Tim's SR500

Re: Tim's SR500 - Dec 30 2010 - logistics...

Well what do you think of the levers.......yours if you want them and can use them!
 
Re: Tim's SR500 - Dec 30 2010 - logistics...

Sure - I'll give them a shot - will PM you my address. I'm hoping they'll fit aftermarket perches?
 
Re: Tim's SR500 - Dec 30 2010 - logistics...

Yeah well... things will work out without the tank :) Gives me an excuse to have Sean at Roc City make me something special ;)

Ryan is finishing up my sprocket adapter for the CB750 hub - freakin awesome. It carries another bearing to support the load with an inner spacer between the hub and spacer bearings to ensure cross-load handling.

A brake-side adapter will be made to space out the rotor to make it look more balanced.

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Re: Tim's SR500 - Dec 30 2010 - logistics...

WOW!! that looks serious!! you could kill a Queen-west hipster with that!! LOL

can't wait to see it in play.
 
Re: Tim's SR500 - Dec 30 2010 - logistics...

Gonna be nutty looking I think :) I'm having a custom sprocket made up for it. Surprisingly reasonable.

About $60 will get me a 42 tooth 520 pitch sprocket with a 60mm bore and 80mm PCD (the distance between the mounting holes) with 6 8.5mm mounting holes evenly spaced (all to match the 6 holes in the CB750 hub).

So there will be 6 or 8mm threaded rod with acorn nuts on either end running right through the sprocket/spacer/hub/spacer/brake rotor tying the 5 parts together.

The hubs may end up being powdercoated to match the rims - the spacers etc will remain billet. If they're a close enough match I may just leave it all aluminum. Not sure if I want contrast between the hub and other bits or not. I like the idea of emphasizing the added on mechanical bits so I may opt for contrasting colors.

The sprocket will be a giant wheel with tons of lightening holes in it and I'll have the teeth cut with cleaning grooves for a more aggressive look.
 
Re: Tim's SR500 - Dec 30 2010 - logistics...

I feel your pain over that tank. Last tank I bought in the UK was fortunate that I had to visit the old country and was able to pack it in a suitcase I "borrowed" from my brother.

I sold a tank on ebay recently from Australia and after my son boxed it all the PO said it would be $200 to ship. I managed to re-pack it but it still cost $100 to ship to the US. That pinched a little.
 
Re: Tim's SR500 - Dec 30 2010 - logistics...

No PM yet :)

Pat Cowan, the man with the memory of an elephant, tells me the ol' Yammy DT1 etc. rear sprockets will bolt right up to my CB750 hub, and as my sprocket carrier is replicating the CB750 hub's profile and bolt pattern, it of course will bolt right on. They're 520 pitch and in the 40-44t range so perfect.

Might still get a custom one cut, but we'll see how it all pans out.
 
Re: Tim's SR500 - Dec 30 2010 - logistics...

Weird! I've sent two. ;D
Nothing crazy, was just wondering how much it would take to part you with your Lucas headlight. If you're cool with posting prices for the world to see, I'm cool with it, otherwise I'll give the PM another try.

Not to hijack your thread...
 
Re: Tim's SR500 - Dec 30 2010 - logistics...

Just so you know I haven't quit this project, things are moving ahead with a burst of speed now.

My Buchanan stainless spokes arrived yesterday, and I hope to pick them up sometime in the next day or two from Paul (Back Alley Moto).

Ryan is finishing up the machine work on my sprocket carrier, spacers etc. for the CB750 front hub > rear wheel conversion.

I plan on dropping the rims off for powdercoating hopefully this week. So perhaps in the next week I should have the wheels laced up and tires mounted.

Then it's continuing work on prepping the frame for powder, and final color decisions on the rest of the bike.
 
Re: Tim's SR500 - Feb 2 2011 - logistics...

let me know before you take stuff to get powder coated.. I have a hardtail that needs to be done... mabe I could throw it in with your batch of stuff at once..

How are you prepping the frame?...Blasting the paint/rust off first to bare metal? or will the powdercoaters do that?
 
Re: Tim's SR500 - Feb 2 2011 - logistics...

great thread! reading this makes me want to finish up my SR500.

if this is going to be anything like your XS650, i can't wait to see finished product!
 
Re: Tim's SR500 - Feb 2 2011 - logistics...

Well, here's the current poop.

I have my Buchanan spokes in hand, and Ryan should be done with the sprocket carrier any minute now ;)

I just made a deal on a carb for the bike, which as often happens to my projects, may become the catalyst for a refocusing of $$$ resources on the bike.

It's a Keihin FCR 41mm carb... which is freakin awesome. But, the engine really needs to be more than stock to justify such a redonkulous carb.

So instead of powdercoating etc.... I think I may spend my life savings on the engine's internals.

90mm 11:1 Wiseco or other piston (540cc's)
White Bros or Megacycle cam
Titanium valve spring retainers and heavy duty springs
Larger valves maybe
Ported head
Racing clutch plates...

you get the idea ;) Who knows, I may still end up powdercoating the frame, as it needs something given I've ground all the extra shit off it and am welding on a loop, but I could just spray bomb it.

Might leave the vintage 19" racing rims as they are, in their dirty glory laced with shiny new stainless spokes to my bespoke modified CB750 hubs.

Will be pretty in the best sense of the word. Bare bones focus on performance.
 
Re: Tim's SR500 - Feb 2 2011 - logistics...

tWistedWheelz said:
He may not want flat black!!!!!!!!
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blasphemy!!... what other repsectible colour is there?
 
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