Recent content by SlowNSteady

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I haven't been able to work on this bike nearly as much as I had planned. I was able to do a bit before work this morning: started battery/electronics box, prepped DCC rear hoop to be mounted. Here are a couple pics in no particular order:

What clearance issues are you referring to? Bars hitting the tank on full lock or trouble routing the brake line/throttle cables?

Re: '75 CB550 - Gulf - finished glassing the seat Truly amazing work. Thanks for taking the time/effort to post all of the details for everyone to benefit. Good luck with the rest of the build, hope it all comes together as nicely as the tank/seat have.

Wow. That's a really nice/clean setup. Nice work

Thanks. I'd like to get it finished over the next few weeks... I'll settle for safe/rideable and overlook the cosmetic fluff for now

Yeah it clears

Thanks. I got the idea from this site... They're "1in universal frame clamps" from Dennis Kirk.

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I'm going for the minimalist cafe style: RCC tail, clip-ons, kick only with smaller battery, k&n pod filters, rearsets... I've made some more progress than what's pictured. I adapted some GSXR rearsets I had from my old track bike, and I converted the rear brake from rod to cable. Next on the...

Hi Everyone This is my first post on DTT. I've been scouring through the wealth of info on this forum and decided to start a build thread for a couple reasons: added motivation to get this heap back on the road, and possibly help someone else who may encounter some of the same problems along...