1977 Honda CJ360 - Café SOS - Stage Two™

[kopcicle]

Still paying attention Matt .
It is possible to unwind two stator cores and combine the laminations to make a thicker core that you can then wind with slightly thicker wire for more current . I've done it . Trouble is I did it twice before I sent it off to Custom rewind and had Gary get it right . Seems that not only do the windings have to all be going the same direction but you have to avoid sharp bends as well as contact with the core . A serious high temperature , flexible , epoxy or polymer insulation is required on the stator and the wire .

The rest is spacing the thicker core so it doesn't hit the rotor . You would be surprised how far the magnetic field extends from the rotor . You can have 30-40% of a thicker stator  out past the rotor and still get significant gains . I didn't know it at the time but when I finally gave in and had Gary do the work he let me know that there were several ZN1300's that had gone before me .

Having Gary or Rick's rewind for you is a bit of a no brainer . After applying 268 turns of magnet wire twice only to have it fail . Then again maybe you are less of a wire winding moron than I am . Since I'm Oh for Two it wouldn't be hard

~kop 

[ducatiboy]

A little off topic here Sonreir but I have to say that I always thought you had the best little sayings at the bottom of each of your posts. That is until today when I read Kopcicle's

[Sonreir]

So my rearsets arrived in the mail this week.  I finally got some time to tear into them and clean them up a bit.  They're from an 1988 FZR 400.

I sanded them down (including the casting marks) and gave them a light polish.  Before and after shots of the brake lever, here:





As for actually fitting them onto the bike, I haven't figured out how to do that just yet.  Anyone have any suggestions?  The right side is definitely going to give me problems.  No idea how to get my kick start to clear the brake lever just yet.  Also... what is the little aluminum guard thing for?  It would seem easier to mount in this first pic, but the second pic might have better ergonomics.... your guys' thoughts?





And here's a quick shot of the left side.  Shift lever from the rearsets hooked right into the stock shaft, so that's always nice.

[ducatiboy]

I imagine the guard is to stop the heel of your boot rubbing against the tyre? Maybe the FZR400 has wider rubber back there. Or maybe an exhaust pipe that might burn your boot?

[ronnie]

I'm sticking around for this one..

A light polish? I would love to see a good polish!

[Sonreir]

This is a good polish:


Still not "show quality", though.  No point in doing that on a bike that will be ridden.

[3DogNate]

This is a good polish:
Still not "show quality", though.  No point in doing that on a bike that will be ridden.

Yeah, definitly  a difference between a good polish and what a trailer queen would recieve. But then again Aluminum oxidizes sooo quick, you have to really stay on top of show quality polishes on bare aluminum. Otherwise they just look like "good" polishes in a matter of days.

[ronnie]

Ahh, i see... Yea, I would rather brushed haha! Or painted, I"m low maintenance kinda guy!

[Sonreir]

I'm thinking I may shave off those guard things.  They don't seem to serve a purpose on my build and they look a bit too flashy.

[axeugene27]

i'd keep the guards like a mini chain guard to stop your shoe laces from getting caught up. Those sets look great man Interested to see you you get em mounted. I was thinking of getting some rocket ones too as the universals well look like universals.  and raasks are like 3 bills.

[axeugene27]

BTW i think your bike is sporty and the guards fit with the asthetic.

[Sonreir]

OK... I've fabbed up a mount for the left rearset.  I don't have a lot of tools, but I do have an angle grinder and some 3/16" plate steel.  It should be strong enough.  I'm going to try to braze it, first.  If that doesn't pan out, I'll weld.

I still need to hit up the hardware store for the top mounting bolt and acorn nut and I'll paint the mount red after I get it attached to the frame.

[Sonreir]

The head is back from the (new) machinist. The surfaces have been cleaned up and the angles within the combustion chambers now match the pistons.

Time for another dry assembly to check clearances.

[3DogNate]

That looks sooo much better than the last head.. wish you luch with your clearances.

[pandknz]

Agree, that looks way better, did they use a mill? very clean

anychance of a pick down the can chain guide before you put the head on? its for my bike that I want this info, I want to know how close the straight guide runs next to the chain?

hope the motor goes together better this time