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Offline slikwilli420

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10075 on: October 23, 2015, 10:20:41 AM »
I do agree the lines of the bike are nice, but they didn't do anything particularly interesting to the bike. The exhaust is useless and sounds annoying. The mono conversion is cool but why go to the trouble to then use stock forks cut down to drop the front where the pipes are dangerously close to the front tire, which may or may not be a step up from the Firestone vintage offering.

There is so much of this "Look at all the great stuff I cut off/welded on this bike!" but did you really help advance handling, braking, or acceleration? Cafe racers are about stripping down unnecessary items and increasing power output. This bike missed the mark.
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10076 on: October 23, 2015, 10:35:28 AM »
I like the mono shock idea and execution. To me the oversized front tire looks out of place and I would have tucked the exhaust under a little more and extended it back past the foot pegs, but it would have taken away from the look of the shock also. All I all though I think it was a pretty well thought out bike.
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« Reply #10077 on: October 30, 2015, 10:57:14 AM »
Just finished after a 2 yr resto., a CB350F last registered in 1979. Tore it down to the last nut and bolt, and went all the way thru it. Love these sweet little old SOHC 4's!
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« Reply #10078 on: October 30, 2015, 10:59:24 AM »
Quote from: Hurstman1972 on October 30, 2015, 10:57:14 AM
Just finished after a 2 yr resto., a CB350F last registered in 1979. Tore it down to the last nut and bolt, and went all the way thru it. Love these sweet little old SOHC 4's!

Looks great!
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10079 on: October 30, 2015, 03:10:42 PM »
Two beautiful rides, side by side in that second photo.  Really nice work there!
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10080 on: October 30, 2015, 06:42:51 PM »
Look in front of the Olds and there a nice looking vintage Honda XL 175 also!
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10081 on: October 30, 2015, 07:16:15 PM »
My apologies- I forgot about the little bike in front of the Olds. That's a '74 MT125 Elsinore. A fun little 2 stroke that I used as sort of a semi-resto warmup project before diving into the 350F.
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« Reply #10082 on: October 30, 2015, 07:23:20 PM »
Very nice! I remember now the XL's had plastic fenders. I'd like to get old school TL250 some day.
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10083 on: October 30, 2015, 11:25:15 PM »
that Olds is #$%* hot
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10084 on: October 30, 2015, 11:30:36 PM »
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"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)

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10085 on: October 31, 2015, 08:00:17 AM »
Just a "Hurst/Olds". It shared many of the same parts as a 442 but it was a distinct model, built by Hurst Performance and Olds to pace the 72 Indy 500. I've owned mine sine the early 80's. I call it the mistress and the bikes our illegitimate kids! Ha!
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10086 on: October 31, 2015, 12:51:47 PM »
Quote from: Hurstman1972 on October 31, 2015, 08:00:17 AM
Just a "Hurst/Olds". It shared many of the same parts as a 442 but it was a distinct model, built by Hurst Performance and Olds to pace the 72 Indy 500. I've owned mine sine the early 80's. I call it the mistress and the bikes our illegitimate kids! Ha!

Looks clean.  My first car was a 1971 Oldmobile Cutlass with the Rocket 350.  Bulletproof car.
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"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)

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10087 on: November 01, 2015, 01:57:52 PM »
Screen shot from this week's Racer TV build.

I like the lines but it's impractical as hell not to have a headlight.
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10088 on: December 27, 2015, 01:24:29 PM »
Not sure how a picture I took myself of my bike got on this site but thanks.  Just some details...
Bought new from Thriftylad Honda in Santa Monica, rode home and tore down...
'77 CB550F bored to 590cc using milled CB750 pistons/rings.
Head flowed by "Mama" Yosh.  Yes Mama not Pops.
Doubled up on base gasket to reduce compression.
Stock cam with S&W valve springs.
American Turbo Pak Header & Intake.
Exhaust fabricated by San Pedro Muffler
Modified Mikuni snow mobile carb.
IHI Turbo.
Dunstall Clip-ons (Micron)
1980 CB750 handlebar controls
Fiberglass front fender.
Dual front discs mounted reverse.
Modified Honda CBX tail section.
Kawasaki KZ1000 side covers.
ARD (Alan Richard D'Angelo) Magneto.
Boge-Mullholland Shocks.
Carol Shelby Wheels.
Paint by Steve Young of Crazy Painters (former employee of George Barris) who modeled the paint after his own Turbo CB750/1170 with side hack, known as "The Shadow"  BTW - Rare that any painter would model a paint scheme after one of their own personal creations.


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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10089 on: December 27, 2015, 01:32:24 PM »

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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10090 on: December 27, 2015, 03:45:55 PM »
nice bike,is it a runner?
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10091 on: December 27, 2015, 05:40:27 PM »
This is a test reply.  Sorry but first time on site.
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY"
« Reply #10092 on: December 27, 2015, 05:47:55 PM »
Quote from: Flying J on July 30, 2009, 06:41:13 PM
cool 550


Not sure how a picture of my bike that I took myself but did not put on the net got on this site but thanks.  Just some details...
Bought new from Thriftylad Honda in Santa Monica, rode home and tore down...
'77 CB550F bored to 590cc using milled CB750 pistons/rings.
Head flowed by "Mama" Yosh.  Yes Mama not Pops.
Doubled up on base gasket to reduce compression.
Stock cam with S&W valve springs.
American Turbo Pak Header & Intake.
Exhaust fabricated by San Pedro Muffler
Modified Mikuni snow mobile carb.
IHI Turbo.
Dunstall Clip-ons (Micron)
1980 CB750 handlebar controls
Fiberglass front fender.
Dual front discs mounted reverse.
Modified Honda CBX tail section.
Kawasaki KZ1000 side covers.
ARD (Alan Richard D'Angelo) Magneto.
Boge-Mullholland Shocks.
Carol Shelby Wheels.
Paint by Steve Young of Crazy Painters (former employee of George Barris) who modeled the paint after his own Turbo CB750/1170 with side hack, known as "The Shadow"  BTW - Rare that any painter would model a paint scheme after one of their own personal creations.
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« Reply #10093 on: December 27, 2015, 06:15:22 PM »
Rode it daily from San Pedro to UCLA, Rock Store on Sundays, Van Nuys Blvd on Wednesday Nights, Whittier Blvd. on Friday & Saturday nights.
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10094 on: December 29, 2015, 04:31:36 PM »
very cool that it is driven!run good with the ard?I run one on the street as well.bill
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10095 on: December 29, 2015, 06:54:49 PM »
Pure throwback cool.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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"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: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10096 on: February 06, 2016, 08:17:33 AM »
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Re: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "
« Reply #10097 on: February 06, 2016, 11:07:44 AM »
Quote from: Restoration Fan on October 23, 2015, 09:46:38 AM
There are a few things on this week's RacerTV bike that I don't care for (not a huge fan of the Coker tires, even though I admit they make a unique look; but I especially don't like how the pipes on both sides are cut to dump exhaust on both feet).  However, I really do like the lines of the bike and I LOVE the way they did the shock absorber.  I don't know how it compares functionally, but the shock being underneath the bike is really unique looking and fascinating to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWOxP0Pl8m4

The underslung rear shock makes me think of the old Buell 'Blast' which i always thought needed at least an engine transplant  :D
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« Reply #10098 on: May 09, 2016, 03:28:18 PM »
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« Reply #10099 on: May 09, 2016, 06:55:51 PM »
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