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Offline corniglio

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project is finished cb750k5
« on: July 03, 2020, 05:35:55 PM »
my project is done and i took my first test ride today after 18 months on/off fixing her up.  it hadnt run in 20 years.  i did all the work myself except for the carbs..i had a professional rebuild them.  i will try to post a pic of when i got it and of now. thanks to this site for many answers.
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Re: project is finished cb750k5
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2020, 12:54:22 AM »
Different bike, looks nice well done  8)
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Re: project is finished cb750k5
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2020, 02:01:41 AM »
Nice looking bike. If you don’t mind, please tell us what you did and any special parts or services you incorporated.
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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

Offline corniglio

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Re: project is finished cb750k5
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2020, 05:10:23 PM »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on July 04, 2020, 02:01:41 AM
Nice looking bike. If you don’t mind, please tell us what you did and any special parts or services you incorporated.

my attempt was to update the looks of it and not stray too far from original.  i changed the exhaust and bars turn signals and spedo/tach but everything else is the original.  i used the orig seat-pan and tried to modernize the seat style..i sandblasted most of the chrome parts and painted them along with the frame.  i painted the tank my version of flake sunrise orange..rebuilt the front forks and rear swingarm.  new front rear hubs.  didnt rebuild the engine just put some new gaskets and adjusted the valves. points plugs etc. put a new harness in it and not too happy with the quality though. anyway it  it runs real good. 
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Re: project is finished cb750k5
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2020, 03:09:41 PM »
FYI - I put this bike up for nomination for BOTM.  If someone (other than corniglio) wants to "Second" the nomination, please do so in the nomination thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180400.0.html
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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: project is finished cb750k5
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2020, 07:37:52 PM »
Paint looks good, what did you use for "your version"?  Stuff's expensive even just buying the materials.
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Re: project is finished cb750k5
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2020, 03:49:17 PM »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on September 08, 2020, 03:09:41 PM
FYI - I put this bike up for nomination for BOTM.  If someone (other than corniglio) wants to "Second" the nomination, please do so in the nomination thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180400.0.html

Still looking for someone to "second" my nomination of this bike on the nomination thread: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180400.0.html
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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: project is finished cb750k5
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2020, 05:45:15 PM »
corniglio:

Congratulations!  Your bike has been duly nominated for Bike of the Month.  To be eligible for voting, you will need to post that you "accept" the nomination in the Nomination Thread:  http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180400.0.html
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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: project is finished cb750k5
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2020, 12:47:47 PM »
Where did you get the wiring harness from and what don't you like about it?
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Offline corniglio

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Re: project is finished cb750k5
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2020, 10:12:38 AM »
Quote from: gpzkat on September 08, 2020, 07:37:52 PM
Paint looks good, what did you use for "your version"?  Stuff's expensive even just buying the materials.
i used SEM candy concentrate..mandarin color over SEM silver flake. the challenge is knowing when to stop as the color gets darker each coat. it actually wasnt too expensive.
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Offline corniglio

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Re: project is finished cb750k5
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2020, 10:14:13 AM »
Quote from: Chetterooski on September 16, 2020, 12:47:47 PM
Where did you get the wiring harness from and what don't you like about it?
a few of the color coded wires in the harness were different than the oem harness as well as the wiring schematic
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