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Offline alacrity

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19950 on: June 08, 2015, 10:35:09 am »
I RODE IT!!!!!!!

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19951 on: June 08, 2015, 10:51:14 am »
'78 750K (F3 engine) PD42b's, Modified airbox w/K&N  filter, 40/110 jets, 1 needle shim, IMS@ 1 turn out. Kerker + Cone 18" QuietCore

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19952 on: June 08, 2015, 03:00:38 pm »
...rode the K1 and scored a K6  ;)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19953 on: June 08, 2015, 03:12:54 pm »
Finished it.  ;D ;D ;D



Great job!!! Looks amazing! (I am very biased toward that gold)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19954 on: June 08, 2015, 03:16:40 pm »
Finished it.  ;D ;D ;D




WOW...nice!  Nominating you for BOTM..........
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19955 on: June 08, 2015, 03:29:53 pm »
That would be really cool Stev-o! I have a friend who's a wedding photographer getting some better pictures of it in the next week!  :D

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19956 on: June 08, 2015, 03:34:19 pm »
That would be really cool Stev-o! I have a friend who's a wedding photographer getting some better pictures of it in the next week!  :D

Go here to accept, Davez has already seconded it.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=148308.new;topicseen#new

Get some good pics and post them along with the story in the voting thread which Don will create after the 15th.

Good Luck!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19957 on: June 08, 2015, 03:49:24 pm »
A VERY well-earned nomination.  If you take some photos, try taking them in complete shade and preferably with a white or light colored background.  Otherwise between the direct sun and a black or shadowed background, the camera has trouble exposing to make out the black details in your bike against what's in your dark garage.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19958 on: June 08, 2015, 03:50:02 pm »
Now get over to the nomination thread and ACCEPT!!  ;D

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=148308.new;topicseen#new
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)

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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: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19959 on: June 08, 2015, 05:28:33 pm »
1969 Honda CB750... Basket case
1970 Honda CB750 survivor.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19960 on: June 08, 2015, 06:54:46 pm »
Finished it.  ;D ;D ;D





Still admiring your bike.  And noticed the kickstand appears to be extremely short. Is that the wrong one?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19961 on: June 08, 2015, 10:39:27 pm »
Compliments of World Tour 2013
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Wish me luck...

Looks like bird #$%* LOL  How have you and Eliz been?
As of today 3/13/2012 my original owner 75 CB750F has made it through 3 wives, er EX-wives. Free at last.  ;-)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19962 on: June 08, 2015, 10:47:49 pm »
Sure can't top MKOSKI! That looks great. Congratulations. Hope it goes as great as it looks!

Installed my main studs with some blue Loctite.

Placed ANOTHER order with Yamiya plus ordered sets of All Balls for the front and the rear through Amazon (good discount and free shipping).

Dropped off my set of Lesters at the powdercoater. Buck and quarter apiece. This guy is real good  :)

Received my RC lightened rotor in the mail.

And there's always tomorrow. Frame work likely.
As of today 3/13/2012 my original owner 75 CB750F has made it through 3 wives, er EX-wives. Free at last.  ;-)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19963 on: June 10, 2015, 05:41:12 pm »
Yep, frame work. Engine is ready to build once a few bearings arrive so I dug the frame from the basement and set it up in the garage. Stripped all the attached bits off. Ready to measure and cut for Gordon's frame kit. Knocked the steering bearing races out. My swingarm still had the original 'phenolic?' bushings with 30K+ so they had to go too. Gotta find someone to weld the frame kit in then it's off to the powder coater. Pick up wheels and drop off the frame.
As of today 3/13/2012 my original owner 75 CB750F has made it through 3 wives, er EX-wives. Free at last.  ;-)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19964 on: June 11, 2015, 07:32:22 pm »
Took the completed "Evo" project out for more "break in" miles this evening. Speedo rolled over some round numbers:



I like round numbers!
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Projects:
"Evolution": http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=100352.0
"P.O. Debacle": http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,126692.msg1441661.html#msg1441661
F2/F3 O-rings: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=113672.msg1300721#msg1300721
Cam Tower Studs: https://www.mcmaster.com/#93210a017/=t19sgp
Clean up that nasty harness: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=137351.msg1549191#msg1549191
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,148188.msg1688494.html#msg1688494
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,139544.msg1579364.html#msg1579364
                                          
Charging system diagnosis: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=1012.msg8345#msg8345
Get the manuals: http://manuals.sohc4.net/cb750k/
The Dragon: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=45183.msg1571675#msg1571675
Headlight Switch: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=113986.msg1283236#msg1283236
Branden's leak free top end thread: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=107040.0
Engine Lifting Made Easy: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,58210.msg1684742.html#msg1684742
                                      http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,100352.msg1675840.html#msg1675840
Static and Dynamic Timing: http://www.hondachopper.com/garage/carb_info/timing/timing1.html
Airbox Gasket Replacement: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,114485.msg1290000.html#msg1290000
"Café" : http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,84697.msg953814.html#msg953814
PD Carb Choke Linkage: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,100352.msg1669248.html#msg1669248
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Follow up on your damn posts: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,144305.msg1791605.html#msg1791605
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Tank Latch: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,165975.msg1919495.html#msg1919495
Shorten your forks: http://vintage-and-classic-honda-s.456789.n3.nabble.com/How-to-shorten-forks-td4042465.html DO NOT CUT THE SPRINGS!
Clutch How To: http://vintage-and-classic-honda-s.456789.n3.nabble.com/How-to-change-and-adjust-a-clutch-SOHC-td4040391.html
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19965 on: June 12, 2015, 10:26:32 am »
Took the completed "Evo" project out for more "break in" miles this evening. Speedo rolled over some round numbers:



I like round numbers!

Man, at first I saw 200,000 and mind mind was blown. Obviously not that high but...
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19966 on: June 12, 2015, 10:42:07 am »
got the 550 aut of vinter sleep..put a nev china battery ,on.(.sold the old batt vith the cb-500t last vinter..)

fight to get it started..the gas vas got old..and think the plugs got wet..before it got started...so have to thange them before it can start..
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i kan not speak english/but trying!!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19967 on: June 12, 2015, 11:19:08 am »
Woke up my 750F'er after almost a year nap

Life Is Full Of Challenges - And My Backyard Is Full Of SOHC4's

CB550 K0
CB750 K0, K2, K23 JDM, K45, K5
And the little ones z50r, xr50r, st90


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19968 on: June 12, 2015, 11:21:24 am »
Great looking SS, Gold!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19969 on: June 12, 2015, 04:12:05 pm »
'78 750K (F3 engine) PD42b's, Modified airbox w/K&N  filter, 40/110 jets, 1 needle shim, IMS@ 1 turn out. Kerker + Cone 18" QuietCore

Past Bikes
1974 550K0 (stock), 1973 CB350F (stock), 1983 Yamaha XS400K (POS)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19970 on: June 12, 2015, 05:20:15 pm »
+2 but I'm very partial to it   ;)
As of today 3/13/2012 my original owner 75 CB750F has made it through 3 wives, er EX-wives. Free at last.  ;-)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19972 on: June 12, 2015, 07:58:40 pm »
what the heck.............................+4

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19973 on: June 12, 2015, 08:24:31 pm »
Tapered steering bearings installed with the new forks today.  Rolled it out into the sunshine...realized I'm going to thank myself later if at this point I just pull a few more parts off, mask everything else, and rattle can the frame.


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19974 on: June 13, 2015, 04:31:46 am »
Tapered steering bearings installed with the new forks today.  Rolled it out into the sunshine...realized I'm going to thank myself later if at this point I just pull a few more parts off, mask everything else, and rattle can the frame.





I used Rustoleum oil based satin black and a quality natural bristle 1" flat brush and hand painted the frame on a Yammie DS6 I am restoring.  Worked real well -the paint levels out and in conjunction with the fine brush it looks good.  Saved an awful lot of time masking ...Larry