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Offline Cccpastorjack

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Got her back after 32 years!
« on: March 03, 2015, 07:36:06 PM »
Helped build this very custom 1972 CB750 (1060 kit) in 1982 when I was a service tech at Baker Bike Works.  About a month ago, I traveled to Indiana and bought it from the owner who'd had it parked in a building for all those years.  I'll post some pics to show you guys (and gals) the rebuild!
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2015, 07:56:43 PM »
I see lots of cool stuff going on there.  Tell us more!

Clearly fate was at work here.  Little did you know you were really building that bike for yourself.
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2015, 08:01:44 PM »
That's a nice 'prize' to have after enjoying building it in the past  8)
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2015, 10:53:10 PM »
Dish the details!  What kind of go fast RC goodies are in there?
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2015, 03:09:06 AM »
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2015, 03:20:38 AM »
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2015, 11:19:20 AM »
Nice Swingarm ;)
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2015, 11:21:53 AM »
Quote from: Old Scrambler on March 04, 2015, 11:19:20 AM
Nice Swingarm ;)

No kidding.  Looks like an original CalFab.
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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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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2015, 01:54:11 PM »
Pretty cool. Did it ever run, was it ever finished? Or are those days still ahead?
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2015, 02:21:02 PM »
wow a real old hotrod from back in the day,very nice.bill
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2015, 03:17:15 PM »
Tell us more about yourself Jack
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2015, 04:03:44 AM »
In 1982, we built this bike for the owner of Baker Bike Works in Caharlotte, NC. Here are some details:
ENGINE: 1060cc piston kit, Cam towers heli-coiled, ported & polished head w S.S. valves, HD springs, RC Engineering Cam, Dyna ignition and coils, etc. Connecting Rods were shot peened, 29mm Mikuni smooth bores (which were never big enough so I gotta get a set of carbs), undercut gears in transmission (to prevent "popping out of gear" under full power). The bike ran like a bat outta Hades!
OTHER MODS: Marzocchi strada shocks (painted to match paint scheme), Cal Fab swing arm w paint theme painted into sides (which is polishing up great), Akron aluminum rims, hand drilled front rotor, fork brace, tapered steering head bearings, hand made handlebars.  The paint has survived VERY well and is buffing out wonderfully! The owner rode it maybe a few thousand miles before a valve seat let loose. He shut it off immediatly, partially diassembled the engine. Then he covered it and parked it in a building for 32 years.  How I found it and got it back? Gotta go to work, so I'll share that part later.

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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2015, 05:55:03 AM »
Neat story to get it back after that many years. Looking forward for the first start up sometime.
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« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2015, 07:11:44 AM »
Yeah, great story! I wasn't trying to be a smart aleck, I was really curious. The cyl looked so clean I thought it hadn't been used.

32 years in limbo, wow! Keep us informed.
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2015, 11:00:36 AM »
stock rods shotpeened?what rc cam 315,327?bill
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« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2015, 11:48:04 AM »
Quote from: BPellerine on March 05, 2015, 11:00:36 AM
stock rods shotpeened?what rc cam 315,327?bill
If they were the reworked stock rods that RC sold, they were heat treated as well and had big bolts and a bushing in the small end. RC claimed them adequate for Cobra engines. IIRC
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2015, 02:45:48 PM »
yeah mc ,I have a set of those rods in my 836 engine ,you wont believe the torque value for the big bolts 40ft pds!!just wondering when he mentioned peened only.bill
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2015, 03:09:40 PM »
The Gorilla Block is brand new! Never been used. I bet it's one of very few new ones in existence. Here are a few more pics:
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« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2015, 03:10:47 PM »
Quote from: BPellerine on March 05, 2015, 02:45:48 PM
yeah mc ,I have a set of those rods in my 836 engine ,you wont believe the torque value for the big bolts 40ft pds!!just wondering when he mentioned peened only.bill
Oh, OK. Might have just been a short sight. Quite a lot of parts to describe.  I just bot a set from Bill Benton for a new project. Always wanted some.
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2015, 03:26:41 PM »
Here's a pic of the old school paint job, front forks that I just finished polishing and remounting of the fender and the bike on the lift:
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2015, 03:36:29 PM »
The mural is a depiction of this bike in a camping scene (owner loved to ride & camp). Bike is named "Terra" (from terra, meaning "earth", and firma, meaning "solid") and because the bike was green and "nature" themed AND it was a TERROR to ride. :)   I'm putting it back together now, but waiting on some cylinder head work to repair the valve seat and debating about what pistons to put in it.  The cam is an RC 315 and we had the rods "shotpeened" locally.  It's a process that makes them stronger. 
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« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2015, 03:46:14 PM »
Gotta love the 70s.  You should check out MCRider (Ron's) Phaedrus build.  Another old school themed paint job.

I still remember the VAN era when people would deck their vans out in shag carpet, mural airbrushed paint on the exterior, mag wheels, etc.  If this van is a rockin', don't come a knockin'.
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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)

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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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« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2015, 06:17:57 PM »
sorry to ask a bunch of qs ,so the bike did not run with the rc block as a 1060?and I guess the rods are stock just peened for strength ?a real nice bike from the era!bill
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Re: Got her back after 32 years!
« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2015, 06:40:49 PM »
Love the retro paint job,,   looking forward to completion of acquisition of terra firma story.  and Welcome...larry
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« Reply #24 on: March 05, 2015, 07:30:25 PM »
Yes sir!  You are correct on all accounts Bill.  We used a stock cylinder back in those days and never got it to stop leaking oil.  :)   And, no problem w questions, I love talking bikes for sure!  The Gorilla Block is new old stock, never bored....  Sweet
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