Victoria! Zeke's CB175 Build
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Barnburner
Coast to Coast
Definitely looks race, but can you turn with that whale of a tank on there? ???
cb400f caferacer
Dont buy your ride build it
Thats coming along very nicely, cant wait to see how the shape of the seat will be!
Texasstar
Can't is a four letter dirty word
Ideas,ideas. That's sofi tsingos bike that she made a while ago. The design of the frame and swing arm is genius. Looks like a monoshock but actually is dual shocks on a monoshock mount. My dad thinks we might have to extend the swing arm. I don't know if we should or if we can. Any ideas to do it? We met sofi last night at rockers and mods. She said that she learned to do frame geometry by watching her dad and the internet. My dad said that her frame was tubular so it was easier to do. Is there any way to replicate a frame like mine to a tubular like frame. Do y'all know anything about tips for frame geometry y'all could pass down to me.
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Sorry... I should have been more specific...
Which performance factor, exactly? A mono setup probably won't save much (if any) weight with all the metal you'd be adding (most of which would be unsprung weight). I think a good setup of Hagons might be a better option unless you swap out the swinger completely for something aluminum?
Which performance factor, exactly? A mono setup probably won't save much (if any) weight with all the metal you'd be adding (most of which would be unsprung weight). I think a good setup of Hagons might be a better option unless you swap out the swinger completely for something aluminum?
Texasstar
Can't is a four letter dirty word
Matt, Zeke found this string on sohc forum http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=41453.0 we read where crazypj did a monoshock conversion and he said, " Back around 1989 I fitted a modified Yamaha RD350LC swing arm (pre-YPVS) into a CB400f with shock pretty much parallel with frame backbone , just above carbs. Also fitted CX500 forks (for the dual disc set up) with comstar wheels from CB400T.
The difference in handling was totally awesome.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures but there were pictures of a similar one posted a year or so ago, it looked similar to the drawing." -Pat
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The difference in handling was totally awesome.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures but there were pictures of a similar one posted a year or so ago, it looked similar to the drawing." -Pat
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That one is a 79/80 F/G model replacement frame. Yamaha added a single shock in 76 on the TZ230/350C models. D and E were basically the same and then came the F/G lowboy which was a factory replica of the frame that Rob North built for Ken and Kel.
The advantage over win shocks is a stiffer swingarm that resists twisting much better - but that only applies if the new swingarm is stiff enough. If the "brace" is bolted through the old shock mounts, the front of the brace will fatigue and crack and it isn't very solid.
If you found a suitable swingarm from a small dirt bike that might be a way to go. At the front end, CB200 or very late CB175 forks are much better than stock and can be improved with Gold valves.
The advantage over win shocks is a stiffer swingarm that resists twisting much better - but that only applies if the new swingarm is stiff enough. If the "brace" is bolted through the old shock mounts, the front of the brace will fatigue and crack and it isn't very solid.
If you found a suitable swingarm from a small dirt bike that might be a way to go. At the front end, CB200 or very late CB175 forks are much better than stock and can be improved with Gold valves.
