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I did some digging and found triton builds end up with the countershaft around 7-9" ahead of the swingarm pivot. The CB engine will have it about 5 1/4" ahead of the pivot. Still waiting on the new pivot bolt to really line everything up. But nice to know I'm not completely wrong on engine location.
 
Rat_ranger said:
I did some digging and found triton builds end up with the countershaft around 7-9" ahead of the swingarm pivot. The CB engine will have it about 5 1/4" ahead of the pivot. Still waiting on the new pivot bolt to really line everything up. But nice to know I'm not completely wrong on engine location.
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That is encouraging to know. I wonder if you could end up with adjustable mounting plates so you could adjust the weight bias when it is all together. I probably wouldn't matter in the practical world, but it would be cool.
 
ex119x said:
That is encouraging to know. I wonder if you could end up with adjustable mounting plates so you could adjust the weight bias when it is all together. I probably wouldn't matter in the practical world, but it would be cool.
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I don't think I'll fo anything that fancy for 1 big reason. To get the motor as low as it is in the picture I'll have to clearance the left lower frame tube. Not a big deal, but makes the front to back positioning kinda set once it's done.
 
Got the new pivot, so next I'll start fabricating mounts.
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Working on the motor plates. Started with notebook paper, then foam board and now 1/4" MDF. This should give me a good pattern for 1/4" aluminum.
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Maritime said:
Nice, I assume you will cut some relief holes in the aluminum for weight loss and looks?
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I'll probably do some. I'll lay out a partial circle to give full access to the front sprocket, and base any other holes around that.

The right side will probably get holes to feed the oil lines through. That'll decide the layout on that side.
 
Modified the rear engine mounts so that the rear plates can run straight from the motor to the frame. Had to take a little over .6" off.
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I was wondering if you would need to reduce the rear mounting pads a bit. Nice job! The engine is so smooth, most of the mounting points are only necessary to add rigidity to the frame. I've seen very high mile custom bikes running only the front and rear engine mounts. I've also seen some running the two bottom mounting points with no apparent problems. Engine turning the aluminum plates would be a nice touch.
 
Rider52 said:
I was wondering if you would need to reduce the rear mounting pads a bit. Nice job! The engine is so smooth, most of the mounting points are only necessary to add rigidity to the frame. I've seen very high mile custom bikes running only the front and rear engine mounts. I've also seen some running the two bottom mounting points with no apparent problems. Engine turning the aluminum plates would be a nice touch.
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I actually made a modified spring center for engine turned finishes when I was in school. I used it to make a dash for a triumph spitfire that I never installed. Finish still looks decent despite sitting in a box, then hanging in my garage for 9ish years.
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It's been a while since I updated this. Current progress is I finally got it titled, so I am comfortable spending a bit more on it. I'm redoing the rear plates to get the back of the motor a little higher, mainly for chain to swingarm clearance. I also bought a vevor welding table. It's a bit nicer than the cheap folding one I was using, seems like the same top as the titanium or klutch tables. Don't think you can get better without getting lucky on marketplace or spending atleast 3x as much.
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Got the front wheel I'm going to use, it'll be relaced to an 18" rim with new spokes. But now I can start planning out the triples to hold the forks. Forks are from a cbr600f4i that I picked up at a swap meet a few years back. The wheel is a suzuki GT750 4ls.
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