Here comes the third and last part of the progress on that build so far:
The footpegs also clear the kickstarter effortlessy:
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I felt that the exhaust system that originally was designed for the CB 550 had too much limitations in throughput because of a resonance based dampening system. That said, I scraped the materials together and started designing an absorption based damper, designed for better exhaust gas flow to get the most out of the CR29s.
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A conic reduction optimizing the internal gas flow into the absorption pipe
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Filling the new system with glass fiber wool
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And finally refurbishing the pretty much 'raped' exhaust system that suffered some stains after running forever and ever, even over Scottish roads.
Before
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And after - as good as new!
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As I have no bending machine, I started bending and drilling the brackets for the front fairing by hand on my workbench. After some small adjustments this is the framework that holds the fairing in place.
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it all comes together slowly....
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And lastly, this is where I stopped my garage time yesterday.
I cleared the fairing from excess material and brought it into a neater shape to compliment the bike's proportions. While doing so, I cut the hole for the new headlight which absolutely fits into the fairing's shape and made a bracket to hold it in place.
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The bracket bent from aluminium:
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The brake fluid reservoirs take their place on the drilled fairing brackets and the clutch is installed and already working.
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To give a short insight into the more 'unofficial goals' of this project:
First:
The bike ran exactly 192 km/h (120 mph) on GPS before this rebuild. I set myself the goal that I stop modifying it when it hits the magic double metric ton of 200 km/h. Why is that? I don't know. Just keen to prove that it is possible with that old lady.
One of the reasons for the R6 forks and CR29s to step into the game...
Second:
Nearly all unnecessary weight other than everything necessary to operate the bike street legal in Germany is removed. Plus the fact, that I cant afford an aluminum tank and seat combo, I plan to land at less than 175 kg (386 lbs) for the whole setup (to win a bet against my uncle haha
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I'll keep you updated on progess with seat, bringing the fairing windshield into place.
Also I plan to attach a small oil cooler. However, I am still manufacturing and collecting everything necessary.
Now it's bed time over here so I'll leave you guys with these first impressions.
Best
Oette