Cling on for dear life !!!

Monday, 22 August 2011

The Pinstriped Nemesis

One of my good MC Comrades have just finished a total restoration and tuning job of his 1975 CB750 F1 Super Sport Café Racer, and is now selling it!?!

With only 43,000 km on the trip odometer this is a barging folks! And remember this bike has undergone a total restoration and is fitted with new parts from front to back.

The rear disc brake has been replaced with a drum brake for aesthetic reasons, and the rear wheel is fitted with a 16x Harley rim with a 16x130x90 tires - just to give it that extra brutal look.

SPECS:

New electric grid (of course)
Electronic start
Dyna coils
Revamp lithium battery
Mac exhaust
Power filters
CB750 K3 tank
Clubman handlebars/Acebars (For you people in the UK)
Clubman gel handle
Custom seat
Custom speedo and tachometer Café Racer decals

The bike was finished last week, and can now be yours for 55,000,- DKK (7,380,- €).

The Bike is located in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.

If you want to buy this beautiful machine contact Christian at: boldreel@gmail.com

Saturday, 13 August 2011

You often hear the words rare, vintage, unique and one of a kind. This motorcycle is truly all of those and more. This bike was built, owned and raced by some very important icons of motorcycle drag racing. All information is true as it was told to me over the years. If you know this bike or any other facts about its famous history please let me know and I will pass it on.

Last raced by Keith Robinson of Pipersville, PA. Owner of Precision cycle (Honda dealer)

Keith ran at Atco, NJ -- Cesel County, DE – Maple grove, Pa. He was very well known and held tittles in C/Gas with this bike. Keith was a ledged in racing!

Frame was built by Chapman Race cars- Chicago

SPECS:

Aluminum lightweight AKRONT rims.

MRE air shifter solenoid and trigger.

Aluminum oil tank

Hurst/Airheart rear brake caliper.

Grimeca master

ARD Magneto

Metzeler 170/60-18 rear slick.

Adjustable wheelie bars

Total bike length is 10ft 8in

Custom built Honda cb750E- 2527450, stroked to 836cc, KEIHIN carbs, Russ Cullens of “RC Engineering” custom built top end and cam, Lower end built by Eraldo Ferracci of “Fast By Ferracci” with custom aluminum rods.

This is the only Chapman bike I have ever seen or herd of made by Chapman Race Cars- Chicago.

Ebay Link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110728695814&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123#v4-40

Thursday, 4 August 2011

I LOVE Hub Center Steering

I know that I am not the only freak waiting for the new Vyrus 989 M2 Moto2 to hit the track! So for once I will make a post not regarding CB750s...

Injoy this fantastic machine:

NEED MORE INFO ON HUB CENTER STEERING? FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW:

http://clingonforlife.blogspot.com/2010/08/hub-center-steering-basics.html

Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Workshop dinner...

A view of things to come...

Tuesday, 2 August 2011

RC As In Russ Collins

Last week I posted links to a shitload of Ebay auctions for RC drag racing parts [http://clingonforlife.blogspot.com/2011/07/cr750-drag-bike-parts-on-ebay.html]. After having posted this some of you have send e-mails asking “What is the big deal??? Why is this special?”. And I am going to tell you….

First thinks first… RC stands for Russ Collins, and he was the founder of RC Engineering [http://www.rceng.com/]. RC Engineering started out as a header manufacturer for Honda motorcycles in 1969, and Russ Collins himself also raced Honda CB750s at the drag strip. Up until the formation of RC Engineering Russ Collins had been an authority on high performance motorcycle engines, and after Collins started RC, he began breaking records that were previously held by Harly-Davidson and Triumph. Collins was not the only one breaking records though. His customers were also breaking records using his parts. Russ' motto holds true to this day. "We prove our products in the face of our competitors."

Russ Collins started his motorcycle drag racing career in the 1950′s. In 1973 Collins built the revolutionary, triple Honda CB750 engine powered drag bike named The Atchison. The huge triple engine Honda Top Fuel bike was featured in numerous motorcycle and drag racing magazines, back in the 70′s and was probably one of the most famous drag bike of the decade. Russ Collins' three-motor monster ran a best of 7.80 sec./179.5 mph but, proved a death-defying ride.

In 1976, The Atchison was destroyed in a horrendous crash at Akron, Ohio that nearly killed Russ, and put him in hospital for several weeks and kept him in a wheelchair for several more. But you can't keep a wild man down, though. While recuperating from the accident, Collins designed The Sorcerer, his final Top Fuel bike creation. Built in early-1977 and later billed as the World's Greatest Drag Bike, Sorcerer was powered by a pair of 1000cc. Honda fours.

After many years of motorcycle racing domination, RC Engineering turned it's interests towards automobile racing. Particularly Hondas with similar Japanese four cylinder engines as the motorcycles they were so used to building.

RC Drag Bike From Denmark

This RC drag bike is being sold in Horsens Denmark, and has visible RC parts in the engine, and a turbo charger!

The Jensen Brothers selling it, does not say much about this beast – but you can contact them yourself if you need more info -à http://japanermuseum.jensenas.dk/4111_pr/HONDA-CB%20750%20FOUR