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Oh dear ...
« on: March 13, 2020, 06:19:28 AM »


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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2020, 07:18:18 AM »
Been there! 

Tip: first thing to figure out is how/where to install the potatoes!

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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2020, 09:06:51 AM »
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Tip: first thing to figure out is how/where to install the potatoes!
I read shop manual cover cover to cover and I still don't know where the potatoes go !

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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2020, 01:45:35 PM »
Dont put them in the exhaust pipes before you start it up!
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Re: Oh dear ...
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2020, 01:52:49 PM »
The tracy body is a good place to start!  Are you going to use that?
If it works good, it looks good...

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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2020, 04:30:29 PM »
Yes. Yes. Yes. Good luck and I want to see a paint heavy with gold flakes.....

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« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2020, 07:28:42 PM »
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Of course I'm partial but yes Tracy bodies need flakes  :)

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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2020, 07:43:22 PM »
And speaking of Tracy bodied 750's, I recently ran into Darwin Huckabee's son, Ronny who shared his dad's pic of this 750, was the fastest 750 Honda on the streets of Houston in the 70's, his son, Ronny hopes to get it going again one day 😀

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« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2020, 01:20:36 PM »
Amazing what a coat of paint does! Nice job...
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« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2020, 10:12:34 PM »
No kidding.  I'm wondering what kind of candy metalflake this Tracy body is going to wear.
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Re: Oh dear ...
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2020, 10:41:20 PM »
Is there a date tag on the steering head ! With the month on it ? Should be around Sept to Dec.
 Is the engine 69 , can tell by the serial numbers..
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« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2020, 01:11:55 PM »
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Is there a date tag on the steering head ! With the month on it ?
This one is May 1970

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Re: Oh dear ...
« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2020, 02:51:48 PM »
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Tip: first thing to figure out is how/where to install the potatoes!
I read shop manual cover cover to cover and I still don't know where the potatoes go !

 Because they're Harley parts. Exhaust components: Potato-potato-potato
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« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2020, 02:52:38 PM »
 P.S.: Love the Tracy body. Please use it with a groovy '70's paint job.
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Re: Oh dear ...
« Reply #20 on: April 09, 2020, 08:28:55 AM »
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« Reply #21 on: April 09, 2020, 02:02:54 PM »
That color pallete is fantastic.  I'd go toward the blue-side (not so green) and the third from the left gold.
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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Oh dear ...
« Reply #24 on: April 19, 2020, 11:39:35 AM »
Later 392 K7 pistons to get some extra CR?
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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