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Offline paulages

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Re: rebirth of a cb550 road racer
« Reply #50 on: May 07, 2008, 11:26:41 am »
WOW

took it out yesterday over the freeway bridge by our shop-- good way to test an illegal bike. 2 blocks from the shop and i'm on the bridge, and then the ducati dealership where a friend works is 2 blocks from the other side.

wow, this thing rides awesome. still have a little dialing in to do before hitting the track, but around 7K RPM it really comes on, and pulled well to 12,000.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
paul
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1974 CB550 (735cc)
1976 CB550 (590cc) road racer
1973 CB750K3
1972 NORTON Commando Combat
1996 KLX650 R

Offline squirley

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Re: rebirth of a cb550 road racer
« Reply #51 on: May 07, 2008, 11:49:36 am »
Great looking bike.  Do you have any recent pictures of the bike and maybe some of the drive chain tensioner setup that you mentioned?  I wouldn't mind seeing some closeups. Thanks

Offline paulages

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Re: rebirth of a cb550 road racer
« Reply #52 on: May 07, 2008, 11:56:41 am »
Great looking bike.  Do you have any recent pictures of the bike and maybe some of the drive chain tensioner setup that you mentioned?  I wouldn't mind seeing some closeups. Thanks

i don't have any recent pics, but there is one of the tensioner in the original post.
paul
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1974 CB550 (735cc)
1976 CB550 (590cc) road racer
1973 CB750K3
1972 NORTON Commando Combat
1996 KLX650 R