You can't hot rod a 911 in your office

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:39 pm

But you can a Honda Super Cub.

Brand new 110cc motor, delivered by ParcelForce this morning

I like it. Do 15 mins of invoicing and accounts, get bored, work on bike. Life is good.

jwhillracer · Post by **jwhillracer** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:55 pm

Can't wait till you get round to fitting that Prototipo to it......................

Cheers!

JW

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:52 pm

whos head have you got stuffed and hung on your wall?

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:05 pm

Fox Talbot. Riding atop his head is a chimp with cape and flying goggles. I bought Talbot off eBay just before they banned hunting. He wards-away evil vegetarians.

I just sized-up the new lump, and in time-honoured tradition of all overcook engine transplants, the chassis is going to need a bit of abuse with an angle-grinder in order to get it fit properly. Ugh.

John S · Post by **John S** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:24 am

Whoa! you are more than doubling the engine capacity

crazy!!

cheers

John

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:05 am

jamie wrote:He wards-away evil vegetarians.

HEY! I'll remember that....

KS · Post by KS » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:50 am

I see you've made some great progress since the last pics

KS · Post by KS » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:03 am

In fact, even better still! Click on this link and take a look at the "monkey" section on their website...

Click here
OR
Watch the video

Oh, and then check out the V8 Ducati they're building.

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:36 pm

Big engine is in. Everything fits except the exhaust, although I have a plan for sorting that.

I started it up and it's a beast! Thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump...

I also did a single-seat conversion, so it will end up looking like a slight scruffier version of this, only with a bit more motor hanging out each side

Nige · Post by **Nige** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:47 pm

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:24 pm

I'm loving this, although a bit distressed to see how seriously you're taking our Goodwood Challenge

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Trouble is, I've already 'big-bored' the Cyclemaster from 25 to 32cc, and fear there's little more capacity available. Miniature turbo perhaps

.

Remind me: how do(es) you / it get the gears, and does this change with this new engine?

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:37 pm

Barry wrote:I'm loving this, although a bit distressed to see how seriously you're taking our Goodwood Challenge .

Trouble is, I've already 'big-bored' the Cyclemaster from 25 to 32cc, and fear there's little more capacity available. Miniature turbo perhaps .

Remind me: how do(es) you / it get the gears, and does this change with this new engine?

Oh Barry, you really are going to eat dirt. I now have over THREE TIMES your cc'age, two more strokes, CDI and a new rear tyre, ready for the burnout that will afford me the outstanding grip that will propel me to a surefire victory over your CycleMaster-of-disaster.

Regarding gears, the 107cc is the biggest Lifan make with a semi-auto. You still have to shift, but there is no clutch. The old engine had three gears (1-Neutral-2-3), with 1 being absolutely ridiculously low so you can get up Mt Fuji with a crate of plastic gift-shoppe merchandise strapped to the back. The new engine has four gears (Neutral-1-2-3-4). The new Chinese engine is such a blatant copy of the Honda lump that I was able to reuse the original shifter and kick-starter.

The only problem I'm having is that the air filter fouls the front mudguard. I might run with some gauze jubillee-clipped over the intake - it's not like it's an expensive engine that I'm going to take on the Dakar.

I was tempted by a 125cc motor with manual clutch, but decided it's not really in keeping with the Super Cub philosophy. Plus, I would still have only drum brakes to stop the thing once I had hit 130mph.

A turbo is too modern for the CycleMaster. You should so see if you can source a mini screw-type supercharger. That would be hilarious. Do it!

Check this out: http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/ ... 50-racing/

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:19 pm

I'm liking that idea, although packaging might be an issue, trying to fit it all inside the rear hub

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I'd forgotton about the centrifugal clutches on the Honda's. Mine has a proper clutch because it's for grown-ups ... , then again it only has one gear (because it's for dim grown-ups).

Time's getting on, I'm going to have to get the thing out and see what sort of a state it's in. Same goes for the little Duke as well

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Looking forward to reading about the road test Jamie

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jamie · Post by **jamie** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:35 pm

Spent today on the electrics. Replaced the 6v rear light with an MSA rain light placed inside the lamp housing so it looks original. It's on a resistor to dim it down a bit, then when you press the brake pedal, the resistor is bypassed and it shines really bright.

The front is just a standard 15w/22w car brakelight bulb. I might add a second 'driving lamp' to the front with a 55w bulb in it.

Fitted new wiring for the indicators (it didn't have any). They'll be LED

johndglynn · Post by **johndglynn** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:31 pm

Fox Talbot, LMAO

Put some Marchesinis on it! or: