twitchmonitor
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Curt, great pics as always
it turns out that heavily-modified UJMs can mimic a wide variety of faux-Euro race replicas - the "MV"-6 was originally a GS550 Zook:
Hey, a question for you guys following this fiasco-in-the-making: I want to pair a modern front brake master cylinder with a vintage CB single-pot front caliper...any ideas what I should or shouldn't use? Charlie O' said 650 Hawk off the top of his head, but he couldn't think of anything else.
Anybody have something they have lying around they want to sell/donate to the cause? I'll donate $20 to Haiti relief efforts for an appropriate part...or I'll pay a fair axing price. Or I'll give you a City Bike T-shirt.
Screw it: I'll donate 20 bones for any part (except stupid stuff like screws, nuts, washers, etc...I mean, c'mon...) for my project.
Hey, a question for you guys following this fiasco-in-the-making: I want to pair a modern front brake master cylinder with a vintage CB single-pot front caliper...any ideas what I should or shouldn't use? Charlie O' said 650 Hawk off the top of his head, but he couldn't think of anything else.
Anybody have something they have lying around they want to sell/donate to the cause? I'll donate $20 to Haiti relief efforts for an appropriate part...or I'll pay a fair axing price. Or I'll give you a City Bike T-shirt.
Screw it: I'll donate 20 bones for any part (except stupid stuff like screws, nuts, washers, etc...I mean, c'mon...) for my project.
you know, i have a fibre glass tank and cafe tail section i could sell you-- they are actually for an rd350 but i bet they might fit on a cb350 as well. i just got my morini project and im going to be focusing on that and not buying an rd anytime soon.
these are never mounted - built locally in the 80s-- pics dont show hardware, but i have the gas cap etc.
Okay, I bought the frame of a motorcycle today: a '73 CL350. Shouldn't be too different from the CB frame. Charlie picked it as one of his cleaner and straighter frames, even though it looks bent and twisted. Charlie says, no, they're all like that. Crazy way to build shit if you ask me.
Getting in late on this thread...
Perhaps a silly question, but why even bother with an original frame if they're shite? Why not fab one up from welded aluminum or something?
Hey, a question for you guys following this fiasco-in-the-making: I want to pair a modern front brake master cylinder with a vintage CB single-pot front caliper...any ideas what I should or shouldn't use? Charlie O' said 650 Hawk off the top of his head, but he couldn't think of anything else.
Anybody have something they have lying around they want to sell/donate to the cause? I'll donate $20 to Haiti relief efforts for an appropriate part...or I'll pay a fair axing price. Or I'll give you a City Bike T-shirt.
Screw it: I'll donate 20 bones for any part (except stupid stuff like screws, nuts, washers, etc...I mean, c'mon...) for my project.
What do those secret numbers mean pertaining to master cylinders, like 5/8 or 16X18 or 16X20. What are you guys, Masons?I ran a 5/8ths Nissin on my CB750 race bike, and it worked great. You can find them pretty reasonably cheap. Using the stock caliper, I don't think you'd get a whole lot more performance from the bigger (and much more expensive) Brembo. You can find the Nissin new for around $130.00 and comes in gold, silver or black finishes.
What do those secret numbers mean pertaining to master cylinders, like 5/8 or 16X18 or 16X20. What are you guys, Masons?
But hey, if you want to make me a frame, I'm all ears.
Heh- sorry, I don't know how to weld. Do you really want me to learn on your frame?
Your original post made it sound like the stock frame wasn't worth more than its scrap value- that's why I asked. Guess its all ROI for these things...
Gabe, it would end with the AFM class-winning Kawi EX500 [slotted into locally-made extra-special frame] - former AFM Prez Kevin Smith did the deed, IIRC