Author Topic: 78' CB550k - Project "Ipkiss" FINISHED Updated Clip and MORE Pictures!!!!! (Read 9787 times)

T.Stanley · « **Reply #50 on:** July 16, 2011, 03:41:09 PM »

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Homebrew -

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My Bro Jesse w/his 78 Triumph Bonneville -

Ipkiss -

tango911 · « **Reply #51 on:** July 16, 2011, 07:35:19 PM »

that is very very nice!! nice work!!!

Norske · « **Reply #52 on:** July 16, 2011, 11:58:09 PM »

Hey, great bike! I recently bought a '78 CB550K and I'm jealous!!

bluesmoke69 · « **Reply #53 on:** July 17, 2011, 08:34:49 AM »

Very nice bike, like the lines it flows nicely.

loan $hark · « **Reply #54 on:** July 19, 2011, 10:53:49 AM »

Bike looks great - just curious as I also have a '78 K that I'll be using the same gauges on, was that gauge bracket something you fabricated or had done?

T.Stanley · « **Reply #55 on:** July 19, 2011, 09:57:20 PM »

Quote from: loan $hark on July 19, 2011, 10:53:49 AM

Bike looks great - just curious as I also have a '78 K that I'll be using the same gauges on, was that gauge bracket something you fabricated or had done?

It was designed by me. Sheet of cardboard, measured, fitted, then used the final template and trimmed out of metal sheet.

T.Stanley · « **Reply #56 on:** July 26, 2011, 12:40:26 AM »

Quote from: DanielB on July 07, 2011, 03:14:14 PM

This thread makes it look so easy! Very well done.

Thanks. It was tougher than I thought. One thing I realized is patience. Do things right the first time without rushing. I didn't document all the little changes on the bike, multiple trips to the hardware store, sorting out o-ring sizes, losing loose bits, hours of polishing/wire wheeling, going thru a box of bandages and Neosporin etc. For my first build, I'm satisfied of how Ipkiss came out.

After all that, Im already looking at another one to restore/modify for my wife

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