Another B.T.R.

[JohThomas Sorrels]

Not too much for tonight, I tried to use an old 2" hole saw that I had but only got about a quarter through one plate before the teeth were gone so I'll pick up a new one tomorrow and finish that. I did get the holes that mount the three plates together drilled.

I've also been playing with ideas on vintagizing the motor, below is a photo with an old compressor head sitting on top, I might make some horizontal fins to go around the valve cover.

 

[OneHorsePower]

That's some nice heavy duty mounts you made there , i can imagine making a 2" hole without a milling machine is one hell of a task

 

[JohThomas Sorrels]

I got my hole saw and got the plates drilled, cleaned up, and tacked to the motor plate. I also tacked the 1/2"base plate to the frame and for the first time in this build I have what resembles a motor bike and not some goofy looking frame.

 

[deorman]

Whatever you do, do :x not steal a street sign and band slice it into fins for your valve cover. I'm sure the nearest hardware chain store has something :?

:lol:

 

[jj256]

I like how this looks

 

[JohThomas Sorrels]

I finished welding the mounts and dragged the bike outside for better photos with a real camera.

 

[JohThomas Sorrels]

 

[topher]

I've also been playing with ideas on vintagizing the motor, below is a photo with an old compressor head sitting on top, I might make some horizontal fins to go around the valve cover.

Yes this looks great, you need a little something to fill the gap between the frame and engine... just my 2 pennies

are you making front engine mounts?

 

[murraymadman]

nice! clean looking!

 

[JohThomas Sorrels]

Yes this looks great, you need a little something to fill the gap between the frame and engine... just my 2 pennies

are you making front engine mounts?

No front mounts, but I might make a faux round crank case/ cover that will fill up the bottom loop.

 

[jj256]

Did you remove the carburetor on you engine

 

[JohThomas Sorrels]

Did you remove the carburetor on you engine

Yea, the engines pretty much stripped down in the photos. I'll put a mikuni carb on with a custom intake.

 

[jj256]

Whoa wait you can install different carbs on this engine type

 

[JohThomas Sorrels]

If you make your own intake tube you can put just about any carb you want on the motor. I'm going with a 22 mm mikuni because of how easy they are to tune and set up. Look for cobrafreaks thread, he has almost the same set up as I am planning to run only a slightly different motor.

 

[murraymadman]

i'm running a 22mm on my 6.5hp briggs and does really well!

 

[topher]

I don't know if anyone asked you yet or not but, did you relace and true your wheels yourself?

 

[JohThomas Sorrels]

I laced the rear wheel myself and will do the front but will either have to buy or make a truing stand for final assembly or take them somewhere to get trued. I've got it close but not 40 mph close.

 

[OneHorsePower]

I laced the rear wheel myself and will do the front but will either have to buy or make a truing stand for final assembly or take them somewhere to get trued. I've got it close but not 40 mph close.

as good as you are at fabrication work , iam sure you would have no problem building your own truing stand , after all its basically just a fork with adjustable plates :wink: you could even make a high precision one by adding a dial indicator on it

 

[JohThomas Sorrels]

Thanks for the vote of confidence OneHorsePower, it looks like harbor freight sells dial indicators for $15.00 so I may go that route. I'm currently working on the tank and don't have any thing worth taking pictures of yet but will post some soon.

 

[jj256]

So any update pictures my good sir