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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #425 on: June 17, 2016, 06:01:56 PM »
Well not a lot to update this week. Started a new job and dis bunch of training programs. Olivia didn't get much love unfortunately. But i did finish making the new unifilter adaptor plate to the 650 air plenum box. I found this idea to work the best on the 550 motor. Easier to tune and balance the air volume across the four carbs.

Used the same concept idea for the 650 plenum. Put that Gorilla double sided tape between the box and the adaptor plate to seal it good. Kinda over board on the bolts. But i thought it needed some bling bling. Lol clear coated the steal for that raw look. I think it'll work just fine. Haha.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #426 on: June 17, 2016, 06:03:27 PM »
650 plenum box on the cb750 carbs.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #427 on: June 17, 2016, 07:23:43 PM »
Nice work Cam. Will you make me one!?
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #428 on: June 17, 2016, 07:26:37 PM »
I could if you like. But i'm sure you can make it as well, no? Lol might cost more to ship it than to make it. Lol
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #429 on: June 17, 2016, 10:25:42 PM »
Cam,

I thought you were going with 750 carbs.  Aren't those 79-80 650s?
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #430 on: June 18, 2016, 02:00:48 AM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on June 17, 2016, 10:25:42 PM
Cam,

I thought you were going with 750 carbs.  Aren't those 79-80 650s?


Those are 78 cb750k carbs.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #431 on: June 18, 2016, 04:39:15 PM »
Cb750k carbs. Mated you to the cb650 intake manifolds and the cb650 plenum air box with my unifilter modification.
Throttle carbs and choke cable hooked up. All seems to move smoothly. One step ahead.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #432 on: June 18, 2016, 04:41:43 PM »
Why are the small photos showing upside down? But if I click on my photos, they are the right side up... Tried reloading photos but they still show up flipped.. Anyone have a fix to stupid technology? Lol
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #433 on: June 18, 2016, 05:36:42 PM »
Maverick: I was inverted.
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #434 on: June 19, 2016, 01:37:33 PM »
Funny how I wasn't a fan of how the cb650 motor looked.. But it cleans up nicely and fits Olivia like a glove. Lol
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #435 on: June 19, 2016, 02:38:44 PM »
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #436 on: June 19, 2016, 03:28:09 PM »
Nice. No interference with the petcock!
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #437 on: June 19, 2016, 03:54:28 PM »
No interface. Lots of room all around it.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #438 on: June 19, 2016, 03:55:45 PM »
And of course the #$%*ing photos are upside down again!
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #439 on: June 19, 2016, 04:35:44 PM »
Thankfully I'm using a tablet and not the desktop. Bike looks awesome. Seems to be more people stuffing the 650 into the 550 frame. Very cool.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #440 on: June 19, 2016, 05:20:19 PM »
Quote from: riverfever on June 19, 2016, 04:35:44 PM
Thankfully I'm using a tablet and not the desktop. Bike looks awesome. Seems to be more people stuffing the 650 into the 550 frame. Very cool.

Thank you.
Yeah. The cb650 was more or less a fugly duckling of a bike. But the motor was better and of course more power than the 550. Plus, the 650 and the 550 shared the same motor mounts so swapping frames is a synch. 
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #441 on: June 19, 2016, 05:30:56 PM »
Speed holes... Just because. Lol

Many many years ago. I saw a wicked triumph flat track bike. Speed holes everywhere and cross drilled through the fins. I always been a fan of that look. So I gave it a try on the 650. Turns out theres a lot of aluminum supports between the fins so i ended up being limited to size, placement and amount of holes. But its fun. Lol 
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #442 on: June 19, 2016, 05:33:23 PM »
Oil cooler tabs welded in and bolted up. Cooler plumbed and ready for oil, soon.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #443 on: June 19, 2016, 05:46:36 PM »
She looks good. You will be impressed with the torque and overall power the engine has compared to the 550
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #444 on: June 19, 2016, 05:52:47 PM »
Quote from: Tews19 on June 19, 2016, 05:46:36 PM
She looks good. You will be impressed with the torque and overall power the engine has compared to the 550


Thanks man. I'm really looking forward to seeing the difference.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #445 on: June 30, 2016, 05:03:48 AM »
Hello mate
i know this is not the way way to ask questions on the foram but i cant get on ! anyway just wondering if  i could pick your brains for a min ? i have a cb550 k1( usa import) i have had the carbs cleaned and all new jets ect put in, problem is the flote valves are not doing there job so sometimes they empty the flote chamber (number 2 carb) the valves are brand new and from David Silvers spairs, also the petrol tank is clean, any clues
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #446 on: June 30, 2016, 07:12:03 AM »
Quote from: TRICKY174 on June 30, 2016, 05:03:48 AM
Hello mate
i know this is not the way way to ask questions on the foram but i cant get on ! anyway just wondering if  i could pick your brains for a min ? i have a cb550 k1( usa import) i have had the carbs cleaned and all new jets ect put in, problem is the flote valves are not doing there job so sometimes they empty the flote chamber (number 2 carb) the valves are brand new and from David Silvers spairs, also the petrol tank is clean, any clues

Hey TRICKY174, I just moved your question to a new thread.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,159009.0.html.

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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #447 on: June 30, 2016, 10:11:42 AM »
Quote from: TRICKY174 on June 30, 2016, 05:03:48 AM
Hello mate
i know this is not the way way to ask questions on the foram but i cant get on ! anyway just wondering if  i could pick your brains for a min ? i have a cb550 k1( usa import) i have had the carbs cleaned and all new jets ect put in, problem is the flote valves are not doing there job so sometimes they empty the flote chamber (number 2 carb) the valves are brand new and from David Silvers spairs, also the petrol tank is clean, any clues

Tricky,
Check out flybox1's response in the new thread.  He's got a great handle on carb tuning.  You can give him more detail and he can help you troubleshoot.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #448 on: June 30, 2016, 05:02:45 PM »
I could go on and on and on, on various reasons and how to's for carb issues. But that thread they forward you onto will and should answer your questions Tricky. Lol please don't take it as me brushing you off. If you don't find the answers you are after. Come back. We'll see what we can come up with.

Side note. No big progress to report. I was waiting on carb rebuild kits to show up. Ha! Funny.. Carbs again.. Lol while i was waiting for them. My new head lamp came. Although stupid me. I didn't take note when I ordered the buld it needed a head lamp bucket assembly for a h4 type bulds. Lol looking around, I decided I really wasn't happy with most modern 7" buckets. They look cheap. For the most part. Seemed shallower than stock buckets.

Then I found a cool 7" buld that fits stock 7" buckets that have h4 buld mounts. Bingo!

So today my carb kit and h4 head lamp buld assembly came. I can make a few more steps closer to the finish line. The
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #449 on: June 30, 2016, 05:08:55 PM »
New lamp assembly
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