Bairdco inspired stretched bobber

[rockvoice]

After the Los Angeles club ride in Venice a couple weeks ago i got the nerve to try the baird/norm backwards motor experiment.
so i ported away spun the jug and piston made a new pipe and intake.
at first it would not start then i remembered an ol baird post regarding the intake and made a new one sloping further down and she fired right up and has been running real good for a couple test runs.

i also welded a 1 1/8 steerer tube to the frame to use some forks i had to replace the 1inch stock bike steerer.

after seeing bairdco's bike backward motor i said what the heck .

 

[The 26incher]

Looks good, what is the tank off of?

 

[Bike Monster]

nice bike!!!!

 

[rockvoice]

Looks good, what is the tank off of?

an old harley they were parting out at villians cycles in pasadena

 

[culvercityclassic]

Nice job rockvoice... Does it do 55 now... Ha ha

Looks cool

 

[rockvoice]

Nice job rockvoice... Does it do 55 now... Ha ha

Looks cool

good one! ha!

 

[Venice Motor Bikes]

While you're chopping the frame up, you should lower it too!!

 

[bairdco]

nice job! let us know what you think, performance-wise after it's all broken in. seems like the two bikes i have with the backwards set-up are faster and run better than stock, even without all the mods.

if you remember my first bike, the 24", it had the stock carb and pipe, and it was/is still a really fast bike.

also, you'll probably want to get some header wrap for the pipe. i've got a bunch of melted shoes and burnt pants from mine...

also, about the intake. my first bike has the stock intake on it, but it's been cut down to less than an inch long. with the engine backwards, the port points down, so even though my carb sits level, the fuel still needs to travel upwards into the engine. once it's running it's great, but that bike always was a pain to start.

 

[2door]

Rock,
Good looking bike. It just seems to sit 'just right'.
Thanks for sharing.
Tom

 

[skjjoe]

(quote) also, you'll probably want to get some header wrap for the pipe. i've got a bunch of melted shoes and burnt pants from mine...


Boy that's for sure. I cant tell you how many times ive burnt mt leg on my pipe

 

[glennbo]

if i wanted to run the cylinder backwards which by the way is totally cool !! do i have to get new rings and break it in all over or could you just spin the cylinder 180 and retorque
glenn

 

[Goat Herder]

Check here I think Norm did it to a used motor. I would kinda think running one from new braking it in this way from new and simply leaving it alone is the best bet. http://motorbicycling.com/f39/first-time-backwards-top-end-3170.html

 

[skjjoe]

Spin the piston too. And some crankcase port matching will get you started.The port matching is the hardest part.I used silly putty to get the match.The transfer ports dont match up when you spin the cylinder.If you just spin the cylinder and not the piston you will have a chance of hanging a ring on the intake or exhaust port.http://motorbicycling.com/f41/old-jag-new-tricks-22539.html

 

[longrider.scott]

I'd like to know more about the port matching you spoke about. What exactly do I have to do here?

 

[bairdco]

here's the first bike i did: http://motorbicycling.com/f38/backwards-engine-experiment-1939-colson-13458.html

and here's the one that inspired Rockvoice: http://motorbicycling.com/f38/one-more-40s-colson-add-fleet-21037.html

by matching the ports, it means when you spin the jug around, the transfer ports on the barrel no longer match the ports on the case. you need to match the barrel to the jug, by grinding the ports on the case.

 

[skjjoe]

Oh by the way nice bike R.V. didn't mean to high jack your thread.