Author Topic: Lets see your orange SOHC bikes (Read 13176 times)

ekpent · « **Reply #25 on:** July 15, 2010, 01:16:13 PM »

First two pics is an all stock 73,before and after and the last shot is a 74 with an 836 kit-andrew cam etc. thats been with me for many years.

cameron · « **Reply #26 on:** July 15, 2010, 01:25:31 PM »

I like this thread:

The_Crippler · « **Reply #27 on:** July 15, 2010, 01:53:14 PM »

Quote from: ekpent on July 15, 2010, 01:16:13 PM

First two pics is an all stock 73,before and after and the last shot is a 74 with an 836 kit-andrew cam etc. thats been with me for many years.

They're not for everyone, but there's something about a late '70s, early '80s full-dresser with a Vetter fairing.

I like.

bikerbart · « **Reply #28 on:** July 15, 2010, 02:12:28 PM »

Back in the early 90's my girlfriend had a 76 or 75 cb550ss in orange .I absolutely fell in love(with the bike((she was great but thats another story))So after riding #$%* on my girlfriends bike I knew that would NOT do.So I went and bought a cheap $400 Z or kh 400 kaw.Cafe'd it out ,found a really cool 2-1 for it ,superbike bars.It was cheap and thats what started my love affair with old Jap bikes.

bikerbart · « **Reply #29 on:** July 15, 2010, 03:07:25 PM »

Hey moderator I didnt know a female dog was a bad word.So P.C. are we.

Johnie · « **Reply #30 on:** July 15, 2010, 07:47:55 PM »

You got it Andy. I will get a road pic soon. Regarding those filters, when I got the bike there was some nasty stuff in the tank which I cleaned. That is why the K4 is my only bike with the inline filters. I got them from my dealer. I think they give me some piece of mind as the tank looks pretty darn nice in there. Below is a pic of the filter for you.

andy750 · « **Reply #31 on:** July 16, 2010, 04:33:24 AM »

Thanks Johnie very useful. I wonder what the pore size of the filter is? Ill see if I can find out. Any indication they are working?

cheers
Andy

Johnie · « **Reply #32 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:34:27 AM »

Quote from: andy750 on July 16, 2010, 04:33:24 AM

Thanks Johnie very useful. I wonder what the pore size of the filter is? Ill see if I can find out. Any indication they are working?

cheers
Andy

I have not had any fuel delivery issues so I assume they are working. I did cut them apart after last summer (after I had cleaned the tank) and they were pretty clean. So I think my tank is pretty clean now and there is not much to filter. I may take them off soon to give it try.

andy750 · « **Reply #33 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:38:15 AM »

Hey Johnie I noticed on the packaging in the photo and also here:

http://www.fullthrottletahoe.com/fullthro/publicstore/images/catalog-specs/09SnowPages/09Snow%20441.pdf

that you have an oil injection filter! Interesting that it also passes fuel.

cheers
Andy

Johnie · « **Reply #34 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:43:46 AM »

Quote from: andy750 on July 16, 2010, 05:38:15 AM

Hey Johnie I noticed on the packaging in the photo and also here:

http://www.fullthrottletahoe.com/fullthro/publicstore/images/catalog-specs/09SnowPages/09Snow%20441.pdf

that you have an oil injection filter! Interesting that it also passes fuel.

cheers
Andy

Yah, I questioned a few of the guys at the shop and they said it will work just as good. And it has...

andy750 · « **Reply #35 on:** July 16, 2010, 05:53:48 AM »

Quote from: Johnie on July 16, 2010, 05:43:46 AM

Quote from: andy750 on July 16, 2010, 05:38:15 AM
Hey Johnie I noticed on the packaging in the photo and also here:

http://www.fullthrottletahoe.com/fullthro/publicstore/images/catalog-specs/09SnowPages/09Snow%20441.pdf

that you have an oil injection filter! Interesting that it also passes fuel.

cheers
Andy
Yah, I questioned a few of the guys at the shop and they said it will work just as good. And it has...

Good to know! Thanks Johnie!

bikerbart · « **Reply #36 on:** July 16, 2010, 10:54:50 AM »

Hey Guys,I just listed my Rickman full fairing on ebay.Its got a high price so I didnt bother to list here.but then again I might.

motorhead55 · « **Reply #37 on:** July 16, 2010, 01:24:19 PM »

Here is my ORANGE with BROWN seat, 1976 CB550F. Bought it new in 1978. They were still in the crate as they were left overs. $1600.00 out the door! Still stock and un-restored.

KeithB · « **Reply #38 on:** July 16, 2010, 03:04:42 PM »

1972 CB 750K

bender01 · « **Reply #39 on:** July 16, 2010, 08:54:01 PM »

Heres my 75 550k1. Last March Near Clyo Ga.

dave500 · « **Reply #40 on:** July 16, 2010, 09:29:12 PM »

before and after.

i deleted the incomplete chrome trim and had that edge painted silver,the guy just went off the inside of the side covers by eye,he wanted A4 photos of it before i stripped it to get the stripes correct it had been painted years ago and looked to have been sunrise orange so i thought ide stay the same,wet looking candy red crossed my mind with large flakes,its quite metallic but dosent show it here not bad for 500 bucks"johnnos custom cycles" at currumbin did it,he likes these old bikes,i was a bit dubious when i first asked about it glancing at all the harleys with skulls that looked like real xrays and fire that looked like real fire,i thought this might be a bit below him but he seems to have taken a shine to it(pun semi intended).

bender01 · « **Reply #41 on:** July 16, 2010, 09:59:28 PM »

Nice Dave!
Kitch! that looks real Nice.
Andy, That pic under the Maple i have seen before and it is awesome! Day before or after you would have missed its peak.
Ben

dave500 · « **Reply #42 on:** July 16, 2010, 10:37:33 PM »

i rode it for a couple of years with that old paint bender!

myhondas · « **Reply #43 on:** July 16, 2010, 11:43:43 PM »

Quote from: Schmthaus on July 15, 2010, 08:10:27 AM

Where's Ray? (myhondas) He has one of the most brilliant candy flake sunrise orange paint jobs I have ever seen.

Thank you for your kind words Schmthaus ! I totally missed this thread somehow. Must have too busy rebuilding the Magna. I have taken marmalade to a number of bike nights. Here are some more pictures. And, I love seeing other bikes like Johnie's K4...especially when they wear some of my bikes parts. It is sort of like being an organ donor.

dave500 · « **Reply #44 on:** July 17, 2010, 02:21:13 AM »

Quote from: myhondas on July 16, 2010, 11:43:43 PM

Quote from: Schmthaus on July 15, 2010, 08:10:27 AM
Where's Ray? (myhondas) He has one of the most brilliant candy flake sunrise orange paint jobs I have ever seen.

Thank you for your kind words Schmthaus ! I totally missed this thread somehow. Must have too busy rebuilding the Magna. I have taken marmalade to a number of bike nights. Here are some more pictures. And, I love seeing other bikes like Johnie's K4...especially when they wear some of my bikes parts. It is sort of like being an organ donor.

that is the best look ,heaps of sparkle

strynboen · « **Reply #45 on:** July 17, 2010, 04:53:36 AM »

fantastic

,,,no vords can do it

Johnie · « **Reply #46 on:** July 17, 2010, 05:35:25 AM »

Very nice there Ray. If I am not mistaken your K4 was in the VJMC mag a few months ago too. It is a stunning bike. Did you paint it your self?

myhondas · « **Reply #47 on:** July 17, 2010, 08:24:49 AM »

I wish.....No, I had a professional in Michigan(Pontiac area) who specializes in custom paint jobs on choppers do it. I need to get the original side stripes on it and get it back up there for him to clear coat it over the stripes and the signatures. Sounds like a winter project huh...not taking it off the road till the bad weather comes..Next, got to find some time to clean the bike.... been riding and not cleaning....not like me at all.

FunJimmy · « **Reply #48 on:** July 17, 2010, 08:51:55 AM »

Another beauty to add to the collection.

'75 CB550F

Flathead · « **Reply #49 on:** July 21, 2010, 06:03:51 PM »

Been gone a while but now I'm back. Here's my orange bike

Heh Andy750. Still in Japan?

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