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Looks bitchin! Love the color contrast you've made. Those pipes look real nice as well-- how about some video once it's rolling?

Thanks on all the compliments. I just posted a buyer complaint in the appropriate section here about Apex Cycle. I just heard back from Charley of Charley's Place in SF. He took apart my engine and said it looks pretty ugly. Apparently, despite the engine only idling at about 800rpm, the valve...

Seriously... So here's the story, with a recent update. I bought my fairly pristine 1962 CB77 about a year ago, got it running, and found that it needed some new piston rings. I decided to do a big rebuild of the engine since it was all coming out. The valves looked burnt and coked so I looked...

So my project has taken an interesting turn while I've been waiting for this motor to come back. I researched a bit not only on the CYB (aka Yoshimura) brand but also the idea behind the "Sport Racer" scene around the CB72/77. There happens to be an outstanding upholsterer building a few replica...

Well that's exactly it, isn't it? While I'm in a position with my career where I could completely ruin my life's work with a bad enough bike crash, I am super careful when riding around. I'd say bike and cars have about the same amount of incidents for the same reasons. The problem is that when...

So the valves were breaking at the stem where the retainers clip in. Jim Rieger took a look at it and told me that they are way over heat treated and have become quite brittle. Apex either needs to change material or change manufacturing. Goggles-- I think that was me! It seems like my...

Subsequent step: New parts and reassembly. So during the engine debacle, I had been restoring a number of parts, cleaning up the ones I don't replace/restore. I started out by sending the frame, the swingarm, and the center stand all went out for some black powdercoat. I borrowed my race...

Next step: The Motor... All SORTS of fun goo to try and clean off!... While things were generally still together, I checked out all the advance and wear on the cam. All looked good!... Head off-- looks VERY coked up... I had my Superhawk-Guru/neighbor come check out the crank to...

So I figure it's time to publicly document the project I've been working on for the past few months. I didn't even post this on the Honda305 forum for fear that I would be told I've done it "the wrong way". I'm posting here because the wrong way is often the right way in the cafe world...

We don't, unfortunately! The only west coast race (my home race) is Laguna in July.

That'd be awesome! Free MBellRacing shirts for anyone from DTT who shows up!

We will be having our season closer at Mid Ohio this year. Swing on by! I'll definitely be driving the Camaro and might also be playing around with that prototype again, should be a fun weekend! Enur, thanks for the kind words! -Matt

Hello everyone, I can't believe I've only just stumbled upon this forum! It looks like a pretty substantial place to stay current with the cafe racer world. I'll admit I am a bit new to it. You see, I've grown up in something of an "Animal Farm" world of motoring: 4-wheels good, 2-wheels bad...