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This will be interesting!
« on: February 12, 2017, 07:30:22 PM »
I haven't built a Full Custom since 1974...this one is for one of our Vets, so I am all in. :)

I'll bring up pix as I go, but it is starting with a nice 750K4 (he has a matching pair of these), and all the Honda parts that come off the 2nd one will be future parts to keep the OTHER one in a full-resto condition for the upcoming years. The challenge here is: the owner resides in AK where the roads sorely challenge the stock-size tires on the 750, so he wants Harley-size tires, but on the SOHC4 platform. So, the first thing that has to happen is the GSXR front end so it can receive a 4.00 (or bigger?) size tire up front and the rear will be modded to match for an even, 'muscular' look to the final chassis. The engine's going to need a little warmup to improve torque to spin those giant unsprung wheel weights, so the 836 bore is first up on the recipe.

Next, just to tease those of your who like 'gadgets' and "apps" out there: it is to be fully Moto-Cognito electrics with rear-view camera, hidden wiring (we hope...) and a custom wiring harness, likely with some custom-built electronic tricks to mesh it all together (yeah, I do that in my day job...) within the power budget of the 750. It will even have keyless-ness, if I can work out a power budget for that gizmo that won't wipe it out while parked.  ::)  ;D
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Re: This will be interesting!
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2017, 07:32:11 PM »
Come on.....where are the pictures, sir!!??
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Re: This will be interesting!
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2017, 07:47:01 PM »
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Re: This will be interesting!
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2017, 07:52:17 PM »
This is amazing news Mark! ;D ;D

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Re: This will be interesting!
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2017, 07:59:57 PM »
Rear view camera, what will they think of next. Ventilated seat!


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Re: This will be interesting!
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2017, 08:15:21 PM »
I'm game. Let's see what you got to work with.
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Re: This will be interesting!
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2017, 09:48:32 PM »
Hondaman does customs? Who knew?!
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Re: This will be interesting!
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2017, 04:23:11 PM »
I just wish it was a 550 and would spark inspiration for him to do another book, but this time for us lowly 550 kids  :P
If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

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Re: This will be interesting!
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2017, 04:35:51 PM »
^ Agreed! He says he is working on it though!

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Re: This will be interesting!
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2017, 07:49:44 PM »
Hondaman does customs? Who knew?!
I'll have to scan the pix I have of my favorite custom I did for my own brother: I sold him my CL350 when I got my CB500-4, didn't need FIVE bikes (had the 750K2, 500-4, CL450, SuperHawk racer, sold him the 350). He always wanted a Trumpet chop. So, after 6 months work (winter in IL is that long...) I rolled out the world's smallest Triumph chopper! Or so many people thought, until they would walk up to it and realize it was only 42 inches tall... :D  It looked just like a scale model of a Bonneville with oversized forks, strut rear end with custom flared fiberglass fender, risers and dual rectangular Hi-Lo headlights. I had to make custom engine mounts for it to set the engine level, because the 350 oil pump is in the very front of the engine (driven by an eccentric on the clutch mainshaft), so tilting it backward caused it to need almost a full extra quart of oil, just to reach the pump when running(!). This also dragged on the tranny gears real bad, too, so it killed the power. The led to levelling the engine and port work, etc., that turned it into a real roadster with a strong tendency to stand on the rear wheel. At one point in a race, he scraped the end of the flared rear fender on the pavement when it dug in the 5.00x16 rear tire too hard and stood straight up. After that I geared it up a little more and he took to touring with it until it was stolen in 1986.
See SOHC4shop@gmail.com for info about the gadgets I make for these bikes.

The demons are repulsed when a man does good. Use that.
Blood is thicker than water, but motor oil is thicker yet...so, don't mess with my SOHC4, or I might have to hurt you.
Hondaman's creed: "Bikers are family. Treat them accordingly."

Link to Hondaman Ignition: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=67543.0

Link to My CB750 Book: https://www.lulu.com/search?adult_audience_rating=00&page=1&pageSize=10&q=my+cb750+book

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Re: This will be interesting!
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2017, 08:03:37 PM »
That sound like quite the creation!
If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem... If it's an electrical problem, it's Cal's problem.

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« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2017, 08:08:53 PM »
So are you biluilding a chopper? Mild custom. Custom frame or npmodified stock frame ..we like details..
 Got a pic of you brothers bike? I had a chopped 350 .
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Re: This will be interesting!
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2017, 07:04:29 PM »
So are you biluilding a chopper? Mild custom. Custom frame or npmodified stock frame ..we like details..
 Got a pic of you brothers bike? I had a chopped 350 .

I'm trying to reawaken my 10-year-old scanner to scan the old photos!
See SOHC4shop@gmail.com for info about the gadgets I make for these bikes.

The demons are repulsed when a man does good. Use that.
Blood is thicker than water, but motor oil is thicker yet...so, don't mess with my SOHC4, or I might have to hurt you.
Hondaman's creed: "Bikers are family. Treat them accordingly."

Link to Hondaman Ignition: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=67543.0

Link to My CB750 Book: https://www.lulu.com/search?adult_audience_rating=00&page=1&pageSize=10&q=my+cb750+book

Link to website: www.SOHC4shop.com

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Re: This will be interesting!
« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2017, 07:39:43 PM »
HM, if you have hard copy, take a close up digital-should be good enough to post.  Slides or negs are a different story...Larry