Topic: "INSPIRATION GALLERY "

[Ecosse]

anymore pix of that, matt?

[madmatt]

I might have a couple more but I have to look.  This bike belongs to TJ in Phoenix, AZ and these pics are from a VJMC meet in Scottsdale.

Matt

[FrankenFrankenstuff]

A couple pics from the British Iron Assoc. of Massachusetts bike show a few weeks back.

[Damfino]

In person this bike is absolutely flawless.  One of my favorites for sure.

Matt

Love that! 

[Shenanigans]

I knew I saw that bike before somewhere! hah

In person this bike is absolutely flawless.  One of my favorites for sure.

Matt

Love that! 

[Ecosse]

this looks like the bike i saw at the rice o rama last month. 

[FrankenFrankenstuff]

Might have been, this show was the weekend after Rice O Rama.

[754]

That Kawi is very nice, but has a glaring flaw, that takes a tiny bit away from it..


 Pipes would look better in one color..

[RustyOlive]

went to the Milton On. Swap Meet on the weekend. came across this awesome lil CB550 race bike. Love it.. great inspiration for me as I was scratching my head over running a more agressive rear wheel.

[Alan F.]

this looks like the bike i saw at the rice o rama last month. 

Yup.

[Alan F.]

sorry to add on... LOL
but do you have more on this bike??

Judging from the tags on those cars in the background it's a CB Sevenfifty the cool euro version honda US never thought would sell here 
The frame, engine and swingarm appear very much like the U.S. CB750 Nighthawks we got from 92-03.  The U.S. bikes had a drum rear brake and a smaller oil cooler.  The front end looks like it came from the GSXR sitting behind it, and by the looks of those pads on the forks it looks like they hit the frame at full lock. The front wheel could be a Harley unit like I.C. did, but i'm not very literate on that swap. The rear might also be a Harley wheel, hard for me to tell. The rear-sets and shocks may or may not be stock on the euro CB also.

[RustyOlive]

sorry to add on... LOL
but do you have more on this bike??

Judging from the tags on those cars in the background it's a CB Sevenfifty the cool euro version honda US never thought would sell here 
The frame, engine and swingarm appear very much like the U.S. CB750 Nighthawks we got from 92-03.  The U.S. bikes had a drum rear brake and a smaller oil cooler.  The front end looks like it came from the GSXR sitting behind it, and by the looks of those pads on the forks it looks like they hit the frame at full lock. The front wheel could be a Harley unit like I.C. did, but i'm not very literate on that swap. The rear might also be a Harley wheel, hard for me to tell. The rear-sets and shocks may or may not be stock on the euro CB also.

judging by the other photos found on this bike.. Running Excel 17" x 5.5" alloy rear rim with Talon hubs. Like you see on SuperMoto X bikes.
as for the front... appears to be chrome-steel.. so I don't believe it is a Excel rim (as far as I know Excel only makes Alloy rims?) but like you said.. could be a Harley= Narrow glide.. those are GSX forks. not sure I see what your getting at with the pads hitting the frame.. don't see indication of that.
The rear shocks are definitely not stock, don't believe there is not much "stock" on it. LOL

[Alan F.]

I was talking about this area, looks like a neoprene tube has been slipped over the tube here.

Or is that just a really huge and ugly lower triple tree?  

The rear shocks do look like Ohlins, don't they.

[RustyOlive]

It looks like a lower tree painted in grey primer to me..

the rear shocks do look like Ohlins.. but newer style... commonly found on newer CB1000's. I could be wrong..

;-)

[Flying J]

This is number 100 of only 100 Norton Rotary motorcycles built.
It was manufactured in 1988 and is the very last Norton motorcycle ever built!

[fastbroshi]

I'm sure all the guys knowledgable about Mazda RX-7s and 8s would like to see the insides of one of those.

[j squared]

An air-cooled rotary??! Oh lord...

[drew944]

Don't know if this has been posted yet, but I know it inspires me something fierce

[Flying J]

Yeah that is one of the main inspirations for my cafe build

[cb550fcafe]

That is cool, but how the .... do you get the engine out of it?

[weekend_junkie]

That is cool, but how the .... do you get the engine out of it?

ky jelly and plenty of it. duh.

It actually looks like the bottom right tube of the frame is removable.

[Really?]

I have been a Mazda fan, I had a built (racingbeat.com) and tricked out 72 RX2 (Yes, there is a such thing, lol).  That is an interesting bike.  Looks like it might be a two rotor and if so, interesting to see only one spark plug per cyl.  Mazda used two spark plugs per rotor, one leading and one trailing.  The trailing spark plug would kick in at a higher rpm to keep up with the speed of the rotor and burn all the fuel as I understand it, been a while, long while.

I miss my Mazda RX2.

[Coyote13]

Big fan of Roland Sands' stuff (although his parts are insanely expensive, the design is solid)

[Coyote13]

And if anyone hasn't ever seen the Wakan....here ya go

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/07/18/wakan-1640-new-french-v-twin-motorcycle/

[Ecosse]

seems appropriate to post this again.