CB-F Superbike Pictures

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:17 am

Yes, I don't think that there are any 16" reverse style wheels that I can recall...

There are these ones on the NS400, similar sort of styling, in a way...light as well I would say. Not sure of the size of the front though. Wouldn't be hard to find out.

http://ns400r.de/pictures/Honda_NSR_400R-2.jpg

Stew

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:58 pm

NS 400 used a 16 front and 17 rear. Tyres were 100/90/16 and 110/90/17

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:59 pm

NS 400 used a 16 front and 17 rear. Tyres were 100/90/16 and 110/90/17

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:03 pm

NS 400 used a 16 front and 17 rear. Tyres were 100/90/16 and 110/90/17

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:31 pm

Thanks for that information guys. I have been having terrible problems with my internet connection , and it is still in the twilight zone ( solution, going from Verizon to ATT , cut my loses ) so I can not see the NS400. What kind of bike is that? Did we get it in the states?

Interesting. Got to get myself one of those wheels.

Jaime._____________________________________________________

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:57 am

The rims on the 400 look like they are Astralite's

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:39 am

CB900SS wrote:

I am almost certain your only going to find the reverse comstar came in 19"

1982 Goldwing came with wider 18 inch reverse comstars that look identical to our 19" units and are a direct bolt on.

Jaime wrote:

The VF 1000R was sold in the US, I think. The CBX 750....hmmm, the only CBX I recall is the 6 cylinder bike.

Are there any reverse star Comstar wheels in 16 in ( front ) ??? I already have a 5.5 reverse Comstar ( rear ), reason why I would like same style.

Jaime.______________________________ Wink

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There vere plenty of 4 cylinder CBX bikes. They were even sold in US, just under the CBxxxSC designation, or Nighthawks. All of them (until the new 90's models) came with 16 inch fronts very much the same tri spoke design that the Interceptors of the era used. We were never lucky enough to get the 16 inch boomerang comstar, though we did have them slightly bigger for Interceptors, CX Turbos, and Canadian Cb1100Fs. There are also the matching boomerang VF1000F rears at 17x3.5 that would accommodate 160 wide tire very nicely.

Explain again why you want the reverse five spoke comstatrs? Is it because they look nothing like the wheels on Freddie's superbike, or because they are heavy, narrow, and have the tendency to lose their true with the crappy rivets? And why in hell would you stretch an 18 inch comstar to 5.5? Last performance tire for a wheel that big was made for the FZR400, and it only ran an 18x4.0 rim. Meaning anything bigger than 160 in 18inch would be tires for Harleys, that have crappy hard compounds that would make you wish you were running a very sticky 130 back there. Use the search feature, and you'll come up with more than enough info, it's been all beaten to death.

Now if you don't mind, I'll stick some Superbike stuff in this wheel thread Wink

The huge deep wet sump oil pan, and there is #7 on Freddie's helmet???

Note the ingenious use of duct tape; taillight lens, knee pucks, helmet visor seal...and the one you can't see in this picture, duct tape cam chain tensioner Laughing

This one's for Tony, the early huge brake set up on 16 inch front Dymag.

Dry sump pan and tank on 1982 bike.

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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:35 pm

Some nice metal porn 7Eleven Wink

got more to post myself once i get the time

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:52 am

Metal porn Laughing

Thats a good one, thanks.

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:49 am

Friend of a friend's once removed.

Saw this listing for the concurrent rim thread.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280204088859&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:CA:1123

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:03 am

Just came across these on another site,there from Riverside 82

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:32 am

These pics just rock!

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:30 am

John Woo is stepping on Mike Baldwins toes (bike with unreadable plate)

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:38 am

Awesome pictures, just awesome Very Happy

There is a link to a video in this thread called 'Fast Freddie' - in case some of you guys missed it.

It contains approx 1 hour of 'Fast Freddie' action.

Fast Freddie

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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:42 am

How in the world did I miss this thread for, oh, the last year?!?
Fantastic pictures 7Eleven!

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:10 pm

Neat thread!!

7Eleven wrote:

Explain again why you want the reverse five spoke comstatrs? Is it because they look nothing like the wheels on Freddie's superbike, or because they are heavy, narrow, and have the tendency to lose their true with the crappy rivets? And why in hell would you stretch an 18 inch comstar to 5.5? Last performance tire for a wheel that big was made for the FZR400, and it only ran an 18x4.0 rim. Meaning anything bigger than 160 in 18inch would be tires for Harleys, that have crappy hard compounds that would make you wish you were running a very sticky 130 back there. Use the search feature, and you'll come up with more than enough info, it's been all beaten to death.

Just some data points in case people are looking for 18" wide tires. There is the radial Dunlop D207 in 180/18 and the Avon AM23 bias ply in the same size. The Dunlop isn't too bad as a capable street tire(yeah it came on the v-rod, but also the zx6r and worked fine) and melchiro is beating the snot out of the Avon at the track and liking it apparently.

That's certainly not a huge selection for sure, but they're decent imo.

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:06 am

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:49 am

7Eleven wrote:

A fin count shows 8, is this the 750 based "short" stroke? I wonder if this is a special "solid" block? ...Hmmm

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:47 pm

melchiro wrote:

A fin count shows 8, is this the 750 based "short" stroke? I wonder if this is a special "solid" block? ...Hmmm

What you said. The early bikes, this is the first year 1980, ran a "big block" 750 based motor, 1012cc 62mm stroke and 72mm bore. Later engines used 900/1100 69mm stroke with custom pistons to get 1025cc, right at the class limit.

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:17 pm

Coutesy of mec from sohc4.net under DIY Egli thread.

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the engine was a stock cb 900 case, 1130ccm, bigger valves, racing cams (RSC or Andrews?), carillos, RSC dry sump lubrication, RSC dry sump, close ratio gearbox, Keihin CR 31 or 36er Lectron (does anybody remember, the carbs without any nozzle). this setup was strong enough to break the (new) primary chain within 4 laps on the salzburgring-raceway. therefore a RSC crankshaft (lightened and balanced by Höckle, Germany) with the wider primary chain and primary drive sprocket was implanted. now the engine was really strong and reliable too.

all the RSC stuff was brought to Austria by a friend of mine, who travelled to england several times a year. I do not know, where this stuff comes from (Harris, Spondon??), all the engine covers in magnesium, detto oilpumpcasing and sump:

overall weight of the bike ready to go including oil (without fuel): 169kg
some more specs: Dymag Magnesium wheels, Spondon front fork, DeCarbon rear mono shock.

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:17 am

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:48 am

Bump!

Tony "just because" Bagley

Hawk Joined: Aug 20, 2009 Posts: 351 Location: Indiana

on one of the daytona vids, they say the bikes are going 170mph......what are we doing wrong????

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:54 am

Take a close look...probably everything...

Hawk Joined: Aug 20, 2009 Posts: 351 Location: Indiana

ive taken some close looks, but short of seeing the engine, i'm seeing cooling mods, handling mods, custom looking carbs, sticky tires, and an awesome rider. but not 170mph Embarassed

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:09 am

You haven't really looked at these pictures if you think these bikes are anything like stock. The frame was built to look like factory out of chromoly alloy, without any unnecessary mounts (so about half the weight of the stock one). Wheels were incredibly light forged magnesium Dymags not only cutting overall weight but taking away rotational inertia and parasitic loss. Rotors and just about anything else was much lighter than stock. I don't remember for sure, but I think the fuel tank was an aluminium replica of the stock steel. You can tell by the pictures that here is no starter, charging stator or rotor, nor battery in these. Dry oil sump with light aluminium oil tank. Ridiculous amount of engine work, like custom short stroke big blocks, ported heads, custom ground cams. Hand bent exhaust tuned for perfect flow. Carbs were huge Quick Silvers (like dragrace Lectrons), with so much flow idle was set at 3,000RPM. Even pedestrian looking CR Specials were purpose built magnesium race cabs. Every little thing adds up

Hawk Joined: Aug 20, 2009 Posts: 351 Location: Indiana

I've looked at the pictures Cool

I realize the bike isn't mostly stock, i did NOT know however about the frame, I can see how that can make a difference. Of course I'm still a newb to these F'ing bikes so trust me, I'm no pro. Smile

Thanks for the reply!!

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:08 pm

7Eleven, just catching up, the pics you posted in July, where and when are they from, just so I can put some details next to them, thanks

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:11 pm

Bump! plus a pic

Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:03 pm

Thanks for the bump! Being a noob to the site, I hadn't seen this thread and would have missed out on adding some cool pics to the collection.