1989 Honda PC800 Pacific Coast – Page 80 – Not Your Average Engineer

April 10, 2011July 1, 2020

Fisher Covered Bridge

The Fisher Covered Bridge was refurbished in 1927 but actually was built in 1919. The county put up the 1927 sign in error and has never corrected it. This was the second bridge on a Central Coast bridge ride.

A modern concrete span sits just upriver from the covered bridge. The only reason people cross the covered bridge these days is to say that they crossed it. At least the county left it open to traffic.

Carl tried out his new “beer keg” fuel tank on this ride. Aside from a minor fuel spill, it worked great for him. Now I want one!

April 10, 2011July 1, 2020

Hayden Covered Bridge

The Hayden Covered Bridge is just west of Alsea. It was originally built in 1918 and has been rebuilt or repaired several times since then. This was the first stop on a ride to visit many of the Central Coast covered bridges.

The plaque reads: “Hayden CovereD Bridge. Rehabilitation completed 2003. Covered bridge was originally constructed in 1918, and rebuilt in 1946. Benton County Commissioners Jay Dixon, Linda Modrell, Annabelle Jaramillo.”

This bridge has wooden pilings.

April 5, 2011

Fuel injection is slowly progressing

My fuel injection project continues to progress slowly. Here are a few pictures of parts that I have received over the last few months and have neglected to post until now. This is a throttle body set from a CBR600RR.

I took off the throttle position sensor, the injectors, and the idle air control valve from the unit.

This is where the TPS will go on the PC800 carbs.

This is a CBR600RR fuel tank. I will be cutting the part out of it that fits the fuel pump I purchased earlier.

The idle air control valve off of the CBR600RR throttle bodies.

I also bought a spare PC800 fuel tank (at right) to weld in the part from the CBR600RR tank (at left).

And I purchased a PC800 air box so that I can modify it for secondary injectors and to remove some of the air flow restrictions. The plan is to do something similar for the PC800 exhaust system. I am considering putting dual straight pipes or possibly dual slip-ons in place of the stock PC800 “angry cricket” exhaust system to de-restrict it. The hope is that it will provide more power.

The next steps are to install the injectors in the spare PC800 carbs and install the fuel pump into the spare PC800 tank. Then modify the airbox to accept the secondary injectors. After that, I will need to spend some money on electronics and modify the exhaust system. This project is getting close to the no-turning-back point. That’s kind of scary!