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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19650 on: April 20, 2015, 06:27:43 am »
Yeah that's super clean and makes me embarrassed about my wiring, haha! Is he running any other electrics aside from speedo? Trying to gauge how clean it could be with blinkers, headlight, electric start, etc.


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19651 on: April 20, 2015, 06:36:28 am »
Headlight is in its own loom, left and right handlebar switches each in their own loom, and gauge/indicators in their own loom. All run to seat pan, hooked to m-unit. He's running a combo LED strip twilight with integrated blinkers in it. All total, 6 looms from front to rear. Fully electronic filled bike  :)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19652 on: April 20, 2015, 06:39:34 am »
Love it, thanks. Maybe when I get rich I'll pick up an M-Unit, haha.


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19653 on: April 20, 2015, 08:46:56 am »
Did a wee bit of wiring to help out a buddy on his project. Installed and wired up a MotoGadget m-unit, m-button, m-switches, mini speedo, and electronic ignition..


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19654 on: April 20, 2015, 10:30:09 am »
Finshed my installation of RFID ignition into my K7 Cb750. I'm super stoked it works so well!


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19655 on: April 20, 2015, 11:38:50 am »
Finshed my installation of RFID ignition into my K7 Cb750. I'm super stoked it works so well!



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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19656 on: April 20, 2015, 04:21:38 pm »
Installed my new adjustable shocks from 4in1.com

Taller ride, not by much, but it helps shore up my sagging end. ;D
They fit the shock mounts better than the factory shocks do - go figure.  Stiffer than a board, but for a big guy like me that's not a problem - plus they're adjustable so I still need to fiddle with them.

Am in the process of assembling my new/old factory headlight assembly.  Prior to this I was using an aftermarket affair - and it is a piece of junk.

Question - why is the adjuster screw on the side - rather than the top or bottom? :o
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19657 on: April 20, 2015, 04:54:46 pm »
Installed my new adjustable shocks from 4in1.com

Taller ride, not by much, but it helps shore up my sagging end. ;D
They fit the shock mounts better than the factory shocks do - go figure.  Stiffer than a board, but for a big guy like me that's not a problem - plus they're adjustable so I still need to fiddle with them.

Am in the process of assembling my new/old factory headlight assembly.  Prior to this I was using an aftermarket affair - and it is a piece of junk.

Question - why is the adjuster screw on the side - rather than the top or bottom? :o

Up and down of beam can be adjusted by loosening the headlight mounting bolts. The side to side is for when you're riding down a straight road. You don't want your beam off to one side of the road!
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Delkevic Stainless 4-1 Header, Cone Engineering 18" Quiet Core Reverse Cone, K&N Filter in Drilled Airbox
K5 Crankcase/Frame, K4 Head and Cylinders, K1 Carbs (42;120;1 Turn)

She's a mix-matched (former) basket case, but she's mine.

CB750 Shop Manual (all years), searchable text PDF
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19658 on: April 20, 2015, 04:57:14 pm »
Doh!   of course, I should have thought of that.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19659 on: April 20, 2015, 07:41:19 pm »
 Recently posted about a Boos Maroon K4 I just finished and put on the road. Today was rainy and cold so hit the shop in the afternoon and pulled out a K2 to finish. Bought it at an estate auction of a deceased owner during a terrible thunderstorm I remember, got soaked. It had a Vetter and some other goodies on it. Had that stuff stripped off and had already cleaned the carbs, new fuel lines, set tappets, new plugs, oil, cleaned front brake, etc and ran the engine off a bottle so it checked out well before storing again. I always do the engines and start up before going too deep on new projects to make sure they are worthy. Today I replaced the rear fender which was bent, installed a grab bar and turn signals, reflectors on the fork ears,finished off the headlight and fixed some interesting wiring he had to the rear end. All the lights, signals, beepers etc check out good now. The poor previous owner had just put new Dunlop front and rear tires on before he died so good to go there, still got the nubs. Not my favorite color but descent original paint, pic shows some weird glare. Next step when the weather gets better is to do a quickie tank clean and install, mount airbox, buff her up a little and finally get it out on the road where it belongs and move on to the next deal.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19660 on: April 23, 2015, 06:00:19 pm »
Spoke wheel, what a PITA!  On the truing stand
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19661 on: April 23, 2015, 06:27:10 pm »
Spoke wheel, what a PITA!  On the truing stand

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19662 on: April 23, 2015, 06:41:14 pm »


Not so much what I did today, as what I've been doing all winter. Got to take her out this afternoon for a quick but cold run and just barely beat the rain.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19663 on: April 23, 2015, 06:45:47 pm »
Finished my 605 engine! She sits on the garage floor waiting to be installed. Should be done by noon tomorrow!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19664 on: April 23, 2015, 06:55:53 pm »
Tappets clearance, points gap, and air screw adjusted to spec on the 550K2. Loosened cam chain tensioner nut while at 15 degree ATDC, but that must be good as nothing happened. These things seem to have improved the idle and off idle performance.  Will check timing and sync the carbs this weekend to hopefully improve it more. Hopefully all of these things will improve my mileage closer to what it should be. Was running between 32 & 36 mpg. Good things!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19665 on: April 24, 2015, 05:43:21 am »
That sort of mileage is pretty normal if you ride hard (fast accels, high speeds, etc).
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K5 Crankcase/Frame, K4 Head and Cylinders, K1 Carbs (42;120;1 Turn)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19666 on: April 24, 2015, 06:19:35 am »
That sort of mileage is pretty normal if you ride hard (fast accels, high speeds, etc).

Good to know. I wouldn't say I've ridden overly hard, as the bike is new to me and it is my first SOHC. Don't want to push it until I know more about it's reliability, how it should run and the sounds it makes. Mileage is really no concern of mine, because I do like to ride hard. But, I feel checking mpg early on could be a decent gauge of how well I have it tuned.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19667 on: April 24, 2015, 11:45:02 am »
Received my breadbox air box today. Vintage one through eBay. It even includes the original rubber stacks, but they've hardened up a bit. Might replace them. Needs an extra layer of perforated metal to wedge some filter foam and tape to close off the sides.
Stripping the chrome and painting it flat black, like the engine.



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Past "bikes" ;)
1981 Honda MT 50cc - Torn apart, put back together and got run down on..
1994 Derby Senda R 50cc - Fell apart
2001 Derby Senda R 50cc - 13/45 changed to 15/70, hit 90 kph in under 150 meters! Undriveable fun!
1987 Suzuki GN250 - Sold
Current bikes
1977 Honda CB750 F1 - F2 engine, '05 ZX6R front end and wheels, '04 ZX6R shortened swing arm converted to twin shock. http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=133411.0
1987 Honda XR600 Supermoto conversion. CR250 forks and triple. SM wheels, discs front and back. Rebuilt engine. Loudest exhaust in the world: Leovinci X3

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19668 on: April 24, 2015, 01:11:57 pm »
My fork clamp black again since many years. I glass blasted it 1983, it looked so good so I clear coated it when I did my tank at the same time.
Today black again.  Photo taken when pait is still partly wet. 2 additional thin layer sprayed afterwards too.
 (Place for handle bar cleaned with acetone after the photo was taken)
New handle bar clamp with pilot lamps to match it soon here. Correct placed blue lamp named Highbeam as my K6 has.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19669 on: April 24, 2015, 01:24:06 pm »
Had my forks rebuild, packed them up really well. Got them back in the same packaging with fragile tape all over and they looked like this:



Postal service dropped them, hard! Rebuilder will mill and grind them, new anodizing and back in business. Problem is, I don't have to time for it now. So will have to wait till September ends (yes, Green Day pun intended) when I come back from Spain.


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Past "bikes" ;)
1981 Honda MT 50cc - Torn apart, put back together and got run down on..
1994 Derby Senda R 50cc - Fell apart
2001 Derby Senda R 50cc - 13/45 changed to 15/70, hit 90 kph in under 150 meters! Undriveable fun!
1987 Suzuki GN250 - Sold
Current bikes
1977 Honda CB750 F1 - F2 engine, '05 ZX6R front end and wheels, '04 ZX6R shortened swing arm converted to twin shock. http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=133411.0
1987 Honda XR600 Supermoto conversion. CR250 forks and triple. SM wheels, discs front and back. Rebuilt engine. Loudest exhaust in the world: Leovinci X3

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19670 on: April 24, 2015, 01:36:21 pm »
Had my forks rebuild, packed them up really well. Got them back in the same packaging with fragile tape all over and they looked like this:



Postal service dropped them, hard! Rebuilder will mill and grind them, new anodizing and back in business. Problem is, I don't have to time for it now. So will have to wait till September ends (yes, Green Day pun intended) when I come back from Spain.


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Thats BS!  >:(  looks like they had a sword fight with them  :o
were they insured by the sender? 
can you start a claim with the postal carrier?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19671 on: April 24, 2015, 01:40:38 pm »

Had my forks rebuild, packed them up really well. Got them back in the same packaging with fragile tape all over and they looked like this:



Postal service dropped them, hard! Rebuilder will mill and grind them, new anodizing and back in business. Problem is, I don't have to time for it now. So will have to wait till September ends (yes, Green Day pun intended) when I come back from Spain.


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Thats BS!  >:(  looks like they had a sword fight with them  :o
were they insured by the sender? 
can you start a claim with the postal carrier?
Yeah, it is total BS! Especially since it's the national carrier around here...

The sender is responsible and they quoted me around €300/$375,- for the repair, which should be covered by insurance. It's just a huge bummer since it cost me €200,- to rebuild them and I've been so careful with them.
Nothing I can do now, so putting my mind on other things like how to paint over my chrome covers. (Yes, I am going to attempt that..)


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Past "bikes" ;)
1981 Honda MT 50cc - Torn apart, put back together and got run down on..
1994 Derby Senda R 50cc - Fell apart
2001 Derby Senda R 50cc - 13/45 changed to 15/70, hit 90 kph in under 150 meters! Undriveable fun!
1987 Suzuki GN250 - Sold
Current bikes
1977 Honda CB750 F1 - F2 engine, '05 ZX6R front end and wheels, '04 ZX6R shortened swing arm converted to twin shock. http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=133411.0
1987 Honda XR600 Supermoto conversion. CR250 forks and triple. SM wheels, discs front and back. Rebuilt engine. Loudest exhaust in the world: Leovinci X3

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19672 on: April 24, 2015, 06:42:08 pm »
Pulled all the bikes out of the shed to dry them off after water got in. Inflated tyres, WD40 all over, then stashed them all back in.
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1978 CB750F2
1972 CB350F
1961 C100 Cub
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1959 C76
1963 C92
1964 C95
Suzuki
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1961 250TA Colleda
1961 250TA Colleda x 2 primed ready for paint and assembly
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1978 DT125E
1979 DT125F
1976 DT250E
1978 DT250G
1984 FJ1100
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19673 on: April 24, 2015, 06:53:53 pm »

Picked up my carbs from my CB750 guy, he completely rebuilt and made them look pretty


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #19674 on: April 24, 2015, 07:08:43 pm »
Those look sharp!
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