What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk

peter4821 · Post by **peter4821** » Sat May 31, 2014 6:33 am

Try putting a washer or two inside the shifter rod on the shaft. Is the shaft loose or does the shifter move around on the shaft ? May just need to bush the shaft.

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Sat May 31, 2014 6:47 am

I'll check for a part. .......lm

sarals wrote:Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to tighten up the shift linkage on the shift shaft? The splines on the shaft are fine, it's the linkage - claw, whatever it is - that's worn. I've got a lot, make it enormous, amount of slop in that shifter. It makes missing shifts easy! However, I don't want to miss shifts!

I still need to futz with the petcock and find out why the left carb dribbles fuel out of it's vent when the bike isn't running. I suspect trash in the needle and seat. I want to run the tank low before I disconnect things and remove it, though. I have to ride the bike for more than ten minutes at a time to do that! :)

Rode a CBR250R today. Cute little bike! Just a little torquier than the Old Girl, but the Old Girl has a lot more up top. The CBR is smooth, though! I also rode a Ninja 300. Now, that bike is fast! Much faster than the CBR and the Old Girl. It's very refined, too. Nice motorcycle! Well, both are. No, all three are!

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:26 am

peter4821 wrote:Try putting a washer or two inside the shifter rod on the shaft. Is the shaft loose or does the shifter move around on the shaft ? May just need to bush the shaft.

Thank you for that! The shifter splines are worn. The shaft is just fine, it's splines are good and it does not move. I've considered bushing it, but I just don't know about that.

Ed, thank you! I need to give you a call...perhaps tomorrow? Busy day for me today (yikes)!

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:28 am

G-Man wrote:Sarah

If you have good tools, the 'easy' way is to set those clevises up in a pillar drill and find out what the 'next' size for the hole would be - either metric or imperial to get a fractional increase.

Buy a reamer of the size you need and take the hole out to the 'next size' by drilling 0.2mm undersize then reaming. Next job is to find some material to make the pins.

Alternatively you might be able to make a Honda 400/4 linkage work with a long rod.

Or - take a look at 'rose' bearings on eBay. This is what the 400/4 used and they provide a much larger spherical bearing surface.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4pcs-8mm-Female ... 416974a23e

The above should work with your existing shift linkage rod. Just get some bolts, bolt the rod-ends to your shifter arm and shift lever and you will be good to go.....

You might try and get some rubber 'boots' to cover the rod ends to keep everything nice.

Have fun!

G

Graham - thank you!! I have basic tools, no machine tools at all (well, a bench grinder). However, you've given me some ideas.

Oh - I've been perusing the ads, and eBay, for a 400 four. Maybe!!

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Sat May 31, 2014 12:18 pm

Sara

You'll love a 400/4. It's a nice compact bike. I did 14,000 miles in the first year with mine. My friend Les has just bought an MZ Skorpion and got a second one as spares. He has very kindly gifted the spare one to me. It's a nice bike with a British designed frame and a big Yamaha 660cc water-cooled 5-valve engine. Another project...... :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MZ_Skorpion

G

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sat May 31, 2014 2:07 pm

That Skorpion is cooool! The motor looks like a water cooled SR500, or it resembles one.

I had my heart set on a new SR400, and they're finally showing up here. But, they're just too much money.

I ran across a Buell Blast the other day. I'd never seen one before. Ummmm. I didn't know what to think, other than, "you've got to be kidding me".

I'm looking at a 1988 Hawk NT650. It's intriguing, and the price is right. Nice V-twin, carbureted, water cooled, herky frame, single side swingarm, naked bike, no fairing, and not a big machine. It would fit me, I think.

But, yes...a 440/4. I have to be patient, there aren't many out there.

sarals · Post by **sarals** » Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:36 pm

My garage smells like old school motorcycle. I just got off the bike after a short ride. I smell like old school motorcycle, now, too....

:)