SELF INTRODUCTION: Hey...I live in South Jersey (the Super Fund State) work as an Operating Engineer local825.Besides bikes I love to fish the surf.I have my current & seemingly endless project a BSA 750 Rocket3, a 72 Honda CB750,79 Kawasaki KZ1000, 48 Simplex, & a 62 Norton Atlas engine
I also started making some cables.The throtle cable is in the first pic.And here is part of the brake cable
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...the throtle cable is a brake cable off a bicycle, & the brake is the clutch cable off my Honda.I still have to figure out how I'm gonna mount it to the foot pedal.Speaking of which...here's the foot controls I came up with.Originally I had them coming straight off the frame.But I decided to move them back & up a little
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SELF INTRODUCTION: Hey...I live in South Jersey (the Super Fund State) work as an Operating Engineer local825.Besides bikes I love to fish the surf.I have my current & seemingly endless project a BSA 750 Rocket3, a 72 Honda CB750,79 Kawasaki KZ1000, 48 Simplex, & a 62 Norton Atlas engine
SELF INTRODUCTION: I was on the last board as bonustoolkit. I have changed that to my given name. I started a project build there " File and Fit." I paln to continue that when I go back home in Dec. 2011. I first joined the board when Gary W had it in the year 2005. That was the time I really gained an interest in building chops. I have a long way to go, compared to some here.
SELF INTRODUCTION: Hey...I live in South Jersey (the Super Fund State) work as an Operating Engineer local825.Besides bikes I love to fish the surf.I have my current & seemingly endless project a BSA 750 Rocket3, a 72 Honda CB750,79 Kawasaki KZ1000, 48 Simplex, & a 62 Norton Atlas engine
SELF INTRODUCTION: Hey...I live in South Jersey (the Super Fund State) work as an Operating Engineer local825.Besides bikes I love to fish the surf.I have my current & seemingly endless project a BSA 750 Rocket3, a 72 Honda CB750,79 Kawasaki KZ1000, 48 Simplex, & a 62 Norton Atlas engine
I got the valves lapped in & the head back together (had to make a little tool to compress the springs).I'm now just tightening up little odds & ends that I've let go.Just a couple more parts to go in the oven & cleaning up the covers.Still waiting on some income so I can buy the pieces I need to finish putting the engine together.Seems I'm at the point now that even the smallest detail I take care of,I can see the build getting close to firing up..... It's a good feeling being that its taken soooo long.
Changing the shape of the Earth...1 bucket at a time...IUOE local 825 top of the food chain
SELF INTRODUCTION: Hey...I live in South Jersey (the Super Fund State) work as an Operating Engineer local825.Besides bikes I love to fish the surf.I have my current & seemingly endless project a BSA 750 Rocket3, a 72 Honda CB750,79 Kawasaki KZ1000, 48 Simplex, & a 62 Norton Atlas engine
Finally got my rear axle cut down & rethreaded.Started working on the carbs.All cleaned up & nowhere to go...hahahaha.They were kinda cruddy but mostly everything looks good.I'll tell ya....for parts that are over forty years old....everything has been cleaning up very nice.Need a few more seals than I originally thought ,but they're on the list.
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Changing the shape of the Earth...1 bucket at a time...IUOE local 825 top of the food chain
SELF INTRODUCTION: Hey...I live in South Jersey (the Super Fund State) work as an Operating Engineer local825.Besides bikes I love to fish the surf.I have my current & seemingly endless project a BSA 750 Rocket3, a 72 Honda CB750,79 Kawasaki KZ1000, 48 Simplex, & a 62 Norton Atlas engine
Not a lot of progress, but I did get the carbs back together.I also rummaged up the rest of the small parts missing for the wheels.Bearings packed & back together hopefully for the last time.Oh...Ive been workin on replacing the springs on the seat, the mountain bike springs are like sittin on concrete.
Changing the shape of the Earth...1 bucket at a time...IUOE local 825 top of the food chain
SELF INTRODUCTION: Hey...I live in South Jersey (the Super Fund State) work as an Operating Engineer local825.Besides bikes I love to fish the surf.I have my current & seemingly endless project a BSA 750 Rocket3, a 72 Honda CB750,79 Kawasaki KZ1000, 48 Simplex, & a 62 Norton Atlas engine
Well I've been up to no good again.I said before that theres alot of weird shit floating around in my head.This is one of them....I made my 1st part on my lathe.
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.This peice will go inside here
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.This is where the points go.
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What is that hole for you say....for this
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Its a distributor off a 3 cylinder Geo Metro.It doesn't run off a cam sensor or anything, so I don't see why I cannt get it to fire.Anyones input would be appreciated.The one thing that really has me scratchin my head is that the metro dist. spins counter clockwise & the bike clockwise.But I don't think it will know it going backwards.Oh....the little tapered peice at the top left of the 1st. pic will get cut down & pinned to the shaft of the dist. & locates in the end of the cam of a similar taper.I still need to weld a couple of tabs on to bolt it down with.
Changing the shape of the Earth...1 bucket at a time...IUOE local 825 top of the food chain
SELF INTRODUCTION: Hey...I live in South Jersey (the Super Fund State) work as an Operating Engineer local825.Besides bikes I love to fish the surf.I have my current & seemingly endless project a BSA 750 Rocket3, a 72 Honda CB750,79 Kawasaki KZ1000, 48 Simplex, & a 62 Norton Atlas engine
I used an old fork spring for my seat.It feels much better, but the assembly from the mountain bike only has a couple inches of travel.Now I have to figure out something to fix that.
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SELF INTRODUCTION: hi everyone its me from the old bord hopeing to see everyone come here and all the newcomers . lets make this as good as the old one or even better . lookin foreward to seeing everyones projects continue and ill be continueing mine too
SELF INTRODUCTION: I was on the last board as bonustoolkit. I have changed that to my given name. I started a project build there " File and Fit." I paln to continue that when I go back home in Dec. 2011. I first joined the board when Gary W had it in the year 2005. That was the time I really gained an interest in building chops. I have a long way to go, compared to some here.
SELF INTRODUCTION: Hey...I live in South Jersey (the Super Fund State) work as an Operating Engineer local825.Besides bikes I love to fish the surf.I have my current & seemingly endless project a BSA 750 Rocket3, a 72 Honda CB750,79 Kawasaki KZ1000, 48 Simplex, & a 62 Norton Atlas engine
The distributor is electronic.Firing order is just a matter of swappin wires around.Being it doesnt run off any kind of sensor, my thought is that when the spark gets to where its suposed to jump, it will jump regardless of what direction its spinning.It will be awhile yet till I find out if this will work or not.If it doesnt work...Ill be putting a Boyer unit in....But I think this looks pretty wild hopfully it will work.
Changing the shape of the Earth...1 bucket at a time...IUOE local 825 top of the food chain
SELF INTRODUCTION: Hey...I live in South Jersey (the Super Fund State) work as an Operating Engineer local825.Besides bikes I love to fish the surf.I have my current & seemingly endless project a BSA 750 Rocket3, a 72 Honda CB750,79 Kawasaki KZ1000, 48 Simplex, & a 62 Norton Atlas engine
SELF INTRODUCTION: Hey...I live in South Jersey (the Super Fund State) work as an Operating Engineer local825.Besides bikes I love to fish the surf.I have my current & seemingly endless project a BSA 750 Rocket3, a 72 Honda CB750,79 Kawasaki KZ1000, 48 Simplex, & a 62 Norton Atlas engine
I got the peice that fits into the cam cut down tonight.I plan to load it with a spring to keep pressure between the distributor shaft & the cam.Still need to cut a slot for the pin.
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Changing the shape of the Earth...1 bucket at a time...IUOE local 825 top of the food chain
SELF INTRODUCTION: I am an expat tennessee hillbilly and retired us navy engineer livin' in Scotland and I have a love of old cars , trucks, motorcycles and most any other machinery !
I dont know if I can think of enough to say to reach the two hundred charactor minimun set by the mods , but I will persevere