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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #25 on: August 08, 2019, 03:14:15 PM »
Love this shot of my CB500

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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #26 on: August 08, 2019, 03:26:13 PM »
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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #27 on: August 08, 2019, 05:56:54 PM »
Quote from: Honda3 on August 08, 2019, 03:14:15 PM
Love this shot of my CB500

Dude, someone makes a post about how they finished their bike and all you can do is post pictures of your own bikes? What’s wrong with you?

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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #28 on: August 08, 2019, 05:57:32 PM »
Quote from: Honda3 on August 08, 2019, 03:14:15 PM
Love this shot of my CB500

 What the hell does this have to do with Can550 finishing his project?
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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #29 on: August 08, 2019, 06:03:24 PM »
Quote from: Scott S on August 08, 2019, 05:57:32 PM
Quote from: Honda3 on August 08, 2019, 03:14:15 PM
Love this shot of my CB500

 What the hell does this have to do with Can550 finishing his project?

His bike is amazing. Was showing him mine. camaraderie.
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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #30 on: August 08, 2019, 06:08:55 PM »
 You already posted it once on the first page. Has absolutely nothing to do with his build completion.
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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #31 on: August 08, 2019, 06:13:42 PM »
Quote from: Scott S on August 08, 2019, 06:08:55 PM
You already posted it once on the first page. Has absolutely nothing to do with his build completion.


Hmm. Fair point. I'll delete it.
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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #32 on: August 08, 2019, 06:19:39 PM »
 Nope. It stays. Own your actions.
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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #33 on: August 09, 2019, 04:51:54 AM »
Beautiful job. The big signals look good to me as that’s what we got this side of the pond. I do agree with Steve, some sidecover decals would be a nice detail. Definetly BOTM material.
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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #34 on: August 09, 2019, 05:10:52 AM »
its a bloody great job and surely a labour of so much love,im liking how its been kept to almost stock in its appearance,which brings me to that muffler,ive never liked those stock bloated fat sausage things they had from the factory!!they look to outweigh the entire bike?youve done bloody well,from so much corrosion to this beauty!it really does do you proud!
« Last Edit: August 09, 2019, 05:15:08 AM by dave500 »
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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #35 on: August 09, 2019, 05:43:31 AM »
Yeah, super nice and so clean. Since you don’t have mirrors I also like the idea of smaller signals. If you’re going to put mirrors on then I’d keep the mildly obtrusive signals too. Obtrusive in my context doesn’t mean ugly, just...prominent. :))
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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #36 on: August 09, 2019, 09:26:59 AM »
I love this bike, big signals or small.  It is so immaculate.
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Re: Just completed my 1975 cb550f
« Reply #37 on: August 09, 2019, 09:41:51 AM »
Bike look really nice!
Stock as delivered is a good thing. These bikes looked really good from the beginning! 

I'm sure more want to restore to stock after reading here.
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CB750 K6-76  970cc (Earlier 1005cc JMR Billet block on the shelf waiting for a comeback)
CB750 K2-75 Parts assembled to a stock K2

Updates of the CB750 K6 -1976
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180468.msg2092136.html#msg2092136
The billet block build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,49438.msg1863571.html#msg1863571
CB750 K2 -1975  build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,168243.msg1948381.html#msg1948381
K2 engine build thread. For a complete CB750 -75
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180088.msg2088008.html#msg2088008
Carb jetting, a long story Mikuni TMR32
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,179479.msg2104967.html#msg2104967
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