First I'd like to give a shout out to SrgtBear and JRK5892. I've read both your builds and I've learned a lot.
This is my first cafe racer. Here is the bike as it sits right now:
I've never had it running well. I recently rebuilt the carbs and it made no difference. I hate these Keihin carbs and I hate the points system. I've found a carb solution but it looks like I'm stuck with the points for now.
Anyway, when rebuilding my carbs I noticed some pretty significant pitting in the right carb:
This is my plan for the bike:
1) Replace CV carbs with Mikuni VM32 featuring UNI pods. Delete the airbox
2) Complete tune up including new coils, plugs, wire, adjusted points new advance unit springs, valve adjustment and timing.
3) Figure out how I adjust the cam chain tension.
4) Replace the breather tube from the engine to my chain with a pod filter.
5) Delete headlight mount and replace with ears from Mikes or similar and add clip ons to fork tubes
6) Replace forks with 35mm units or rebuild 34mm units and add roller bearings to steering stem
7) Delete passenger peg mounts on frame.
8) Relocate battery and wiring and delete side cover mounts
9) Rebuild or polish rims depending on results of initial polish.
10) Delete electric start and all related components moving to kick only.
11) New chain and sprockets
12) New subframe bushings
I'm sure there's a few things I'm missing but you get the idea and I'll do my best to document the project as it moves along.
Cheers,
R
This is my first cafe racer. Here is the bike as it sits right now:
I've never had it running well. I recently rebuilt the carbs and it made no difference. I hate these Keihin carbs and I hate the points system. I've found a carb solution but it looks like I'm stuck with the points for now.
Anyway, when rebuilding my carbs I noticed some pretty significant pitting in the right carb:
This is my plan for the bike:
1) Replace CV carbs with Mikuni VM32 featuring UNI pods. Delete the airbox
2) Complete tune up including new coils, plugs, wire, adjusted points new advance unit springs, valve adjustment and timing.
3) Figure out how I adjust the cam chain tension.
4) Replace the breather tube from the engine to my chain with a pod filter.
5) Delete headlight mount and replace with ears from Mikes or similar and add clip ons to fork tubes
6) Replace forks with 35mm units or rebuild 34mm units and add roller bearings to steering stem
7) Delete passenger peg mounts on frame.
8) Relocate battery and wiring and delete side cover mounts
9) Rebuild or polish rims depending on results of initial polish.
10) Delete electric start and all related components moving to kick only.
11) New chain and sprockets
12) New subframe bushings
I'm sure there's a few things I'm missing but you get the idea and I'll do my best to document the project as it moves along.
Cheers,
R