 22, 2017, 12:52:06 PM »
haha, no usd forks on this ole girl.  my 74 h2 on the other hand may get some.  still kicking around what i'm going to do with that.  that one is up after i get the cb350f done.
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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #377 on: March 22, 2017, 12:55:41 PM »
haha, no usd forks on this ole girl.  my 74 h2 on the other hand may get some.  still kicking around what i'm going to do with that.  that one is up after i get the cb350f done.

Ok. I'll compromise. Conventional R6 forks!
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: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #378 on: March 24, 2017, 07:41:30 PM »
Well gold valves for my forks finally arrived after being ordered almost 3 months.  And my adapters aren't in the order.  Ignore the little things in life. 

Threw on my header and collector quick. Gonna move my oil cooler mount to give me a little more clearance.  Also gonna start figuring out how I'm going to bend the back of the collector so the can clears the swingarm. 


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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #379 on: March 24, 2017, 08:35:33 PM »
Those rear shocks 'Rock'  8)
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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #380 on: March 25, 2017, 02:25:15 AM »
Ac couple of pie cuts before the foot peg, create just enough angle to kick the can out.

Or, add a length of straight tubing to extend the megaphone mouth beyond the swing arm, tilting it up via the extension.

Or, a rigid mount attached to the backside of the megaphone that pushes the can outward.
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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #381 on: March 25, 2017, 03:23:44 AM »
Ac couple of pie cuts before the foot peg, create just enough angle to kick the can out.

+1

The hole in the hoop by your rearset is conveniently located for a clamp mount, but you probably already figured that out

This bike looks way cooler than I thought it would. Great paint! Still hoping for a GSX-R fork transplant. It deserves it.


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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #382 on: March 25, 2017, 08:55:27 PM »
Ac couple of pie cuts before the foot peg, create just enough angle to kick the can out.

Or, add a length of straight tubing to extend the megaphone mouth beyond the swing arm, tilting it up via the extension.

Or, a rigid mount attached to the backside of the megaphone that pushes the can outward.
Thanks cal! If my exhaust doesn't sell soon so I can get the mc-again system I'm going to start doing pie cuts to get me where I need to be. 


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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #383 on: March 25, 2017, 09:00:18 PM »
Ac couple of pie cuts before the foot peg, create just enough angle to kick the can out.

+1

The hole in the hoop by your rearset is conveniently located for a clamp mount, but you probably already figured that out

This bike looks way cooler than I thought it would. Great paint! Still hoping for a GSX-R fork transplant. It deserves it.


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Haha on the hoop. 

Thank you!  I'm excited for how it's coming along.  Turning out better then what I had in my mind.  No zuki forks!! Honda Honda Honda!


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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #384 on: March 25, 2017, 09:01:11 PM »
Alright im finally going to mount my headlight and number plate this weekendish


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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #385 on: March 26, 2017, 03:19:26 AM »
What's the MC-again system? The delkevic looks pretty darn good from here!

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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #386 on: March 26, 2017, 07:43:21 AM »
Lookikng great Shawn.  Whats the scoop on the headlight?  Hi-Lo?  Wattage?

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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #387 on: March 27, 2017, 07:10:03 AM »
What's the MC-again system? The delkevic looks pretty darn good from here!

The mc-again system has hand bent head pipes and give me alot of clearance with the swingarm.  I do like the look of the delkevic but am open to not having to cut up the collector.
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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #388 on: March 27, 2017, 07:13:06 AM »
Lookikng great Shawn.  Whats the scoop on the headlight?  Hi-Lo?  Wattage?

Thanks Mike! 

The light is fully adjustable and comes with a dimmer switch, so can go to low output all the way up to full.  2000 lumens on this bad boy!  Crazy bright!
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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #389 on: March 27, 2017, 04:35:14 PM »
What size wheel and tire setups did you go with?   LOVING the gold.

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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #390 on: March 27, 2017, 09:27:04 PM »
What size wheel and tire setups did you go with?   LOVING the gold.
Did 90 on the front with a wm2 wheel and 110 and wm3 on the back


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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #391 on: March 27, 2017, 09:28:59 PM »
Need some input on front number plate. I'm struggling with the angle of it.  I'm started to think I mount it flush against the forks and cut out around the clip ons and gauge and then bend some aluminum to go over those areas.


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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #392 on: March 27, 2017, 11:58:29 PM »
I vote for cutting out relief spots for the clip-ons, so it can sit flush.  It looks "off" canted forward.
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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)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #393 on: March 28, 2017, 05:46:05 AM »
is the headlight going behind the number plate? i think flush is the better angle, but there will be a lot of holes, no?
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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #394 on: March 28, 2017, 07:10:04 AM »
The light will poke through alittle bit. Only that hole and if I do cuts around the clip ons I'm planning to bend some aluminum to go over that area and either rivet it of weld it to the number plate


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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #395 on: March 28, 2017, 03:04:49 PM »
The more I think about it, the more I think I'm going to glass my own number plate. 


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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #396 on: March 28, 2017, 03:17:21 PM »
The more I think about it, the more I think I'm going to glass my own number plate. 


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How about an alloy one ?
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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #397 on: March 28, 2017, 03:40:35 PM »
The more I think about it, the more I think I'm going to glass my own number plate. 


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How about an alloy one ?
That's what I was gonna run but with the shapes to go around the clip ons and my gauge I could glass it quick and paint it to match.  Might do a small glass fender too


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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #398 on: March 29, 2017, 11:16:02 PM »
Finally got everything for my forks.  Race tech gold valves and springs with ttr400 preload adjusters are in.


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Re: Cb400f build aka "goldy"
« Reply #399 on: March 30, 2017, 02:38:49 AM »
That's going to handle Great  ;)
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