the netbook, the 88cc and the rg125
So first a little update on the netbook situation, bought a dell 2120, super cheapo, didn’t realize they came in single core models..
upgrade time!
Whole motherboard upgrade,
*eyes wwan port* pci-e ssd?
failing purple msi wind gave up its ram and ssd to my new chunk top.
Anyways back to the fun stuff, clutch carb, and rev counter installed.
They don’t work, but they are installed..
Check out the rubbing from the carbon fiber pipe on the shock 🙂
new old pipe is the best pipe ever.
springs installed to keep choke from closing accidentally, and the throttle from accidentally staying open 😀
Ford bits installed!
These will be where i install the rear sets, next week probably, no mig wire!
Pump and switches for runner 180 water pump mod.
Onto the Rg125, gs500 37mm forks fitted up quite nicely,they are a ton lighter and 0.59kg/mm springs seem to suit it
lock stops, steering lock, everything perfect.
Top yoke is ugly, but what are you gonna do?
Whole thing is sitting a bit high, we’ll fix that.
gs500 wheel is drop in replacement, if you needed to keep the stock gsxr forks.
Disc is a 320mm vs 310 and the speedo drive is a smaller outer diameter
Replaced the lower bearings with ebay specials, no rubber seal, unlikely to do so many miles i’ll need that. Dogbones need extending to lower the back about 3cm according to my calculations
extended 6mm, or at least i planned to, actually got 5mm, best i could do with a angle grinder and a stick welder.
Dropped fork 50mm, threw on the clipons i bought, i bought 38mm clipons cause i’m an idiot, rushed to buy them, nothing an angle grinder and some filing couldn’t fix. I like the radial master cylinder.
Onto some plastics mock up.
Fitting the under tray and some of the electrical loom
Probably gonna have to tidy that, quite heavy too!
Big gaps, need to move tail piece forward 30mm
2T oil tank i don’t think will fit under the plastics, thinking of making a tank and putting where the batter lived.
Moved forward here,
Much tidier, gotta weld it up next time i’m out there.
And also my cbr was sick!, ran rough as feck, very close to happily dumping it in the spares pile (already on DoneDeal looking at other bikes) but then we found the blanking plug for number three vacuum port, fallen off an sitting in the vee behind the cylinders… pop’d it back on and the cbr’s butt was saved again for another day.
88cc engine swap
Cleaned new engine, a bit, didn’t actually put any effort in.
86cc racer looking resplendent in battle scar red and rust.
last race at watergrasshill saw this tab for the leg shield break off, wouldn’t be a problem normally except i can’t find the tab. Have to make another.
built this in 2014, it’s done well to be fair, sold now to my dads team who’ll slap a smaller class restricted carb on it and attempt to win the stock class.
Engine vibes? i knew the engine was very vibey, my first though was loose engine bolts, now i know it was a loose engine bolt!
Tillostson looks purposeful.
Plate that some of the previous electronics were mounted on, it fell off a year or two ago and was just rattling around under the tank, finally gone. Can still see the melted plastic from this bikes previous life as a bonfire.
Stihl 090 90° elbow on the way, gotta flow it a bit and attache a filter. also the throttle cable, i’m just ignoring that huge ass pain for now..
More Runner 180 water pump woes, not sure if i want to leave the impeller behind when i switch to electric pump.
Splitting cases isn’t that hard i suppose.
slap that 88cc together
Went with boring paint in the end, figured everything else is a bit mad, so tone it down.
Needs second coat and lacquer asap, but didn’t turn out that bad considering how much i hate paint prep
Order a very cheap radial master cylinder, wasn’t really surprised when i saw this shitty casting, at least only on the clamp part, the body seems ok. i hope.
VJ21 race fairings, strangely modded road ones, was expecting much more straight forward molds, ejit store sent me a smoked screen after i asked for a plain one. sigh. still rg125 ought to look much slimmer with these clothes on.
Race 88cc, in one piece now, gy6 88cc piston installed, used a 107cc head, of the two i had the 107 had better castings and i have a lumpy long cam for it, head with the smaller chamber used a shorter cam so i gave up on that.
very direct tillotson carb, should work great!
That is of course if i can get the valves to seat.
after some lapping there are still not so good, but alright for testing purposes!
new piston is much bigger then the stock 50(right), and has a lot more compression then a stock 107 (left)
perfect deck height.
107 head on right, you can make out the combustion chamber size difference, plus the extra cooling fins.
some Runner 180 info, gotta build up an electric pump kit, toyota prius inverter pumps are perfect, but finding a switch to turn it on is not cheap, so i’ll probably settle for a switch.
uprate the cbr6 brakes, eventaully.
Other things that happened
Oh whats this for?
🙂
But never mind that, time for a spin!
Tasty noise
Bought a new bike! only new bike ever, yet to drive it, stock is too slow!
Race bike got it’s tyres, it started too. Ready To Race.
Fixed my shaver charger, “fixed”
Flat battery,
Fecked rectifier
Soldered all in again top job.
15 years plus that stone has been in my knee, so nice to have it gone.
naughty
Dog has a help out spot, but only when the weather is nice.
Runner is dead, wibbly handling isn’t as fun when you have no one to race!
Engine will live again in a decent go kart frame
Got that front end on!
feck it these clocks weight tons! steering loads lighter, that may have to do with different trail figures and the lighter wheel
Very cracked
shed upgrade!
omg work done!
Great weather for pulling the runner 180 out of the shed and trashing it.
Pity the runners water pump disagreed, typical.
€99.99 inverter welder from lidl, always wanted one, fingers crossed it’s not shite.
See that roll bar? entirely full of water. holes on top, no holes on the bottom.
Did get the tub off finally, all things are in a terrible state, so what ever happens next landrover types will be offended anyway!
large and late update
first up the runner:
the seats great isn’t it? yes the rest of it is falling appart but who needs it? ebay front brake calliper is in terrible state
took it on the two stroke only run to the kilumney bike show:
It was the tzr125 that broke down, I totally got away with it!
cub 90 racer has successfully survived the paddy dakar, wish we could change our race number to 21 and go to mondello like this.
gotta strip the engine down for the compression increase, can’t leave the mud on it for that.
run run the runner
New expensive jolly moto pipe! (correct one this time!)
Piston looks good, nothing untoward on the back wall of the cylinder either.
Old pipe leaving much rust behind. i’ll patch it up for a backup pipe.
Ye hardly notice the mold, cob-webs and rust, when you have a JM pipe that’s worth more then the bike.
Storage spot, hopefully pipe will last longer if i keeps it shiny.
Whipped off the belt cover and polished off the rust on the rear variator, check the oil and water pump, there good but the toothed cog that powers both is quite wobbly on the shaft, better get a new one.
After spending ages trying to get the air to stay in the front tyre, I made it to the petrol station and back, brakes are worthless,suspension just totally not there. ticking over at 80k/mh. nothing blew up, excellent.
So i’d better fix them brakes,sorta might need em. Much lube and fettling later it was time for some brute force. I fixed them so hard the caliper is now utterly shot, off to ebay! and that godsdamn slider is still stuck in there to boot.
no zoom today anyway, their all broke.
So, with all the top end on and offing, it look like some thing ended up in the case of the ypvs racer. barrel and crank survived, new piston on the way.
Jolly Moto pipe for runner 180 turned up, it’s pretty. Might get some time next week to dimension the pipe.
Attempting to goto watergrasshill go-kart track today weather permitting. race bikes are ready, I’ll have to buy new head bearings for the 90, completely shot.
new pipe for the Runner 180
Runner 180, snarkie email from PM tuning saying they couldn’t sell me an expansion pipe with out the silencer as that’s where the profits are, prompted me to buy a Jolly Moto instead, ha! no profits for you!
yes my wallet is very sore now but it was worth it. Decent reviews of it too.
Got some ants in my pants last week and instead of throwing out all the cardboard from the new house, i built an arcade machine out if it!
cad to cam, it’s all about the cardboard.
Also couldn’t find my measuring tape at the time, so i came up with a new standard of one jvc remote width, which roughly equates to 1.5 hogs feet.
Trackday tomorrow, will the cbr survive? will they let me on the track? will i be a funny crash picture in next months work letter?
bikes in ditchs
Most of my bikes are safety stored in the ditch, no idea how they’ll survive once i have my own shed. buggers will probably never start.
take my runner 180
fork chrome shot, rubber on the filter of the kart airbox cracked, seats a bit buggered, front wheel (not the tyre) won’t keep the air in.
kick it over a few time to fill the carb with three year old petrol, clean the rust off the plug, started third kick. no sweat.
This? not really a problem, pm55 on the way! moar power!
pm55 won’t come with a silencer, but i got loads, dug this short one first, its a chamber type.
The carbon one is from a aprilla rs125, straight tru. worst looking too, so it’ll look just right.
Found the tzr250 anti-rocking bar, gotta repair the engine cases where this bolts to first before i mount the rear part.
