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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #500 on: March 01, 2017, 12:42:15 PM »
So interesting fact... bike runs even better than last video... after i saw that one of the wires to the right side coils wasn't pulled in .. hahahahaa imagine that eh?

Got an oil leak from the oil pan it looks like. And still need to fix an exhaust leak at the header. I'll try to do that when weld up the inner baffle and modify the header to fit the reverse cone this week.

Video from this morning.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #501 on: March 01, 2017, 12:44:55 PM »
Sounds good. My buddy had the same set up, engine and front end on his 550. It will definitely feel different when riding.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #502 on: March 01, 2017, 12:47:32 PM »
Thanks.
Yeah. Looking forward to the ride.
Theres a few of us around my area running very similar set us as well. However,  i'm the only fat ass CB lol

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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #503 on: March 02, 2017, 11:28:41 AM »
Hey Cam,

With her new heart transplant complete, Olivia has been re-nominated for BOTM April 2017.  Please post an "acceptance" in the nomination thread and (when you get a spare minute) post some completed bike photos!
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #504 on: March 02, 2017, 02:22:45 PM »
Congrats, well deserved!

Also those are some looooong springs! I couldn't find it in the thread, but I'm assuming they are custom?
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #505 on: March 02, 2017, 04:25:34 PM »
Thank you.

Shocks are not custom.. they are from a early 80's Honda XL600.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #506 on: March 02, 2017, 11:27:35 PM »
Great work, glad that you have reached a pause point in her maturity and step ahead for the styling and performance.
Best of luck with the BOTM nomination!

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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #507 on: March 06, 2017, 10:51:57 AM »
My 1978 once upon a time CB550.

Now with a 1980 CB650 motor with 1978 CB750 carbs. Remote oil cooler kit. 2006 CBR600RR forks. Cb550 19" front wheel. CB550 rear hub laced to a 18x5.50 wrapped in a Metzeler 180/55/18. Fabricated swing arm to except the additional girth. Rear frame cut out and modified with all the electrical in a under seat tray. Fibreglass cowl hides a Anitgraviti battery, seat has a 1" memory foam wrapped and stitched in brown leather with her name "Olivia" embroidered.
Left the natural patina paint on the tank and stripped paint off the motor. She's no trailer queen. No pampered princess. lol
Acewell gauge upfront. LED headlamp, CBR600RR front master cylinder CB650 controls. Slimmed down and simplified is her game except her fat a$$. I like big butts!

She's never perfect. Never done, but %100 bad a$$ and all mine and sooo much fun to ride.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #508 on: March 06, 2017, 10:53:05 AM »
so looks like this will take a while... the site will only allow me to upload one photo at a time.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #509 on: March 06, 2017, 10:53:44 AM »
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #510 on: March 06, 2017, 10:54:17 AM »
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #511 on: March 06, 2017, 10:55:21 AM »
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #512 on: March 06, 2017, 10:56:01 AM »
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #513 on: March 06, 2017, 10:56:48 AM »
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #514 on: March 06, 2017, 10:57:39 AM »
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #515 on: March 06, 2017, 11:01:18 AM »
Stoked you got it done man! So how does it feel with the new motor? Any initial comparison input?
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #516 on: March 06, 2017, 11:03:39 AM »
haven't gone for a ride yet. waiting for a new clutch cable to show up. and still have a hesitation in the carbs. But hope to have that settled down soon too.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #517 on: March 06, 2017, 11:43:16 AM »
All in one:





















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1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
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
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #518 on: March 06, 2017, 11:45:20 AM »
Hahahaha! Right on! Thank you!
Every time I tried to download more than one photo the website would crash on me.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #519 on: March 06, 2017, 11:55:11 AM »
Love this bike. This how Honda should build a retro.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #520 on: March 06, 2017, 11:57:49 AM »
Funny you say that.. that was actually my goal. If Honda remade the cb550 with technology they use now in their bikes but keeping it looking classic.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #521 on: March 06, 2017, 12:00:47 PM »
This bike inspired many modern front end swaps.  Prior to Cognitomoto making turnkey solutions, fitting up a spoked wheel into a modern front required some additional mental floss.  At the time, Cam caught a little bit of grief (that won't work/you can't do that) when he decided to run a larger, modern size rear tire, to which he basically responded, 'Watch me."
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1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
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)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #522 on: March 06, 2017, 12:01:26 PM »
To save me reading through it all again. Can you tell me the deatils about the rear wheel and swingarm.  I am starting another build and want to fit a wider tyre.
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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #523 on: March 06, 2017, 12:06:19 PM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on March 06, 2017, 12:00:47 PM
This bike inspired many modern front end swaps.  Prior to Cognitomoto making turnkey solutions, fitting up a spoked wheel into a modern front required some additional mental floss.  At the time, Cam caught a little bit of grief (that won't work/you can't do that) when he decided to run a larger, modern size rear tire, to which he basically responded, 'Watch me."



Thank you! And funny thing is.. i still get hate mail and negitive comments. Once even a death threat. Lol
Its a bike.. why does it respond such controversial heat? Hahaha. To think, if I actually listened to the hate, this bike, that was in my head for years. Wouldn't have ever come to life.


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Re: Olivia's Face lift. 78 CB550 build.
« Reply #524 on: March 06, 2017, 12:10:49 PM »
Quote from: timbo750 on March 06, 2017, 12:01:26 PM
To save me reading through it all again. Can you tell me the deatils about the rear wheel and swingarm.  I am starting another build and want to fit a wider tyre.

Not really a lot to tell.. i made a new swing arm widened enough to fit the fatter wheel 1 1/2" longer than stock. Which is a cb550 rear hub. Laced with thicker stainless spokes and nipples to a 18x5.50 rim, running a 180/55/18. 3/8 Off set drive sproket and a machined offset rear sprocket carrier.
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