Benly Race Pics.

[Ben Cullen]

Posting some pictures on behalf of Sam Green. These are some of the many Benlys Sam Has had over the years;

This is a fuel injected, methanol burning, C95 Benly (161cc).

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Mid-late 90's; Sam spinning off the line at houghton tower on his C95 Benly (different bike to previous).

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On the Line at houghton tower, at a different meeting.

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Houghton tower; different meeting again though.

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Chris Cullen (My Dad) riding Sam's Road- Racer 175cc Benly at lyme park sprint '99.

http://i1012.photobucket.com/albums/af247/benlyben1/img037.jpg

Same bike as saw in previous photo, but a lot more up to date. This is the one I will be riding, But as a 125.

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164cc fuel injected, methanol burning, super lightweight Sprint & drag racing benly in a special tubular frame.

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Sam in posing gear in front of the race transport and the VFR400 he used to race.

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Benny, Sams Mate and helper. ;)

[Griff]

All awesome~!

[Nige1100s]

Great pics, It putting all sorts of daft ideas into my head, ive got just about enough spares to build a sprint or hillclimb bike.......

[Sam Green]

Great pics, It putting all sorts of daft ideas into my head, ive got just about enough spares to build a sprint or hillclimb bike.......

Well what ya waiting for Nige.:D:D:D:D

Sam.:)

[Smithers]

http://fourwheelperformance.com/phorum/icon_popcorn.gif Love those pictures! Nothing like good ol film exposures etc etc. I wanna make a bare frame racer now! http://fourwheelperformance.com/phorum/icon_ride.gif

[Smithers]

That house and shop looks exactly like the one in The Worlds Fastest Indian!

[Sam Green]

Not my house Ryan, I live near the blue car in the last pic of the 73 bike, the one with the upstairs window open.

Sam.

[Sam Green]

Also, Burts garden wouldn't stand a chance against mine.:rolleyes:

Zoom right in on Google maps on this address. 22 sycamore cres warrington wa3 6jr. look for the Japanese style garden with the pond. I live in the upstairs apartment to the right of the garden, my front door is next to the white utility box with the ashtray on it.:D:D:D.
22 Sycamore is a false address from Google but it pin points the area where the pics were taken.

Sam.:)

[Brewster]

Sam very nice pictures. The #73 bike is that a CB92? If not it looks very similar. I would like to have one of those tanks. I am thinking a CB92 replica project someday, the tank would have to be hand fabricated. The CB92 bikes and parts are very costly here in the US. A ebay seller has listed a CB92 tank for $1800. I am also wanting to check out the Isle of Man TT, do you go there?

[Sam Green]

Brew, don't belive all you see, everything that glitters is not gold.:D:D:D
The frame, fork, swingarm, brakes, crank, cases, and head are all C92.
The aluminum block, gearbox, footrest and foot controls are the only CB92 parts.
Brit parts are, Amal MK1 concentric 24mm carb and Hepolite +.50 pistons.(157.82cc)
The block was re sleved with bigger liners to take the oversize pistons and the C92 125 head was squished to suite as well.
18" Borrani WM1 flanged aluminum rims are shod with Avon Roadrunner soft compound race tyres.
The exhaust was custom made as was the replica glass seat base.(still to be padded)
I made the replica tank in glass from a mould I took from a CB92 tank that was well past its sell by date.
The chain is a race chain from my RS125 running on custom made sprockets.
Standard coil and points ignition are run from a 6 volt 4 amph battery.
The bike is fueled on Shell 99 octane VPower pump gas and that's about it, should be running this weekend and out racing the weekend after if all goes to plan.
I went to every TT and Manx GP from 62 to 78. I had an entry in the 76 TT when I sponsored an American Rider named Brian Zeky who sadly passed quite recent.
I went to a few MGP in the 90s but have not been back apart from going over for a sprint/drag meeting in 2003.

Sam.:)

[Brewster]

I like how the Brits race what they have. Over here its "BIGGER IS BETTER!!"
The HD people as soon as possable when they buy a new bike toss the original cylinders and pistons so they can have BIG X BIG. (?) I come from the OLD SCHOOL where you work to improve efficiency of what you have. With that in mind some real surprizes happen. Thanks again for the pictures, if I get over there for the TT I will come by to see your bikes.

[Sam Green]

You've more chance of meeting me over there Brew, and yes, sometimes bigger is better:D:D:D I've just had a 750 bored to 836 by a mate in Boston, hoping to have it race ready for the AMA drag bike finals at Valdosta in November.
If you do get over for the TT, you'll have to fly onto the mainland to get there. I'm just 20 minutes from Manchester airport and about 45mins from Liverpool, you can fly to the Island from both these airports.

Sam.:)

[Spokes]

Fantastic Pics! Great info! What I like best about motorcycles (and cars) is that you can do what you want to do. There are no rules for expression of talent, as long as one pays attention to safety and detail. I have a light weight idea for padding for your seat. I used 1" thick, black synthetic HVAC insulation. I have a gasket supply house that makes anything gasket. That's all I used for my mini 3" spring solo seat for my CA95. Trims easy with an electric carving knike and with a light layer of stretch vinyl it looked perfect.

The last time I was in London, the Beatles were very popular. I was the only 16 year old kid here in the states with a 65 MG1100 Sedan as my first car. My father drove Morris Minors until he bought his 66 MGB that we finally let go in 1986. He kept it like a child, never in rain or snow. My 1100 died a violent death. My brother came home from Viet Nam, wanted to get a drink. I forgot to tell him the 1100 was front wheel drive. Winter slick roads he applied rear wheel driving technique to my 1100 in a spin. End of story. He survived unharmed and went back to Viet Nam.

Your pic's were a great blast from the past. Thank you sir.

[Hohlederschatten]

Correct me if i am wrong but isn't that bike called a RC161 or something? i remember seeing it before in a book...

[Sam Green]

Fantastic Pics! Great info! What I like best about motorcycles (and cars) is that you can do what you want to do. There are no rules for expression of talent, as long as one pays attention to safety and detail. I have a light weight idea for padding for your seat. I used 1" thick, black synthetic HVAC insulation. I have a gasket supply house that makes anything gasket. That's all I used for my mini 3" spring solo seat for my CA95. Trims easy with an electric carving knike and with a light layer of stretch vinyl it looked perfect.

The last time I was in London, the Beatles were very popular. I was the only 16 year old kid here in the states with a 65 MG1100 Sedan as my first car. My father drove Morris Minors until he bought his 66 MGB that we finally let go in 1986. He kept it like a child, never in rain or snow. My 1100 died a violent death. My brother came home from Viet Nam, wanted to get a drink. I forgot to tell him the 1100 was front wheel drive. Winter slick roads he applied rear wheel driving technique to my 1100 in a spin. End of story. He survived unharmed and went back to Viet Nam.

Your pic's were a great blast from the past. Thank you sir.

Hi Chip, I have the rubber type foam for the seat, it won't be covered, I'll get Ben to post pics when it's done.
Sad to hear of how your 1100 met its demise, they were nice motors.
There was a real up market version in the UK called the Vanden Plas.
You can read about it here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanden_Plas

Sam.:)

[Sam Green]

Correct me if i am wrong but isn't that bike called a RC161 or something? i remember seeing it before in a book...

The RC161 was a four cylinder motorcycle, the early twin was the RC141.
I wish it was a RC141 as I'm not sure if Honda them selves have one in their collection although I did hear they were building a replica.
The 141 was the first bike they entered in the I.O.M. TT races.
They competed in practice and found they were not fast enough.
They had 8 valve heads made and shipped to the Island in time for race week.
The bike then became the RC142 and the rest is as they say, History.

http://world.honda.com/MotoGP/history/RC142/photo/pages/14.html

Sam.:)

[tuff cub]

great photos, thanks for taking the time to share them.

[Sam Green]

We got the bike running at the weekend. Timing and carb was a bit out but a bigger problem cropped up.
After about 15 to 20 minutes of putting the gas in, it started pi$$ing out from a leak under the tank.
I had heard of people running modern fuels in glass tanks having problems with leaks caused by the Ethanol in some gas products.
I was using Shell Vpower 99, as we have allways used this in the CR and RS race bikes.
I checked on the Shell website to see if Vpower contained Ethanol. It said that Vpower with added Ethanol was only available in Australia as Vpower racing and even this had been discontinued.
I doubt if I can resolve the problem in time for the first race next weekend.
It could have been a leak that has occured with age as the tank has not had any use since Bens dad rode the bike about 11 years ago.
I do have a small aluminum tank that fits inside the frame but it will be quite a lot of work to fit it and would mean making the seat quickly deatchable to be able to re-fuel it.
I dont want to turn the bike out at a very big event (about 130,000 spectators) and have it not 100%.

Sam. :mad:

[Sam Green]

At the weekend we pulled the development motor out of the stricken (leaky tank) race bike, did a few mods and it's ready to go back in the sprint bike.
As I don't have a helper next weekend, it will probably be the weekend after before I can get the motor back in.
While we have the chance, I've asked my mate Ben to take a few pics to show how to tell at a glance if you have early or late model CA95s and the difference between the C95 and CA95 just in case you guys over there come across a Canadian bike or motor (C95).

Sam.:)

[Sam Green]

Ben and I got her all back together and got her fired up today. After a few minor adjustments she sounds real good.
I'm over in the States for a few weeks, when I get back we will give her a shake down test on a quiet road and video.

Sam.:)

[undredseesee]

Sam, fab photographs!

Which is the machine you'll be bringing to the Houghton Tower sprint? And what class are you running in - Class 1 'Vintage and Classic'? I'm in Class 6(number 102), 'Modern 250s', even though my 125 Yamaha engine dates from 1978.

A general question: Do our American cousins have sprint meetings and speed hillclimbs, or do they only have the drags and landspeed record attempts?

Howard

[Sam Green]

Sam, fab photographs!

Which is the machine you'll be bringing to the Houghton Tower sprint? And what class are you running in - Class 1 'Vintage and Classic'? I'm in Class 6(number 102), 'Modern 250s', even though my 125 Yamaha engine dates from 1978.

A general question: Do our American cousins have sprint meetings and speed hillclimbs, or do they only have the drags and landspeed record attempts?

Howard

Hi Howard, I'll be riding the bike in pics 2,3 and 4 in the 250 classic class.
It won't stand a chance but I'm just useing the meeting to put some miles on the motor before leting it rip over the longer distances.
I was hoping to do one of the Honnington meets but the first one is before the tower and I'm at the Pod when the last one is on with a mate of mine that is coming over from Finland. I think it will be next year before I take it over a longer distance unless there is a late NSA meet at York Raceway.
In respect of your last question, they do have hillclimbs but not as we know them. As a rule, they are off road and up very steep dirt hills.
See you on the other side.

Sam.;)

[Sam Green]

For Ken, http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=46104.125

Sam.:)

[Sam Green]

Ben will be posting some video footage of when we tested the sprint C95.
We had problems with the clutch and it would not let me change gear but the motor sounded real strong.

Sam.:)

[Ben Cullen]

I have the benly test video here for you.

http://www.youtube.com/v/guSpCK4KaqA?fs=1&hl=en_GB

Please excuse my belsh in the film, the cheese butty that day was very satisfying.

Benny :)

[Sam Green]

Should have some news from the Benly race front in the coming weeks.
I'm working on the CB95 that I've had for some years. I hope to have it on track by early April.

Sam.:)

[Larzfromarz]

Wow I'm glad this thread came up- it is from before my time here.
FRICKIN awesome -what else is there to say expect I'm building one (eventually)!
Sam you R da Man!