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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #200 on: October 31, 2017, 03:45:19 PM »
thats an incredibly clean and understated and to be estimated bike. well done sir
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #201 on: October 31, 2017, 03:52:38 PM »
Thanks Nils for the clean a%# covers and head.
Don thanks for all your help. The degree wheel and modified covers are heading your way tomorrow.
And thank you cafe650. Goal of this build was a hopped up, period sleeper.
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #202 on: November 01, 2017, 06:15:21 AM »
We need to race! Or at least compare 0-60/0-100 times :) My Chronoclassic does that but I haven't even experimented with that yet.


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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #203 on: November 01, 2017, 08:51:42 AM »
I was hoping to see who would be crowned champion in an Upstate NY race, but GV forfeited and Nick has to fit in his personal bike when he has free time.  For now, Cam gets the title.  I love that this bike is such sleeper. 

Cam, you'll need to tell us how it runs compared to your other 550s.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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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: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #204 on: November 01, 2017, 10:35:45 AM »
“There can be only one!” Lol. Thanks Don
 Little longer test ride today. 1/4 ignition timing is slightly off, which is weird because yesterday it wasn’t. Also might need to drop a main jet size. But we will see once the ignition is sorted.
Putting some miles on her lol
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #205 on: November 01, 2017, 11:58:45 AM »
Bad crimp from c5 on the 1/4 coil. All sorted.
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #206 on: November 01, 2017, 12:24:16 PM »
Really nice sleeper!! Love that style. Here is my 550/650 sleeper. building a hot rod motor for the "challenge"
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #207 on: November 01, 2017, 01:31:26 PM »
Thank you Kemp! Always loved your 550/650. My upcoming build will have a Hindle for sure!
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #208 on: November 01, 2017, 02:55:10 PM »
Hey Cam - are those stock 650 gauges on your bike, they look great. 9500 redline?!
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #209 on: November 01, 2017, 03:25:22 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on November 01, 2017, 02:55:10 PM
Hey Cam - are those stock 650 gauges on your bike, they look great. 9500 redline?!
Can't be stock, they look too nice, haha. But the 650 does have a 9500 redline :))
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #210 on: November 01, 2017, 03:51:17 PM »
Yes both are NOS stock gauges.
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #211 on: November 01, 2017, 03:58:08 PM »
Your bike is awesome...really looks like a serious blast to ride
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #212 on: November 01, 2017, 04:06:33 PM »
Quote from: Camrector on November 01, 2017, 03:51:17 PM
Yes both are NOS stock gauges.

I like your style!   But damn you, now I want a 650/550 hybrid!!!

BTW - there is no BOTM for Dec, you will have to wait for Jan [Dec is Bike of the year]
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #213 on: November 01, 2017, 04:06:52 PM »
Thanks Sean!
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #214 on: November 02, 2017, 03:56:00 AM »
Quote from: Stev-o on November 01, 2017, 04:06:33 PM
I like your style!   But damn you, now I want a 650/550 hybrid!!!

me too! accepting parts donations ;)
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #215 on: November 02, 2017, 06:59:06 AM »
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #216 on: November 02, 2017, 07:06:39 AM »
could be the start of your new project.
for me, shipping to the netherlands would kill it. and if it does not then probably my girlfriend would kill me if she finds out what i sent over the atlantic!
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #217 on: November 02, 2017, 08:40:56 AM »
Quote from: flatlander on November 02, 2017, 07:06:39 AM
could be the start of your new project.
for me, shipping to the netherlands would kill it. and if it does not then probably my girlfriend would kill me if she finds out what i sent over the atlantic!

I'm going to Spain in December, maybe I can bring a motor as my carry on.
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #218 on: November 02, 2017, 08:52:21 AM »
Quote from: DaveBarbier on November 02, 2017, 08:40:56 AM
Quote from: flatlander on November 02, 2017, 07:06:39 AM
could be the start of your new project.
for me, shipping to the netherlands would kill it. and if it does not then probably my girlfriend would kill me if she finds out what i sent over the atlantic!

I'm going to Spain in December, maybe I can bring a motor as my carry on.

It might "fit" in the overhead bin, but it also might fall through it and land on your lap!
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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: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #219 on: November 02, 2017, 09:59:00 AM »
StevO
That’s one of GVs yard sale bikes.
Spoked hubs are worth the price alone.
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #220 on: November 02, 2017, 10:02:31 AM »
Quote from: Camrector on November 02, 2017, 09:59:00 AM
StevO
That’s one of GVs yard sale bikes.
Spoked hubs are worth the price alone.

I wondered if that was one of his leftoevers. Not a bad deal for the parts.
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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: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #221 on: November 02, 2017, 10:31:27 AM »
Exactly Don.
Longer Test ride went well. Valves and pistons are seating in and she is running very well. Jetting is very close as per butt dyno. Plugs indicate a tad lean. Air mixture screws are 2 turns out. So I’ll play with those a bit. I’m using stock size CB550 sprockets. She is at 2700rpm at 70mph in 5th gear.
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Re: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #222 on: November 02, 2017, 11:33:18 AM »
Quote from: Camrector on November 02, 2017, 10:31:27 AM
She is at 2700rpm at 70mph in 5th gear.

Watch out for that Brooklyn hipster doing 80 mph in 2nd gear!
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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: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #223 on: November 02, 2017, 11:35:42 AM »
Cam,

Can you remind me as to which year 650 head you are running -- 79-80 with 750 carburetors?
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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: CB 550/650 Daily
« Reply #224 on: November 02, 2017, 12:13:27 PM »
1979 cb650 with the 77/78 cb750 carbs Dave.
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