60's Honda CL 160 Rebuild as Racer

[twitchmonitor]

Bob has brazing equip but honestly I prefer to not impose on other people - so I'm trying to do it another way. I've attached the screens with a highly elastic tape - its the OEM tape honda used for their wiring harnesses in the 70s. It deforms easily, and I was able to "mold" it around the lip of the intake stack. It essentially now has now taken on a "V" cross sectional shape. It feels very secure. If it becomes worrisome in the future, I may try to use small screws through the flat rim of the screen into the stack...I made the wall thickness of the stack thick enough for a very small screw - I think the walls are 4 mm thick.

I'm pretty sure I have a pic posted with this setup. I know that I certainly wouldn't advocate tape as a fastener, but in this application it seems ok. I may also just drill tiny holes through the screen ring and stack lip and run safety wire between them for....safety.

Unless you meant you don't think the stack themselves will stay on the carbs? That's another story.

As far as races....money is extremely low right now. Like, under $100 low :| Time to put some stuff on Ebay. I should be getting an engineering job in May when I graduate, but until then I just don't know. Where's the emoticon for depressed?

Edit: I just check and that pic doesn't show the screen attached, just stuck on. I'll try to post one tonight.

Looking good, David. You might try making those stack screens from bronze. You'll need to fab up a clamping ring that secures itself around the outboard edge of the bell. You can braze a flat hunk of bronze 90 mesh into the inside of this clamping ring. The way I see it - you absolutely cannot permanently secure a screen to your carb - that would be high dumbness

See you on the grid at Willow? Portland?

George Austin
AHRMA #560
Yamaha 180 Wildcat

 

[Apathybot]

*ahem*

Bump.

That is all.:teeth

 

[twitchmonitor]

I know. :|

I clear coated the tank and seat yesterday with a two part epoxy and torqued all the nuts and bolts today. Just to be safe I'm going to wait a week to get the gas can out. I filled the oil, put the battery on the battery tender, and then I hooked up the electrical system and got a wire crossed, which got my coil very hot and one of the posts broke from the heat. :mad Not sure what I'll do about it....I'm trying to think of something free and clever.

I did, however, get my EX500 ready for a few days or riding Streets of Willow and finished building a prototype robot leg.

 

[RhythmRider]

Pics of the leg please! lol I think we deserve something for being so patient

 

[Apathybot]

I only *ahemed because I'm in the sandbox currently, and I have run out of build threads to read from start to finish. I must live vicariously through others right now.....:|

 

[twitchmonitor]

Pics of the leg please! lol I think we deserve something for being so patient

One of the software guys has it today, he's going to send me a short vid this afternoon - I'll post it when I get it.

 

[twitchmonitor]

Ok, here's a vid of the prototype robotic leg I just finished. Now I'll have to make some minor tweaks to the design and then crank out half a dozen of them as well as the body and a few other bits. All in the next 3 weeks.

Vid is shot and narrated by my friend Tyler, who is the mastermind behind the whole thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ReoMRYK_zg

 

[GPzPop]

dude, that is some Bionicle shit there, yo!

--S

 

[RhythmRider]

That is freaking awesome.

 

[Gabe]

Ok, here's a vid of the prototype robotic leg I just finished. Now I'll have to make some minor tweaks to the design and then crank out half a dozen of them as well as the body and a few other bits. All in the next 3 weeks.

Vid is shot and narrated by my friend Tyler, who is the mastermind behind the whole thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ReoMRYK_zg

Holy crap! Once, Cb Publisher Wills and I made a license-plate bracket out of a chunk of old Triumph muffler. It took 3 hours. You built a fuck*&^ing robot leg!!! Outstanding.

 

[twitchmonitor]

Holy crap! Once, Cb Publisher Wills and I made a license-plate bracket out of a chunk of old Triumph muffler. It took 3 hours. You built a fuck*&^ing robot leg!!! Outstanding.

If you like that one, just wait until I finish the pair of legs that have....giant claws! :teeth

 

[Beer.]

When's the flamethrower getting added? :x

 

[twitchmonitor]

When's the flamethrower getting added? :x

You're not kidding. That was part of our initial proposal, but the people footing the bill though it might not be kid-friendly enough. I'm not kidding.

 

[Bluenote]

Hey Twitch , I've been following your saga with a great deal of interest. Did you get the street legalities solved?

 

[twitchmonitor]

No. :|

 

[akathisia]

Hey David,
I wanted to post a pic of my finished bike on your thread and give you a public thank you, for first: for being the one to introduce me to the CB/CL160/175 building/racing via THIS thread. It was your thread that inspired me to build my bike (as you already know). And second: for all your help, guidance, and PARTS.... seat, fender, tube, ignition mount.... and for fabricating my foot pegs!!! Absolutely awesome!

Can't thank you enough. Wish you were going to be racing this weekend. But as you said, at least you will be riding.

See you down there.

PJ

 

[twitchmonitor]

Thanks :thumbup

I stopped by the pits at Big Willow today around lunchtime but didn't see you. Guess you didn't show up yet? I'll try to stop by tomorrow, or roll on down to the streets, I should be in the pits. Good luck in the races!

Hey David,
I wanted to post a pic of my finished bike on your thread and give you a public thank you, for first: for being the one to introduce me to the CB/CL160/175 building/racing via THIS thread. It was your thread that inspired me to build my bike (as you already know). And second: for all your help, guidance, and PARTS.... seat, fender, tube, ignition mount.... and for fabricating my foot pegs!!! Absolutely awesome!

Can't thank you enough. Wish you were going to be racing this weekend. But as you said, at least you will be riding.

See you down there.

PJ

 

[akathisia]

OK David..... when you finished with all your school projects so you can get back to work on the 160?

 

[twitchmonitor]

I have a final on Monday, a project due and another final on Thursday, and my graduation and robot due on the 16th.

The bike is basically done, but I can't get the bugger to start. :| I'll give it another shot today since I changed the ignition, double checked the cam and ignition timing and put in fresh plugs a few days ago.

 

[akathisia]

Sounds like you are doing everything correct. Maybe you could use a second pair of eyes if you don't get it going today. I'm off work at 430. Otherwise..... after the 16th eh?!