locoR1
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| posted on 21/10/11 at 08:35 PM |
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Loco's CB500T Cafe Racer build diary
Thought some of you would be interested to see how my latest project progresses.
The locost has been on the road 10 years now and evolved about as far as i can go with it so with winter coming and the boredom of nothing to do
setting in i decided a while ago a cafe racer style bike was next.
Next problem was finding a suitable bike, decided from the start it would have to be a twin or single have spoked wheels and most importantly i
wasn't going to take a nice bike apart so had to be a bit of a dog.
Found a very rough 1978 CB500 last Sunday at the right price so borrowed a trailer and set of to Norwich to fetch it!
Yes its a nice shade of brown to match the rust  was told it hadn't been started for years although it was a good runner when last used
guess i will find that out later.
And finally home just in time to get ready for a Sunday night shift....god that was a long day!
 
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steve m
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| posted on 21/10/11 at 08:44 PM |
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oooooooooooooooohhh
I MIGHT DELVE INTO THE LOFT!!!!
steve
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locoR1
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| posted on 21/10/11 at 08:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
oooooooooooooooohhh
I MIGHT DELVE INTO THE LOFT!!!!
steve
Whats in the LOFT? funny place to keep a bike if you've got one
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steve m
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| posted on 21/10/11 at 08:55 PM |
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a 500t suzuki 1973?
and a 1963 ish 600 panther, sloper, resides, in parents loft, from my younger days
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locoR1
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| posted on 21/10/11 at 09:01 PM |
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Nice take some pictures while your up there, would love to see them.
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steve m
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| posted on 21/10/11 at 09:09 PM |
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so would i!!!
Father doesnt know they are up there !!
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locoR1
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| posted on 21/10/11 at 09:13 PM |
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 ....time to come clean me thinks!!!!!!!
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skodaman
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 12:17 AM |
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Is that an Avon Roadrunner I see before me?
"so had to be a bit of a dog." Think you've managed that part of the brief.
Still a nice period piece from when bikes were bikes and didn't stop or go round corners. Nice alloy petrol tank, matching single
seat,clip-ons, hack off any surplus brackets and fit a decent caliper and megaphone exosts and it could be fun. Just a weekends work I reckon.
Skodaman
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RK
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 12:29 AM |
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cant wait for this. keep us posted
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 05:05 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by locoR1
quote:
Originally posted by steve m
oooooooooooooooohhh
I MIGHT DELVE INTO THE LOFT!!!!
steve
Whats in the LOFT? funny place to keep a bike if you've got one
But that would be an awesome place to start a ride
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welderman
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 07:21 AM |
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I've got the urge to have a go now but need to Finnish current project first. Keep us posted on your progress
Thank's, Joe 
I don't stalk people
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 08:07 AM |
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looks like an interesting one - and as its low cost and has that oily wiff, how could any of us fail to be interested!
Keep us updated - and ref the comment above, I'm pretty sure that is MUCH more than a weekends work
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locoR1
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 08:38 AM |
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Cheated a bit with the first post just to star the thread off,
Made a start on it yesterday, First job see if i could get the old girl running again!
Reccon its been a good few years judging by the state the carbs were in never seen the inside of a float bowl green before so with that done fitted
the battery of my scooter sorted some of the wiring out cleaned the points up and put some fresh fuel in!
It surprisingly started quite easily and runs reasonably well
Now i know it runs ive made a start on striping it, will be doing a bit more today so will post up some more pic's later.
Dave.
[Edited on 22/10/11 by locoR1]
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welderman
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 08:56 AM |
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Thank's, Joe
I don't stalk people
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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coozer
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 03:44 PM |
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What kind of cafe racer are you intending to make it into??
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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locoR1
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 03:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
What kind of cafe racer are you intending to make it into??
What do you mean by what kind? Im just going to make it up as i go along with the help of Google images for inspiration
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coozer
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 06:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by locoR1
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
What kind of cafe racer are you intending to make it into??
What do you mean by what kind? Im just going to make it up as i go along with the help of Google images for inspiration
Like this.. yum yum
[Edited on 22/10/11 by coozer]
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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coozer
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 06:50 PM |
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However, doing this to it would be cool.......
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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locoR1
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 07:41 PM |
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They look more like choppers to me all hard tail......doesn't float my boat sorry
Im thinking more like below
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locoR1
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 08:00 PM |
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Starting to look a bit more like the look I'm after....seat brackets cut of frame ready for new seat when I find one or make one.
Going to be slower progress from here as i cant strip it right down to start rebuilding wheels engine ect until the seat and rearsets are sorted,
looks like i will be visiting Newark autojumble in a few weeks and looking through ebay quite a bit.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 08:06 PM |
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from the cartoon 'Ogri'
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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T66
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 08:12 PM |
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Can see the shape coming in already...
Just found this album - https://picasaweb.google.com/101411147233928518276/BubbleVisor02
check his other album aswell...
[Edited on 22/10/11 by T66]
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 08:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by skodaman
Is that an Avon Roadrunner I see before me?
Or Avon Deathmaster as a friend and I referred to them as. He had one on the back of his GT185, and the profile was so square (despite appearing to
be relatively new from the tread depth) that he fired the bike up on the center stand and used a surform to "reprofile" the tyre, which
apparently worked quite well
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 09:40 PM |
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It might be worth searching for a Vespa race seat, you can get the fibreglass shell & cover it with padding if you want to.
They will probably be quite locost price wise.
Here's the sort of thing i mean on ebay - Item number: 160660354929
If you do a google images search for 'vespa race seat' it will bring up a few pictures, may not be what you were thinking but when i
looked at those pictures you put up, it sprung to mind.
Good luck with the build, i think its going to turn out pretty tasty
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locoR1
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| posted on 22/10/11 at 10:17 PM |
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Thanks, Just had a look very similar prices to the one i tried to bid on tonight but failed miserably  i always bid in the last few seconds so im
not tempted to up the price i had decided on, bet you can guess! missed the end by a second or so 
This is the one i was going to bid on
"LINK"
Would make a plug and mould to do my own but it just doesnt seem worth the time and effort when i can hopefully buy something like that and tweak
it a bit to make it just how i want it.
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