my LC hybrid update project.. hyd clutch update and more...

[Kawtriplefreak]

Very cool.

[m in sc]

cyls at shop, new wossners on way. 

[Kawtriplefreak]

Excellent

[gargantua350]

Yea I had a similar thing happen to my RD crank as the lead weight fell out and rubbed up against the connecting rod.  I felt the engine lock up momentarily. It surprised me thought I seized. I too installed a vitos crank and I am very happy with the results. 

Great work Marc.  You should be an RD fab specialist! 

[m in sc]

im not sure about that.. lol.. but i appreciate the compliment.

but speaking of fabrication.. the rearset mounts i cnc'd like... back in 08? or so? have survived 2 crashed and looking at them, realized 1 had started to crack.  now, these werent the strongest design but they both took a good hit and the pegs acted as frame sliders at the time, so, i'll take it. Few days ago, i drew up beefier versions.. and luckily i have  a hookup to get stuff laser cut... so i'll be replacing these this weekend .

old ones:



the 'legs' were 0.30" wide, the material was 1/2" 6061. but, spindly.



the replacements are also 0.50" 6061 but legs are 1/2" and the layout is better geometry for strength. the holes are all in the same place.

while i -could- pocket the holes, i instead got low head allens so mount them this time.




hopefully my cyls will be done soon. 

[m in sc]

no joy on the cyls yet so garage time was spent on just refining shit.

got the rearsets on and mocked everything up. they are thick, 2 3/8" plates sandwiched together. might be a bit overkill but the 2 times this bike went down they acted as frame sliders and were only half that. 



(previous damage from 2015    )




one thing that for some reason was SUPER obvious that i never addressed was that the brake lever needed to be flipped over to clear the loams pipes.    totally on me, so, when i was putting the rearsets back together, i did that and its much better. should have done this 10 yrs ago.



had to play around to get the best fitment w stuff, and this seems to be the best.



i also, to compensate for the extra thickness, beveled the nylock and counter sunk the back plate.





most of these pics were before final sanding, deburring, etc. I also re-finished the pipes and cleaned up a bunch of just 'dirty' stuff. 

after all that, put a new repro caliper decal on the rear brake and welded a stud in the backside of the brake arm, repainted it, and used a  p-clamp to hold the brake hose, a bit cleaner than a zip tie on the outside. lol.

[kpke]

You do such nice work. What is the rod on the top of the silencers?

[m in sc]

thanks.
that rod is actually to keep the silencer from moving around. Danny had these pipes and he did that, i think based on a  discussion we had.

the last gens of FPPs for example had a square rod along the top of the baffle core for strength, but internal. he did this externally and TBH, it works really well. I probably would have put it underneath, but its 100% function. in 10 years of having these pipes myself, they haven't come at all loose or move 1 bit. they do unbolt as well. it also has a larger stinger diameter and is bent in a bit more than a 'regular' lomas pipe.

TBH im just killing time in the shop since I wont/don't have any major builds/projects and the nitty gritty fussy stuff that I lookat and go 'i need to do that better' on all the bikes is the plan for the year.

of course, a little honda SL100 just fell into my lap over the weekend for free, so i'll probably do that soon. 

[m in sc]

I'll update w more pics later but... finally   

[m in sc]

here's the 1st Fire up.   

[Kawtriplefreak]

Sounds Great!!!!

[SoCal250]

Nice!

[kpke]

Bike looks and sounds great.

Mark, I sent you a PM. Just want to make sure you are aware of it. Ken

[m in sc]

hey. didnt get it that I could see. however,  I am out of town on vacay w the wife.

[SoCal250]

Mark, too fancy of a place to get donuts? Enjoy the trip