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Offline Ricisan

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Gentleman's Express
« on: June 17, 2022, 10:31:16 AM »
Forum: I have a 78 550 that I have been wanting to finish.
I have DID rims and big rubber.
The forks are from an early 900.
The original 550 front wheel is more narrow than the forks.
I need a custom bracket for the twin calipers.
Most of the rest of the bike is there, I just need to finish the bike.

I'm too old and arthritic to finish this.
Other than MULE customs, too expensive.
Do you know anyone that can get it up and running.

I live in Stockton, CA.
Not willing to go far for rebuild.

TIA

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Re: Gentleman's Express
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2022, 01:59:50 PM »
Craig at Kickstart but he's in Millville.
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Re: Gentleman's Express
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2022, 02:20:06 PM »
That's a ways from me.
After everything I have been trough.
I want to keep an eye on things!

Thanks
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Re: Gentleman's Express
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2022, 02:48:33 PM »
Quote from: Ricisan on June 17, 2022, 02:20:06 PM
That's a ways from me.
After everything I have been trough.
I want to keep an eye on things!

Thanks

I can understand you position.  I'm sorry I don't know more builders in that are of California to be able to provide a helpful referral.
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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: Gentleman's Express
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2022, 07:32:01 PM »
Dickii at hondachopper.com is in stockton


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Re: Gentleman's Express
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2022, 01:07:21 PM »
No such animal in Stockton!

Thanks for trying
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