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Add lightness...
10/18/16 at 11:47:09

With all the thinking about drilling the cam sprocket to adjust cam timing, I ended up with a sprocket sitting here looking way too stock Shocked

So, poked a few holes in it for good luck.
Basically, I'm doing this bike in the spirit of the 50's Italian single cylinder road racers where lightness was as important as horsepower.
The good news is that I didn't have to be precise about it to use the holes for cam timing changes.

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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2641 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: Add lightness... Reply #1 - 10/18/16 at 12:05:14 *"Add lightness..."* Hmmmm.....is that even possible? I guess you can't REMOVE lightness, can you? This is a brainteaser for sure...
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Add lightness... Reply #2 - 10/18/16 at 12:05:39 That ought to knock .001 second off the quarter mile times.
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Add lightness... Reply #3 - 10/18/16 at 12:07:25 Another thought. Did you ever put a whiz wheel on the crankshaft to check your new cam timing?
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Add lightness... Reply #4 - 10/18/16 at 13:17:27 Hey Norm, My new OohBabyOoohBabyOooh bumpstick is on it's way from Lancer. Have a new cam chain. Have to modify the tensioner. And finish farting around with the valve cover. Then I'll assemble and check the cam timing.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Add lightness... Reply #5 - 10/18/16 at 13:42:06 Don't think lightness is an add on.. it may be just semantics, but I'm leaning toward removing heaviness.
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Add lightness... Reply #6 - 10/18/16 at 14:17:36 Armen, Do you know how Suzuki reads the cam timing? Is it at a certain amount of lift or when the .oo4"clearance is taken up? Norman.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28887 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Add lightness... Reply #7 - 10/18/16 at 14:40:08 Everybody knows swiss cheese tastes better cause of the holes, so he's making the gears taste better.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28887 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Add lightness... Reply #8 - 10/18/16 at 14:47:24 http://www.webcamshafts.com/
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Add lightness... Reply #9 - 10/19/16 at 07:02:30 Versy, That is a great site. Lots of good detailed info.
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Add lightness... Reply #10 - 10/19/16 at 18:43:39 Another .001 second off with this one
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Add lightness... Reply #11 - 10/19/16 at 19:11:53 I love when Armen posts pictures. The parts are always full of holes!
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Add lightness... Reply #13 - 10/19/16 at 19:27:09 Drill 'em all, let God sort 'em out
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Armen Serious Thumper Offline Half-Witted Wrench-Jockey from Jersey Posts: 1452	Re: Add lightness... Reply #14 - 10/22/16 at 11:10:37 .0127 Psychological Horsepower added... Started by polishing the part that contacts the cam lobe, then quickly lost my mind
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