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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #325 on: June 04, 2010, 10:58:35 PM »
your bike is looking great! nice work.

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #326 on: June 05, 2010, 07:52:38 AM »
thanks,

right now I'm thinking about getting a different tank, my forks hit this one and I've scooted it back as far as I can...

maybe a Gus Kuhn tank



 or a gs450/gsx250/gsx400 tank.

the early 80s suzi's had a very pointy tank that would stop my lock to lock issue.




$150 plus $110 -S/H  ...from Singapore.
I think I can get it cheaper from a more local source though.
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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #327 on: June 05, 2010, 09:34:35 AM »
if i were in your shoes


if your planning on replacing the tank anyway,  you should try forming the fiberglass, like you did to the headlight ... if you #$%* it up , you were gonna replace it anyway .  



   edit: now that i think about it , not sure that would work ... but .. i'm not sure that it wouldn't either
      

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #328 on: June 05, 2010, 10:11:50 AM »
how long is that suzuki tank?

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #329 on: June 05, 2010, 12:59:57 PM »
about an inch or so shorter than my dunstall tank.

it's about this long

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #330 on: June 05, 2010, 01:05:48 PM »
i'm in ...looks awesome .. make it happen

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #331 on: June 05, 2010, 03:35:31 PM »
That dunstal just doesnt look right on your bike. I wonder what it would look like on mine?? ;) Send it on over so we can find out.

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #332 on: June 06, 2010, 06:41:11 AM »
heh yeah,
         it needs a seal job and some large-ish repairs on the petcock area... not to mention there's a zombie girl engraved into the top.

I was gonna use it on an SOHC4 cafe four wheeler project I want to do.
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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #333 on: July 10, 2010, 06:29:00 PM »
I left the grips in the tan dye too long, they were white...
     I've already bleached them twice, they were greenish black. maybe they'll fade out in the sun.
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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #334 on: July 10, 2010, 06:32:10 PM »
I may just get some more white grips and dye them again one day.

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #335 on: July 11, 2010, 06:44:57 AM »
I left the grips in the tan dye too long, they were white...
     I've already bleached them twice, they were greenish black. maybe they'll fade out in the sun.


I like it they match the seat and are much better then the ones you had. I like the seat also. You made that one correct? Good work.

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #336 on: July 27, 2010, 06:59:09 AM »
Wow, I've been seeing a '77 F in the neighborhood that has no front end and thinking I know I could find the parts to make it stock but then the fabricator inside just starts screaming "This is a gift, make it something shocking!". Well thanks to IC and a few others here the seed has been planted. I have always had a thing for the inverted forks and now I know I can make it happen.

That is some great work and a great thread about it also, I am set to be notified. I'm not sure what to do about the wheels though because I want to stick with rear disks but all in due time.

I'm interested to see how the gauges turn out.
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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #337 on: July 27, 2010, 12:36:44 PM »
you could always make rotor spacers/adapters for the stock F wheel.

 that's what FunJimmy did.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=27159.0

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #338 on: July 27, 2010, 01:37:46 PM »
I have not had time to check out his entire thread, but I will! My project is still in the planning stages and I've got all winter to make it happen.

I love this forum!
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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #339 on: July 27, 2010, 04:02:28 PM »
I think it's the greatest forum on the web...
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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #340 on: August 08, 2010, 02:54:17 PM »
To take a step back a couple pages. How awful would it be to just skip the front fender all together?

On another note I picked up a 91 gsxr fork and clipons with a lever/mc, caliper and rotor from a 98? 'busa for $240. I cleaned up the lower tree and had it powdercoated with black wrinkle. I am having a friend make a plug insert to stretch the steer tube to length as we speak and soon it will be ready for a wheel. Thanks for the inspiration.

Anyways I am considering running w/o a fender, I like the look.

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #341 on: August 08, 2010, 06:10:59 PM »
you can run without a fender if you want to.
   for me I don't like getting hit in the face with fine gravel at around 35mph or messing up my engines paint job.
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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #342 on: August 08, 2010, 10:28:52 PM »
gravel in face sounds like fun lol and if you decide to get rid of that tank uhmm let me know lol
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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #343 on: August 08, 2010, 10:50:31 PM »
werd.
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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #344 on: August 09, 2010, 05:53:14 AM »
Squirley's bike skipped the fender, so I must not be that crazy. Or not the only one. I guess I'll keep my visor down.

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #345 on: August 09, 2010, 08:34:30 AM »
his bike is radder than mine, it can rock the "no fender" look, no problem.
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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #346 on: August 09, 2010, 04:17:33 PM »
Squirley's bike skipped the fender, so I must not be that crazy. Or not the only one. I guess I'll keep my visor down.

If you are interested in having your front end handle well then the front guard has a fork brace built in, not only will it flex and twist more without it, you will NEVER ride it in the rain or on any dirt, it also trashes {sandblasts} your engine.

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #347 on: August 09, 2010, 04:41:38 PM »
my fork tubes don't have a brace built into the factory fender...
   I'm not sure if it's necessary when the tubes as thick as they are
???

EDIT: I had some minor twist in the forks until I tightened the 4 bolts at the axle, maybe that's what they did for strength?
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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #348 on: August 09, 2010, 04:56:41 PM »
my fork tubes don't have a brace built into the factory fender...
   I'm not sure if it's necessary when the tubes as thick as they are
???

EDIT: I had some minor twist in the forks until I tightened the 4 bolts at the axle, maybe that's what they did for strength?

It seems that upside down forked bikes have no fork braces, they are supposed to be a lot stronger than conventional forks. I was just reading that in extreme circumstances, upside down forks only fault is twist...and apparently this only happens on certain bikes...

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Re: CB750 Dual disc front end swap (with GSXR1000/600/750 parts)
« Reply #349 on: August 09, 2010, 05:00:05 PM »
ah, I see.
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