bajaj re 2s
Well, i bought this, worth it for the log book alone, but it will go back on the road pretty much as is since it only has 114km on the clock we’ll use it till it pops. it’s powered by a vespa px150 so that’ll be easy to pick up and throw away, stage two will see a tzr250 engine slotted in, but first the stage one plan. Weld up the holes, fit better brake lines (the originals depend on the steel pipes bending with the suspension) new tyres and we’ll see where that gets us.
The space tyre is nice eh? only 13 years old, take 50 psi too, its probably a trailer tyre. Maybe some atv wheels might fit..
The big hole, think we’ll re route the cables outside the channel to help with welding and repairs. Will be replacing the hole with at least 1mm thick sheet, maybe 1.2 gotta measure things up
Probably could replace this end with a vespa aftermarket disc braked front. the drums are fine but not the cable operated ones.
long bar there is for the starter handle, wanna keep that, works quite well and is a unique feature (also it would break sarge wailing on the handle with a 250cc engine :)Â )
tub really does look like a mini jeep don’t it? if i could find a quad… Also reckon i’ll paint “to scared to drive it” under the sign and leave it as is
Can’t quite tell but the engine may bolt off the diff/box which would be great for stage two, could keep reverse with the tzr250 engine. Diff needs welding up.
plan is to weld a large Y section from this head stock back to the rail in front of the engine, it will stiffen up the chassis and provide a good place to sit.
smoke! it lives! phew somebody put two stroke in the petrol.
Most important thing about this is that it is insurable on a bike policy, which is hugely useful for sarge and even me, no separate policy’s and our no claims bonus stands.
Also got back my cbr6, so the rebuild of that starts in earnest tomorow, once iv’e gotten the jago onto four wheels thinks I’ll start on the bajaj then, xtdr350 will have to wait a bit more.
I wanna quad!
This quad is belong to the guy who own the xt350 frame which i want to put the ypvs 350 engine into, so to get the xtdr project going i must fix this quad as payment for the xt frame!
2.5psi in the tyres and 38kg max load, tiny thing.
had to clean out the carb, bit of compressed air bish bash bosh.
Electrical troubles, turned out it was a another switch at the back for the adult to pull on in case the kid gets away on the bike. And some fool had wired the killswitch on permanent.
Rubber hose thing blocking up the main jet as well and old fuel.
Fun!
Sean’s get the exhaust sorted, subframe may have to go up a bit to clear it all.
whole lotta red frame
went dull over the weekend in the shed, to much moisture in the air i reckon, heated it in the sun and gave it a second coat.
then put it in my homebuilt oven, get lots of warm sun in there 🙂
And today, check that redness, triflow gate paint ftw!
Started on the main frame too, it’s in the car now to will take it out on friday/thurs give it the second coat and shove it back in the car to set, might thin a layer of paint to make sure the see able bits are the best. or not.
Bombardier 125 in an Aprilia rs125 frame
My version of nabs “island mist” photos
I call it “steaming turd”
Bombardier rotax 125 rescued from a go kart and shoved into a rs125 frame? sweet!
Brother is building this thing so who knows what it going to look like when done, asked steve for a lend of a reverse cylinder tzr250 pipe to see if it might do.
On with the cbr rebuild
Spent 20 buying some etch primer for the frame and engine. what the hell was i thinking? am i really gonna notice that the paint isn’t very good while im riding? probably only crash it with such nice paint anyway.
Also I am not spending days cleaning the whole thing up. No. I’d have it built in the same amount of time.
did use a little nitromors to clear the old nitromors off the frame.
tada! rusty gate red, god I hope it’s doesn’t turn out like a clown car.
tt-01e rc and cbr6 fix up
So the tt-01e kit turned up in the post finally, just after i kinda gave up on meccano thing, still might see the light of day some time in the summer ya never know.
Didn’t take any pics while putting it togther, too busy following instructions for once.
Done!, rock hard tyres and blackened rims with a permenant marker
One of the white one’s was bent and all the other rims had glued on rally block tyres, so my single chrome wheel went on.
Want to put on the scooby body but i figured that I’d be crashing and bashing anyway so I started with a body i don’t care for, think I’ll channel the body down 2cm’s and raise the front arch to clear the wheel. the rear will be over the wheel much like an extreme touring car.
Definition of a well used tyre. Got my damn moneys worth I tells ya.
170 width conti tyre went in fine, it might rub the right hand side of the hugger a bit will find out if it ever rolls again.
Dinner time!
I must admit the for a while there during the snow I was thinking of spending the insurance money on a van. But I’m better now, gsxr1100 and while I’m on that the cbr should get a turbo.
Rednex FTMFW
Seen this? Gone here? no? weil git an do ur reading boy!
Ahem, enough of that for a while been offered a tuk tuk (YeeHAW!!! sorry..) think i can only insure a 50cc on a bike policy, we shall see much insurance company twisting shall be done.
River of ice in the back garden, no amount of hopping around will make me go out and do much work, SAD is biting hard, hasn’t been this cold since i was born!
New pulley for the runner 180. no chrome on it hmm…
Noticed the acceleration picked up a little bit more, also bought harder clutch springs but didn’t install them, ice + race starts just a little too extreme right now
Post crash analysis
Apart from the cat scaring the shit outta me on a dark night, causing me to jerk my back into spasm and stopping my breathing again, I’ve been fine!
Christmas has come and gone and we’re now getting back to normal, haven’t done much too much ice and cold out there, went up to the garage to-day, 2″ thick sheet ice all up the road, The runner is light so at a crawl speed i made it fine.
Got my claim form sent off, the other guy has admitted liability so all that stands in my way of money is the efficiency of allianze. Almost positive that i want a gsxr1100w (watercooled 93-98). the clipons are above the top yoke so easily turned into a mile muncher, if i need the seat a little lower a gsxr750 tail piece and seat ought to fit (much nicer look too) 155bhp is probably way over the top, but hey throttle works both ways and I’ll still probably have the cbr6. Which is getting a fresh start with a bright red frame and a gunmetal grey engine and body work.
Managed to get the rear shocks on the jago, too damn frozen to do any more.
The whole point of going up to the garage today was to check if i had any delivery, and i did, yay! Still waiting for the ebay seller to get back to me about that servo saver, mailed him again today. Would have the meccano RC going now but for the saver saver.
37!
No broken bits this time not even any skin, extremely bruised back though, bit tough to breath, sitting on couch with a board behind my back to ease the pain.
ejit made an illegal u-turn across my lane, alwell least i took a big chunk of it.
bit cold the other day! clocks need setting straight they were always a bit bent looks a lot worse now with the screen to align them with.
125cc racer, note foldable pegs, large 90 tank, sticky rear tyre, can’t race this because its breaks the rules, but we might as well finish it now. Will bring it to watergrasshill to test it along side with my rxs100 probably next month since the race is feburary
It looks like a katana!
well i hope it does, some ejit will say it looks like a bmw
noticed my tak welds were good enough to support me hanging off the subframe, so i welded it a bit more and left it at that.
Sprayed it black
That too, cleanest it’s even been.
quick and dirty
was thinking reverse paint scheme, but that’s not gonna work, magnolia with black stripe all the way
bonus! clocks fit, might use em.
best looking angle, and the most important.
cbr6 get a new nose
Garage was a bit blocked up so i did some work outside.
Not too bad, can’t decide weather to shorten the nose or lower it, want it to have a hint of 80’s suzuki katana, might chop off the nose of old front mudguard.
tak welded together
Bit of adjustment todo, gonna be painted magnolia again, with a black stripe down the middle (or maybe another colour…..)
