Great get up! The full package really magnifies the great looking bike.The 4th of July Parade was awesome!
I went ahead and ordered the billet rod with journal bearings from AGK for my clone project yesterday. As well. I am replacing the 18 pound springs with 26 pounders, .265 lift cam, Mikuni 22 mm carb and a single stage header which I will weld a megaphone exhaust to. I'm calling this the stage one engine. Not too hot, not too cold but definately that stock rod is junk and likely not suitable for vertical operation or anything over SLG fixed RPM. I don't like the idea of 18 # valve springs either with a .265 lift cam. Just a personal choice.
I am sure FedEx just mis updated their system, here's to hoping they didn't lose your CVT. Usually they only lose real small packages in my experience.
Your project looks really good. I think the engine angle is just right.
872 miles on the clone engine so far and it is still as perfect as the day I put her in. Always starts on the first pull unless I leave her in the sun on a 90+ degree day and the carb gets so hot it develops vapor lock. This happened once to me and it took about 5 tries to start. I know now that if I leave the bike in extreme hot weather to put my gloves over the carb to shade it. After that the fan blades on the flywheel makes the carb and intake tube always cold to the touch no matter what the weather. I was in a parade at 100 degrees and the carb was about 65 degrees the whole time . Built in cold air system! I put one quart in the engine and just leave it that way. I use 10-30w full synthetic. I run a excavation hose from the hole in the valve cover to the bottom of the bike and it slowly drips out a drop every minute or so. Weather I have a full quart or a half quart it drips at the same rate, so this is not unusual. Make a dip stick you can stick it to tell half a quart and a full quart so you know what is going on. For the grinding of the case to help with oil drainage I used a file bit attachment for a drill. Harbor Freight sells them five for $5. Don't grind too much or you may go through the case. If you do go through the case it can be welded or JB Weld will permanently fix it. No big deal. It has to be done or you will have a pile of nasty sludge on the bottom that will never get out. Since we don't have oil filters you can go to radio shack and get a pack of tiny rare earth magnets and put them on the bolt head of the bolt that used to hold the oil level sensor, which you remove anyway. This will keep anything that should not be recirculated from keep floating around your engine in between oil changes. You can take the side case off once a year to clean the magnet off. I have tons of power with the stock cam, so be careful taking off so you don't break spokes or wear your tire out too fast. I have 520 miles on my rear Shwalabe so far and the center brick pattern tread is almost gone completely. I cut an old Shwalabe I had in half and the base rubber is about the same thickness as the brick patterned tread rubber, so even though the tread is gone you still have a decent amount of rubber covering the cord. So if you take off gently you can achieveI have been rereading some things in this post as I finally have the parts to begin building up the engine that I will drop into the boardie when Dan ships it back. I wanted to start here with Tre's quote as I had the same question at one time, that is what springs to run with what cam. The 26 # springs with the 265 lift cam is definitely the correct setup. I will be running the 1.3 rockers and chrome moly pushrods which will essentially increase my lift to 344. I spoke with Hunter at ARC, he said that this was a good setup that would not result in any binding.
For cobrafreak, now that you have been running the engine...how many total miles do you have on her now? Have you made any adjustments to the type of oil or how many ounces of oil you are running? I am curious what is the best oil wieght to stick in there, I was thinking of maybe just running straigh SAE 30 weight, just not sure exactly how much given the offset of the motor.
Did you grind the slot for the oil drain with just a dremel tool and grinding bit? Thinking of doing that today!!
Great Pictures!I had a little fun with your pics too! Enjoy!