Recent content by StreetSpirit

Yeah, I guess I'll have to tear into the carbs again. Any thoughts on the funky idle tho? Maybe I need to bump the pilot up and drop the needle?

Hey, I've got a 77 cb550f with uni pods running through a 4-1 straight pipe. Did a valve adjustment and set the points and I just started messing with the carbs. Bumped up to 125 main jets which seem ok as it runs great and pulls hard at wot and high rpms. Even after a sync it does not idle...

Re: CB360's - Speak No Evil, See No Evil, Hear No Evil-from build to blog Hey man, incredibly inspiring thread. Starting to do some more involved builds myself, and I rather like the look of the cheapo piggyback shocks you reworked. I'm thinking about getting a set and putting some decent...

Axle is 20mm and I sort of doubt I can go that big on the ID for the original wheel without machining a bigger pocket. Currently the bike is sitting on a 130 rear (which might be why the back tire is completely squared off). So I probably should relace with a wider 17 or 18 rim if I can...

Hello fellow tinkerers, I happen have a beautiful cbr600 F1 front end with dual discs and a mechanical speedo drive that, if I'm not mistaken, should bolt right up to the frame of my cb550f with some new steering head bearings. The current fork and front wheel are not in great shape, so I'm...

Hehe, it's all pretty standard stuff though. Simpler, lighter, louder, and faster than stock is the goal here right? Anyway, I made some good progress stripping her down today. The previous owner is a sonofabitch for what he did to this bike, I tell ya. Pretty much every mod he did makes...

Yello all, New on the board but not quite new to building bikes. This is my 6th rebuild/resto in the last couple years, but the first one that will be a cafe racer. Started with old dirt bikes, moved on to a couple of metric cruisers that I got for free or nearly free, did an FZR600...