Showing posts with label honda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label honda. Show all posts
Sunday, 4 May 2014
A few bike snaps from weekend
A nice place to hang out. Hackney Wick when the sun comes out. The Kingdom of Kicks store opens saturdays and sundays and despite the areas reputation for its trendyness, its still a rad place to visit on a motorcycle. Like minded bike people swing by and park up for a while and bikes are worked on roadside. It is fun. Click here for Kingdom of Kicks details.
CJ360 custom
custom cj/cb360 Honda
Nice Honda 750 four
Triumph hardtail chopper/bobber unit.
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
North Weald Rockets 2
Beholde, Torpedo's plentiful and in abundance. 16 more
Rudge
Stripped down scooter thing
A female piloted this one
Awesome Velocette Sprint bike
JAP Sprint bike
Triumph sidecar outfit
Scott Sidecar outfit
GSXR Drag bike
Nice Greeves
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Talking YX
YX140cc pit bike engine with race cam. Chinese stuff, super cheap, super powerful, super flimsy.
The YX140 engine has tons of compression and requires that you nudge it past tdc prior to kicking it over, to get a good startup. If this rule is not adhered to then it often kicks back, giving a nasty blow to the sole of the foot. I was suprised at the amount of compression this little engine has.
Yes the parts seem quite flimsy and obviously cheaply made, but this engine lasted a good year of me thrashing it on main roads, sometimes doing a 45 mile daily round trip. I think this is OK despite the engine being designed for kids pit bikes, the short bursts of off roading every now and then.
Eventually the flywheel snapped right off at the crank. Its as if the power output is too much for the diameter of the crank with that flywheel on there.
Anyway, I replaced the bottom end and see how long this one lasts.
For anyone interested, the pit bike engines fit into all the cub frames, EXCEPT THE 6V C90. That bike requires some modification to fit the engine. And if doing the swap, I highly recommend addressing the exhaust situation properly, the standard cub exhaust is too small for these engines.
And another thing, I have no idea how they get such cheap, soft, plasticine screws to be done up so bludy tight! The force needed to unscrew these screws exceeds the strength of the metal, resulting in the screw turning to mush. I had to tap most out with a hammer and punch, then drill out the last one.
You want advice on how to fit a pit bike engine to a Honda cub follow this link.
The YX140 engine has tons of compression and requires that you nudge it past tdc prior to kicking it over, to get a good startup. If this rule is not adhered to then it often kicks back, giving a nasty blow to the sole of the foot. I was suprised at the amount of compression this little engine has.
Yes the parts seem quite flimsy and obviously cheaply made, but this engine lasted a good year of me thrashing it on main roads, sometimes doing a 45 mile daily round trip. I think this is OK despite the engine being designed for kids pit bikes, the short bursts of off roading every now and then.
Eventually the flywheel snapped right off at the crank. Its as if the power output is too much for the diameter of the crank with that flywheel on there.
Anyway, I replaced the bottom end and see how long this one lasts.
For anyone interested, the pit bike engines fit into all the cub frames, EXCEPT THE 6V C90. That bike requires some modification to fit the engine. And if doing the swap, I highly recommend addressing the exhaust situation properly, the standard cub exhaust is too small for these engines.
And another thing, I have no idea how they get such cheap, soft, plasticine screws to be done up so bludy tight! The force needed to unscrew these screws exceeds the strength of the metal, resulting in the screw turning to mush. I had to tap most out with a hammer and punch, then drill out the last one.
You want advice on how to fit a pit bike engine to a Honda cub follow this link.
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Saturday, 9 February 2013
International Island Classic Challenge
Yea! Badboy Nick from Australia did a good job getting some nice bike shots from the event at the Phillip Island Circuit. Check them out. Link to deets
1960 Triumph Thunderbird outfits
1972 CB550 500cc
1978 Kawasaki Z1R 1000cc
1979 Honda CB900 985cc
1980 Mcintosh Suzuki 1100cc
1939 BSA M24 Goldstar
Irving Vincent Black Lightning 1300cc a
Duc F1 750cc
King Dazza's Outfit 1980 GSX 1100
Lindsay Urqharts Indian eight valve a
Lindsay Urqhart's restored 1915 model H Indian c
Lindsay Urqharts Indian eight valve b
Pitlane Rebuilds on the floor
Trev working on the Kwaka
Waddon Minarelli 1980 125cc
1927 BSA Model S a
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