We'll call it the NTBFPTSIMY for short.
Well a while back I dug out one of these from my random collections of otherwise worthlessnesses...
(http://www.photoartclub.net/cbproject/cb1.jpg)
I decided to do something with it. The CB900 lump in it had been burned up...the #4 was nice and charred...the rest were getting there. So I tossed it out of the frame. In it's place will be a 1978 model GS750E block. This motor has like 21,000 miles on it...not a spring chicken but they're virtually bullet-proof if you do the most basic of care. Going to run her to get everything setup and flowing good then hopefully grab a Bandit 1200 block to drop in...but I'll probably be happy with the results of turbocharging the GS750 block...lol. Going to build a draw-through setup...I'd like to do blow-through because I have all the plumbing and an intercooler, but I'm afraid my floats won't really hold up to it.
Only real issues I've been faced with are suspension and wheels. I wanted to run a 180 in back and a 130 up front on TL wheels...but that's proving to be costly (I like to do as much as I can for...well...umm...free). CBR components are much cheaper and the front ends are actually straight bolt ins...so I swiped the Ohlins setup off my EX500 and slapped it on the CB.
A big issue I had though was setting up some sort of suspension in the back. As most of you might know, the TL isn't conventional shock friendly. My solution was...
(http://www.photoartclub.net/cbproject/cb2.jpg)
I cut the dogbone tabs off an old steel EX swingarm I had, drilled holes in the TLS swinger, and bolted the shocks up that way.
Those are showa air shocks, btw...I LOVE them! 45lbs...nice and cushy...62lbs...holds up like glue...
CBR 6-spokers on TL swingars...I was told it couldn't be done...what losers...
(http://www.photoartclub.net/cbgs/cb5.JPG)
(http://www.photoartclub.net/cbgs/cb6.JPG)
(http://www.photoartclub.net/cbgs/cb7.JPG)
I machined a bit too much off my washers but oh well...I have to make adjusters anyway. I also need to find a caliper hanger...the tl piece has too big an axle.
What is your vision for this thing? Drag bike?
just a mean little cruiser. Nothing too dramatic. More or less something to tinker with.
It is starting to take the shape of a power cruiser. A la the V-Max or Warrior, et al.
If you can pull the body work from a V-max, you'd be pretty spot on.
That swingarm and the dual shocks give it a neo-modern look. :thumb: O0
Hey Mak, what do you do for a living? I'm a little envious of how you can just take a pile of crap and make it into a killer project.
I'm not trying to get personal about money, I'm more wondering if you do something moto-related. Possibly a mechanic? I'm just wonderin...
That is what he does for a living.
And he watches cows the rest of the time.
Quote from: Jake D on April 14, 2006, 12:12:53 PM
That is what he does for a living.
And he watches cows the rest of the time.
essentially...yes.
Cool, can I come study under you? And at the end of my tenure, can I bring home a project of my own?
what happend to the SSSA TL1000? did you ever finish that?
I thought the TL was his current ride.
Why in the hell did I even answer? I should have just let him do so. Stupid.
Yeah I finnished the single side swinger...then went to Houston and put about 400 miles on it. It's re-disasembled right now, though, because that yellow paint was a stupid, stupid idea. Stripping it all back down and going with something else...