Author Topic: CB750A Street ET bracket drag bike. A year to build it. (Read 619971 times)

Bill/BentON Racing · « **Reply #325 on:** January 18, 2011, 05:29:53 PM »

Time to really get serious............if I can! Pool table is gone. I now have a place to work again.Samauto on the lift until it runs.Big Jim CB750 is coming over this weekend,he's going to make rear brake stabilizer rod,billet I think,one thing we need not to break! Mounting rear tire and chain and spacers this week,along with mounting carbs.Got brake line pcs. and brake set up to finish.Got to mount Dyna coils and 2000 ignition.Then got to wire it.Got to make bracket for rear of V&H pipe.Tank and f/fender @ painters.Need to order Honda reproduction pinstripes.Need to finish plumbing oil cooler.Heres some pics.Bill

Where we left off.
Sam,the oil! 20/50

A beautiful sight,now we can get some work done!

The front.

Left side view.

Z rear.
The original workshop manual in case we need it

Sam,if we have as much fun with SAMAUTO as I did with this one we'll have a blast! :

I'd better get to work!,Bill

754 · « **Reply #326 on:** January 18, 2011, 08:30:55 PM »

I see a lone later Husky tin in your collection..

Damn those Northern Lights ones got EEExpensive..

Used to have a real northern lights Husky globe.. sniff..sniff...

lordmoonpie · « **Reply #327 on:** January 19, 2011, 04:13:15 AM »

Hey Bill - where you gonna mount the Dyna 2000 blue box? I'm struggling to get happy with locations for mine so could do with the inspiration and I'm sure Sam won't mind me briefly hijacking...

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #328 on:** January 19, 2011, 05:13:29 AM »

No oil tank Simon, plenty of room.

Sam.

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #329 on:** January 19, 2011, 02:44:34 PM »

JW, what date have you booked flight for ?

Sam.

popslady · « **Reply #330 on:** January 20, 2011, 04:07:14 AM »

SAM: You can ride my other AUTOMATICS my KZ 8.20 [ BUT RUNS 7.90 ] slider,123 auto,auto shift, wheelie bar, delay box, throttle stop, car tire and if you want a BLUE BUTTON NOS ride down the 1320". 10 seconds faster than your stock CB750 you rode or our BUSA 68" to 72" ALL "STROKER 10mm." MOTOR 8.05 in 1320' auto shift,slider a "TROY SMOCK" built w/my help that smacked MUZZY'S KZ builts 1400cc ++ every time we race them. They all have single disc rear brakes and no creeping in 20 years of 2-stepping. Can't tell you the MPH and I will be standing at the ticket booth to get the ticket [ for my eyes only ] man we got secrets......... me and TROY.

MR. HONDAMATIC: Thanks for the lead on the converter fix, took your advice and bought a 1983 Yamaha XJ750RK SECA of CRAIGSLIST for $200 very-very clean with no keys-no title [lost], no battery, flat tires, 12,000 miles sitting in his garage for three years not started = had it running in 2 hours took out on the road in a light snow day on a good road and ran 100mph. Carbs were dead on with my good SUNOCO ALL GAS [ NO ALCOHOL BLEND] as corn is good to eat but [ ALCOHOL] brings water and rubber parts to eat up in the tank and carbs. Read a great article in UNDERHOOD SERVICE MAG. about the right gas for racers and SUNOCO [ pure gas] was rated the best [ NASCAR ]. I'll put the CV'S on the 750 matic after a little cleaning and polishing. Put some 28-29-33mm back on YAMAHA W/ pods and sell the SECA to someone who wants a very clean drive shaft bike for $500 with 12,000 miles. Thanks again for giving me more light in this art of spinning wrenches.

POPS BK911 ST/ET NHRA DIV.3

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #331 on:** January 20, 2011, 05:45:30 AM »

Hey Richard, I know I'm a bit younger than yourself but putting me on a Busa would probably see me off, I'm not sure I want a heart attack just yet.

Sam.

jweeks · « **Reply #332 on:** January 20, 2011, 12:01:33 PM »

Sam,
Friday arrival in Charlotte in the late morning. Expect me in the early afternoon there. You were planning some test and tune as I recall? You may be able to be tech'd in Friday, cutting the red tape for Saturday.
Looking forward to the message that it is alive and running. People are amazed how street-able Hondamatic drag bikes are. Since you build them for midrange power, they will run very happily on public roads. I like to warm my bike up at the track by idling around the pits at about 1-2 mph. It's always fun to hear someone say that I'm going to fry my clutch that way.... (or slider, when they don't see a clutch lever)
Whatever diameter the bike's rear tire, it should be geared for around 100 mph at 9,500 rpm with a 10,500 rpm redline in the ignition box. That should get you within one tooth on the rear sprocket for best et. The shift point should be right at the 1/8th mile cones/line on the track. If Sam's heart can get through the first gear wheelie, he should enjoy the rest of the ride. Whatever you do, don't Armorall the seat! Your heart might not survive that one.... (there's a joke there somewhere about "catching a ride")

JW

lordmoonpie · « **Reply #333 on:** January 20, 2011, 12:12:40 PM »

Quote from: JWEEKS on January 20, 2011, 12:01:33 PM

Whatever you do, don't Armorall the seat! Your heart might not survive that one.... (there's a joke there somewhere about "catching a ride")

JW

Sam should be OK there - he uses Armorall exclusively on his head!

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #334 on:** January 20, 2011, 01:28:07 PM »

What's Armorall, sounds dangerous stuff, how come you know about it Pieface.

Sam.

Old Scrambler · « **Reply #335 on:** January 20, 2011, 02:57:24 PM »

Good advice about the armorall.....and don't polish your leathers!

KB02 · « **Reply #336 on:** January 22, 2011, 05:14:41 AM »

Geez. I vanish for a couple of months and look at the progress you guys have made!!

Meanwhile my bike sits out in the garage and I have touched it since October. Too damned cold to even want to go outside, let alone work on the bike. Got to convince my wife to me me bring it in the house somehow...

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #337 on:** January 22, 2011, 05:27:17 AM »

Be like me mate, get rid of her, ya can do what you want then

cold in bed though, I just bought a few extra hot water bottles.

Sam.

Bill/BentON Racing · « **Reply #338 on:** January 22, 2011, 07:45:44 PM »

LMP,heres where I mounted the Dyna 2000 box.K,F models different animals.Oil temp sensor mounted in oil galley inspection plug.Big Jim came by and got measurements for billet stabilizer bar.Sam,got to drill seat pan to accomadate hardware......bolt heads hit pan.Chain and 61 inch brake line,6 and 9 inch line and tee and misc banjo's etc. be in next week.Pics of Dyna placement.

For LMP!

Z controls.

The left side.

The rt. side.Wrinkle paint drying on inspection cap.

Sam,if we need to we can invite these two.I heard the one on the right can ride a little
and the one on the left can turn a screw!

.Can you guess the year and event,they won,
Honda no sponsor,they go back to Suzuki! Pro stock,first time out.WOW!,Bill

754 · « **Reply #339 on:** January 22, 2011, 07:53:24 PM »

Looks like Terry Vance and Byron Hines...

Bill/BentON Racing · « **Reply #340 on:** January 22, 2011, 08:04:39 PM »

Yep,1983,Gainesville Spring Nationals!

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #341 on:** January 23, 2011, 03:21:29 AM »

We have their exhaust, we don't need them as well

we got REAL old school which is real KOOL.

Sam.

Bill/BentON Racing · « **Reply #342 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:27:13 PM »

There exhaust now mounted.oil temp sensor installed,some progress.Bill

More later.

Parts in this week!

Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er · « **Reply #343 on:** January 23, 2011, 11:51:09 PM »

Love those exhausts. We should convince them to start making them again

When you firing that sum#$%* up? You're killing us with anticipation

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #344 on:** January 24, 2011, 03:42:18 AM »

Jerry, CycleX do a similar system that exits on the left, these drag pipes also serve as a side stand

no good for going round corners though.

Sam.

popslady · « **Reply #345 on:** January 24, 2011, 09:44:09 AM »

SAM CB750A: Worry about them clubman bars hitting the tank at the turn offs at the big end and the pipes [ CYCLE EXCHANGE ] will slide around with a little leaning on the many small short turn offs at some US tracks. MRI is not the only track in the USA so that banned is a joke and with most tracks [ PERFORMANCE MAGAZINE ] NHRA - IHRA having a 7-10 % less count in the lanes in 2010 and the economy in the can ,$3.50 diesel fuel for their rigs and lay offs by the millions workers ,drivers,riders,racers then to soon all will be opening their lanes for the dollars they need to stay alive. Come to Norwalk OHIO " BEST TRACK IN THE LAND = JOHN FORCE" for the $10,000 no box race that did cost $100 for all three days of bracket racing everthing from 7 second cars and me dial in at 17.32 on my CM400A HONDAMATIC and he came by me at the 12" line breaking out with his gas pedal mashed thru the floor pan in his $30,000 car = he lost! BANNED is a way for them to tell you that your the person they FEAR and they want to sandbag and race the CHERRY NEWCOMERS to the track that lose ever round in one year and never come back = 7-10 % less in the lanes, I wonder why? Will this number grow in lost number of tech cards in 2011 while the President breaks the USA bank and our country?
BETTER HOPE NOT.
POPS BK 911 ST/ET NHRA

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #346 on:** January 25, 2011, 12:15:57 PM »

Quote from: MRieck on January 24, 2011, 10:20:39 AM

JWeeks knows all about the"banned" BS regarding automatic bikes

Thanks Mike. Richard, that banned from SET with MIROCK is no joke. Being a novice to the sport, I chose the auto because I will probably need all the help I can get in the consistency department.
When you get banned because you are running a bike that the majority think is unfair, It's a smack in the face after having such a bike built and the promotor that sets the rules sides with the majority and bans you. They (the majority) race and I don't, what good is that to me? The economy will never colapse to the extent that a promotor will grab at anything to make a buck. The time will never come when a promotor has 5 or 6 Hondamatics doing battle and not a Hayabusa in sight. Banned is not a way for them to tell you that they fear you, It's their way of telling you that they are pi$$ed off having their $20,000 Busas beaten by a $200 old slow 400 Honda and taking the pi$$ out of them at every opertunity only riles them even more. Sorry if it sounds like I am coming on strong Rich but to me it just looks like you are making a rod for your own back.

Sam

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #347 on:** January 25, 2011, 01:08:26 PM »

Juha, check your PM.

Sam.

Bill/BentON Racing · « **Reply #348 on:** January 25, 2011, 08:16:45 PM »

Quote from: Jerry Rxman Griffin on January 23, 2011, 11:51:09 PM

Love those exhausts. We should convince them to start making them again

When you firing that sum#$%* up? You're killing us with anticipation

Jerry,I plan on firing it up on Feb.12th. Once parts arrive this week,
it'll be time to get down to the nitty gritty.Speaking of gritty this one takes the cake(ask Mike).
Got to source Pingel petcock and oil lines.
Most everything else in or on the way!
Back to work.
Oh a banner for the old school guys!

It's nice to have friends. ;)Bill

popslady · « **Reply #349 on:** January 26, 2011, 04:44:34 AM »

SAM: DO YOU REALIZE THAT A BUSA WITH A SLIDER IS A $20,000 SUZUKEMATIC ? MIR IS NOT THE ONLY TRACK IN THE USA ? AND I SEEN TRACK OWNERS RUN CARS IN SUPER GAS AGAINST BIKES TO GET THE PAYOUTS ? I WILL PAY FOR A TRACK RENTAL HERE IN OHIO AND YOU CAN MAKE A HUNDRED PASSES IN ONE DAY ON THE 1320'. OK ROD IN BACK

? I'LL RACE YOU ON MY STOCK CB750A FOR $100 EACH ROUND AND I'LL FIX LUNCH !!!! GET A LANE ANYWHERE IN THE USA AND I WILL BE THERE = HAVE MOTORHOME,TRAILER 20 BIKES WILL TRAVEL, WIRE POPS COLUMBUS OHIO.

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Author Topic: CB750A Street ET bracket drag bike. A year to build it. (Read 619971 times)