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lunchandmurder

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workin on an 80 cb650 bobber
« on: January 28, 2010, 09:01:46 AM »
workin on a bobber. interested in your opinion

struts
side mount tail light and license plate
current "z bars" 8 inch lift
ammo can saddle bag
solo seat
jetted carbs 135
pod are filters
4 2 2 exhaust
rear end lowered 5 inches
cut and remounted rear fender
sissybar


bike as it sits now


next up
replace handle bars
clean them up a bit. (if anyone has any times on replacing the stock kill switch and starter switch i would be very interested in hearing)
moved battery box and electrical components
mount fender struts and new sissy bar

new bars


almost done with them


any advice or tips let me know what you think of the project so far.


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Re: workin on an 80 cb650 bobber
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2010, 09:30:46 AM »
have you done a plug chop ? 135 seems big on the mains. I'm running pods on my 650 and 120's are perfect
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Re: workin on an 80 cb650 bobber
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2010, 09:35:52 AM »
my mistake its at 130 and it is running pretty solid. still on the high side i know but as of now it seems fine.

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Re: workin on an 80 cb650 bobber
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2010, 04:14:44 PM »
where are the foot pegs???

lunchandmurder

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Re: workin on an 80 cb650 bobber
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2010, 09:10:58 PM »
stock mid sets, just hard to see in that photo and the break is blacked out so it makes it more invisible.

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Re: workin on an 80 cb650 bobber
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2010, 01:48:37 PM »
hey lunch, like the bike. i had a question on the ammo can. what did you use for a mounting bracket. any pics of that... appreciated