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My name is Joe and 'm an addict. Problems began when I realized nothing on earth could compete with the efficiency and versatility of a motorcycle. After my first experience, I was hooked, and now it has consumed my entire life and all my money. :) I started in the industry during the chopper...

Good looking bike, those tx500's are a fun and pack a punch: http://coopersmithingco.com/pjailbird.html The omni phase balancing chains tend to stretch and throw some horrible vibrations at you. Look for a replacement chain and tighten it up - like magic the problems are gone.

Re: New CB350 Project - Ball Breaker Great looking bike, looks fun and congrats! The swingarm pivot is past the point of triangulation, which means the load would first have to travel down the overlapping tube - the pivot is in tension, the other tube in compression. With the seat rails...

Loekm, Do you know the weight of that engine? I'm looking for a powerplant to go with a superlight spine frame I've been designing for some time now. It has a few similar elements to the Egli in that it gets a majority of the strength from the backbone. Here's a cross-section of the tubing I'm...

Loekm - Wonderful, thank you very much for the bearing information, my mind is at ease! I'm not familiar with the TR1 engine, but it looks remarkably similar to the Virago (xv750) save for the chain drive. What was your motivation for using the engine aside from the low end torque of a...

For the swingarm pivot: did you machine a collar to go around the needle bearings? I was trying to figure out the make of the bearing and how it is used, but looking at it I imagine you might have machined the collar so the bearings can't slide inward past the races - which are in turn held...