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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #450 on: May 06, 2011, 03:10:42 AM »
Not that anyone's on the edge of their seats here or anything, but I haven't had the time to re-torque the head and shake it down some more, and I leave the country tomorrow afternoon for 6 weeks. Come June I'd better be riding this goddamn thing!

argh!!

Eh, I'll get it sorted when I get back. If anyone's interested, I've got a tour diary going at: http://paulages.tumblr.com/
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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #451 on: May 06, 2011, 06:49:51 AM »
Why haven't I seen this thread yet.. one of the nicest! I salute you sir

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« Reply #452 on: May 06, 2011, 02:39:06 PM »
Good idea with the diary Paul. Yea warm beer I don't get either.

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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #453 on: May 06, 2011, 03:15:48 PM »
that's some nice photography! will need to scan the blog when i can sit down for a spell.

thanks for sharing paul.
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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #454 on: May 06, 2011, 05:33:45 PM »
that's some nice photography! will need to scan the blog when i can sit down for a spell.

thanks for sharing paul.

If you can make it past the pictures from the motorcycle museum in Austria... we played a gig tonight IN A CASTLE. A medieval bohemian castle.
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« Reply #455 on: May 06, 2011, 06:01:05 PM »
Great pictures, and the log is a super read.  Thanks for posting the link.  Looking forward to hearing how the castle gig turned out.
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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #456 on: May 07, 2011, 12:45:31 AM »
The castle gig was absolutely #$%*ing epic. Here are a couple pictures of the castle. The first one is from below in the commoners' realm.



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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #457 on: May 07, 2011, 01:06:21 AM »
That Bone Church is awesome in a freaky sort of way....There is some amazing history in Europe...
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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #458 on: May 07, 2011, 10:14:27 AM »
has anyone here seen the german silent film, nosferatu? i'm imagining him coming through that door... muahahahahaaa!!

i love european architecture. 

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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #459 on: May 07, 2011, 03:42:20 PM »
has anyone here seen the german silent film, nosferatu? i'm imagining him coming through that door... muahahahahaaa!!

i love european architecture. 



Great silent film!

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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #460 on: May 08, 2011, 09:16:30 AM »
great stuff, thanks for sharing the link

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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #461 on: May 10, 2011, 10:37:02 PM »
Just poking through some of my favorite threads... I gotta say it again, Paul, that is one gorgeous bike.
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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #462 on: May 11, 2011, 10:56:47 AM »
Just poking through some of my favorite threads... I gotta say it again, Paul, that is one gorgeous bike.

Thanks, Aryn! I'm sitting in a beer bar having a pint with the boys in Tallinn, Estonia waiting to play our show. Next one's for you!
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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #463 on: May 11, 2011, 12:51:57 PM »
Thank you!  Sorry I didn't get back to you on the Portland meetup, but maybe if we all do a get together this summer I'll be able to make it.
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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #464 on: September 26, 2011, 07:18:24 PM »
It's been a while, and I've not had much to say about the old beast. Oil leak persists, so I decided to dyno it as is before tearing it down and replacing the cylinder block all together. It's running like a mother#$%*er though, and starts first kick, every time.

The dyno results were interesting. The power was exactly the same as it was before the CR29s and the 18cc bump in displacement, but it was WAY too rich. Like four sizes too rich at least, and the smallest mains we had between us were 118s. I'd wager I need to be in the 112 if not 110 range to be dialed in, then we'll see how much power those CRs are adding.

Anyway, it was a bit of a disappointment, but interesting none the less. We also dynoed a customer's bike in which I installed a Webcam 41a cam, stock otherwise. It was also way too rich with 120 mains (making 50 HP... not as much as I'd have expected with that cam) and we had no small rounds small enough either. We driledl six 1" holes in the airbox and picked up 10 HP. The filter seems to be restrictive still at the very top and was still a little rich, but I think 115s will be perfect.
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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #465 on: September 26, 2011, 07:57:21 PM »
If it was mine.

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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #466 on: September 28, 2011, 11:42:29 AM »
Yeah, yeah... lots of details could be different.

I forgot to mention something. When the bike was on the dyno, you could watch the swingarm flex when under load and approaching peak HP. We noticed the wheel floating to the right at that point, and at first suspected wheel alignment. I stood behind however, and could actually see the swingarm flexing. Note to self... swingarm needs bracing.
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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #467 on: September 28, 2011, 11:44:43 AM »
If your swingarm bushings are anything like the plastic ones that came out of my 550 swingarm, I'm sure they weren't helping the case either.
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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #468 on: September 28, 2011, 12:17:29 PM »
If your swingarm bushings are anything like the plastic ones that came out of my 550 swingarm, I'm sure they weren't helping the case either.

They were pretty good when I had the swingarm off last.
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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #469 on: September 28, 2011, 03:53:18 PM »
Hondaman bushings and a super bike brace, no flex. ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #470 on: September 30, 2011, 08:40:34 PM »
Yeah, yeah... lots of details could be different.

I forgot to mention something. When the bike was on the dyno, you could watch the swingarm flex when under load and approaching peak HP. We noticed the wheel floating to the right at that point, and at first suspected wheel alignment. I stood behind however, and could actually see the swingarm flexing. Note to self... swingarm needs bracing.

The 1978 models of the CB750 had beefier swing arms. Maybe the 77's too?

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Re: Rebirth of paulages' cb735
« Reply #471 on: September 30, 2011, 09:11:10 PM »
Paulages' cb735 started life as a CB550, so I don't think the CB750 swingarm would work...too wide.

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