Powder coat or polish CB450 Build!

[Zonda]

Official photos coming when she is truly finished ;D

 

[Zonda]

 

[bikeboy]

Official photos coming when she is truly finished ;D

Stunning Rod. Simply stunning.

ian

 

[DBC]

WOW! amazing job man! I love the look of this bike! the attention to detail is incredible. You should be proud

 

[Kanticoy]

Great work Zonda. I love the orange, it is SO classy. Doesn't hurt that my favorite holiday is Halloween!!

Seriously though, I'm impressed, and that takes a lot to to!

 

[BCBarker]

NICE brake set-up.. I think I'm gonna have to switch mine from the cable set-up I have to the manual system you have... TITS! The bike is TITS!

 

[Zonda]

NICE brake set-up.. I think I'm gonna have to switch mine from the cable set-up I have to the manual system you have... TITS! The bike is TITS!

Mate if i was going to do it again i would go for the cable and use a CB77 brake set up. This setup is what all the classic racers use and work so well. The mechanical setup is great, but relies on the push bar starting as close to the centre line of the swing arm to be effective and safe!

I have seen others reverse the braking lever arm on the hub and run a rod from there to the top side of the brake pedal, this is dangerous. As the suspension moves up and down it allows the rod to cycle back and forward, effectively pushing the brake on or off, bloody dangerous in a tight situation. This is exactly why most classic racers use cable as it is not effected buy suspension movement. I use the original system, just modified the application of force. On my pervious CB450's you could feel the brakes change force as the suspension moved with the road surface ;D

 

[Zonda]

Stunning Rod. Simply stunning.

ian

Man their are so many little things to do it's frustrating, just want to take her for a good ride and enjoy the bike ;D

 

[Zonda]

WOW! amazing job man! I love the look of this bike! the attention to detail is incredible. You should be proud

Thanks mate, i do wish you were living next door! you skill with a spray gun is amazing, we could make lovely (two wheeled) children

 

[tweakin]

Man Zonda, that is a great build. Excellent attention to detail and style. Love it!

 

[boomshakalaka]

Mate if i was going to do it again i would go for the cable and use a CB77 brake set up. This setup is what all the classic racers use and work so well. The mechanical setup is great, but relies on the push bar starting as close to the centre line of the swing arm to be effective and safe!

I have seen others reverse the braking lever arm on the hub and run a rod from there to the top side of the brake pedal, this is dangerous. As the suspension moves up and down it allows the rod to cycle back and forward, effectively pushing the brake on or off, bloody dangerous in a tight situation. This is exactly why most classic racers use cable as it is not effected buy suspension movement. I use the original system, just modified the application of force. On my pervious CB450's you could feel the brakes change force as the suspension moved with the road surface ;D

I pretty much copied your brake setup for my cb350. I just figured that it looked cleaner and had less leverage loss when compared to a bent rod going up and around the swingarm. But if what youre saying is true about the bent rod up and around the swing arm, isnt it also true for the stock setup? Or am I missing something?

 

[Zonda]

I hope this helps, it's kind of hard to explain without a board to write on....

 

[boomshakalaka]

forget to post a link or picture?

 

[Zonda]

forget to post a link or picture?

At the bottom/left of the post is an attachment "doc' file ......"Suspension.doc"

 

[hillsy]

Hey Rod - saw your bike in the flesh today at the Story Bridge Concours......

Sure looks neat

 

[Zonda]

Hey Rod - saw your bike in the flesh today at the Story Bridge Concours......

Sure looks neat

Thanks mate ;D You should have stopped for a chat I didn't spend a lot of time getting around to all the bikes :-\ but did spot some great specials Herron/Rickman/Bimoto and a lovely Suzuki RE5, I just love them

Couple of experts ;D

With the family

I just have a few small teething problems and then she'll be on the road for some serious riding and then on to the next project :

Rod from OZ 8)

 

[Swagger]

Nice!

 

[diesel450]

Super nice!! Teething problems, hhmm let me guess, Carb jetting and tuning??!!

Bain of my fucking existence. :-\

 

[SrgtBear]

Killer exhaust! Hope you don't burn yourself.

 

[Zonda]

Super nice!! Teething problems, hhmm let me guess, Carb jetting and tuning??!!

Bain of my fucking existence. :-\

Nope, carbs and jetting are sorted just need to do final balance and dyno tune. It's the bloody electrics that has been giving me grief
first off, one of the aftermarket coils died, spiking the dyna ignition and frying one of the hall sensors so new coil $ and fit the spare ignition!
Second, my battery dropped a cell and i didn't have enough urgs to get the repaired ignition to work so remove and strip and fit a new cell, more $
third, both of the plugs developed faults and had to be replaced more $
forth, the newly rewired stator is only giving out 1.5 volts yet to be sorted but will most likely cost more $
NOW the ignition switch is playing up, which will requir me to strip and rebuild it time and more time wasted

Appart from that everything is fine ;D