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Offline Camrector

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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #25 on: September 08, 2017, 04:27:53 PM »
Yes and Yes!!^^^
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #26 on: September 08, 2017, 06:46:04 PM »
See that. Customers waiting!
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #27 on: September 09, 2017, 08:17:40 AM »
Quote from: innovativems on September 08, 2017, 03:08:15 PM
Any thoughts to make and sell these parts?


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I still have the molds for the ignition switch, front fender, rear hugger, and seat. These parts are 100% carbon fiber. No layers of fiberglass to add thickness. Most people wouldn't pay what's it worth for me to go through the trouble.  The seat weighs less than the four seat bolts that hold it down. 
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #28 on: September 09, 2017, 08:18:54 AM »
One more before Irma gets here.
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #29 on: September 09, 2017, 08:26:28 AM »
Amazing work.  Can you post a pic of your hugger?


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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #30 on: September 09, 2017, 08:57:45 AM »
Trimmed and sanded awaiting clear.
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #31 on: September 09, 2017, 09:57:11 AM »
Short round, we are not "most people" I'll take a seat, rear hugger x2, and let's talk about a tank and this airbox!
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #32 on: September 09, 2017, 10:20:30 AM »
Quote from: Camrector on September 09, 2017, 09:57:11 AM
Short round, we are not "most people" I'll take a seat, rear hugger x2, and let's talk about a tank and this airbox!

Sorry. I didn't mean to imply you guys are "most people". Air box would be tricky. Especially since I don't have one. Rest is easy.
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #33 on: September 09, 2017, 10:28:25 AM »
These were "Jocelyne's" carbon fiber sisters
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #34 on: September 09, 2017, 10:31:56 AM »
Hugger straight out of mold. Fits cb500t cb550 cb450 cb350 might fit a cb750, not sure.  Fits the cb550 super sport
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #35 on: September 09, 2017, 11:27:00 AM »
Loving the tank shape on the blue bike! Can you do one like that again?
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #36 on: September 09, 2017, 01:25:59 PM »
Couldn't resist.
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #37 on: September 09, 2017, 01:36:35 PM »
Interesting that carbon fiber work hasn't been more prolific in the "classic" moto scene - the tech has been around a long time, especially with bicycles. Nice to see it here and such good work.

Maybe it's more prevalent than I know?
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #38 on: September 09, 2017, 01:42:47 PM »
Gauge mount will be fitted with set screws to keep  the gauge from spinning
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #39 on: September 09, 2017, 02:07:38 PM »
Quote from: Gene on September 09, 2017, 01:36:35 PM
Interesting that carbon fiber work hasn't been more prolific in the "classic" moto scene

Keep in mind it is expensive...
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #40 on: September 09, 2017, 02:11:59 PM »
Quote from: Camrector on September 09, 2017, 11:27:00 AM
Loving the tank shape on the blue bike! Can you do one like that again?

I can't make anymore tanks. The resin isn't EPA Compliant. It's no longer allowed in the US. i can make a tank but it's gonna leak. All fuel in the US has injector cleaner, emulsifiers, etc. it will dissolve the tank over time. Even if it doesnt break through, resin gets into the fuel and your spending more time cleaning carbs than ridding. Ethanol just makes it worse. I'm lucky I live in FL; well not right now with hurricane Irma, I can buy ethanol free gas. But I never leave it in a composite tank. Always drain it when I get home, fill up with new on the next ride. Run the old stuff in my mower; Brigs and Stratton. It would probably run on salad dressing.
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #41 on: September 09, 2017, 02:14:59 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on September 09, 2017, 02:07:38 PM
Quote from: Gene on September 09, 2017, 01:36:35 PM
Interesting that carbon fiber work hasn't been more prolific in the "classic" moto scene

Keep in mind it is expensive...

I get that, but a lot of ppl spend a lot of money on things that don't actually improve mileage and performance (i.e. weight loss). I'd be interested in carbon fiber wheels, just for an example. Probably can't afford 'em, but it seems like they should exist.
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #42 on: September 09, 2017, 02:33:26 PM »
Quote from: SHORTROUND on September 09, 2017, 02:11:59 PM
Quote from: Camrector on September 09, 2017, 11:27:00 AM
Loving the tank shape on the blue bike! Can you do one like that again?

I can't make anymore tanks. The resin isn't EPA Compliant. It's no longer allowed in the US. i can make a tank but it's gonna leak. All fuel in the US has injector cleaner, emulsifiers, etc. it will dissolve the tank over time. Even if it doesnt break through, resin gets into the fuel and your spending more time cleaning carbs than ridding. Ethanol just makes it worse. I'm lucky I live in FL; well not right now with hurricane Irma, I can buy ethanol free gas. But I never leave it in a composite tank. Always drain it when I get home, fill up with new on the next ride. Run the old stuff in my mower; Brigs and Stratton. It would probably run on salad dressing.


Understand. I only use ethanol free in all my bikes.
 I'm still in for 2 rear huggers and a seat then. If you are. Good luck with the storm.
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #43 on: September 10, 2017, 05:47:11 AM »
Shorty- a solution for the tank is to line it with Caswell. Other producers do this already as it is the only means to prevent the issue you're describing, as well as it prevents the fuel from leaking out during a crash (should the tank crack or split open).

So that might be an option to isolate the tank material from the fuel and Carswell is less than $50 for a tank our size.
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #44 on: September 11, 2017, 01:31:28 PM »
It's not just the sealer but the vinyl ester resin. That's why carpy also doesn't sell his tanks any longer. Fiberglass tanks should be compression molded, gel coat on both the inside and outside nice smooth surface without pin holes. Makes an ok bonding surface for caswell. Carbon fiber tank isn't gel coated on either side. Cast well, por15, doesn't matter.  It's not gonna seal it permanently. Carbon is to expensive to make mistakes, especially on large pieces. I don't do this for a living, so I'm paying retail for supplies. It's not just the ethanol, every gallon of gas in the US has fuel injection cleaner in it. Composites dissolve in that stuff.
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #45 on: September 12, 2017, 01:09:16 PM »
Clear coated fuel tank.
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #46 on: September 12, 2017, 01:53:29 PM »
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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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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #47 on: September 12, 2017, 06:43:56 PM »
So nice!
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #48 on: September 13, 2017, 07:22:55 AM »
that carbon fiber seat and tank is bad ass  8)
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Re: 1975 CB550 "Jocelyne"
« Reply #49 on: October 12, 2017, 06:12:24 AM »
Fantastic Work!  Love the carbon bits.  Where about in FL are you.  I'm in Orlando and recently finished up my own CB550, albeit with a lot less custom fab work than you've done.
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