Safti-Cycle Commando

[pd]

Lookin' good , Bruce .

Pete .

[Carbineone1964]

Thanks for the kind comment Pete.

A question...Anyone see anything inherently wrong with my CVT and jackshaft setup so far?  Speak up if you do,LOL

Thanks

 

[Carbineone1964]

Some things accomplished today..Motor is in, pic of the jackshaft, and the mounting plate and motor bolted in the frame.. Hopefully the dang rear sprocket will come tommorow..Thanks

[Bob53]

Bruce, do you have a link to the jackshaft parts. That fits really nice. Bob

[Carbineone1964]

I got the jackshaft assembly from BMI..I had to cut the center tube out so I could move the drive gear to the inside for my purpose in able to get the drive sprocket aligned with my rear wheel sprocket.. I added two extra bearings after cutting the tube out.. Just bought the extra bearings for the inside from Aces Hardware.

What is nice about it is it just bolts right in the motor and has the motor bolt pattern..It seem pretty stout, and is a pretty easy way to accomplish the task..They sell just the plate without a shaft too..

They sell other I am sure higher quality jackshafts too.. But I am kinda cheap, I always buy cheap and fix my errors later.. But seriously I think in this case it will suffice nicely..

Forgot..I bought the slotted mounting plate from them too.. I could have made one in the mill..But for what it cost..It was not worth it..

Bought it but they are on Amazon too..Thanks

https://www.bmikarts.com/Clutch-Mount-with-Jackshaft_p_1129.html

[Carbineone1964]

Kinda looking ahead to exhaust options..I am considering orfering this and giving it a whirl..The flange bolt pattern is the same as the Honda Engine.. If you look at the above photo..You will see a hole in the front frame plate..That is where the original exhaust ran through..This just might work great..

[Carbineone1964]

Messed around this eve thinking on a flywheel cover..Seen some great ideas here.. But what I am doing will add a little bit of legitimacy and the engine will look a little more period and correct, as they used covers very similar on the originals of course...

I had this old Briggs kick start motor cover and pinion gear cover here.. So I am adapted it to the Honda motor..I think it will look great..I will paint it the same color as the tank tomorrow and then on Monday I will have my buddy that made my tank decals, make a miniature decal for the flywheel cover.. Should look cool..Or to me anyway..Thanks

[Carbineone1964]

Should have the decal Wednesday..

[Carbineone1964]

Rear sprocket came and installed it on the rear Honda hub assembly.....I had to to turn the hub down to fit the 2 inch bore of the  sprocket to the Honda hub....But it worked well and the hole pattern lined up fine with the original Honda wheel mounting hole pattern.. I now wait for the dang kickstart assembly to get here..Thanks

[Carbineone1964]

Nothing too interesting today..The grips came..I think they are a good choice for a vintage look..Thanks

[Carbineone1964]

No real mind shattering stuff today. But the air cleaner came today..It is too modern and kinda looks somewhat out of place, but it was cheap enough, and will fill the slot for now.

Really, really hoping my Kick Starter gets here this week..Thanks for following along..

[pd]

Looks like it's getting there .
Maybe if you oil the filter it might not stand out so much .

Pete .

[Carbineone1964]

I am actually thinking of fabricating  a cover for it too..We will see..

[Carbineone1964]

The kickstarter did come today.. Got it most of the way instealed..Still have to mount the little center pinion cover.. And hook the return spring up..I had to make my own shaft and mounting plate.. Looks like it is going to work great..Thanks

[Carbineone1964]

I started it up for the first time last eve..It has way more power than I even expected..Takes off like a rocket..Well maybe that is an exageration,LOL  But it has a lot of torque out of the hole and is very snappy..I am guessing the speed at around 30MPH up and down the block.. But that was not using much throttle at all..And not much for RPMs. It was only test. Just wanted to see how it was going to..But it is going to be very nice..I have seen talk that these are not the smoothest running engines..But mine is very smooth throughout all RPMs idle.

I am very happy so far with how it is going to perform..Hopefully going to finish the kick starter assembly today, get the tank and sidecover clear coated over the decals. I have a set of foot boards coming in that should work great..Not pegs..But these had boards..They should look great I think..
Thanks