shift_love
Active Member
Re: CB350F CAFE REVAMP
my thread needs a serious update because things have been getting close to being finished
last weekend i picked up a "cb400f parts bike" that has a solid motor that i plan on using for my engine build over the next months or year
i got my project so close to finished, and im really enjoying it, right now im tweaking stuff
last thursday it was getting the front brakes bled properly and building pressure in the possibly leaking master cylinder, so ive decided to do a rebuild on it pretty soon
then friday night i modified my "slipstreamcycleworks" rear sets and made a nice long bar that runs parallel with my rear brake linkage, now the rear brakes have so much more bite, and they stop the bike nicely
now, im messing with the idle circuit and trying to really tune the system as a whole, because with the pod filters and the cone exhaust with almost no back pressure things were a bit weird, so i made a washer baffle...i kinda doubted it would work, but my midrange power band came alive with it. Ive got no more blips in the throttle right now where i have it set along with my air screws and #85 main jets, but my rpms fall slowly if i whack the throttle open, its kinda like a lean condition, so im probabaly gonna get some #40 pilot jets and see how it does, cause right now im just running 1 1/4 air screws and it idles good and runs well but its gotta be perfect, but i feel like i got pretty lucky with this set up seeing as how everyone always screams to stay away from pods, but after riding it a few times this week, the bike really screams
also saturday tragedy struck (maybe) and my brand new bike masters agm battery died, so i left it on the battery tender over night, and took a ride this afternoon during my lunch hour. the charging system is working, and i rode for about 20 minutes, so hopefully the battery just needed a solid charge because it sat on a shelf for a while? who knows, ill find out later i suppose
what else is new...hmmm, led catseye taillight is on, but ive got no pictures ATM, bikes running, im smiling, all is well, now i just gotta work out the kinks and strip this 400f down to sell
and then of coarse...
is cb466f motor time 8)
so heres a couple pics
more to come!
my thread needs a serious update because things have been getting close to being finished
last weekend i picked up a "cb400f parts bike" that has a solid motor that i plan on using for my engine build over the next months or year
i got my project so close to finished, and im really enjoying it, right now im tweaking stuff
last thursday it was getting the front brakes bled properly and building pressure in the possibly leaking master cylinder, so ive decided to do a rebuild on it pretty soon
then friday night i modified my "slipstreamcycleworks" rear sets and made a nice long bar that runs parallel with my rear brake linkage, now the rear brakes have so much more bite, and they stop the bike nicely
now, im messing with the idle circuit and trying to really tune the system as a whole, because with the pod filters and the cone exhaust with almost no back pressure things were a bit weird, so i made a washer baffle...i kinda doubted it would work, but my midrange power band came alive with it. Ive got no more blips in the throttle right now where i have it set along with my air screws and #85 main jets, but my rpms fall slowly if i whack the throttle open, its kinda like a lean condition, so im probabaly gonna get some #40 pilot jets and see how it does, cause right now im just running 1 1/4 air screws and it idles good and runs well but its gotta be perfect, but i feel like i got pretty lucky with this set up seeing as how everyone always screams to stay away from pods, but after riding it a few times this week, the bike really screams
also saturday tragedy struck (maybe) and my brand new bike masters agm battery died, so i left it on the battery tender over night, and took a ride this afternoon during my lunch hour. the charging system is working, and i rode for about 20 minutes, so hopefully the battery just needed a solid charge because it sat on a shelf for a while? who knows, ill find out later i suppose
what else is new...hmmm, led catseye taillight is on, but ive got no pictures ATM, bikes running, im smiling, all is well, now i just gotta work out the kinks and strip this 400f down to sell
and then of coarse...
is cb466f motor time 8)
so heres a couple pics
more to come!