Thank YOU Captain!! Again.

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 8:35 pm

Brent had told me he was sending me the prints for the 82 AHM swingarm and many pictures of the arm in the factory style jig.

I'm very grateful for this gift! But he toped the cake with 116 old color Pictures from about the 82 season from both some US tracks and I'm assuming Europe somewhere? These are all behind the scene pictures. Shocked

Then to my delight! There she was. My DREAM RSC Honda that I have only seen a few pictures of and always she had her cloths on.
I could tell that it was an aluminum frame but couldn't see her the way I wanted to. Here she was with all of her cloths off, NAKED. Now I have some scaling to do and will not stop until I have built a replica of this bike. If anybody has more pics of this bike? PLEASE SHARE THEM.
Enjoy.

Peace, Jim

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 6:08 pm

Search for early Moriwaki frames, they were the first to produce aluminium frames for the big 4 cylinder engines. Also Moriwaki Monster or CBX 750cc.

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:59 pm

Nice Jim, Thank you. I have seen the one being ridden but never the naked one. This is my all time FAVORITE F bike and I must have as close as I can to it.

Peace, Jim

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

Wow. Super beautiful.

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:05 pm

Mike Baldwin on the Moriwaki framed Honda SB engined Formula 1 bike at Mallory Park. One of the very first aluminum square tube frames, aside from a few factory works frames of that era. American Honda originally acquired this chassis to replace the RSC round steel tube frame before knowing that the FWS would be replacing the CB750/900 engines and frames. As a result, this bike was moved over to Roberto Pietri, who did well on it at Daytona, getting the holeshot at the start. A few months later, Baldwin was invited to compete in the Match Races and Honda, not wanting to release the FWS for a non-USA race, used the Moriwaki.

image by tim beaumont

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:54 pm

NICE one Jim.

I'm slowly working on the forks for this build. They will be very close to the Factory Showas.

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:56 pm

Look at the 2 pics Jim shared.. Did they reverse the forks or are they just different forks in the 2 pics?

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:04 am

I would say that the picture was when the bike had been used for an endurance race with the calipers on the front. Also the forks in that set up look to be the older GL forks that were used until The external adjusters were designed and used.

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:07 am

Easier to change pads?

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:09 am

Easier to change pads?

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:29 am

Calipers on top makes it easier to change wheels for endurance racing, it also was to help with turn in having calipers high with 18" rims. I believe braking was less effective with reduced dive with calipers on top.

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:20 am

Aaaahhhhhhh. Tires not pads. Sometimes it takes me a few minutes....... Embarassed

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:24 am

I can't figure out how to copy off a Flicker account but these are worth a look at.

RS-CBX click back one page to see a second pic of the CBX

ELF=CB1000

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:40 am

jkotsi wrote:

I can't figure out how to copy off a Flicker account but these are worth a look at.

RS-CBX click back one page to see a second pic of the CBX

ELF=CB1000

Always loved the ELF bikes.

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:05 am

Has anyone seen the wheel bearing vid yet?
I showed this to many....they were blown away.....
The only stiction is your friction!

I think if Brent and I got together....we could build a perpetual motion machine! Laughing

Link

Jebby

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

That's incredible...