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Re: 1974 CB750 K4 "The Jones Special"
« Reply #50 on: August 07, 2017, 02:24:04 PM »
I suppose if you are also a fan of Firestone tires with no crown and little or no grip in corners, white walls may be appealing.
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
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Re: 1974 CB750 K4 "The Jones Special"
« Reply #51 on: August 07, 2017, 04:36:04 PM »
Decided against white walls. Ill save that Idea for a hardtail or something.
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Re: 1974 CB750 K4 "The Jones Special"
« Reply #52 on: August 07, 2017, 05:18:05 PM »
The Firestones are what came on the rims, better than sitting on concrete, that's pretty much it.
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Re: 1974 CB750 K4 "The Jones Special"
« Reply #53 on: August 07, 2017, 05:28:29 PM »
I believe they are merely his seat mounts for the seat pan to hinge using the original hinges on the frame.  With a set of neopren or rubber sheet beneath each contact point it is a unique and nice way to provide a solid seat pan that can hinge up to access anything below the seat pan.  I like it, having not seen that before.

Gulf schemes are cool.  You know you are needing a nice Duc 900SS to go with it...

I like what you have done with it.
Good job!

So, you're kinda right....
The hinges where pretty beat up at the beginning of my project, so i opted to trim them off and do something a little different.
The seat pan slides under the tank grommet on the front, sits on the rails in the middle, and bolts to the rear frame loop on the rear with to small bolts. the two bolts on the rear should, eventually, serve to hold on the rear fender and license plate bracket as well.
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http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=92252.0
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Re: 1974 CB750 K4 "The Jones Special"
« Reply #54 on: August 07, 2017, 06:01:43 PM »
Looks like you have Bridgestones on it.

I was referring to these.
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