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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #75 on: June 08, 2017, 08:49:51 AM »
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Quote from: Camrector on June 08, 2017, 05:09:29 AM
Nils for the last time, in not calling this bike Viagara!

Dude, c'mon. You know "The moment is right". :-)

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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: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #76 on: June 08, 2017, 08:50:19 AM »
Quote from: DaveBarbier on June 08, 2017, 06:37:37 AM
If you're riding for more than 4 hours, consult your doctor.


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I would hope so, if you have the time!
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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: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #77 on: June 08, 2017, 02:33:41 PM »
I will not confirm or deny any of the assumptions...


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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #78 on: June 19, 2017, 02:52:06 PM »
What's your plan for the charging system? Planning on making mine a DD too. Great work so far!
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #79 on: June 19, 2017, 05:18:05 PM »
Brand new stock charging system jason. New R/R and shorai battery. I may vent the alt cover.  The 650 charging system is prone to excess heat which has been known to burn out rather easily.
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #80 on: July 19, 2017, 10:29:10 PM »
Well motor is buttoned up! After some back and forths with Dave B and Mike R, Yoshi cam is dialed in. Thank you so much for the help guys.
Cam lobe centers were measured at 103.5 intake and 103.375 exhaust. Don't think I could get closer.
Dave who should I send the modded cover and degree wheel to next?


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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #81 on: July 20, 2017, 09:53:30 AM »
Wow. Cam. THAT is perty! I know there's still work to do but you've gotta be feeling good.
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #82 on: July 20, 2017, 10:26:44 AM »
Yeah feeling good River.
Wiring and carb tuning is really all that's left. Dialing in a cam is strangely addictive lol. I kept picturing myself wearing a lab coat and in a clean room  ;D
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #83 on: July 20, 2017, 11:01:38 AM »
yes it's got something of that mad scientist thing, doesn't it?
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #84 on: July 20, 2017, 03:29:37 PM »
Quote from: flatlander on July 20, 2017, 11:01:38 AM
yes it's got something of that mad scientist thing, doesn't it?

Yeah, and if you click on the pic of his gorgeous motor you will see beautiful Russian women!!!  Really...
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #85 on: July 20, 2017, 03:55:48 PM »
Don't hate stevo! I call them my "extra ponies"
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #86 on: July 20, 2017, 03:56:44 PM »
Quote from: Camrector on July 20, 2017, 03:55:48 PM
Don't hate stevo! I call them my "extra ponies"

No hate! I only have love for the Lovely Red Ladies...
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #87 on: July 20, 2017, 06:34:11 PM »
Whoa! It's true! Photobucket should have done THOSE types of ads.
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #88 on: July 20, 2017, 06:45:59 PM »
 Cam #'s are OK
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #89 on: July 20, 2017, 07:39:13 PM »
Quote from: Camrector on July 20, 2017, 10:26:44 AM
Yeah feeling good River.
Wiring and carb tuning is really all that's left. Dialing in a cam is strangely addictive lol. I kept picturing myself wearing a lab coat and in a clean room  ;D

Felt the same way once I got it. ;D
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #90 on: July 20, 2017, 08:11:41 PM »
Big thank you mike.
The cam card had lobes at intake 105 exhaust 104.5 but that was at .040". I used running clearance at .036". Is that safe to assume why I was at 103.5 intake and 103.375 exhaust?
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #91 on: July 21, 2017, 05:04:22 AM »
Nice Cam! As far as the cover and degree wheel, Don may be getting in touch with you. Unless you need it gone for the space, hold on to it for a little bit.


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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #92 on: July 21, 2017, 05:43:30 AM »
All good Dave!!  Plenty of room here. I'll hang on to it and wait.
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #93 on: July 21, 2017, 10:52:42 AM »
I'll be happy to take custody of the cover and degree wheel.  Thanks!
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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)

"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: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #94 on: July 21, 2017, 11:26:30 AM »
Cool, you guys figure that out. Cam, just pack it up nice with the padding and stuff I used and you'll be good to go.

This cover gets around. It's going to be a slut by the time I get 'er back, haha.


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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #95 on: July 21, 2017, 12:08:02 PM »
Done and done. Heading to Don next week!
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #96 on: July 21, 2017, 03:11:06 PM »
I'm glad to get to ride the town bicycle (cover)!
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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)

"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: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #97 on: July 22, 2017, 01:28:24 PM »
Okay, it looks like Dave Barbier and Cam are well on their way.  CBGhia and Rustyolive are well ahead with their 650 drop-ins.  Hopefully, I can move along with Nick aka sinister902.
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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: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #98 on: July 22, 2017, 01:55:17 PM »
I think you will be ahead of Nick as well Don. He is still researching efi.
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #99 on: July 22, 2017, 04:36:46 PM »
Quote from: Camrector on July 22, 2017, 01:55:17 PM
I think you will be ahead of Nick as well Don. He is still researching efi.

That is seriously rad, but seriously involved.  I would love to have an EFI classic bike, but the juice is not worth the squeeze.  I don't think you even make appreciable power gains.  You might gain some MPG but you also have to upgrade the charging system.  I know Nick is working on that, too!  I would dig it if he could find a turn-key solution for the charging system, so I could run some other things on the bike.
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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)

"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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