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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #100 on: March 05, 2017, 02:16:28 PM »
Joey Ramone approved!

Love those pipes!
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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: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #101 on: March 05, 2017, 04:59:35 PM »
Look at the standards for quality you set! 

Now I want to be sedated!
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #102 on: March 06, 2017, 08:30:12 PM »
very cool. makes me look forward to my pipes now even more. what's that slacker enrique doing... he should hurry.
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #103 on: March 06, 2017, 09:24:54 PM »
Quote from: flatlander on March 06, 2017, 08:30:12 PM
very cool. makes me look forward to my pipes now even more. what's that slacker enrique doing... he should hurry.
Nice, flatlander!  You caught the Benelli bug, too!
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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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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #104 on: March 06, 2017, 11:07:35 PM »
yeah i've got it bad. think i ordered it 3 weeks ago so should be ready any minute if those guys in spain don't do too much of the siesta!
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #105 on: March 11, 2017, 04:37:16 PM »
 I said I wasn't gonna do this, but I couldn't stand it. Everything else is getting powdercoated, painted, polished, chromed or detailed. The front was actually OK, but the rear was a little faded and chipped. They looked good from five feet away, but not so much up close.
 The lips got a hand polish to a shiny satin sheen, the body got a satin black paint job.
 Oh....and I also sanded down the fork lowers and painted them silver, followed with clear coat. They also got rebuilt with new seals, oil and a full service.

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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #106 on: March 11, 2017, 05:15:13 PM »
Looking great!
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #107 on: March 11, 2017, 06:24:28 PM »
 Mo' better.

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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #108 on: March 11, 2017, 09:04:01 PM »
Like new again.
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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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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #109 on: March 11, 2017, 09:17:43 PM »
 8)  8) They look real good
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #110 on: March 12, 2017, 11:59:03 AM »
I've come to expect nothing short of full attention to detail from your work.  Looks really great.  (Now you can stop tossing and turning and sleep at night again.) 

If I can achieve 1/100th of that, my bike will be 100x better than what I could have done without the assistance of SOHC4.
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #111 on: March 13, 2017, 01:31:37 PM »
 Got the top end mostly done today. Now I can move on to timing the cam, as well as a few other odds and ends, like flipping the engine over to pull the sump, clean and inspect and replace the gasket. I can also start installing the new clutch discs, side covers, etc.



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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #112 on: March 13, 2017, 02:06:33 PM »
Scott -- your projects move at amazing pace!
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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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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: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #113 on: March 13, 2017, 11:30:11 PM »
yes, coming together nicely. remind me: what pistons are you using?
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #114 on: March 14, 2017, 04:23:41 AM »
Quote from: flatlander on March 13, 2017, 11:30:11 PM
yes, coming together nicely. remind me: what pistons are you using?

 Stock pistons with heat reflective and TFL coatings, honed the barrels, new RIK rings. Milled the head .020 and installed new 1.00 mm over intake valves and new exhaust valves, after porting and polishing. CB650 cam with adjustable cam gear.
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #115 on: March 22, 2017, 04:12:32 AM »
 Got the frame and other bits back from powder coating. I dropped off the swing arm to have new bushings pressed in.
 I also had the Avon's mounted on the Lester's. I need to finish up degreeing in the cam so I can get the engine in the frame.


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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #116 on: March 22, 2017, 08:00:24 AM »
Look at you go! Broken by Sunday afternoon?

EDIT:   Damn phone...should have been broken in by Sunday.
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #117 on: March 22, 2017, 08:25:57 AM »
He's motivated to beat Flatlander to the initial fire up of those sweet, sweet pipes!


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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #118 on: March 22, 2017, 08:32:59 AM »
Quote from: joeyvans on March 22, 2017, 08:25:57 AM
He's motivated to beat Flatlander to the initial fire up of those sweet, sweet pipes!


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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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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: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #119 on: March 22, 2017, 09:19:16 AM »
 Flatlander will win that one, I'm afraid.
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #120 on: March 22, 2017, 12:58:37 PM »
i'm not counting my chickens yet. at this point you're still the only one who has those pipes in his possession, and your build is moving along fast!
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #121 on: March 22, 2017, 01:29:05 PM »
If you blink, Scott has already built a bike!
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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: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #122 on: March 22, 2017, 02:35:52 PM »
Scott my post meant to read "broken in" by Sunday afternoon.
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #123 on: March 22, 2017, 04:21:41 PM »
Quote from: bwaller on March 22, 2017, 02:35:52 PM
Scott my post meant to read "broken in" by Sunday afternoon.

 One or the other, right!?
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Re: A glutton for punishment... 1973 CB500 resto-mod
« Reply #124 on: March 22, 2017, 04:32:27 PM »
 I did get the backing plate all cleaned up, painted and new EBC shoes installed. And new Avon's mounted and balanced on the Lester's.


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