Honda-SOHC

Thanks Bryan

Like you bomber - i think a little smear of thread lock wont do any harm

Thanks Ewan

That's great.

Sounds like you have your work cut out Matt - look forward to seeing how it goes. Get some pics up.

Mick - I may be interested in the mudguard if you can get a picture to me

Thanks for the info lobo

Going to see if i can sort it out this weekend

Well, well

Where to start

The holes in my "little mod" aren't a problem at all Trigger.

My bike doesn't even have mudguards fitted so i'm unlikely to even be out in the rain and if i am caught out
then i would be more worried about the stream of water coating my arse than i would be about the (highly unlikely)
problem of water getting into my bearings. That, just isnt going to happen.

I dont plan on getting axle deep in water anytime soon, which lets face it,in reality is the only time this would ever become a problem.

I think i could give some of you boys a heart attack if i told you i cut up a NOS front mudguard. 

I dont really subscribe to the point about this part being rare (you may disagree) - I have a spare and they are available on ebay (usually attached to a wheel)
The fact is that my bike needs to have one fitted and i'm not going to look around to find a scrapper to do my "little mod" to please anybody.
- mine, good or bad would never be available to anyone anyway. It belongs on my bike.

totty - i like the seal in the retainer idea

I did ditch the tab washers (again bloody ugly things) - but there are serrated washers under the nuts and the nuts will be thread locked. That's a good point re spring washers.
I am trying to find some different tab washers that will fit the stud spacing.

Again as much as i can appreciate an original machine i'm struggling to understand the tone of some of the comments.
But its to be expected i suppose.

My bike had been laid in a damp shed for 10 years or more ready for the scrap yard.
The frame has been de-tabbed and a hoop added. The footrest mounts have been cut off, its got a cbr600 front caliper, the top triple tree has been shaved clean and welded up. It has a tank and seat unit, the electrics rerouted, the airbox removed etc. etc. etc. Strange that none of this has attracted any negative comments on here.

Now, negative comments are fine - we cant all like the same thing - hell, if we did i would be riding a bog standard CB550 - but i find the condescending tone of one or two of the comments a little hard to swallow and not really necessary.
But this is a problem with a lot of forums (fora?) where some of those with the highest post count seem to think that .........well, i wont go on.

I have been nothing but polite and courteous in the short time i have been around this forum and i have thanked people personally for any help they have given me.

I thought i was contributing to the forum something that others may be interested in.
If you're not then that's fine and .....Y'know I don't know if i can be arsed explaining this any more.
Maybe i should just stick with the cafe racer forums from now on.

As ka-ja put it I thought sohc was the focus here.


Oh and Ecks the blue spoke is just a trick of the light - it doesnt really exist - but i like it 

While doing some  recent work on my back wheel i thought i would see if i could do something to the rear sprocket cover.

I have always thought this was a really ugly part and totally ruined the look of the back wheel.

The cover is needed for two things.
Its there as some kind of chain guide if the chain comes off the sprocket and it also keeps the oil seal in place.

I decided i didn't need the chain guide part as my chain would never be so loose that it would slip the sprocket, but i still needed to cover the oil seal.

This is what i started out with. (The sprocket is in really bad shape here which is how the bike came to me  )



I wanted to keep the look of the naked sprocket



This just ruins it



So i fired up the dremel and started cutting 



nearly there



A couple of hours, a drill and some elbow grease and i had this



Looks much better now - sprayed in clear coat and finished



 

When i called him - i'm sure he said it was £45

Which still seems very reasonable to me -
if i get time i'm hoping to have it up to him next week, so will let you know how i get on.

Little update on this

I have managed to source a new set of cush rubbers.
Was very lucky that some came up on CMSNL

I have ordered them so hope they are the right ones when they turn up - fingers crossed

So with a new bearing retainer ring sorted and a new sprocket carrier - thanks oddjob & mickwinf.
The only fly in the ointment is i still have a cracked brake lining so will still need to sort that with either another hub or a reline which i am hoping matthewmosse can help with.

Really appreciate all the help on this.

Its another little job nearly fixed

Cheers all