emokid
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Well riding season is over up here in the cold north , so its time to start tearing into my 76 550f , been riding it for a few months now , just to get to know it ( and of course enjoy the riding ) .
So whats the plan you might ask
In brief my main goal is to get a good looking well performing vintage/racing/cafe style bike .
I will be tearing it to atoms , and start from there
Engine - keep the 550 bottom , add 650 crank cylinders and head , try to keep the 550 valve cover for the looks , machine in a cycle x 915 cc overbore piston and sleeve kit , i hope by machining down the outer diameter of the sleeves from 74 to 72 mm i will be able to fit them in the 650 cylinder (fingers xxxxx)
Body - keep it light , will build my own seat and tank in epoxyresin and fiberglass , leave out all things not essential to performance and looks , so no practical stuff like fenders, chaincover , centerstand -------
Suspension and brakes - 2005 R6 forks and caliper , custom tripple trees with 550 stem , cbr 600 brakedisc
Weight - figure its easier ,and cheaper to loose weight than to add hp , so i have a goal of getting the dryweight below 160 kgs /352 lbs , so i will loose all non essential weight like starter ,fenders,instruments, battery will be a lit/ion 2,4ah
so i hope you all will aid me in my quest to finish this project by mid April , all suggestions and input is highly welcome , and i hope i wont bore you to death
I have three major inspiration threads for this project , two on this forum and one over at sohc4 , i hope you guys are ok with me using some of your ideas for my build even though i will put my own twist on things
first up is Ringo and the lemans special : http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=19771.0
second is Funjimmy and his Interceptor : http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=21648.0
third i have Paulagues over at sohc4 : http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=40414.msg648043#msg648043
All of these are well worth the time to read through , and all fantastic builds
So whats the plan you might ask
In brief my main goal is to get a good looking well performing vintage/racing/cafe style bike .
I will be tearing it to atoms , and start from there
Engine - keep the 550 bottom , add 650 crank cylinders and head , try to keep the 550 valve cover for the looks , machine in a cycle x 915 cc overbore piston and sleeve kit , i hope by machining down the outer diameter of the sleeves from 74 to 72 mm i will be able to fit them in the 650 cylinder (fingers xxxxx)
Body - keep it light , will build my own seat and tank in epoxyresin and fiberglass , leave out all things not essential to performance and looks , so no practical stuff like fenders, chaincover , centerstand -------
Suspension and brakes - 2005 R6 forks and caliper , custom tripple trees with 550 stem , cbr 600 brakedisc
Weight - figure its easier ,and cheaper to loose weight than to add hp , so i have a goal of getting the dryweight below 160 kgs /352 lbs , so i will loose all non essential weight like starter ,fenders,instruments, battery will be a lit/ion 2,4ah
so i hope you all will aid me in my quest to finish this project by mid April , all suggestions and input is highly welcome , and i hope i wont bore you to death
I have three major inspiration threads for this project , two on this forum and one over at sohc4 , i hope you guys are ok with me using some of your ideas for my build even though i will put my own twist on things
first up is Ringo and the lemans special : http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=19771.0
second is Funjimmy and his Interceptor : http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=21648.0
third i have Paulagues over at sohc4 : http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=40414.msg648043#msg648043
All of these are well worth the time to read through , and all fantastic builds