Sly_G's new bike: CB1100F

Hawk Joined: May 02, 2011 Posts: 421 Location: Toronto

Mighty impressive.

Good luck sir.

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:00 am

Sly_G wrote:

Pete: yes! We talked on Saturday and Sunday morning I started putting the engine back together Smile

I will not be in town for the spring ride, so even if the bike is ready, I won't be able to go.

Cheers!

Sly

Guess I'll have to bring it with ME to show everyone. ,,,,, Wink

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:39 am

when is the spring ride?

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:48 am

Motocanada wrote:

when is the spring ride?

North East Spring Ride
Location is in Hornell New York
Dates are 6/1/2012 -6/2/2012

It's as close to you as it's ever been. Wink

http://www.cb1100f.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=549816#549816

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:50 am

Hello My Friend,
I remenber the first time you came at home, you was a "young padawan", and now your work on you engine like a "jedï".
Congratulations !
Bernard

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:35 pm

Does anyone know where that piece of rubber comes from?

That's simple. It's off the bottom of a spark plug cap.

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:43 am

+1 on what CB1187 said.

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:21 pm

That's right!!!

thanks a lot!

Sylvain

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 12:07 am

Ok, more progress today.

With the help of PGSmick, we got the engine in the frame today, finalized all wiring and tighten all the bolts!

It is always a stressful moment when you hit the starter for the first time with the ignition switched on. Well it fired right up!
The jetting on the Mikuni RS 34 is not perfect and it is not smooth all the way but tomorrow I will start looking into this.

For now, I am drinking a beer in celebration to this great event.

Thanks again to Pete for spending the whole day working with me on the bike.

.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:45 am

Great to see her back together and running!!!

I love that pic of Peter with the grin on his face after finalizing putting humpty dumpty back together again

Congratulations!!!! beerchug

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:34 pm

Ok, I've been lazy.... In fact I was entertaining one of my other passion: sailing

Ok back to the bike now!

I was not satisfied with the build, so I decided to make some mods.
Coming up:
- relocated shock mounts
- CBR wheels
- GS swingarm
- new cams
- plus plenty of little other things... Twisted Evil

I'll update as measure.

But for now, here's the current state of the bike in my... living room (girls love it):

Cheers,

Sly

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:44 pm

Ok, finally had some time to work on it this weekend. Was too busy with the car and the gf.

Finished the shock relocation, got the frame powder coated, installed new forks and wheels, installed dyna with 2.2 ohm coils, aligned wheels, and assembled everything together.

The engine was sleeping for over a year and happily started right up!

Left to do before test drive:
Rear brake stay
Align sprockets
Bleed brakes
Dash indicator (trailtech Vapor)
Hot start fix by PGSmick

All for now

Sly

Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:27 pm

Looks great! Will it be on the road in 2013? Wink

I would like you to commit to the NE Spring Ride so you have some motivation... Laughing

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

Looks like night and day. F2 forks?

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:27 am

77jester wrote:

I love this thread!!!! I'm going to show my wife the photos of rebuilding the engine in the kitchen.............. Smile

I would too, but it might blow back in my face. Smile

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:25 pm

750Integra wrote:

Looks great! Will it be on the road in 2013? Wink

I would like you to commit to the NE Spring Ride so you have some motivation... Laughing

Thanks!

Should be on the road pretty soon (1-2 weeks)... Hopefully I can enjoy the end of the riding season!!!
Probably going to the 2014 spring ride Smile

Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:27 pm

coreyxh wrote:

Looks like night and day. F2 forks?

Thanks!

These are F3 forks, damping and compression adjustable. Pretty easy swap if you're willing to use an aftermarket speedo sensor.

Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:08 pm

Ok, slowing down here...

Nothing bad, my hand is completely fine, luckily... could have been much much worse. My pride is the most damaged in this story. Premium stupidity, could not find a clamp in the machine shop. ALWAYS use a clamp with power tools!!!!!

Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:07 pm

Ok, enough of being lazy, and back to work!

Installed rear light bracket, rear light and turn signals

Installed indicator bracket and indicator

And finally discovered a hairline crack in the oil pan Sad

Need a new oil pan...

Getting there...

Sly

Red CB1100F Joined: Jul 19, 2010 Posts: 6422 Location: Ct

Bike looks great!! Nice work. Cool

Glad you were not hurt too bad!! Very Happy

Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:50 am

Sly, no need to cut off body parts for attention!

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:29 pm

OK, Finally done 99% with the built! Finished her yesterday, got it inspected today and got an awesome ride this afternoon with my friend Michael on his BMW R1100.

Left to be done: carbs jetting and an 1100R alternator, and that's it!

I'll post better quality pictures and details soon.

Cheers

Sly

Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 5:15 pm

OK, here are some more details:

First the specs:
- 1123 Wiseco big bore kit (fully rebuilt as shown in this thread)
- Mikuni 34mm
- SS Supertrapp exhaust
- Relocated rear shock mounts
- CBR600F3 front suspension and brakes
- EBC front rotors
- Rear Ohlins shocks
- GS1100 swingarm (see below for details on chain slider)
- Euro 1100F foot plates
- Euro controls with CRG levers
- Hot start fix (by PGSmick)
- CBR starter clutch
- Dyna ignition with 2.2ohm coils
- Trailtech Vapor dash indicator
- coming up: 1100R alternator and custom ignition cover (AHM)

Didn't get a chance to rev her up much since the engine is all rebuilt. Can't wait for that, she has lots of torque!

About the chain slider, this is what we ended up doing (big thanks to my friend Michael for the help):

Cheers

Sly

Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:43 am

Beautiful bike, G.
Just curious as to why you trimmed the front fender.
Also. any chance your friend kept a template of the chain slider? I have one of those arms on a CBX and have been worried about chain clearance.

Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:52 am

smurdoch wrote:

Beautiful bike, G.
Just curious as to why you trimmed the front fender.
Also. any chance your friend kept a template of the chain slider? I have one of those arms on a CBX and have been worried about chain clearance.

Thanks!

I trimmed the front fender (from a 95 VFR) because it was not perfectly lined up with the wheel and was awfully close to the tire on one side (approx 1mm). Will get another one and align it properly but for now really wanted to ride the beast .. so I trimmed it!

Unfortunately, we made the slider without any template just by following the swingarm profile and marking the slider material. My friend Michael has a little milling machine that was really handy in making the slider. It is made of delrin, which in this dimension is way cheaper than teflon.

Cheers,

Sly

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:52 pm

Very nice bike really, I'd like to fit the same swing arm to mine ...
i wish you could give some more details about the spacers for rear wheel and swing axle ... will you?
Ivan

PS
Very nice boat as well Cool

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:01 pm

ivan_the_terrible wrote:

Very nice bike really, I'd like to fit the same swing arm to mine ...
i wish you could give some more details about the spacers for rear wheel and swing axle ... will you?
Ivan

PS
Very nice boat as well Cool

Thanks for the good words Ivan.

The rear wheel spacers are exactly the same as if you were doing the rear F3 wheel conversion on a 1100F swingarm:
http://www.cb1100f.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=45694
http://www.cb1100f.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=20737

Pivot spacers... did not measure precisely. On this build, to save time and money, I used large stainless steel shims of various thickness (that's the way they come at the hardware store) and stacked them both left and right side to align the rear wheel. It's very easy and once compressed in between the frame by the axle, no difference with a solid spacer. Next time I drop the swingarm, I'll measure and post the values.

In any case, I would never recommend taking "standard" spacers dimensions from anyone, but doing it yourself. This way, you know it's right!

Cheers,

Sly

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 3:22 pm

Thanks a lot Sly