Hey Everyone,
Not the most exciting post I have made, but I wanted to share some photos of a primary chain guard I have recently fabricated. I am still trying to get my bike to go a little faster on the race track, so i have taken some friends' advice (Thanks Andy, Jeff, and Scotto) and am going to try out a Bully-type clutch on my bike instead of the comet clutch set up.
The use of a chain on the primary drive necessitated the use of a chain guard. I never used a guard for the comet belt, and it never posed a risk. But the exposed chain seemed dangerous. What seemed like a short little project turned out to be quite a few weeks of pondering, pounding, re-pondering and finally cutting and brazing.
I originally wanted to make the two cylinders that cover the clutch and sprocket to have rounded caps, so I looked up metal shaping on youtube, made a shaping stump, and started pounding away. I have a couple of shots of what I came out with. Not too bad for a first try, but I could not get a tight enough radius on the cap, and it came out looking like a thousand bees stung it.
So I went back to flat sided fabrication, not as cool looking, but functional and within my realm of ability.
The bike will go faster than it used to, although it takes a little longer to get going from a stand still. I will fiddle with my gear ratio and have ordered a better clutch.
Thanks for looking,
Glbert
Not the most exciting post I have made, but I wanted to share some photos of a primary chain guard I have recently fabricated. I am still trying to get my bike to go a little faster on the race track, so i have taken some friends' advice (Thanks Andy, Jeff, and Scotto) and am going to try out a Bully-type clutch on my bike instead of the comet clutch set up.
The use of a chain on the primary drive necessitated the use of a chain guard. I never used a guard for the comet belt, and it never posed a risk. But the exposed chain seemed dangerous. What seemed like a short little project turned out to be quite a few weeks of pondering, pounding, re-pondering and finally cutting and brazing.
I originally wanted to make the two cylinders that cover the clutch and sprocket to have rounded caps, so I looked up metal shaping on youtube, made a shaping stump, and started pounding away. I have a couple of shots of what I came out with. Not too bad for a first try, but I could not get a tight enough radius on the cap, and it came out looking like a thousand bees stung it.
So I went back to flat sided fabrication, not as cool looking, but functional and within my realm of ability.
The bike will go faster than it used to, although it takes a little longer to get going from a stand still. I will fiddle with my gear ratio and have ordered a better clutch.
Thanks for looking,
Glbert
