Building a café racer called „Uschi“
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
I'm enjoying watching your build. Your work is inspirational, thanks for sharing.
Can't wait to see this one finished.
Can't wait to see this one finished.
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
Hello,
Construction of the Uschi continues slowly but steadily. Next up was the air filter, and the false tank.
I found transparent blue steel sheathed brake lines with brass fittings.
now it looks like a big motorcycle
Yes the fork boots, I'm not happy with that. I'm building other fork boots on it.
Got a stupid setback today. The clip-ons of the CBR do not work because I hit the false tank with the handlebar fittings ... hmm, so the old Tomaselli M handlebars are taped again ... now the new steel brackets are of course too short. It's always something to tinker with.
Will either clamp a brake distributor under the upper tree, or swallow the bitter pill and buy new steel braided hoses.
Something like that always throws you back by weeks.
Greetings
Harald
Construction of the Uschi continues slowly but steadily. Next up was the air filter, and the false tank.
I found transparent blue steel sheathed brake lines with brass fittings.
now it looks like a big motorcycle
Yes the fork boots, I'm not happy with that. I'm building other fork boots on it.
Got a stupid setback today. The clip-ons of the CBR do not work because I hit the false tank with the handlebar fittings ... hmm, so the old Tomaselli M handlebars are taped again ... now the new steel brackets are of course too short. It's always something to tinker with.
Will either clamp a brake distributor under the upper tree, or swallow the bitter pill and buy new steel braided hoses.
Something like that always throws you back by weeks.
Greetings
Harald
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
She is looking beautiful!
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
Hello,
I just looked it up again and took a few pictures ... So everything deeper than the Tomaselli strikes the false tank. i.e. All clip-ons that are attached to the front fork pipes are excluded. And Telefix clip-ons with 5cm elevations look horrible.
I think I'll take a 3-way distributor from Probrake and screw it onto the upper fork bridge. Then a short distance from the brake pump to the distributor and further my existing steel braided hoses from the distributor to the brake calipers.
Here are 3 pictures of the attached Tomaselli. Please everything around it is only provisionally on it and the inserted fork comes right on again. With the Goldwing, every - really every - centimeters of ground clearance needs here on the Eifelreoads.
From the driver's perspective:
and from the side:
and viewed from behind:
I am slowly becoming friends with the clubman bars.
Greetings
Harald
I just looked it up again and took a few pictures ... So everything deeper than the Tomaselli strikes the false tank. i.e. All clip-ons that are attached to the front fork pipes are excluded. And Telefix clip-ons with 5cm elevations look horrible.
I think I'll take a 3-way distributor from Probrake and screw it onto the upper fork bridge. Then a short distance from the brake pump to the distributor and further my existing steel braided hoses from the distributor to the brake calipers.
Here are 3 pictures of the attached Tomaselli. Please everything around it is only provisionally on it and the inserted fork comes right on again. With the Goldwing, every - really every - centimeters of ground clearance needs here on the Eifelreoads.
From the driver's perspective:
and from the side:
and viewed from behind:
I am slowly becoming friends with the clubman bars.
Greetings
Harald
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
Hello,
Since I was sent on a mandatory break because of Corona, I used the time in the garage to deal with Uschi.
I had to experiment a little with the steel brace because of the other handlebar. Since the brake pump is now sitting towards the driver, the lines are too short. That's why I got a 3-way distributor and a short line from Probrake. The distributor is now not at the bottom of the fork bridge as usual, but at the top of the fork bridge.
But since the display instruments are still mounted above, the distributor does not bother me afterwards.
Then I found that the clutch on the Honda calls for a strong man's hand. But since I no longer have one as an aging biker and also always complain about a tennis elbow, I had to think of a solution.
The first alternative was to convert to a hydraulic clutch and the second was to install mechanical support. Since I still had the former in the workshop, I decided to try the mechanics first.
So the clutch cable had to be taken out and split. Fortunately, there is always some space on the Goldwing to hide components
So the Bowden cable is divided into an upper cable from the clutch handle to mechanical relief and then a lower cable to the clutch actuation on the gearbox.
The mechanical relief works by the way by the law of the lever ... yes, with which Galileo wanted to lift the world from its hinges at that time .... luckily he did not find such a large lever. I don't want to imagine where we would be today.
So first made the upper Bowden cable. I could continue to use the outer shell and the inner Teflon shell. I still had the Bowden cable new. But no more fitting nipples
Then a thick-walled 6 millimeter brass pipe was converted into a nipple. A 3 mm hole was drilled for the Bowden cable and then deeply countersunk with a 6 mm drill so that there is enough air to solder the wires of the Bowden cable.
The lower nipple was already on the new Bowden cable when I bought it. I just had to file it into shape so that I could hang it on.
and here the mechanical "amplifier". It is now under the right cover of the false tank. It is not that easy to calculate the correct length ratios between cable and sleeve (hope that's the right name for the two parts of an Bowden cable)...
... and if you then forget the adjuster, the right one is not slit, then you just do it all again.
This shapely aluminum part is also anodized in Uschi blue.
And this is how the part looks inside ...
Actually only a small lever. But with great effect. So I can now look at the first ride with peace of mind and have less to worry about stop & go about my forearm.
Greetings
Harald
Since I was sent on a mandatory break because of Corona, I used the time in the garage to deal with Uschi.
I had to experiment a little with the steel brace because of the other handlebar. Since the brake pump is now sitting towards the driver, the lines are too short. That's why I got a 3-way distributor and a short line from Probrake. The distributor is now not at the bottom of the fork bridge as usual, but at the top of the fork bridge.
But since the display instruments are still mounted above, the distributor does not bother me afterwards.
Then I found that the clutch on the Honda calls for a strong man's hand. But since I no longer have one as an aging biker and also always complain about a tennis elbow, I had to think of a solution.
The first alternative was to convert to a hydraulic clutch and the second was to install mechanical support. Since I still had the former in the workshop, I decided to try the mechanics first.
So the clutch cable had to be taken out and split. Fortunately, there is always some space on the Goldwing to hide components
So the Bowden cable is divided into an upper cable from the clutch handle to mechanical relief and then a lower cable to the clutch actuation on the gearbox.
The mechanical relief works by the way by the law of the lever ... yes, with which Galileo wanted to lift the world from its hinges at that time .... luckily he did not find such a large lever. I don't want to imagine where we would be today.
So first made the upper Bowden cable. I could continue to use the outer shell and the inner Teflon shell. I still had the Bowden cable new. But no more fitting nipples
Then a thick-walled 6 millimeter brass pipe was converted into a nipple. A 3 mm hole was drilled for the Bowden cable and then deeply countersunk with a 6 mm drill so that there is enough air to solder the wires of the Bowden cable.
The lower nipple was already on the new Bowden cable when I bought it. I just had to file it into shape so that I could hang it on.
and here the mechanical "amplifier". It is now under the right cover of the false tank. It is not that easy to calculate the correct length ratios between cable and sleeve (hope that's the right name for the two parts of an Bowden cable)...
... and if you then forget the adjuster, the right one is not slit, then you just do it all again.
This shapely aluminum part is also anodized in Uschi blue.
And this is how the part looks inside ...
Actually only a small lever. But with great effect. So I can now look at the first ride with peace of mind and have less to worry about stop & go about my forearm.
Greetings
Harald
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
Hello,
and since everything was going so well, I thought to myself: "Oh, do something electrical now". So I started with the front turn signals and gave them new wires with a textile jacket. I took this from a corresponding device cable.
here something up close:
and so that the stupid cables are not always in the way during construction, I have made a small provisional holder. In the final version there is one made of stainless steel - and yes, also in beautiful.
the cables can disappear directly into the false tank on the left-hand side of the tank, because that is where the Goldwing control center is located.
So now I wish you that you stay healthy and that we meet again sometime on the street.
See you,
Harald
and since everything was going so well, I thought to myself: "Oh, do something electrical now". So I started with the front turn signals and gave them new wires with a textile jacket. I took this from a corresponding device cable.
here something up close:
and so that the stupid cables are not always in the way during construction, I have made a small provisional holder. In the final version there is one made of stainless steel - and yes, also in beautiful.
the cables can disappear directly into the false tank on the left-hand side of the tank, because that is where the Goldwing control center is located.
So now I wish you that you stay healthy and that we meet again sometime on the street.
See you,
Harald
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
Hello,
Little strokes fell big oaks,
Since I am currently moving in on the electrical wires and you can spend quite a few hours on this iron heap, no progress was seen.
I build the wiring harness out of my head and then always draw the wiring diagram in the evening. Make me sketches while pulling in the electrical wires to know in a year or two what I have done there.
ok, for minimalists and hardcore electricians the following picture will be a horror scenario ... but that's enough for me and as of today, the lighting, the horn and the speedometer and the starter are completely finished. The ignition and the generator are still missing.
And I found beautiful classic mirrors that I really like. Thanks to the Chinese ...
But unfortunately I can't make it to the annual meeting of the Caferacers on the weekend. The Uschi has to wait another year. I just come with my old Beemer. It's also fun with her.
greeting
Harald
Little strokes fell big oaks,
Since I am currently moving in on the electrical wires and you can spend quite a few hours on this iron heap, no progress was seen.
I build the wiring harness out of my head and then always draw the wiring diagram in the evening. Make me sketches while pulling in the electrical wires to know in a year or two what I have done there.
ok, for minimalists and hardcore electricians the following picture will be a horror scenario ... but that's enough for me and as of today, the lighting, the horn and the speedometer and the starter are completely finished. The ignition and the generator are still missing.
And I found beautiful classic mirrors that I really like. Thanks to the Chinese ...
But unfortunately I can't make it to the annual meeting of the Caferacers on the weekend. The Uschi has to wait another year. I just come with my old Beemer. It's also fun with her.
greeting
Harald
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
Great work .... soooo patient ....
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
Wow. Nice work, Harald! Thanks for bringing us up to speed!
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
Looks really good, Harald.
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
That's a brilliant solution. Is it an off the shelf part, or did you build it yourself? Could you share some details?LastMohawk wrote: Then I found that the clutch on the Honda calls for a strong man's hand. But since I no longer have one as an aging biker and also always complain about a tennis elbow, I had to think of a solution.
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
Hello Barrie,
I bought it in China... hope this link will work
https://m.de.aliexpress.com/item/32824774136.html
It's very simple to install.
Greetings
Harald
I bought it in China... hope this link will work
https://m.de.aliexpress.com/item/32824774136.html
It's very simple to install.
Greetings
Harald
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Thanks!
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
Those textile wire looms are beautiful, and the clutch amplifier a new trick that I'd missed. Good luck with the rest of the wiring!
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Re: Building a café racer called „Uschi“
Thank's to all, watching my build.
These days the wiring will be finished.
Greetings
Harald
These days the wiring will be finished.
Greetings
Harald
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