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JEBodiah

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New guy from Dallas
« on: November 11, 2007, 01:04:15 PM »
How's it going? My name is Jason, I live near Dallas, work in printing, and love to build bikes and ride. My first bike was a 1981 XL185 that my dad rebuilt from a wreck, and that's how it all started. Since then I've owned 20+ bikes, mostly 1960-70s Hondas. The current project is a 1973 CB750 with a Tracy body and a Drouin supercharger on the way. I found it on Craigslist looking like this:



and one month later it looks like this:






I rode it to a show yesterday, put 150 miles on it and only lost a few bolts. Everything worked great, and it cruised on the highway at 80 mph with no problems. I've rebuilt and polished the forks and brake parts, rebuilt the front wheel and added a second rotor and caliper arm, rebuilt the carbs from scratch, fabbed up the fiberglass body mounts, taillight /license plate mounts, made a seat pan and cut up an old seat cover to fit, and added Koni shocks, velocity stacks, criss-cross pipes, oil cooler and clubman bars.

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JEBodiah

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Re: New guy from Dallas
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2007, 01:08:25 PM »
I usually have 10-12 bikes in my garage at any given time. Here's the current lineup:

2004 Triumph Thruxton (rebuilt from a wreck last winter)




1971 Triumph T120 cafe special (currently rebuilding the engine)


1964 Triumph TR6 chopper
before:


today:


1974 Suzuki TS250, 1962 Honda CB77 Superhawk with a few parts bikes, 1965 Yamaha YGS1T Trailmaster, 1982 XR200R, 1958 Triumph Tiger Cub, and a 1960 Norton Dominator/Atlas vintage drag project.

Just wanted to say hi and thank everybody for their time and expertise. There's plenty of helpful information on the board and some great looking projects.

Offline Roach Carver

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Re: New guy from Dallas
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2007, 07:58:18 PM »
welcome and nice bikes!

wanna part with that old front end? ;)

JEBodiah

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Re: New guy from Dallas
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2007, 08:48:35 PM »
Sure! The wheel is from a Yamaha Seca, I believe. I have forks, but they're in pieces and the tubes are rusty and pitted in the seal area. PM me, and we'll figure it out.

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Re: New guy from Dallas
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2007, 10:10:15 AM »
nice bikes lads  ;D ;D
steve ;)
1978 honda 400/4 f2 my baby

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Re: New guy from Dallas
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2007, 12:55:13 PM »
Welcome.
That Triumph chopper is a beauty.
Have a stock TR6 myself--great bikes !

gerhed
Rides: 75 CB750F, 48 Indian Chief, 67 Triumph TR6, 63Honda CA95
          83 XL600R in CB360 Frame
          3-wheel electric tilting cycle

rlarkin70

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Re: New guy from Dallas
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2007, 08:45:39 PM »
Nice looking bikes! I've never seen a body like that on a 750, gives it an interesting look. And those old Triumphs are sweet. I'd love to try my hand at a bobber style TR6 some day.

What's the story behind that wreck picture? That was the newer Triumph before you got your hands on it??? That thing looks totally mangled.

arbormystic

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Re: New guy from Dallas
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2007, 10:21:20 PM »
welcome.  Nice asortment of bikes.  I guess there are a few of us Dallas area people on here.

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Re: New guy from Dallas
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2007, 01:11:17 PM »
welcome and cool bikes
mark
1972 k1 750
1949 fl panhead
1 1/2 gl1100 goldwings
1998 cbr600 f3

JEBodiah

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Re: New guy from Dallas
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2007, 06:07:58 PM »
Thanks for the welcome, guys!

Rlarkin, that bike was wrecked before I got it. Luckily the kid that wrecked it can walk again, but it broke his pelvis and some bones in his arm. The only damage to the engine was a broken mount, and that was welded up easy enough. Everything else came from friends on the triumphrat board and EBAY. It was a challenge to piece together that wiring harness, but the rest of the build was pretty straightforward.