Hey All,
I wanted to share this project with other motorcycle enthusiast. The bike started out as a R&D project back in the 80's by a company named BEI. They wanted to manufacture turbo kits for Honda CB550's, using this bike as the test platform. The bike was completed over budget and was sold in the 80's for 5 grand (I think). I have all the history on this bike from the beginning, including all receipts and schematics.
In the pics of the bike from BEI you'll see that style wasn't a factor for these guys, and the bike was quite ugly. Along with the turbo the bike has an oil cooler, Mallory electronic ignition (run by a hand built belt/pulley set-up), Weber side draft carb feeding a custom intake, aluminum swing arm, oil pressure, temp, amp and boost gauges, remote oil filter set-up.
I'm 1/2 done with the project, and tried to take as many pics as I could along the way. I plan to keep all of the BEI set-up, but clean up the looks. I have a tank, seat and rear-sets from BCR (battery relocated under the seat), spoked wheels, clip-ons, along with polished aluminum bits, and late model R6 hand controls. I hope I haven't destroyed a piece of motorcycle history, but I think this is going to make a cool cafe racer.
Also any tips or ideas please post, I'm still debating on keeping the gauges and not sure about the color of the tan/seat.
I need help ID the carb as well, NO ONE can seem to ID it. I need a rebuild kit for it.
Visit my flickr site for more pics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/niftygardener/sets/72157622970721525/More updates to come.
jon®
