Chaps. Finally have time to update everything.
Bike is in the container floating it's way Stateside where I pick her up on the 24th of July.
What happened since I last posted...
Recieved some goodies.
Powdercoated the frame and swingarm, rebuilt the front end, did the wiring
Had to cut the gusset in the swingarm and weld to alloy bars further up for stregth, tire would clear.
Machined some intake manifolds for the CR26's
started to wack everything together..
and ignore my friends odd head, but this is how she ended up! The steering damper is removed here just to test the neck bearings are seating correctly.
So in the end she looks like this:
She still needs some sorting.
Jetting CR26's with a custom manifold, with 592cc and a 4 into 1, is rather different than stock. This will happen on the road, but more of that in a minute.
My biggest problem is shifting. The shifting mechanism was off the cb500/4, yet I used the cb550/4 cases. Shifting up is fine, shifting down is nigh impossible with out allot of fettling with the lever. I have order the correct mechanism and will install it to suit the drum end in LA.
It's funny to me, cause I'm riding this thing across the USA. My father, two friends and myself are doing a charity run from LA to Maine and down to NYC in benifit of a friend who was in a freak accident and became a quadraplegic.
I'll up date you guys if you like, we have a little logo:
But I have to spreuk SOHC4. Without this site, guys and gals, this would have been closer to impossible to me than I thought it already was.
Cheers all.
