Wood

Turns out making prototype parts out of wood helps visualize and make easy changes without busting the bank and scraping aluminum!  Lucky for Bruce and I, him and his father-in-law know their way around a wood shop.

LSR Honda Update

  Have not posted in awhile but, a lot of figuring has been going on to help make sure we stay within the rules, have a safe bike, and lastly  build one damn fast Honda 350.  Bill at Bore Tech has finished his part of the motor so this is a great step in the right direction. When we started this project we wanted to build a bike to go to Bonneville , hopefully set a record, and most of all have fun while doing it! Although Bonneville and the last ECTA meet are probably out of our reach this year, we have plans to have the bike finished for some indoor shows this winter and hit all four ECTA meets and Bonneville next summer.  This is when keeping our goal of this project being fun really begins!  So thanks for everyone who has been following the project, don't loose hope the end will be worth it!

Big Intake Valve

Mild Port and Polish

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Both heads and jugs have been O ringed



Custom made 8:5:1 compression Ross Pistons

Megacycle Cam

? will it work ?

The start to our lower blower pulley hub

Finally got the rear frame hoop the way I want 

LSR Honda Update

Full fairing, clip-on's, rear sets, and race stand make their way onto the LSR Honda.  

 One step at a time....

LSR Honda Gets A New Swingarm

5" over square tube swing arm

Made a jig on my weld table to keep things square

Tight fits=Nice welds

Pangea Speed snail cam axle adjusters

Small Wilwood caliper

Narrow!

LSR Honda 350 Update

Few more things came together this week.  Many more to come.

Big power in a small package!

Bruce scored these ceramic bearings from World Wide Bearings.  When these things start rolling they don't wanna stop!



I cut the junk off the trees and had them powder coated.



Mark at Exotx came through again with this cool Rocker box cover/ head girdle

Front wheel hub assembled

Rear wheel hub also assembled with the sprint car rotor

Custom made Rebel aluminum rear sprocket.  Small means fast!

LSR Honda 350 Update

    The past few weeks the LSR Honda has not seen much "physical" progress, but everyone involved in this project has been hard at work.  Donny has the motor blown apart and is working on a deal having pistons made, Josh Shaw is working on an art rendering for us to help show more of what the overall vision is, Bruce has been workin on researching questions and getting deals on parts, Mark Ruberg machined our killer wheel hubs for us and is now working on a custom valve cover/head girdle, Scott at J and M metal finishing has been powder coating parts, and I've been fabing parts and trying to keep the project moving forward.  All these people and more are going to make this record happen!

Figuring out the new swing arm

These will be the end of the "rigid" swing arm that bolts to the frame.  Aluminum inserts to save weight.

I chose "cast iron" for the powder coat color on the wheels.  J and M metal finishing did the coating.

Frame is all cleaned up of unwanted brackets

ARP stainless 12 point nuts and bolts will be used through out.  Super bad ass!

Exotx-American Motorcycle Parts

    When it came time to have custom hubs machined for the LSR Honda Kim Tab wheels I contacted a local machinist I know Mark Ruberg of Exotx.  When I have something that needs machined that's out of my basic machine shop skills this is the guy I call.  Marks shop is called Jay Tool, but he started another business called Exotx.  Exotx is a line of custom motorcycle air cleaners, air filter screens, and air filters that have been proven to flow better than a K&N filter.  I hand drew an idea of what I wanted with dimensions and took them to mark.  The front was easy cause it was just going to be a spool, but the rear was a little harder cause I wanted to use a sprint car rotor and the stock CB sprocket bolt pattern.  Mark and I went over my ideas and a few weeks later he made them a reality.  These hubs are exactly what i visioned and are works of art all by them selves!  Stay tuned for pics of them mounted!  Mark Ruberg, 513-353-1245.     mruberg@exotx.com   www.exotx.com