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wow, what a beauty!!! love the green!

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Oette, forgot to mention, the Daichi points are horrible and give nothing but trouble due to their bad engineering/construction. Since you managed to solve your issue quickly, I presume the issues you had were something else? What was the solution, for the borg collective...
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I went with the CB500T tank that I like but man the bulkiness of the CX its something to admire especially with that paint color. I will have to remember that for the next one I do.

Since the CX (Deluxe or Standard model) tank and bikes have grown in popularity by cafe racers in the past couple years their prices have edged up considerably. Finding a good clean used  CX tank is harder and much more $$$ than previously. The GL500 tanks are similarly shaped, fwiw...
« Last Edit: July 04, 2013, 02:17:28 am by RAFster122S »
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Re: Project "Eleanor" (CB 550 K) #Paintjob done, Bike nearly finished :>
« Reply #278 on: July 04, 2013, 01:45:56 pm »
I would have to have the fabrication tools to be able to make the fit. I actually want to do a CX just because the look of the engine. I think it would be one to get creative with. The only thing I don't like is the fact they are water cooled.

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Re: Project "Eleanor" (CB 550 K) #Paintjob done, Bike nearly finished :>
« Reply #279 on: July 07, 2013, 02:15:37 pm »
Oette, forgot to mention, the Daichi points are horrible and give nothing but trouble due to their bad engineering/construction. Since you managed to solve your issue quickly, I presume the issues you had were something else? What was the solution, for the borg collective...

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The nut on the cam chain tensioner loosened itself. After adding another washer and copper washer I managed to fix it in the right position. Now everything runs perfect. In lack of budget there has been no seat manufactured yet. Tested the bike around 200 miles at the weekend and now my arse really hurts :-D. Time to get a matching seat...

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Presenting you The Green Hornet
« Reply #280 on: July 29, 2013, 12:34:12 pm »
So here we go. The last step is currently done by my seat manufacturer. Next week the bike is as complete as a never really complete and finished bike can be.

My girlfriend suggested a name for the bike, a name out of a crazy but also brilliant idea...Man, that could have been my idea!

Ladies and gentlemen, I present you


The Green Hornet


Here is a compilation of the best pics I recently made on my short trip around the cities without any cushion.















The final pics to follow, when the seat is finished.









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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #281 on: July 29, 2013, 04:55:00 pm »
I hope you are riding with some type of cushion.  Otherwise, OUCH!
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #282 on: July 29, 2013, 06:27:11 pm »
Very nice, cool cafed CX500 too. Green Hornet, I can dig it, girlfriend did good with the name.
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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #283 on: July 30, 2013, 03:48:11 am »
Looking good!

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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #284 on: July 30, 2013, 06:45:41 am »
You're tough to be riding around on that seat!  :o

The bike's a real eye catcher. Well done.

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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #285 on: August 22, 2013, 02:21:04 pm »
So here it is, the final stage. Today my seat returned from the saddler. I'm not totally satisfied by the result, but check it out yourself. All in all I declare this bike as "finished" now, knowing, that it never will be really finished.

These pics were just made out of the situation with my mobile phone, so excuse cheap quality and simple angles.






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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #286 on: August 22, 2013, 02:27:52 pm »
Actually, I think the seat looks good, it doesn't look like your average cafe seat, it kind of looks factory. Nice looking bike mate..
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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #287 on: August 22, 2013, 02:37:40 pm »
Nice, seat looks good, hope it is comfortable.
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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #288 on: August 22, 2013, 03:35:16 pm »
It fits, looks great and it looks comfortable as can be. Nothing wrong there.

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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #289 on: August 22, 2013, 03:42:56 pm »
Dast ist gut!!  The seat looks great.  Nice shape that compliments the tank.  Well done!
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)

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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: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #290 on: August 22, 2013, 05:35:14 pm »
I like it a lot!  Any chance getting human sized license plate for it:)?:)

The chain cover, did you make it?

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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #291 on: August 22, 2013, 07:45:11 pm »
So here it is, the final stage. Today my seat returned from the saddler. I'm not totally satisfied by the result, but check it out yourself. All in all I declare this bike as "finished" now, knowing, that it never will be really finished.

These pics were just made out of the situation with my mobile phone, so excuse cheap quality and simple angles.
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FWIW, I'm not a shill for Race Tech - I've just got a thing for good suspension and the RTCE's are the most cost-effective mod for these old damping rod front ends.

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Re: Caferacer build: CB 550 Four "Betty" #new exhaust and a question
« Reply #292 on: September 22, 2013, 12:26:05 pm »
Got an boxed swingarm for my CB today


Where did or what did the swingarm come from?

Thanks.

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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #293 on: October 14, 2013, 12:11:20 pm »
http://krueger-junginger.de/html/kastenschwingen.html

Sorry, it's a German Store and there's no English version available. Try google translator or something else. Hope the info helped you.

But your question reminds me of FunJimmy's thread "CB 550 Interceptor" in which he presented a Dresda Swingarm for the CB 550, which is, as far as I know, nearly exactly the same swingarm.

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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #294 on: October 14, 2013, 02:56:50 pm »
Oette, I nominated your bike for
BOTM!

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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #295 on: October 14, 2013, 03:42:38 pm »
Hear, hear!

I proudly second that nomination!

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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #296 on: October 14, 2013, 04:17:00 pm »
Hear, hear!

I proudly second that nomination!

70CB750 can you go over to the BOTM thread and "second" it there please! thanks

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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #297 on: October 15, 2013, 02:01:43 am »
Hey guys. A big thank you for that nomination!

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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #298 on: October 15, 2013, 03:14:42 am »
Hey guys. A big thank you for that nomination!

You have 17 hours left to "accept" the nomination but you must do so in the BOTM thread itself to be official ;)

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Re: "Let's call it The Green Hornet"
« Reply #299 on: October 15, 2013, 05:52:20 am »
Done  :)