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Re: 1974 CB 550 motor restoration and swap into my 500 - completed
« Reply #25 on: June 12, 2020, 02:04:08 PM »
Quote from: RAF122S on October 02, 2019, 04:06:26 PM
It sounds good.  Good luck with your PT on the wrist.  How did you break the wrist, a fall?

negative, I punched the wall out of anger one day. The lady got under my skin.

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Re: 1974 CB 550 motor restoration and swap into my 500 - completed
« Reply #26 on: June 12, 2020, 02:12:28 PM »
I recently purchased an exhaust system for my bike, its the first nice system i've bought for this since I've owned it. It's a used set up off eBay auction.

Just under 400 to my door from California, its a mac header, cycle x reverse cone, and a mid section (unknown) If this set up was new, the mac header is over 300 and the cone alone is 120....plus i didn't have to figure out the fitment and it was bolt on. Im really excited and not used to seeing any kind of shiny header on my bike, let alone a fancy looking reverse cone lol. The yellow bike pictured is the one it came off of. Im waiting for a new shoria battery so I haven't heard this set up yet.

How you guy like the top of my fork tubes? lol.
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73/74'' CB500/550 resto-mod - sold
75' 750f 91' cbr f2 swap cafe - mock up
74' 750 chopper hardtail - complete - sold
74' CB750/836kit - Black mix & match - daily rider - always tweaking
71' cb500 K0 survivor - complete
71' K1 - CANDY GOLD/BROWN Winton kit - in process

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Re: 1974 CB 550 motor restoration and swap into my 500 - completed
« Reply #27 on: June 12, 2020, 02:27:35 PM »
Assuming you haven't already done so, when you switch to the Shorai lithium-ion battery, you should upgrade to a solid state reg-rec that is specifically made to work with a lithium-ion battery. 

Standard solid-state reg rec units have had problems with some lithium-ion batteries leading to runaway charging and lithium-ion battery fires/meltdowns.

https://www.partsgiant.com/p388170-ricks-motorsports-lithium-ion-battery-compatible-regulator-rectifier?r=b-31915&f=108940
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Re: 1974 CB 550 motor restoration and swap into my 500 - completed
« Reply #28 on: June 12, 2020, 03:39:56 PM »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on June 12, 2020, 02:27:35 PM
Assuming you haven't already done so, when you switch to the Shorai lithium-ion battery, you should upgrade to a solid state reg-rec that is specifically made to work with a lithium-ion battery. 

Standard solid-state reg rec units have had problems with some lithium-ion batteries leading to runaway charging and lithium-ion battery fires/meltdowns.

https://www.partsgiant.com/p388170-ricks-motorsports-lithium-ion-battery-compatible-regulator-rectifier?r=b-31915&f=108940
Thank you for the reminder, luckily I have one brand new in the box waiting for this battery to arrive. I bought it last year and never installed it.
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73/74'' CB500/550 resto-mod - sold
75' 750f 91' cbr f2 swap cafe - mock up
74' 750 chopper hardtail - complete - sold
74' CB750/836kit - Black mix & match - daily rider - always tweaking
71' cb500 K0 survivor - complete
71' K1 - CANDY GOLD/BROWN Winton kit - in process
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