R&D platform

[bobcat]

Rick, did you mean small EXH valve ?

[Rick Pope]

Rick, did you mean small EXH valve ?

Duh. Yes. Chalk it up as a "senior moment".

[Larry Zimmer]

Also, a matter of pressure. Exhaust opens to something like 100 psi where intake is doing something like 10 psi. (Maybe a little higher depending upon engine speed and intake characteristics that might create some higher pressure at certain revs.)

[bobcat]

Well, transition to home wasn't so easy. Another summer vanished like a brief dream,
nothing getting accomplished on the project. Just trying to get used to my new computer
while laying in bed.

[Rick Pope]

I hate getting a new computer. Nothings as it was, and it wants to put everything on "the cloud".

But, on a brighter note, it's good to hear from you!!!! You were missed.

[Jeff Bennetts]

Good to hear from you Bob, hopefully the Autumn will be a better season for you!

[NobleHops]

Hi Bob! Glad you’re home!

[bobcat]

Hi again. Your kind words go a long way. Not much to be found lately.
Yesterday was a real Friday the 13th, probably a full moon too. ?
It's really hard to use this laptop in the bed but when I get the chance
I get on this site and forget, for a while, all my problems with the exception
of the longing to work on my project and rebuild the strength to get one of
my Xs off the center stand....

[steve murdoch icoa #5322]

Hey, Bob.
Glad to hear you've still got your passion for bikes.
Easy for me to say but keep fighting.

[bobcat]

Hey, Bob.
Glad to hear you've still got your passion for bikes.
Easy for me to say but keep fighting.

I will never lose my passion for bikes, the CBX in particular.
However I have lost my patience with beds. If I can learn to sleep
standing up I will.
A little materials and design work/testing and I should be able sleep
on the bike.

[bobcat]

Well, besides incorporating all that I have written about and all the things
I have planned to do cosmetically, I might never get to finish my project,
much less ride it. Life permitting I will figure out a way.
First begins the experimentation with the R&D platform motor so I don't have
to molest a good stock 81 motor. For example experimenting with what it will
take to install a CB1100F "A" cam chain tensioner and cleaning up the cosmetics
of the motor (things I've never seen done before), not just paint and bolt-ons.

Maybe I'm dreaming but it's cool when they come true.

[bobcat]

Well, besides incorporating all that I have written about and all the things
I have planned to do cosmetically, I might never get to finish my project,
much less ride it. Life permitting I will figure out a way.
First begins the experimentation with the R&D platform motor so I don't have
to molest a good stock 81 motor. For example experimenting with what it will
take to install a CB1100F "A" cam chain tensioner and cleaning up the cosmetics
of the motor (things I've never seen done before), not just paint and bolt-ons.

Maybe I'm dreaming but it's cool when they come true.

oops, I only meant to add

[Rick Pope]

That's okay, Bob. It's good to hear from you, even with typo.

[Larry Zimmer]

Hey, Bob, how's the bike bed thing coming along! Seriously, always good to hear from you.

[bobcat]

Hey, Bob, how's the bike bed thing coming along! Seriously, always good to hear from you.

It's not very fast and the suspension is really stiff and it won't lean without a lot of effort
and pain meds, then it's real unstable. The seat (mattress) tries to slide off the frame
and the nurses keep asking how the floor is getting scratched up and what the spring loaded
bent bar near the bottom of the frame is for but I just point to the two 17" rims under the
TV and say "check with me next week".
Not good for sleep especially when I know the real projects, parts and tools are only about
40ft away from me (living room to shop).

Can you tell that my sanity is being severely tested ?!