Recent content by pacothemonkey

Thanks Bozz! I'm discovering there is a pretty big underground cafe scene around here.

Hey I'm in Lincolnton. Between Hickory and Gastonia. Over West of Charlotte.

Hey all! I'm just starting my collection of devil machines. I have a '74 cb450 and a '78 cb750. 450 is in mid dismantle condition and 750 was my rider until a couple of days ago when my cam shaft seemingly broke in half (yet to be verified but all signs point to it.) Anyway I come hopeing to get...

Not sure yet but I could be getting into a new set of valves too. :'( Hell I might as well put new rings on the pistons while i'm at it if I have to do the valves.

Yes I'm very curious. A cam shaft is a pretty beefy piece of steel. It seems pretty odd for one to break in half. I'm gonna dive in and pull the motor next week or this Sun. My father in-law ranted me use of a corner of his shop. So I can keep everything organized. Maybe I'll go ahead and pull...

Well pulled the bike out today to give it another shot. Pulled the valve adjustment covers (the ones i could get off that is-couldn't get the two middle exhaust ones off) Anyway It appears that my cam shaft has broken in half..... yes WTF! The engine still runs so I cranked it up and the #3 and...

well this isn't looking too good. 42 views and no replies. Not even a guess....... I'm probably going to take it to a shop Friday but I was hoping to do the fix'in myself.

Ok I was riding the day before yesterday(also I have taken this bike on three long rides, each around 100 miles) and got almost home and heard a weird vibration noise. Then the bike lost power and cut off. I pulled over and tried cranking again and it cranked but sounded different. I started...