V10Pilot
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Thankscxman said:make sure you put in oem honda starter clutch springs
use the real deal i have tried some aftermarket and ebay kits and they fail early
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Thankscxman said:make sure you put in oem honda starter clutch springs
use the real deal i have tried some aftermarket and ebay kits and they fail early
Howdy. Do you have a bike up there?Coopacoopacoopa said:Hello from Longmont! Motor is looking good!
Thanks man. I reference your build from time to time. I’m still trying to find the best place to get a frame hoops. It seems most online still need to be bent to get them to fit.The Jimbonaut said:Hell yes it's gonna look killer - nice work mate!
V10Pilot said:Thanks man. I reference your build from time to time. I’m still trying to find the best place to get a frame hoops. It seems most online still need to be bent to get them to fit.
When I lived in southern Louisiana there were oilfield machine shops every block. Up here in Colorado, not so much. I’ll have to search around because I’d like the pipe to fit perfectly and I think a local shop would be able to give me results based on my exact measurements.The Jimbonaut said:I had a friend who has a tube bender make mine for me. If you don't know anyone in that world then see if you can find a custom bike shop near you - a tube bender is a fairly standard piece of machinery for a bike-building shop. Good luck man
Thanks. A few reasons I didn’t paint the head. I like to be different and everyone seems to be polishing or painting them black. I like the natural look and secondly the point of the fins is to aid cooling and coating them with paint will impede that. I would have had them vapor blasted also but I didn’t have access to one back when I had the head apart. Oh well.Kunphushun said:Looks like you are putting in the good work! That engine looks phenomenal. Why did you decide not to paint the head? Also, can you tell me what paint you used its gorgeous!!
Can't wait to see more. Bookmarked.
V10Pilot said:Thanks. A few reasons I didn’t paint the head. I like to be different and everyone seems to be polishing or painting them black. I like the natural look and secondly the point of the fins is to aid cooling and coating them with paint will impede that. I would have had them vapor blasted also but I didn’t have access to one back when I had the head apart. Oh well.
The paint is by VHT and called Cast Iron. It’s not a 2K paint so I’ll have to accept the durability isn’t going to be great but I do plan on coating it with a high temp clear coat made by Eastwood called Exo Armor and that should help. I’ll report back after I get the bike on the road early next year.