CB350 Sly... Now with 2 finger braking!!!
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overdraft
Coast to Coast
Re: CB350 Sly... Stop!
ooooOOOoooo... what's going on here?
gonna see if I can get the old girl to stop a bit better!
a buncha times last summer I found I had more 'go' than 'stop'. I'm hoping I can get some more modern gear to work and not ruin the look too much.
the new rotor is 1.5# lighter too....
Wish me luck!
ooooOOOoooo... what's going on here?
gonna see if I can get the old girl to stop a bit better!
a buncha times last summer I found I had more 'go' than 'stop'. I'm hoping I can get some more modern gear to work and not ruin the look too much.
the new rotor is 1.5# lighter too....
Wish me luck!
overdraft
Coast to Coast
Re: CB350 Sly... Stop!
looks ok i think... not too inyaface....
made up a mounting bracket.... cardboard is legit for brakes, right?
unfortunately there's no such thing as a new brake rotor with the same bore as the hub (that i could find) and because the rotor is hubcentric not boltcentric i now have to find a way to make up the difference.... the hub is about a millimeter smaller than the bore of the rotor.... thinking of getting a spacer made up, but there's no way they're going to be able to make one that's only a millimeter i don't think, so this may be a two parter where i get the spacer as small as i can and rebore the rotor to match.... unless anyone thinks i could get the bore built up with weld and bored to fit?
hope it all works out... cuz then someone's gonna get one of these!
looks ok i think... not too inyaface....
made up a mounting bracket.... cardboard is legit for brakes, right?
unfortunately there's no such thing as a new brake rotor with the same bore as the hub (that i could find) and because the rotor is hubcentric not boltcentric i now have to find a way to make up the difference.... the hub is about a millimeter smaller than the bore of the rotor.... thinking of getting a spacer made up, but there's no way they're going to be able to make one that's only a millimeter i don't think, so this may be a two parter where i get the spacer as small as i can and rebore the rotor to match.... unless anyone thinks i could get the bore built up with weld and bored to fit?
hope it all works out... cuz then someone's gonna get one of these!
crazypj
Split personality, I fake being smart
Re: CB350 Sly... Stop!
If I can do it on my hobby machines a company with heavy duty stuff will have no problem.
1mm is plenty thick enough to support itself in 6061 or even lower grade aluminium
Minimum I would do is 0.50mm, 0.25 would be dodgy and could get damaged too easy (unless it was made in steel)
If I can do it on my hobby machines a company with heavy duty stuff will have no problem.
1mm is plenty thick enough to support itself in 6061 or even lower grade aluminium
Minimum I would do is 0.50mm, 0.25 would be dodgy and could get damaged too easy (unless it was made in steel)
overdraft
Coast to Coast
Re: CB350 Sly... Stop!
excellent writeup teazer... looks good! and is pretty much exactly what I'm trying to achieve with the exception of the fact that you can't get a modern rotor with a 4 bolt pattern so I'll have to drill my own holes to mount the thing. the offset on the rotor is about right which is one of the reasons I chose it, so my adaptor plate that I'm hoping to have built which will look just like yours only with 4 holes, will be mounted outside, not inside as you'd expect. This will have the cosmetic benefit of hiding the original holes on the rotor. hopefully my local guy can machine this up for me or i'll have to get pj to do it!
excellent writeup teazer... looks good! and is pretty much exactly what I'm trying to achieve with the exception of the fact that you can't get a modern rotor with a 4 bolt pattern so I'll have to drill my own holes to mount the thing. the offset on the rotor is about right which is one of the reasons I chose it, so my adaptor plate that I'm hoping to have built which will look just like yours only with 4 holes, will be mounted outside, not inside as you'd expect. This will have the cosmetic benefit of hiding the original holes on the rotor. hopefully my local guy can machine this up for me or i'll have to get pj to do it!
overdraft
Coast to Coast
Re: CB350 Sly... Stop!
hmmm... hadn't thought of tapping the hub. although there's a cover on the opposite side that's held on by the 4 rotor bolts that go all the way through the hub... i guess i could find a different way to attach it. wouldn't be much hub left... the bolt circle on the new rotor is a different diameter so i can't reuse any of the holes so there'd be 10 holes when i was finished.
hmmm... hadn't thought of tapping the hub. although there's a cover on the opposite side that's held on by the 4 rotor bolts that go all the way through the hub... i guess i could find a different way to attach it. wouldn't be much hub left... the bolt circle on the new rotor is a different diameter so i can't reuse any of the holes so there'd be 10 holes when i was finished.
overdraft
Coast to Coast
Re: CB350 Sly... Stop!
Thanks!
The seat is off the rack... got it from airtech streamlining. I THINK it's the small cutlass C4, but I guess it might be the large cutlass C1... but there are measurements on their website so you'll be able tell which one is right just by quickly measuring which part of the frame it goes over... Note that the tank I used is somewhat longer than the stock tank so the place on the frame where my seat lands may be different than yours... I had to cut it to length. Paint and upholstery was done locally.
linky: http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/vintage/vintageseats_round.htm
Thanks!
The seat is off the rack... got it from airtech streamlining. I THINK it's the small cutlass C4, but I guess it might be the large cutlass C1... but there are measurements on their website so you'll be able tell which one is right just by quickly measuring which part of the frame it goes over... Note that the tank I used is somewhat longer than the stock tank so the place on the frame where my seat lands may be different than yours... I had to cut it to length. Paint and upholstery was done locally.
linky: http://www.airtech-streamlining.com/vintage/vintageseats_round.htm
lipuid
Been Around the Block
Re: CB350 Sly... Stop!
Very nice, so width wise it was a prefect fit then? It just bolted right up after trimming length off? Looks nice.
Edit: it looks like there are a few Cutlass versions, including a small, large, and a honda twin Cutlass. If you have a way to check your reciept to see which one you have that would be much appreciated. Keep it up build is quality!
Very nice, so width wise it was a prefect fit then? It just bolted right up after trimming length off? Looks nice.
Edit: it looks like there are a few Cutlass versions, including a small, large, and a honda twin Cutlass. If you have a way to check your reciept to see which one you have that would be much appreciated. Keep it up build is quality!
overdraft
Coast to Coast
Re: CB350 Sly... Stop!
what pj said... bridgestone battlax B45... 90/90/18 and 110/90/18
so it was a C4, the small one...
i cut some thick rubber that was from a truck bedliner to fill out the inside angle of the frame along where the seat was... this supports the outside edge of the seat
the contour of the seat was pretty close to the top of the frame once I'd filled the corner with the rubber, but i did have to taper it a bit towards the back
so the seat rides on the rubber edges and the two donuts i put on the bridge across the frame, about where my fat ass lands... in the first pic you can see the load points on the donuts and along the edges... at the front i just have two slots in the seat
that slide under posts to hold it both down and laterally, although the side to side fit is close enough that they're not doing any work in that plane
hope that helps!
what pj said... bridgestone battlax B45... 90/90/18 and 110/90/18
so it was a C4, the small one...
i cut some thick rubber that was from a truck bedliner to fill out the inside angle of the frame along where the seat was... this supports the outside edge of the seat
the contour of the seat was pretty close to the top of the frame once I'd filled the corner with the rubber, but i did have to taper it a bit towards the back
so the seat rides on the rubber edges and the two donuts i put on the bridge across the frame, about where my fat ass lands... in the first pic you can see the load points on the donuts and along the edges... at the front i just have two slots in the seat
that slide under posts to hold it both down and laterally, although the side to side fit is close enough that they're not doing any work in that plane
hope that helps!
