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Well, ive started tearing apart the bike to get it ready for a transformation. It started as a stock 74 CB550 and will be a very nice brat/bobber.
 
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Parts are startting to roll in. ;D

The quality of this light is amazing. Shocks are 11"
 
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clean i like it... move that shock mount down like 2 in towards the front and that is all, cut the rest off!
 
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JRK5892 said:
clean i like it... move that shock mount down like 2 in towards the front and that is all, cut the rest off!
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Yeah I dont like the angle too much but it does lower the bike about 1.5in more. Ill set it up this weekend and see how the 11" sit.
 
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Can't wait. The more I think about it and look at other bikes, the more I want to build a hardtail brat/bobber/cafe. Where'd you score that light?
 
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SausageMahoney said:
Can't wait. The more I think about it and look at other bikes, the more I want to build a hardtail brat/bobber/cafe. Where'd you score that light?
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Ebay for the light under trikryde and this bike wont be a hard tail. The next one will... ;D
 
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Made some huge progress tonight. Cut off all the tabs, ground down the old welds, set up the new shocks in their new mounting positions with my newly designed mounts. 11" shocks in the original lower mount was 25 3/4" from the floor to the top eye. In the new position it dropped 1 3/4" to exactly 24". ;D

some pics.

The before stance with 11"
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My new mount
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Tacked in
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With support brace
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That does look a lot better. Well done on that. That's going to make the ride a lot softer, though you could always wind up the preload. That should help.

But why didn't you shave off the old mount?

--Chris
 
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Maybe put another mount up top and install two sets of rear shocks :)
 
Re: CB550 bobber/brat

That does look a lot better. Well done on that. That's going to make the ride a lot softer, though you could always wind up the preload. That should help.

But why didn't you shave off the old mount?

--Chris
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Babies woke up so I didnt finish.

Maybe put another mount up top and install two sets of rear shocks
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hummmmm, now that would be different.

I dig it. You have a tank yet? Peanut or wassel
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Wassell
 
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