jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 29, 2013 14:06:14 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 29, 2013 14:16:58 GMT -5
Nice parallel there, the colors and shapes are spot on! I can't believ you can get away with riding that around with straight pipes on it!! Around these parts, they'd lock ya up and throw away the key, lol!
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kaldorlon
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Post by kaldorlon on Oct 29, 2013 15:14:58 GMT -5
Fantastic!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2013 15:20:42 GMT -5
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Oct 29, 2013 15:40:19 GMT -5
Nice.... I feel bad for those that dont "get it". Rock on James. Cheers
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Post by wireholic on Oct 29, 2013 15:52:17 GMT -5
That seat looks painful! No cush - no springs ..ouch!
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 29, 2013 16:08:58 GMT -5
Looks like shocks on the rear,that should help........
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2013 18:45:34 GMT -5
Is that a Honda 4? An ex brother in law put several hundred thousand miles on a Honda 4.
Oh, yea, the rock looks great too. I have one shaped like a funny car. How about a great shapes thread?
Jim
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 29, 2013 19:45:31 GMT -5
It has baffles in every pipe Jean. I cut the pipes off and welded 1 1/4 water pipe about 8 inches long. Installed 4 Harley baffles in those pipes. Sounds like 2 Harleys now:)
My Dad gave me that bike a few years back. He tripped last year when he saw it(he is 85).
It has shocks and is cozy enough for shorter rides Karen.
They are getting 300,000 Jim. 1981 Honda 4.The bottom end was built for future 1500 cc from it's existing 750 cc. So the bottom end is overdone.
Ride it to Harley bars . It is painted Harley orange. Had some furry orange bed room slippers to go with it. Stirred it up a little.
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Post by Pat on Oct 29, 2013 19:50:14 GMT -5
Which came first?  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2013 20:51:56 GMT -5
haha
Visit a harley bar in fuzzy slippers with a honda..........
That, sir, take titanium huevos.
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Post by Pat on Oct 29, 2013 21:05:13 GMT -5
"jamesp" " Had some furry orange bed room slippers to go with it. Stirred it up a little.[/quote] [/i] Photo???!!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 29, 2013 21:39:03 GMT -5
No i can not do that Pat. Or will not. Or too chicken. Yes, too chicken.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2013 22:19:52 GMT -5
My son did the same thing with an electric scooter. Even backed it in to the curb. He is covered in tattoos so he still fit right in.
Jim
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Post by jamesp on Oct 30, 2013 7:11:36 GMT -5
Freedom man freedom. Actually most Harley folks are a the most committed motorcycle people there is. Yours or theirs, they seem to be in to any 2 wheeler.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 30, 2013 7:26:45 GMT -5
This is a rear view. The next year (82) was the last for the ole Honda CB 750. 1969-1982  Before bobbered    Took a chunk out of the handlebars   Cut pipes off and added 1 1/4 water pipe to slip baffles in. Sound came out needing a patent  The rear spokes started breaking on the highway and in a quarter mile it was a rough ride. I don't know which experience was more memorable-spoke failure or lacing new spokes |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2013 8:53:09 GMT -5
How much of the work did the dog do? It looks like there was a lot of work too. It takes the patience of a saint to lace and true a wheel. I did a bicycle once and I don't think I ever got it close to perfect. "Dad, the wheel wobbles" "yea, isn't it cool that way".
Jim
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 30, 2013 9:06:00 GMT -5
Cut pipes off and added 1 1/4 water pipe to slip baffles in. Sound came out needing a patent I love that description - "Sound came out needing a patent." Sweet! Agree with Jim, looks like a LOT of work. But you did a great job of it! Question - without a rear fender, do you end up wearing the road dirt on your back when it rains out? Or maye you don't ride when it's wet? Still, way cool. Riding will keep you sane. |
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Post by jamesp on Oct 30, 2013 9:23:12 GMT -5
The spokes surprised me. I hit the sequence some how. They are double spoked(so they say) so it is complicated.
I think i did the work quickly. It made sense to cut and shorten all that was required. I ordered seat, LED lights and that was about it.
It was easier than i ever thought. The tank was a lot of work and rebuilding the carbs was scary but successful. I did hire a carb tuner to rejet
for more open pipes and low flow air filters. Jets were wild,like 110 all the way to 142. But it still gets good mileage ,a bit better. And way faster.
I put a new rear tire and chain last month. Measured for a big tire and can go several sizes bigger and will. Rear tire wears fast.
The sound was copied by the downtown vintage rat bike shop that did the tune on the carbs. They had never seen nor experienced that sound.And
it does not take much to make an inline ole 4 sound wicked anyway. So they got the lowdown on the cheap baffles and the slip over and weld water pipe.
I know Jim and Jean are tinkerers of mechanical amazement. Any one that drives a p/u truck with 18,000 gallons of propane in the bed is substantial.
And Jean w/her industrial vibrator/lapper:)
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Post by wireholic on Oct 30, 2013 10:22:01 GMT -5
And they doen't really care what you wear. I know a guy that showed up to a run wearing chili pepper pajama pants and his club vest! Now he would have been asking you were you got the slippers LOL
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