tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755438769619767773.post3024452122725097034..comments2023-10-20T05:08:19.354-07:00Comments on Travel's with Pete: Auburn CJMC Show Part 4...Why, it's a chopped-bobbed-custom-cafe-tracker-brat, but it's almost stock...Hairy Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07561143328956868685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755438769619767773.post-6338667149216680732013-07-14T18:29:42.662-07:002013-07-14T18:29:42.662-07:00Not sure how the piston in a cub compares to a Tri...Not sure how the piston in a cub compares to a Tri. 500 twin, do know that a 500 is similar to a 441 piston...which is a stroker compared to a Cub....so it might be similar in diameter. I have a 441 piston I can match it up to, course these days I can probably 'Google' it. Yeah, some of the bikes were nice and had a lot of good workmanship in them. I guess when I hear 'tracker' I see Gary Nixon or Gene Romero on a stripped down British bike...with out a front brake, or too many other frills. Don't get me wrong, wouldn't mind having a nice 'Street Tracker' myself, but I'd probably keep it looking like the period of the bike...The Cub uses a pretty thick copper head gasket (like the big bro twins), so hoping when I anneal it and install it will seal a 'treat'...had to throw that in there...(shades of 'Cafe Racer' magazine on the East coast trying to sound all British and stuff...pip.pip...toodle loo...)Hairy Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07561143328956868685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755438769619767773.post-25742288359971473492013-07-14T17:21:19.238-07:002013-07-14T17:21:19.238-07:00There's a lot of 'cool' tracker style ...There's a lot of 'cool' tracker style jiggers there Laz, it can be done apparently . . . the CX thing was obviously quite big over there, and now having seen one to remind me, we did get a few of the Turbo version over here, sadly I thing they were all plagued by idiot owners without a clue about basic preventative maintenance . . . the wee Cub looks quite devoid of trauma except some rough edges around the head sealing groove, +.080 doesn't leave much meat in the bore for further re-boring though. Were they the same ring specs as the Daytona 500 . . . I'm sure your obvious scavenging prowess will deliver the goods.WhitelinePsychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16467567293653455949noreply@blogger.com