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Still in hotel but we finally have a date to be 'home' (maybe?) February 18th 2023. Five months and two hotels isn't as much 'fun' as many people may think teazer, I drilled front axle long time ago, didn't have a drill (or lathe) long enough to drill the rear. The threaded section is really...

I used a pair of passenger pegs off (I think?) a GSX-R so I would have spring loaded folders. You need something to hold right side up during starting. I also made linkage to use stock pivot point for rear brake. Pictures are somewhere in my 'Build to blog' thread. Everything got tidied up a bit...

Blimey crikey, didn't realise it had been so long since I posted anything here. Still in hotel since Hurricane Ian, roofers started good but won't be back until next week so looks like Christmas and New Year will be in rooms. Even when roofers are done we still need a few new ceilings put up...

Made it on DTT for first time in months. Still 'displaced' and living in a hotel since Hurricane Ian at end of September (at least the new hotel is far better than the' shack full of drug dealers' insurance company originally put us in) Kinda surprised CMC is out of stock, I made several hundred...

Not quite, lost the battery cover months ago and spends way too much time watching You Tube video's . I had no idea what FNAF was until he insisted Nana got him a graphic novel. He's still not reading which is probably a good thing as it's a horror story/series about animatronics, AI and...

I think you may be right about fuel flow. As mentioned, you need to check flow amount actually through the carb although I think it may just be the fuel tap bore or filter and it's easier to check that. You may need to change tap for something off a different model, maybe DT250 or something?

I'm in Altamonte Springs but no idea of any shop[s with vintage parts. Due to the way stock is taxed it's usually disposed of. I do know quite a lot about bikes from 1970's through to 1990 as I worked in Honda, (older 'pre-Kawasaki) Triumph, Suzuki, Yamaha, BMW, Vespa, MZ dealers (2 multi line...

I've been using EP140 gear oil in the bearings of the mill/drill. (oilcan pumping it through the Morse taper drift slot) Picked up an extra 50rpm at max speed and flushed out a lot of crap I didn't know was in there. Watched a You Tube video of mill/drill being reconditioned and apparently they...

Hi Dennis, glad to see things moving along.

Nice to see your still going on with things after the last few years. I just got older and tired(er)

Hi Dennis, really sorry to hear about this. That wasn't something that could have been done by an opportunist in 10 seconds, someone knew and probably, the worst part, someone you know who's been in there. Pissed off anyone major lately?

That looks REALLY expensive. From what I've learned about gears over the years, looks like a modified developed tooth form? Because you have fixed centres it isn't possible to add a tooth to one side without reducing count on the other meshing gear so it's doubtful any of the teeth are a...

I really liked Metzeler's on 360, I much prefer them to AVON. Dunlop K70 are also a 'classic' choice for rear with an Avon 'ribbed' front rather than both from same manufacturer (way back when I always found bikes handled better with the Dunlop/AVON combination)

Oh, as for the gas problem, probably need shut off valve or maybe just dirt in the shut off? Re-set float level to 21mm if you run E10 fuel (and being in Cali you probably can't get anything else?)

Do you have any idea of the actual mileage? If it's below 30,000 it's doubtful that bores are worn and you probably just need rings? Cylinders will normally last 60~80,000 miles or more but rings wear relatively quick if your using rpm correctly. You don't need the CJ pick up unless your sloppy...

How did you get an 18" CB450 wheel? I've only seen them as 19". Anyway, swap is dead easy but I think you need new spacers to keep wheel centred. (haven't done one for about 10 years) To be honest, you would be better looking for a CB72/CB77 front wheel which has much closer spaced fins on hub...

You won't really get any performance drop off until it's at high rpm when valves may 'float'. As the 360 needs to be over 6,000rpm to work OK you are limiting rpm range but should still be safe to around 9,000rpm. You are measuring with a caliper or micrometer? You may be cranking down too...

Sorry, I'm still alive but things have been a bit worse than usual last few years.(I posted some stuff in 360 build to blog). I made new valve guides but step-grandson liked the look of them and managed to 'move' them 'somewhere' so I have to make another set.(he's 5 now but still likes to...

Make sure points are gapped properly and also the insulating washers are in the correct places. Make sure wires are not shorted to ground at points plate or cover. Green with yellow tracer is usual on 'switched grounds' or alternator connector but I think the yellow trace was discontinued on...

Do you have any spacers or washers tospace it out slightly? Better to do that before cutting anything.