Engine was painted a week ago, but I’ll let it dry yet another week before it’ll be baked. I also asked painter to paint couple of covers for paint chemical/mechanical resistant test. But now I am on vacation for a…
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Let’s continue traditional section of sunsets I viewed from the garages roofs. But this time it is sky side opposite to sun, sinking beyond the horizon. All such spectacular sky acts are very short and it took some time to…
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I like glass beads blasting method as it removes all the old paint but leaves aluminum surface undamaged. Here is result of treatment. Crankcases: Closer view of side cover. I asked guys from blasting workshop to clean cylinder head and…
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As I wrote earlier in my previous posts, I find out that original crankcase of my CB750 Seven Fifty was too damaged to use it in project and CBX750 crankcase is also unacceptable due to imperfection of lubrication system. So…
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Fresh one. I was working hard, without looking up, so I almost missed to shoot it…
What one may dream about when air temperature even in workshop is +33C? May be about chilly Spring sea covered by veil of mist and mountain winding roads…
Ok, it’s time to explain what was previous post about. As I designed my Honda CB750 Seven Fifty cafe-racer as a motorcycle with clear frame triangle, I had to manage question of hidden battery location. In first version of design…
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Occasional photo made during last weekend working session in garage. Another small portion of cunning, cutting and combining, but what that was about I’ll explain a bit later.
Let’s return to Honda CB750 cafe-racer story. I wrote previous post about Seven Fifty in January, so it was a huge interruption in work on CB750, but not all the time was spent on Zephyr kits or other projects of…
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