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Offline Captainkirk

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Greetings from Illinois!
« on: December 07, 2009, 08:20:10 PM »
Hello all; Captainkirk here. Just bought a CB550 Four and will be chronicling the resto in the projects thread. Since this is going to be as close to an original resto as possible (within financial constraints, of course!) I figured this would be the right place to hang out, ask questions, and generally make a bother of myself! I'm by no means a newbie to bikes and/or wrenching ON them, but just learning the CB550 as an individual creature. I belong to numerous other bike forums, moderate some, but none devoted solely to the 550. So, here I am, full of questions and ready to learn from the experts. And, it's OK to tell me to shut up if I talk too much! ;D
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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2009, 11:50:48 PM »
Welcome Captain, you've come to the right place.
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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2009, 09:40:33 AM »
Welcome!  Quite a few of us here in the northern IL area.  Glad to have you with us.

Post pics :)

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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2009, 01:22:30 PM »
hey bud i am in the Elgin IL... i have a bunch of CB parts around, let me know if you are looking for anything in particular
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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2009, 03:36:35 PM »
Welcome Captainkirk from SE (Kenosha) Wisconsin..

GL on your build, going thru the same thing atm with my 75 CB550F.
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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2009, 09:11:31 PM »
Quote from: Zaipai on December 08, 2009, 03:36:35 PM
Welcome Captainkirk from SE (Kenosha) Wisconsin..

GL on your build, going thru the same thing atm with my 75 CB550F.
Paddock Lake...hell, I just rode through there a couple weeks ago!

Thanks for the warm welcome, all of you! It's pretty cool to be able to share the trials & tribulations of a project/resto, especially with local folks!
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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2009, 09:12:34 PM »
Quote from: JRK5892 on December 08, 2009, 01:22:30 PM
hey bud i am in the Elgin IL... i have a bunch of CB parts around, let me know if you are looking for anything in particular
Yes, I am....see my post in the project thread!
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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2009, 09:41:23 AM »
Quote from: Captainkirk on December 08, 2009, 09:11:31 PM
Quote from: Zaipai on December 08, 2009, 03:36:35 PM
Welcome Captainkirk from SE (Kenosha) Wisconsin..

GL on your build, going thru the same thing atm with my 75 CB550F.
Paddock Lake...hell, I just rode through there a couple weeks ago!

Thanks for the warm welcome, all of you! It's pretty cool to be able to share the trials & tribulations of a project/resto, especially with local folks!
Well hot dang.. Next summer when you buzzing thru give us a heads up.
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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2009, 02:06:14 PM »
Howdy Captain! glad you made it but we'd really like to hear from Mr. Scott and any ideas he has about optimizing our warp output!
How about a transparent aluminum engine?  ;) :D
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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2009, 02:35:30 PM »
I was wondering how long before some one got around to that..

lol..
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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2009, 07:41:12 PM »
Why stick with aluminum when we can use dilithium crystals?
(I was waiting too...I usually take that bullet in the opening salvo) :-\
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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2009, 08:22:35 PM »
Notice how assiduously I refrained from going there :D

Seriously though, dilithium isn't nearly ductile enough for engine casings but would find excellent application in your rectifier (aka phase compensator ;) ) to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow.

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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2009, 09:11:55 PM »
Beam me up Scotty, i'm outa here...... ;D

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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2009, 09:22:44 PM »
Quote from: mystic_1 on December 09, 2009, 08:22:35 PM
Notice how assiduously I refrained from going there :D

Seriously though, dilithium isn't nearly ductile enough for engine casings but would find excellent application in your rectifier (aka phase compensator ;) ) to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow.

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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2009, 06:17:19 AM »
With a ... ... screen name, like that YOU .... havetoemploymore : creATIVE punctuation. :)
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Re: Greetings from Illinois!
« Reply #15 on: December 23, 2009, 11:57:50 AM »
What does the star ship Enterprise and toilet paper have in common ?














They both circle Uranus looking for Klingons............... ;D ;D ;D

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