Chris' Bucket photo thread - Bandwidth warning [Archive] - Page 2

chrisc

29th April 2014, 21:04

You'll get used to the bars, just open up the angle some.
How strong is that clutch lever set up? I like these levers, 296662 great adjustment and they take a beating and stay together. Can get them on ebay, $25 including shipping!

I'll definitely be getting some as a spare!

I don't have a brake master set up yet and have been looking on the japanese auctions for a NF4 one. They're around but I suspect most are pretty poked by now if they haven't been used. Do you use an NF4 one Kel? Anyone have a decent recommendation for a new one?

kel

29th April 2014, 23:11

:psst:http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Motorcycle-Brake-Master-Cylinder-FOR-7-8-Handlebars-hydraulic-brake-Black-left/708696150.html

Bert

29th April 2014, 23:30

:psst:http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Motorcycle-Brake-Master-Cylinder-FOR-7-8-Handlebars-hydraulic-brake-Black-left/708696150.html

:whocares:
Just a heads up, the last two lots (read batches) of those we received have had all sorts of issues. Primarily with seals and poorly honed bores and sealing surfaces. Just ask Hamish...

Don't buy one buy 2-3 at least to enable you to make one good one... And it will give you a few spares. Levers break at the plunger mount check for poor casting generally on the under side (last thing you want is for it to brake when you need a handful of brakes). We have a box of shitty bits and money down the drain.

There are better ones now available, spend a little bit more and be done with it.

chrisc

29th April 2014, 23:46

:whocares:
Just a heads up, the last two lots (read batches) of those we received have had all sorts of issues. Primarily with seals and poorly honed bores and sealing surfaces. Just ask Hamish...

Don't buy one buy 2-3 at least to enable you to make one good one... And it will give you a few spares. Levers break at the plunger mount check for poor casting generally on the under side (last thing you want is for it to brake when you need a handful of brakes). We have a box of shitty bits and money down the drain.

There are better ones now available, spend a little bit more and be done with it.

Thanks for piping in there Brent, I've been meaning to try stay away from dodgy brakes. Any specific recommendations?

Bert

29th April 2014, 23:58

Thanks for piping in there Brent, I've been meaning to try stay away from dodgy brakes. Any specific recommendations?

Yip, they will be in stock shortly... :facepalm:
But not off alie these days, there are better options if you spend the time looking and emailing. Most suppliers are just drop shippers/brokers and have no interest around extra bits etc..

These are gone, but it will give you all the idea on what to look for.
when searching look at the body of the unit (not the levers) Cast = potentially problematic, CNC alloy = better likelyhood of success.
Again don't just buy one buy a couple to avoid disappointment (it cost a lot to ship back and your unlikely to get your money back if you don't ship)... And you will have spares...
When you order make sure you confirm what model levers fit (or if they stock them) as you will chase your ass finding replacements.

That why we tend to bulk order and accept ~10% failure rate
(and cover the cost accordingly).

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/CNC-Universal-7-8-22mm-Front-Brake-Master-Cylinder-Cable-Clutch-Perch-Adjustable-Levers-and-Fluid/1031488644.html

kel

30th April 2014, 08:34

Sorry I shouldn't be promoting Chinese brakes :facepalm:
You should use genuine Honda. I use NSR250 master, cost $50 from memory. Like the levers, its taken a beating and keeps together. Im not positive but think you'll find the master cylinder is like the caliper and common to a bunch of Hondas.
Genuine Honda parts are not to badly priced (depending what you want) if you buy from these guys http://www.tsrworldwide.com/ complete front master cylinder $125 or rebuild kit for $25

chrisc

30th April 2014, 21:01

Yip, they will be in stock shortly... :facepalm:

I just checked messanger. First message re parts was April 2013. Over a year has passed now :brick:
What really is your eta?
Thanks for the tips on the brakes though. I will likely just buy an RS one from Japan.

Sorry I shouldn't be promoting Chinese brakes :facepalm:
You should use genuine Honda. I use NSR250 master, cost $50 from memory. Like the levers, its taken a beating and keeps together. Im not positive but think you'll find the master cylinder is like the caliper and common to a bunch of Hondas.
Genuine Honda parts are not to badly priced (depending what you want) if you buy from these guys http://www.tsrworldwide.com/ complete front master cylinder $125 or rebuild kit for $25

Thanks Kel. How do you find the brake feel with the NSR master and an NF4 caliper?The NSR250 is twin caliper, four pot front no?

I was wondering how a NX4 RS125 master cylinder (four pot single caliper) or an Aprilia RS125 (also four pot single caliper ) master would work on a NF4 brake (twin pot single caliper). They're both quite easy to get.

Anyone have experience with this?

chrisc

30th April 2014, 21:18

Makes the rest of the bike look like crap haha

On a side note. The front wheel excl. disk weighed 2.75 kg and the disk 1.25kg

http://christophercain.cc/b/d/bikes/rs%20disk.jpg

Bert

30th April 2014, 21:23

I just checked messanger. First message re parts was April 2013. Over a year has passed now :brick:
What really is your eta?
Thanks for the tips on the brakes though. I will likely just buy an RS one from Japan.

Thanks Kel. How do you find the brake feel with the NSR master and an NF4 caliper?The NSR250 is twin caliper, four pot front no?

I was wondering how a NX4 RS125 master cylinder (four pot single caliper) or an Aprilia RS125 (also four pot single caliper ) master would work on a NF4 brake (twin pot single caliper). They're both quite easy to get.

Anyone have experience with this?

No rush wasn't it..:killingme

First batch is due to 9 days, testing, fixing deciding if we will sell or give up on the idea.

Maybe an MX85/125 might be the best solution for the NF. 12.9mm piston is the size you want.

PS don't forget to drill your brake calliper bolts.

F5 Dave

1st May 2014, 05:25

They don't look like calipher bolts.

Drew

1st May 2014, 09:13

I can't make out what is stamped into the head of those bolts, but I like to use cap screws for the application so I know they're hardened and up to the task.

F5 Dave

1st May 2014, 11:47

I like to spell the word Caliper correctly, but sometimes I don't.

They should be shanked bolts and hardened.

I need another disc one day for my wet.

chrisc

2nd May 2014, 22:24

husaberg

2nd May 2014, 23:26

Bit late to crash the party but i guess you were looking for something like this.

http://www.fatbaq.com/mainpage.phtml?topic=rs125_timeline

http://moto.kiev.ua/trid/general/1193789971370/0

http://race.commline.com/RS125/

http://www.fatbaq.com/RS125_compilation.doc

might be in here somewhere.......... I will have it somewhere.......

quallman1234

3rd May 2014, 23:06

They are 8.8 grade bolts with no shank with the marking LG on them.

Probably worth getting some 12.9 shanked cap screws in there though, seeing as they are holding the caliper on.

I found a 1992 Honda RS125 workshop manual online (click here) (http://www.bonavolta.ch/hobby/files/RS125R-92_Owner_Manual.pdf) and interestingly it had most torque settings except for the caliper bolts.

In real life applications, they will be 100% fine. 4.6's would again be fine.
However they look like crap, and you certainly shouldn't cheap out on the bolts after such a fine rim and disc.
Some Mitre10's now stock a really sick amount of random bits and bobs. including 10.9 flange head bolts. Go get some if you have no bike related ones.

Interesting enough...
The tensile strength (which in this case isn't really any good, as they are in Shear), for bolts are

4.6 = 240MPa
8.8 = 640MPa
10.9 = 900MPa

koba

4th May 2014, 08:00

Where'd ya get the disk?

F5 Dave

4th May 2014, 09:55

Yeah but you don't want the thread digging into the fork ally. Shear is the worst way to use a thread but strong bolts make it ok.

chrisc

6th May 2014, 22:27

I've replaced the caliper bolts with 12.9 cap screws which works out better anyway as there is more meat on the head to drill for wiring.

I was out at ESE tonight with Tim, Tim, Rob and Cully. Some flux capacitors made it into my possession and we turned down the head to get a reasonable volume.
Slowly getting there, lots still to do.

296840

chrisc

11th May 2014, 22:55

Hooo, leee, cow what a fun weekend!

Massive thanks to Brent for hustling us up for this, I'm super happy I went. It was my first time on full sized track and I had a blast. A very well run event, definitely going back for the next one. I can understand bucket riders not being keen to race Hampton (straight city) but Taupo track 2 is the bomb! Even with 19hp, my FXR was a blast to ride and with more riders around it'd be even better. The straights aren't too long to be boring and there are enough challenging corners to create some big dogfights.

Go here for the full album:
CLICK HERE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157644660113543/)

Close battles were fought

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2923/14135400436_0b6c6139ae_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nx6C5C)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7411/13972099959_a537994eb6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nhEExa)

and pocket money won (horray)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5197/13972199590_ceae284fa1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nhFb9W)

some fast times went down

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5182/13972133120_43713d6123_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nhEQoU)

and some just went down

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/14155505201_a819dafec2_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nySEwv)

Best time of the weekend was by kel with a 1.25.862
Kieren's best - 1.27.911
Mine - 1.28.065
Brent - 1.33.557 (probably with only one contact lens in)
Best hyosung time of the weekend was 1.28.624

All the times dropped over the sessions and in the last two races the buckets were dominating.

Points for the weekend top 4:
Kel: 25 (1st), 25 (1st), 25 (1st), 25 (1st), 25 (1st), DNF = 125
Jono Dol (Hyosung): 20(2nd), 20(2nd), 20(2nd), 20(2nd), 13, 20(2nd) = 113
Chris: 16(3rd), 13(4th), 16(3rd), 16(3rd), 20(2nd), 25(1st) = 106
Kieren: 11(5th), 16(3rd), 13(4th), 13(4th), 16(3rd), 13(4th) = 82

CM2005

11th May 2014, 23:18

Yo it was nice to meet you fullas! any chane you could please put some sidecar pics up on your Flickr? in particular "10-05 717" haha thanks

Josh

chrisc

11th May 2014, 23:28

Hey Josh, yeah you too. Will get more up later on but for now, here's 5717:

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2902/14156427972_6e518146f5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nyXoQm)
_MG_5717 (https://flic.kr/p/nyXoQm) by sonscc (https://www.flickr.com/people/120242274@N04/), on Flickr

koba

12th May 2014, 22:27

Great work gentlemen!

Do you know if this is going to be a regular event?
We may be able to work in with the organisers and get more bikes next time.
Perhaps put us North Island points?

jibberwobble

15th May 2014, 08:16

Some great pictures on this thread :not:

#4 and #56 are similar(ish) to the mini sidecars we race in the UK

chrisc

15th May 2014, 22:10

Great work gentlemen!

Do you know if this is going to be a regular event?
We may be able to work in with the organisers and get more bikes next time.
Perhaps put us North Island points?

I hope so! I think there was talk about that specific event happening twice a year or so. Personally I'd love to have a group of buckets to regularly race on the Taupo track, it was so good!

Some great pictures on this thread :not:

#4 and #56 are similar(ish) to the mini sidecars we race in the UK

Thanks mate! Good to see some foreign faces checking out the NZ scene.

chrisc

15th May 2014, 22:18

Heat is the enemy. With some guidance from Rob, we've attacked this one head on with copper and heatsinks.
Before you say anything, yes the copper will be trimmed and yes the side of the bike will be protected enough to stop any damage to the track when I go down.

One of the things that really appealed to me about buckets when I first started was the scope for development and encouraged building. I know there are those out there that will raise an eyebrow to this but shit, you have to try in order to learn anything!

http://christophercain.cc/b/d/bikes/IMG_3641-2.jpg

http://christophercain.cc/b/d/bikes/IMG_3644-2.jpg

It sticks out about 50mm from the side of the frame which really isn't as much as it looks in this photo.
The bottom of the heatsinks aren't properly flat (maybe 0.8mm gap in some places) so I might have to look at making a squashable copper mat, or filling it with copper goo or similar. The front of the sinks have a small electric fan which should help in keeping temps down on the low speed kart tracks. I will end up making a shroud like Kel has on the front of his RS, I like that set up.

The other side has room for another fan but I'm unsure if I will run one as there isn't much room with the carb there too. Maybe just a non-fan heatsink.

F5 Dave

16th May 2014, 05:45

On the start line that has to be a improvement but I can't help but think that 30k up a huge mass of passing air would be more effective. But I'm no expert on air conditioning etc. Very legal I'd say. I kinda like it.

husaberg

16th May 2014, 16:57

Chris, John Bradleys Book (which you have i think) details some very very effect ducting design for a air cooled two stroke..........I only noticed it the other day.....:shifty:
Still interested to see how it goes more power to ya.........

kel

16th May 2014, 23:58

As Dave said great for when you're sitting on the start line.
Once you're moving that heatsink will disrupt airflow across the cylinder. You want to shroud the cylinder to aid air flow, see the KE thread for the old NACA papers on this. You could try bending the copper up 90 degrees and add smaller heatsinks to the outer face of each side.
Shouldn't that lovely chunk of copper be at the top of the cylinder? After all that's where the heat is being produced.

chrisc

17th May 2014, 09:01

Needed to make a spacer for the cylinder and this slab of copper was the only piece of metal lying around that was the right thickness. May as well make use of it's properties whilst yah can. I agree on the airflow kel. I'm going to try a few different configurations.

When I was setting this up I realised that having the copper protrude backwards instead of sideways would have been a better idea. The fan behind the cylinder could have helped to pull the air through the cooling fins. Maybe that's for another try.

On a side note, I'm always impressed how reliable Ricks TF seems to be. It clearly shows that proper setup is key.

chrisc

19th May 2014, 23:34

Seven of us went to the Edgecumbe kart track over the weekend whilst the kart guys were there. We had a blast learning the recently resurfaced track and a few good battles went down. I really enjoyed this track, fast but technical in areas. Not a fan of it anticlockwise though, too dangerous for 2/3 wide bucket racing (in my opinion) in some spots with not enough run off especially into the reducing sweeper/180 corner.

Frequent racing has certainly helped my confidence on the bike but I'm still struggling to correct my retarded riding style (ass too far off, not enough lean, disjointed movements). Hopefully with Mt Wellington this weekend, I can carry this confidence into a better laptime.

Here's a few photos I shot on my phone of the track before we all got out there.

CLICK HERE FOR ALBUM (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157644767733783/)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5496/14211570395_30d61d219e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nDQ1KM)

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2930/14024848429_62c94068d4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nnk1Px)

mr bucketracer

20th May 2014, 12:39

how long is the track?

Henk

20th May 2014, 19:11

how long is the track?

562m she's quite narrow though. Loved it

chrisc

20th May 2014, 20:23

How long is Mt Wellness?

Sure is quite narrow at times, a fun challenge when passing though!

Pumba

20th May 2014, 20:38

How long is Mt Wellness?

650m rings a bell

chrisc

21st May 2014, 13:35

Surely Mt Well isn't longer than Edgecumbe!

Henk

21st May 2014, 19:00

Should be track length on one of the notice boards in the club rooms. Have a look on Sunday and let us know :)

ac3_snow

21st May 2014, 22:23

I was going to say 400 - something but I would have been wrong.

550m

http://www.mylaps.com/en/events/1012834

chrisc

21st May 2014, 22:39

I was going to say 400 - something but I would have been wrong.

550m

http://www.mylaps.com/en/events/1012834

Ah there it is! I knew Mt Wellness had to be shorter. Ken the farmer and I were doing approximately 33.9s laps. I can't say for sure as my timer wasn't picking up the laps properly.

chrisc

25th May 2014, 20:19

Bloody good weekend of racing that was! Roys hill, gap weekend, Taupo, Edgecumbe, Mt Welly. What a good run of racing weekends, I'm definitely feeling better on my bike after all of it too. I think riding on Taupo track 2 has probably helped the most. Lets get back there soon!

I had a good battle with Steve booth (one a piece) in the points races and an even better pair of duals with Henk in the Dominic Howe trophy races. I ended up with a 3rd and a 2nd. My body aches.
I managed to drop half a second off my best time around Mt Welly too which I'm pretty damn stoked about. PB now 30.751.

Quick note here, the top four riders on the grid today (although with mixed results) were: Nathaniel (2t), Rick (2t), Gary (2t), Kel (2t).

Here's a bunch of photos, thanks to the old boy for shooting again, always appreciated.

CLICK HERE FOR ALBUM (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157644819162024/)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3711/14284160093_19cd73a193_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nLf49i)

Nathaniel once again took away the win for every race today. Good racing sir!
NOTE - 4 2 strokes all at the pointy end

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3763/14077424867_6a4a964522_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nrYtXR)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5159/14263604434_0be8a69f29_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nJqGEo)

What are you doing in the grass there Kel? :Pokey:

chrisc

25th May 2014, 20:37

This photo cracks me up. "miniature road racing", we all look so tiny next to a massive Will Ford.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3792/14284155163_1312655508_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nLf2Fi)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5487/14263638444_fb9936da1a_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nJqSLL)

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2897/14263572064_fe8bc44a6f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nJqx3h)

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/14264019525_8c540f2941_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nJsQ48)

fixer

17th June 2014, 12:15

I was going to say 400 - something but I would have been wrong.

550m

http://www.mylaps.com/en/events/1012834

I think the 550m on the wall in the clubrooms is wrong. The kart club use 495m in their timing system for average speed calculations. Tim

mr bucketracer

17th June 2014, 15:34

This photo cracks me up. "miniature road racing", we all look so tiny next to a massive Will Ford.

Fee fi fo fum i smell the smell of some small bucket racers lol

jibberwobble

20th June 2014, 08:15

This photo cracks me up. "miniature road racing", we all look so tiny next to a massive Will Ford.

Excellent quality photo's again :banana:

chrisc

8th July 2014, 20:53

Thanks Jibber^

Last weekend was a pretty damn interesting first round of the AMCC Auckland series!

Aaron Hassan was riding the Morgan RSFXR and set a new anti-clockwise lap record of 28.806! however was having trouble staying on his stead and came off a few times. He DNF the prelim, placed 9th in race one and 3rd in race two.

Tim was battling fiercely with Nathaniel on his Aprilia RS50 in F5, it was a brilliant race! Tim came through in first in the prelim, and got two second places in the races not without making Nathaniel work hard for it. Nathaniel doing 30.4s laps and Tim doing 30.8s laps on 50cc bikes is just, well, stupid! I got some of the race on video from my iphone which I'll put up sometime soon.

Kamil, Rob and Darren made up the rest of the F5 field and swapped places about a million times. Rob had the edge in power but couldn't hold em back. Great racing!

Steve Booth, Henk, Will, Kamil and I had a solid tussle in F4 A grade. I improved the whole weekend setting a PB in practice on Saturday and then dropping it again in the racing on Sunday, being 30.708. That's the first time I was able to post consistent 30s laps and I'm stoked. Whilst I didn't post the fastest times during the races, I tried to be as consistent as I can and hold any lead I could get in the start. I finished 4th in the prelim with Henk right on me finishing 0.4s behind. In the first points race I again got in front of Henk and managed to hold him off the whole race with him and Steve finishing within 0.9s of me in 3rd! My best result helped by Aaron and Gary crashing out. The last race I placed 6th with everyone staying on their bikes and Steve somehow passing around the outside of us into turn one of the race. Tip of the hat for that one! Again I annoyed Henk by not letting him through and finished with a massive smile on my face.

CLICK HERE FOR A FEW MORE IPHONE PHOTOS (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157645162085140/)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3839/14416520510_6edcf98532_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nXWrhs)

The race to watch!

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2904/14416763667_5027c5b787_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nXXFyP)

Cully had his bucket sidecar project on display for all to oogle over. Very impressed Cully, we all can't wait to see how it turns out!

koba

9th July 2014, 18:24

Liking the sound of how it's going up there.
2 hour is in November, yeah?

chrisc

9th July 2014, 18:32

Liking the sound of how it's going up there.
2 hour is in November, yeah?

22th-23th November Bucket 2 hour says the AMCC site although I think this may have been moved a week. Can someone confirm?

Henk

9th July 2014, 19:21

22th-23th November Bucket 2 hour says the AMCC site although I think this may have been moved a week. Can someone confirm?

Pretty sure that is the weekend that it has been moved to.

Pumba

9th July 2014, 20:32

Cully had his bucket sidecar project on display for all to oogle over. Very impressed Cully, we all can't wait to see how it turns out!

That thing looks huge, and I am hoping heavy.

Henk

9th July 2014, 20:38

That thing looks huge, and I am hoping heavy.

When are we going to see your lump of heavy and sharp again?
Might have to steal your engine at some stage once we work out how to put an FXR in the hub Center frame.

Pumba

9th July 2014, 20:47

Well doesn't look like my Big Wednesday ticket did any good tonight so when my wife finds a job that actually pays.

If you want the engine it is here just yell and we can sort something.

Henk

9th July 2014, 21:07

Well doesn't look like my Big Wednesday ticket did any good tonight so when my wife finds a job that actually pays.

If you want the engine it is here just yell and we can sort something.

No hurry, we have an engine to fit up, the one you have is the only one I have that still has the Leccy start fitted though.
Like I said no hurry.

chrisc

13th July 2014, 18:16

Put in a bunch of time on the FXR this weekend replacing crap and maintaining it. I figure it's a good start having a well functioning bike if I want to knock 0.7s off my Mt Welly times.

I made some new sliders for my bike and Denis' bike
Got rid of the annoyingly massive sliders from my foot pegs and heat shrinked the ends with some heavy duty mains shrink
Drilled and lock wired all the right places
Serviced the brake master cylinder with the parts I got from Tim, thanks bud
Gave the engine a once over to check everything is together properly

I still need to replace the rear tire, fork oil, and finish off the brakes but it's looking good so far. The exhaust will be the next port of call to try bring up some of that power I know is hidden in there.

chrisc

22nd July 2014, 21:59

The FXR now has a new braided brake line, a serviced master cylinder and new high grade brake fluid. They feel awesome in comparison. The pads still look like they have a good amount of meat on them and the disk isn't warped or worn badly which is always a plus.

I have the front end to pieces and the forks out. It'll likely be the first time it has ever had the fluid replaced :facepalm:
I bought some Spectro SAE 10 brake fluid for them but I'm wondering if I was better with some 15 weight oil. I've found going anti-clock at Mt Welly (and probably other circuits too) the forks are bottoming out in two corners. I think if they're still doing so after this service I'll try some 15 weight oil.

As a reference, the Suzuki manual says 10 weight oil and 219ml.

Anyone care to share their experiences with FXR forks?

F5 Dave

23rd July 2014, 04:51

10 weight brake fluid? !??

Thicker oil is good until you have to move the shaft quickly like over stutter bumps. Oh dear.

Drew

23rd July 2014, 05:47

Fork oil weight is a good stop gap for damper rod forks, but you mustn't forget that any gains you make on compression damping are matched on the rebound action.

So get the thing to stop bottoming out with golden syrup, and the forks won't extend again at a speed which keeps the tyre holding the road.

The technology is very limited. But you can braise the holes up on the compression circuit of the damper rods, and drill them smaller to effect one and not the other. It's trial and error method to get that right, but it works.

Emulators are cheap enough to buy, but if you can find someone who already has some they are even cheaper to replicate on a lathe. They're dead simple.

On a side note. If the fork oil has never been done, what are the chances that the shock oil has? Nill. It's just as important, and the fluid in the shock gets a much harder time than that in the forks. It should be replaced regularly but is mostly not something that people can do at home, so it gets forgotten.

10bikekid

23rd July 2014, 07:05

Between far to many other interests/passions, I'm a photographer and was part time freelancing for some years before becoming a desk jockey. I've been running my motoring blog based (http://www.beeoneoneoh.com) around my Datsun 1200 and drifting for 4 years now but slowly it's been moving into motorcycles over the last two years as I become more and more obsessed. I prefer to race but I take my camera everywhere I go. I'll post some photos where I can from the events I attend.

Note all these images are all hosted on my own server, not on kiwibiker.

Feel free to use the images for personal use but I retain all copyrights. I ask nothing in return except a link back to my blog www.beeoneoneoh.com if you do post them around. Thanks!

In anticipation of this months racing on Sunday - I'm frothing to ride again :banana: - here are some photos from the April 2012 Mt Wellington meet. One or two of these my dad Simon took (old motorsport photog from back in the day).

Hi Chris

Looks like you guys are having fun but I couldn't see the Datsun 1200 stuff ?

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chrisc

23rd July 2014, 22:17

On a side note. If the fork oil has never been done, what are the chances that the shock oil has? Nill. It's just as important, and the fluid in the shock gets a much harder time than that in the forks. It should be replaced regularly but is mostly not something that people can do at home, so it gets forgotten.

I thought the shock was a sealed unit. I will definitely look into that. The tread on the streetattack I'm running on the rear of my FXR is telling me the rebound is far too slow too.

chrisc

23rd July 2014, 22:25

Hi Chris
Looks like you guys are having fun but I couldn't see the Datsun 1200 stuff ?

Yeah the domain was lost when I stopped updating after years of running it. The wordpress site is still up at www.beeoneoneoh.wordpress.com
If you google beeoneoneoh you'll find lots of photos of mine and of my old Datsun 1200 truck. I did all the work on it myself and swapped an SR20DE engine (Nissan Silvia 2 litre non-turbo engine for those not into cars) into it. I drifted it a pretty good amount, it was crazy fun.

http://christophercain.cc/b/d/sunnytruck/rwb1a.jpg

http://christophercain.cc/b/d/sunnytruck/rwb1ab.jpg

F5 Dave

24th July 2014, 01:30

Shock will be sealed. We used to drill and braze a schrader valve on the bottom and refill with oil.

Drew

24th July 2014, 05:32

I thought the shock was a sealed unit. I will definitely look into that. The tread on the streetattack I'm running on the rear of my FXR is telling me the rebound is far too slow too.I'd be fitting something else were I you, but I understand that options are limited on an FXR unless you get all engineer on it's arse.

So Dave's solution might be the best.

F5 Dave

24th July 2014, 10:43

its certainly not the best, its just better to have new oil frothing than old oil frothing.

Drew

24th July 2014, 20:05

its certainly not the best, its just better to have new oil frothing than old oil frothing.

I'm a massive advocate of suspension fluid being changed more regularly than engine oil. But it won't make up for substandard equipment.

Hasn't Robert speced a shock for the FXR?

10bikekid

24th July 2014, 20:30

Yeah the domain was lost when I stopped updating after years of running it. The wordpress site is still up at www.beeoneoneoh.wordpress.com
If you google beeoneoneoh you'll find lots of photos of mine and of my old Datsun 1200 truck. I did all the work on it myself and swapped an SR20DE engine (Nissan Silvia 2 litre non-turbo engine for those not into cars) into it. I drifted it a pretty good amount, it was crazy fun.

http://christophercain.cc/b/d/sunnytruck/rwb1a.jpg

Nice, will check it out.

BTW you didn't sell it right, if you had said hey guys look at this cool bucket racer transporting they would have all gushed with comments :yes: :shifty:

F5 Dave

24th July 2014, 20:40

I'm a massive advocate of suspension fluid being changed more regularly than engine oil. But it won't make up for substandard equipment.

Hasn't Robert speced a shock for the FXR?
No idea I don't have an fxr but I can't imagine anyone paying the same amount as the whole bike for a shock.

just another reason why I went the RS route as it had a rebuildable shock.

the other smart option for Auckland crew would be to talk the Chris Picket and get him to shorten an MX shock.

Pumba

24th July 2014, 21:58

Hasn't Robert speced a shock for the FXR?

Yep he does. There is a thread (read shit fight) on here if anyone wants details. It is probably need an oil change to get the best out of it.

Bert

25th July 2014, 18:17

A little while ago Scotty came up with a solution, direct mounting on the swingarm and new top mount. See attached photo. Shock was a modified DMN, but struggling to find them now. Shame as they had lots of adjustment (preload, damping high and low)....

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=277856&d=1359945387

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=277857&d=1359945522

Currently he is working on a linkage system (NX4 spec) with simple modifications to swingarm and bottom engine mount. Longer shocks are much easier to find.

mr bucketracer

25th July 2014, 19:54

i'm about to do a full fxr set up for a top rider to put it through a good hard test

chrisc

27th July 2014, 18:29

Drew

27th July 2014, 18:41

Looks good Scott!

So the front end is back together. The oil that came out of those forks looked like sewerage!
200ml came out of each fork leg when I emptied them and I put 220ml back in based on this FXR150 manual I found on FXR150.co.nz:
299561299562
The front does feel better, as do the brakes. After a few laps of the driveway, it was still fairly easy to bottom out the front, or at least put it onto the hard last resort spring. There's racing at Mt Wellington next weekend so I'll do some laps and feel the bike out.

Is adding fork oil in 10ml increments a reasonable amount for experimenting?

Bad news old bean. Quantity is not the ideal way to set the level.

Spring out, fork fully compressed the oil level should be about 120mm from the top lip. Then to get them to stop bottoming add oil decrease the air gap 5mm at a time.

Do it by volume and you will find one comes up on hydraulic lock before the other. Tends to be less than an ideal.

chrisc

27th July 2014, 18:48

Bad news old bean. Quantity is not the ideal way to set the level.

Spring out, fork fully compressed the oil level should be about 120mm from the top lip. Then to get them to stop bottoming add oil decrease the air gap 5mm at a time.

Do it by volume and you will find one comes up on hydraulic lock before the other. Tends to be less than an ideal.

Thanks Drew. I clearly missed that point which is so obviously in that manual extract. Will measure up and go from there.

Drew

27th July 2014, 18:59

Thanks Drew. I clearly missed that point which is so obviously in that manual extract. Will measure up and go from there.

Manual reckons 138mm. Seems a bit low to me, I almost always start at 120. But there's no harm starting lower.

Henk

27th July 2014, 20:15

Manual reckons 138mm. Seems a bit low to me, I almost always start at 120. But there's no harm starting lower.

I think I use about 125

chrisc

27th July 2014, 20:58

Henk

27th July 2014, 21:46

Nope.

Ten things

richban

28th July 2014, 11:52

Cheers Henk. Yah know how I asked you to put the cable for on your forks so I can see how much travel you were using at my welly? I noticed it was way up the forks too. Have you done anything besides oil level on your front end?

Hey Chris. How much sag is in the front? No rider on board. On my FXR I ran around 27mm. Almost 40mm when crouched on it.

Drew

28th July 2014, 13:22

Hey Chris. How much sag is in the front? No rider on board. On my FXR I ran around 27mm. Almost 40mm when crouched on it.

Static at 27 is a lot, but 13 for rider is about right. What weight spring were you using. Any chance you have those numbers transposed? 13 then 40 seems more what I would expect.

richban

28th July 2014, 14:09

Static at 27 is a lot, but 13 for rider is about right. What weight spring were you using. Any chance you have those numbers transposed? 13 then 40 seems more what I would expect.

Never new the spring rate. The front rubber was always looking great on that bike. I have set up the 300 similar. RT checked it out last meeting and was happy it was all good. 25mm static is quite standard I would have thought. Also I figured keeping the fork lower in the stroke of them shitty forks was a good idea. There is not much damping at the up end of the stroke. They are stone age after all.

kel

28th July 2014, 17:07

So the front end is back together. The oil that came out of those forks looked like sewerage!
200ml came out of each fork leg when I emptied them and I put 220ml back in based on this FXR150 manual I found on FXR150.co.nz:

Forks were completely stripped, cleaned and re-oiled about 3 meets before you bought the bike. Front worked shit hot, used to slide a lot but you could pull it back out. Was the rear end that gave me problems. I also supplied you a manual.

chrisc

28th July 2014, 22:35

Hey Chris. How much sag is in the front? No rider on board. On my FXR I ran around 27mm. Almost 40mm when crouched on it.

Will measure this week when I'm not working late. Thanks for the figures.

Forks were completely stripped, cleaned and re-oiled about 3 meets before you bought the bike. Front worked shit hot, used to slide a lot but you could pull it back out. Was the rear end that gave me problems. I also supplied you a manual.

The manual I got with the bike said the forks only took 101.5ml in each fork. Unsure how that worked, maybe different years? Keep in mind that was some time ago now and the bike has done a crap load of riding since, gotta keep it all serviced. What weight oil did you use in the front Kel?

The street attack I have on the rear is raised up on the leading edge of the tread which I read indicates that rebound is too slow. I have a spare rear shock with me that I might also swap in as a second tester. I doubt that's going to help much but you can only conclude on that after trying.

Got a fork oil gauge today so will measure it out properly and do some testing on Saturday. Hopefully I'm not too hung over.

mr bucketracer

29th July 2014, 07:43

on my fxr i never touched the forks from new 1997 :laugh:

chrisc

4th August 2014, 22:39

Pretty wet on the weekend huh!

Album HERE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157645753045887/)

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2931/14825780872_27e388f0a8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oA718A)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5564/14639477640_b78ab04064_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oiD9EU)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3837/14639562018_e369c459b6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oiDzKG)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3898/14825785272_c56a5a1157_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oA72rs)

F5 Dave

5th August 2014, 16:44

that shot of Nathanial is brilliant but a shame the puddle wasn't further in view to capture 'is 'ead

chrisc

17th August 2014, 15:53

Hey all

I just got a bunch of photos up from the 2013 Roys Hill North Island meeting. Oldies, but damn goodies.

Check out the album HERE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157646486900525/) and other albums HERE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/)

Some winners:
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5566/14920554651_4050ee6dc1_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oJtK5g)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5575/14923320542_080328e78f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oJHVh3)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3878/14736967789_54d3490898_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/osfP6x)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/14737032507_3d6a1253c5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/osg9kn)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5594/14920603921_62e3decda0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oJtZHK)

mr bucketracer

20th August 2014, 12:03

great pics

chrisc

31st August 2014, 14:54

So the old boy and I drove to wellington and back yesterday. 1,450 kms which is about the distance between Auckland and Dunedin.
We did so to pick up this thing!

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3868/14902425508_8efb849e1b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oGSPUQ)

Those of you who have met me know that I'm a pretty scrawny dude so naturally it fits me pretty well. It's an ex moto academy bike (bet you didn't guess that ha) and I'm incredibly stoked to have it. Racing one of these things has always been the focus of my direction and despite my little experience on a full track and with 2 strokes, I couldn't pass up this pretty good price. I'm going to continue to ride my FXR, probably on the big tracks along side this too, so that I can get as much experience as I can.

I'm new to this so any advice, no matter how minor, is always greatly appreciated. Thankfully I know there is a tonne of experience even just in Auckland for which I can turn to for advice so I'm pretty excited to be in the deep end.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3888/14902316319_8a7b2d6f04_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oGSgsg)

Rob seems just about as excited as I am so I'll get some avgas, oil and run her up on the dyno to check everything is running as expected.
It's certainly not perfect but it's a bloody NX4! I'm stoked.

mr bucketracer

31st August 2014, 15:07

just look after my wheels (-;

Bert

31st August 2014, 15:33

Choice.

First bit of advice, give it a birthday.
Piston & rings and seals at a minimum.
And keep an eye out for a HRC det kit if it hasn't got one already.

chrisc

31st August 2014, 15:39

just look after my wheels (-;

I measured them and yeah they're 2.5" front and 3.5" rear. I'll likely look into getting a pair of straight 6 spoke NX4 wheels they can from the factory with. Might consider selling the front. You have enough RS bits to last you a lifetime anyway you whore-der.

Anyone have a clue what type of rear wheel that is?

Choice.
First bit of advice, give it a birthday.
Piston & rings and seals at a minimum.
And keep an eye out for a HRC det kit if it hasn't got one already.

Good advice there for sure. Will have a trawl for a det kit online.
I know there are a number of websites that supply RS parts and there are some key people in NZ like Keith at Race Supplies which supply parts. Pretty happy they NX4 parts are still pretty available.

chrisc

31st August 2014, 15:44

I was lucky enough to make contact with one of the key engineers at Griffiths Performance Racing and thankfully he was nice enough to give me a tour of the racing division factory. The RS125 pipe I was dropping off probably didn't hurt. Bribery will get you everywhere (ask the politicians).

Scott, I'm pretty blown away by the number of bikes/projects you have on the go. Cheers for letting me have a peak at your work, it's certainly inspiring. I'd very much like to build my own frames one day and the work you boys are doing definitely keeps the enthusiasm up.

No photographs are aloud to be taken in the factory due to the highly classified nature of the development in the highly competitive F4 class. So yeah, sorry no photographs of the pristinely clean and organised work space. You'll have to bribe Scott yourself for entry to that theme park.

Hope you didn't burn down the property when I left Kerry haha

Bert

31st August 2014, 15:44

I measured them and yeah they're 2.5" front and 3.5" rear. I'll likely look into getting a pair of straight 6 spoke NX4 wheels they can from the factory with. Might consider selling the front. You have enough RS bits to last you a lifetime anyway you whore-der.

Anyone have a clue what type of rear wheel that is?

300436

Like one of these??

I think the rear is the later model.
Steveb managed to get lots of bits out of the states (might be a good idea to have a chat to him about the bike as well)...

chrisc

31st August 2014, 15:46

Bert

31st August 2014, 15:57

Yeah those are the ones, the factory NX4 wheels. The rear on my RS isn't one of those though, it's spokes are curvy.
Can you please weigh it for me Bert, I'd like to compare with this Techno front of mine.

About 3.8 with disk. But scales are shit (too heavy for wife's kitchen scales and too lite for bathroom scales)...

If the rear is slotted at the back of the spokes then my pick is marvic.

And I do have it's matching NX4 rear....

I was lucky enough to make contact with one of the key engineers at Griffiths Performance Racing and thankfully he was nice enough to give me a tour of the racing division factory. The RS125 pipe I was dropping off probably didn't hurt. Bribery will get you everywhere (ask the politicians).

Scott, I'm pretty blown away by the number of bikes/projects you have on the go. Cheers for letting me have a peak at your work, it's certainly inspiring. I'd very much like to build my own frames one day and the work you boys are doing definitely keeps the enthusiasm up.

No photographs are aloud to be taken in the factory due to the highly classified nature of the development in the highly competitive F4 class. So yeah, sorry no photographs of the pristinely clean and organised work space. You'll have to bribe Scott yourself for entry to that theme park.

Hope you didn't burn down the property when I left Kerry haha

:killingme:killingme:killingme:rofl:

chrisc

31st August 2014, 16:02

About 3.8 with disk.
If the rear is slotted at the back of the spokes then my pick is marvic.

No slot at the back, rounded spokes both sides.

EDIT: Google knows all. Appear to be Technomagnesios as below:

http://2stroker.createforumhosting.com/tecnomagnesio-wheels-honda-rs125-t6222.html

http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/TeeZed/RSWheels002-1.jpg

nsrpaul

31st August 2014, 18:06

Talk to Steve yb for advice if ya can
Keep the rims, light is good
Give the motor a birthday unless you know when everything was last done, replacing parts like pistons and cranks on time is crucial on a rs
Have a blast

Drew

31st August 2014, 18:23

Talk to Steveyb
I thought he bought it from Bagshaw.

chrisc

31st August 2014, 18:24

I thought he bought it from Bagshaw.

A guy named Ben in Wellington owned it previously who bought it from Steve.

Farmaken

31st August 2014, 18:54

Nice work Chris, should be a whole heap of fun !!
Summer series ???

kel

31st August 2014, 20:39

:love: I reckon you put the motor in storage and we shoe horn in one of my spare KE motors

Bert

31st August 2014, 21:35

:love: I reckon you put the motor in storage and we shoe horn in one of my spare ke motors

no.................

chrisc

3rd September 2014, 13:45

Nice work Chris, should be a whole heap of fun !!
Summer series ???

Will see how I go but yeah I hope to be out there on it as soon as I can!

:love: I reckon you put the motor in storage and we shoe horn in one of my spare KE motors

Haha or you could just let me ride your NF4 since you don't seem to be utilising the beast!

chrisc

4th September 2014, 20:53

Have been speaking to Steve (who I think posts on KB?) about the RS125 and man is he a resource, and clearly incredibly enthusiastic about these bikes! Thanks Steve if you read this!

The bike had stuff all use when the last owner had it and was serviced recently before being sold. Pretty happy to hear that.
In photos I posted previously the fairings weren't fitted up properly which I did today, they certainly are big fairings.

I found the local heli pad sells avgas which is great news for me being on the shore, Ardmore is forever away.

mr bucketracer

5th September 2014, 08:11

chrisc

5th September 2014, 12:15

regan said he would make you some new fairings for your wide ones . up to you (-;

Ooooohhhh, tempting. I prefer, "big boy fairings". Will message steamroller now, pretty keen on some regardless.

huskymike

7th September 2014, 17:28

300688

My RGM100 is alive again.

mr bucketracer

7th September 2014, 18:48

300688

My RGM100 is alive again.looking mint

Bert

7th September 2014, 19:00

300688

My RGM100 is alive again.

Nice conversion Mike.

Good to see it out during the North Islands this summer

TZ350

8th September 2014, 21:39

.

Great, another fast 2T ... :niceone:

chrisc

8th September 2014, 22:34

Two years since I started racing buckets this month. How time has flown. So stoked on racing still! Cheers to the old boy for shooting, he's getting pretty good huh, just needs to learn to process the things now :Pokey:

Here's the album from the weekend and round 3 of the AMCC bucket series.
CLICK HERE FOR ALBUM (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157647372063815/)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3909/14990469488_23ca73437b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oQE5ju)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5561/15174157191_78ac0554f0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p7TwgR)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3882/15177195865_eff520f0da_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p8a6yM)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3896/15176811702_50f8949f7f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p888nh)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3905/14990617678_bfcd5a17d2_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oQEQnu)

seymour14

9th September 2014, 07:15

I see during the off season that some sidecars have been on a diet of steroids...

Great pics!

fixer

9th September 2014, 09:41

Thanks Chris. Your father has taken some great photos! That's a brilliant shot of the sidecars. And it's great to see a good shot of the B-Grade boys battling it out. And it was a work of creative genius to capture Cully and Rob traveling at high speed through the Horseshoe! :-)

Pumba

9th September 2014, 09:54

koba

13th September 2014, 09:37

300688

My RGM100 is alive again.

Choice!

What's the frame?

chrisc

14th September 2014, 11:21

I pulled the clutch off and cleaned up the plates before getting some fresh gearbox oil in there because the clutch wasn't properly disengaging.
Some fresh avgas and Elf oil (thanks big daz) and she runs! After warming up and the choke off the smoke cleared and it seemed to run pretty nicely. The clutch disengages as expected now. Some 2004+ style fairings are on order and I made a mounting bracket for the brake master cylinder (there was none).

Getting excited! :headbang:

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huskymike

15th September 2014, 20:40

Choice!

What's the frame?

the chassis is an rm 85

koba

15th September 2014, 21:25

the chassis is an rm 85

Cool, I'll be interested to see how that goes, I think it should be pretty damn good.

koba

15th September 2014, 21:30

chrisc

18th September 2014, 21:59

I spent a few hours at the house of speed (savoured youth) this evening, praying to the gods of two strokes and hatching plans for world bucket domination with the professor. Thanks mate, always hugely appreciated. Well Cully guessed it, at 40 rwhp, I'm pretty happy. We couldn't get a proper ignition feed for the RPM so the graph below is speed over power which I realise has some what limited use. It may have something to do with it running total loss?

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3926/15276353165_9d8f6e73f0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pgVizp)

I rode it around the house of savoured youth carpark and damn I'm excited to get it on the track! :ar15:

Shut it off at 13,000 rpm in top gear at 183km.
For reference, it's on 30:1 Elf, avgas, has a powerjet carb, factory pipe and a VHM head.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3835/15089800307_fb8cc9a0a4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oZraUP)

I also had my FXR with me to try a pipe i slapped together. It's a mega with a muffler built into the end and sounds quite nice.
To be honest I was expecting quite a large change in the power curve (a round curve) and for the long bell mouth I have on the end to not work so well.
That did not turn out to be true, however a hole in the power curve from the other exhaust was substantially filled in. A shorter bell mouth made things worse and an even LONGER bellmouth further improved the power curve without increasing peak power.

A few different main jets (smaller and bigger) were tried with both instances destroying the power curve. :weird:

Blue line is the crap hole pipe I had on it with the long bellmouth.
Red line is the better pipe with the extra long bellmouth.

That should make at least a noticeable improvement around the tight kart tracks we race on.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3852/15089786228_920a546366_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oZr6J5)

chrisc

18th September 2014, 22:14

300688

My RGM100 is alive again.

Shit yeah Mike! Keen to see this out there

chrisc

16th October 2014, 08:24

Photos from Mt Wellington last weekend. Pit photos and processing by myself, others by Simon.
Damn A grade is fierce nowadays!
Enjoy

CLICK HERE FOR ALBUM (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157648693182906/)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3950/14912855624_9b6a5ac839_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oHNhqq)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5614/14913408663_09845b8c6d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oHR7Pz)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5604/15347947580_3a4e11a603_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/poff6S)

I got a ride on Cully's/Av's GPRS125 to check if it was still leaking gearbox oil and damn that was fun. Super motivated to get mine done now it's a bloody rocket.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5600/15347549327_a8788bbccd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/podcHr)

mr bucketracer

16th October 2014, 11:14

chrisc

20th October 2014, 09:03

Holy crap that was fun! First time on a bike at Hampton Downs, first time racing a proper GP bike. The incredible lightness and brakes had me grinning all day and the ability to carry proper corner speed had me reaching for the bravery pills. It's a pity the tires were far worse than I thought and really just needed the bin. I've ordered some more this morning and hopefully be able to get out to Taupo for a testing day on Wednesday.

I did a painfully slow 1m 30s lap in practice/qualifying whilst trying to get used to the track and the bike. In race one I improved a stack with a 1:24:4 and in the last race had a best of 1:24:3. I finally figured out the proper gearing to use and where to carry more speed to keep in the pipe. I had set some basic braking markers early on then after talking with Rick I pushed these back and thought a bit harder on some of my lines. Whilst I couldn't drastically improve from the 1:24 in race 3, I was feeling much more confident and am looking forward to some new tires. The last lap of the last race the stinger and muffler cracked and kinda fell off, deafening the crowd. I suppose I should have had a muffler mount/hanger huh :rolleyes:

I need to find another 7 seconds to be getting anywhere but that will come with a butt load of track time. I got put at the back of the superlite class and I was the only 125 GP bike there! A bit disappointed really but that's to be expected. The thing certainly got a lot of attention by the onlookers.

Thanks Rick for the pointers, I look forward to progressing. Super stoked on this bike!

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3941/15390318799_9faaf985b0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/prZpA8)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3937/15390276039_e33403cf46_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/prZbST)

chrisc

20th October 2014, 21:54

Photos are up from the AMCC Round one yesterday. Mainly superbike/supersport and superlite classes. Cheers Simon.

CLICK HERE FOR ALBUM (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157646533208344/)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3940/15578915801_f5801b985d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pJE1Uz)

hahahaha, uhhhh, "clubmans"

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5600/15578948081_00979b6d4f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pJEbv8)

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richban

21st October 2014, 11:15

I need to find another 7 seconds to be getting anywhere but that will come with a butt load of track time. I got put at the back of the superlite class and I was the only 125 GP bike there! A bit disappointed really but that's to be expected. The thing certainly got a lot of attention by the onlookers.

Thanks Rick for the pointers, I look forward to progressing. Super stoked on this bike!

You will probably find 2 or 3 of them seconds with good rubber. The rest will be seat time as you say. Its quite tricky to dial into the speed difference. I struggled on my 300 for a while. I still need to man up on twisting the throttle harder. Are you planning on any Tri series rounds?

chrisc

22nd October 2014, 20:05

You will probably find 2 or 3 of them seconds with good rubber. The rest will be seat time as you say. Its quite tricky to dial into the speed difference. I struggled on my 300 for a while. I still need to man up on twisting the throttle harder. Are you planning on any Tri series rounds?

Yeah I hear that! I definitely need to twist the throttle harder.

Yesterday I got some new bridgestone YDCs on the bike, my first set of new slicks. Tasty! Also tigged the chamber back together. Sorted.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5612/15574960706_6245f6a090_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pJiKch)

chrisc

22nd October 2014, 20:16

I drove down to Taupo for the day for a testing and open day the track had put on. Solid day! I'm definitely coming back for a few more of these. $125, a pit garage, and a sausage sizzle for lunch. Plus, open track all day on track one to do any many as your body/bike can handle. I really like the taupo track too so a massive plus for me.

Tiny bike, big garage
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5612/14977907294_b48b1a36ed_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oPxG1W)

The day went very well, I'm stoked. The bike felt great on the new tires once I got some heat into them and the sun came out. I put a smaller sprocket on the rear to face the massive full track straight and got 189km/hr on my GPS lap timer. I'm pretty confident with more corner speed on the sweeper before it you'd stack another 5ks on that quite easily.

There was about 12 of us there, quite a few older riders and mostly 600s/thous. I got creamed on the straights but passed a few into and around the corners. My best time of the day was a 1.51.3s which I was a bit bummed on. The only hickup I had was the ball on the clutch cable broke at around 2pm. The lap before the break was my best time and I know I didn't quite tidy it up like I was working towards. Theoretical best time of the day was a 1.50 flat based on the GPS sectors but I'm pretty confident I'd get that under 50s if I did more laps. Like Richban said before, I need to start hammering that throttle more and reach for the man pills on some of the faster corners.

Stoked as hell. Can't wait for the next one! Will probably get a new top end into it before then though.

huskymike

28th October 2014, 19:35

Shit yeah Mike! Keen to see this out there

Im keen as mustard to get it on the track too, but so far im disappointed with how it goes so its in bits again. Im going to miss the first round at toke. Got bigger bikes to race at hampton downs.

chrisc

11th November 2014, 22:47

I put a new Vertex top end into the NX4 tonight and took some photos along the way for my own reference and interests.
Here they are if anyone else is interested.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5615/15762115631_315b81a99e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q1QXQk)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7564/15578573058_374c390f9d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pJCg2d)

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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5616/15144581083_f154100e62_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p5gWjX)

NX4 cylinder next to a Suzuki GP125 cylinder with the RS base gasket laid over it. The B port shrouds have been cut out of this cylinder but otherwise it is stock at this time.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3940/15740285166_b9f55f2ba8_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pYV5p1)

chrisc

17th November 2014, 20:33

A bloody good days racing yesterday at Hampton Downs! I dropped 5 seconds! from my best time from round one to a best of 1 minute 19s.
Clearly I'm feeling a lot more confident on the bike and the fresh tires certainly helped too. I still have a mountain to climb though as I looked up the NZSBK HD races at the beginning of the year and the times were between 1.13 and 1.15.
I'm confident I can improve everywhere and I know where I can make up some big chunks of time to begin with.

Regardless it's a blast riding this thing, I love it!

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7508/15614913140_03cb487dcf_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pMQvEm)

chrisc

25th November 2014, 06:36

What a gruelling day Sunday was! My body still aches :bash:

Congrats to Nathanael and Tim for the win, and to Rick and Henk for the A- trophy. You bastards were just too quick for us... for now...
Karl and I came 5th and did 222 laps which is a good improvement from last year. I'm stoked regardless.

Back to back race meetings for me continue with AMCC R3 this weekend and then Tokoroa the following weekend. I can't wait!

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS OF THE 2 HOUR (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157649429118625/). Cheers Simon

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chrisc

13th December 2014, 18:01

Jesus I love Tokoroa! The weekend went brilliant for me. I dropped 2.4 seconds from the last time I was there for the GP earlier in the year which considering I haven't really done anything to the bike I'm pretty happy with! Rod kept me honest though and it was one a piece between him and I until he had to stop racing for fear of killing his Derbi. I got in front of 'Ken the no longer farmer' a few times but the whiley bastard is fast! and he came through shortly after. I'll get you soon enough Ken!

The sun, grassy pit area, back yard cricket, beers, fierce racing, good people and camping really make this event a total favourite of mine. It was well worth bailing on the tri series event for, even if it meant I was racing a FXR/wet paper bag instead of my RS125. A massive thanks to all the rad people who ran the event and to those who turned up to keep challenging me!

The old man really surpassed himself this time, with some of his best shots to date I think. Check the link below for more. Enjoy.

CLICK HERE FOR THE WHOLE ALBUM (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157649326401788/)

p.s. I got some GoPro footage from the racing (notice the 3M nose mount on my bike) that I will process when I get a moment.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7461/15983149056_eda6edb1fd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qmnPns)

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You're really leaning that thing over Bert!

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chrisc

13th December 2014, 18:02

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Bloody good riding Will! I hope you can continue hassling the GPR boys in Rick's footsteps, it was good racing!

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7552/15983261366_419c0bba2e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qmooKQ)

Farmaken

13th December 2014, 18:54

Wow, superb work Simon. Really enjoyed the battles with you Chris, shame you wont be at Taumaranui - and shit that Mk2 Ford is every bit as fast as his dad !!

mr bucketracer

13th December 2014, 19:08

great shots!!! hell bert gets that bike over . whats with that

Pumba

13th December 2014, 20:45

Crap. He already has a race face.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7539/16008397732_53f09537ff_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qoBdVs)

Bert

14th December 2014, 07:06

Wow, superb work Simon. Really enjoyed the battles with you Chris, shame you wont be at Taumaranui - and shit that Mk2 Ford is every bit as fast as his dad !!

I second that. Again some fantasic photos, capturing all the fun.

Mk2 Ford... Someone to watch out for...

great shots!!! hell bert gets that bike over . whats with that
Shame I couldn't handle the pace, great fun had for the first 50% race distance...

TALLIS

14th December 2014, 17:43

great shots!!! hell bert gets that bike over . whats with that

I think bert was really just trying to have a lye down;)
Great pics chris, keep them coming tru the series

Rick 52

20th December 2014, 20:17

Wow, superb work Simon. Really enjoyed the battles with you Chris, shame you wont be at Taumaranui - and shit that Mk2 Ford is every bit as fast as his dad !!

Mk2 Ford haha that is funny
He rode my bike very well and loved every minute :)

chrisc

14th January 2015, 21:33

I missed Taumaranuinuinuinui, and it sucked. I raced quite a lot at the end of 2014 though and I did just spend a bunch of time in the surf in Australia so no complaints.

Anyway, check out the first proper fit of the new RS fairings on this sucker. I can't tell you how excited I am to race again after watching the live web coverage of the nationals!
I wouldn't say that they fit amazing but the 04+ fairings are SO much better looking than the bulky pedrosa fairings that were on it. Time for some vinyl, anyone want to sponsor a hyper enthusiastic racer?

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8652/15657820173_753304b26f_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pRCqqM)

cotswold

15th January 2015, 01:40

koba

15th January 2015, 21:36

PS - anyone want to sponsor a hyper enthusiastic racer? then its here in writing - free blowys for life.

fixed it for you

Tim, your giving free blowy's for life? What does it cost to sponsor you, clearly a better deal than Chris!

cotswold

16th January 2015, 03:18

Tim, your giving free blowy's for life? What does it cost to sponsor you, clearly a better deal than Chris!

I suppose that could have looked like an offer but it would have to be a full factory ex Nieto Garelli to tip that scale

chrisc

17th January 2015, 15:40

I suppose that could have looked like an offer but it would have to be a full factory ex Nieto Garelli to tip that scale

Hahahaha that sounded like an offer to me

Henk

17th January 2015, 18:26

I suppose that could have looked nlike an offer but it would have to be a full factory ex Nieto Garelli to tip that scale

We need to scribble Nieto and garreli on a few bikes with a sharpie next meeting.

rodg

5th March 2015, 16:51

I can't believe dad hasn't got photos of winning son up yet. are you guys being modest?

koba

5th March 2015, 20:20

I can't believe dad hasn't got photos of winning son up yet. are you guys being modest?

Out of town!

chrisc

6th March 2015, 16:01

The old man shoots them and then I spend another day processing them. I've been away from Auckland for work and now don't really have the internet at my new place to upload them:scratch:

Will get there! Nationals tomorrow on the RS, hopefully I won't need these new wets I have. Come watch Tyler and Sam demolish me hahaha

Henk

6th March 2015, 21:30

Might be there Sunday. Want some five way knife fight in a phone box photos.

chrisc

8th March 2015, 19:06

I won my first North Island series race last weekend at Edgecumbe! I'm stoked as anything.
Loads of good battles going down with Rod, Ken and Scott. That track is so damn fun, like a bigger, grippier, more beautiful Mt Wellington.

I tried uploading the video from the last race but the file was too big. No time and internet to process and upload it at the moment but will get there. Travelling around the country with work and racing EVERY weekend sure is tough but damn is it fun. Enjoy!

CLICK HERE FOR ALBUM (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157651237117235/)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7645/16563836909_c10d73d450_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/reFZCZ)

mr bucketracer

10th March 2015, 19:46

great photos chris and dad !

chrisc

16th March 2015, 21:19

Some good bastards turned up on buckets to the NZSBK R4 on the weekend... oh yeah and these hillbillys too. Nice one guys!

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8602/16624567637_f04983686d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rk4fLv)

koba

17th March 2015, 10:42

F5 Dave

17th March 2015, 11:22

Its the bike Dave has been riding for the last 3 rounds inc Taumarunui.

koba

17th March 2015, 13:32

Its the bike Dave has been riding for the last 3 rounds inc Taumarunui.

I lose track of all these hotrods!

Bert

21st March 2015, 12:56

I loose track of all these hotrods!

It's Elbow's new bike (and yes Dave has been playing on it recently).
Regan's old frame, new swingarm (rebuilt from a mangled mess) plus Aprilia RS125 forks.
Kinda effort to replace his old FXR that was stolen.

husaberg

21st March 2015, 17:58

Thought Scott had got new leathers?

mr bucketracer

21st March 2015, 18:30

Thought Scott had got new leathers?he's now to fat to fit them:brick:

Bert

21st March 2015, 18:30

Thought Scott had got new leathers?

He does.... Go figure:oi-grr:

chrisc

24th March 2015, 20:31

New(er) ex RS tyres, an oil change, 'Henk spec' fork oil level, swapped the rear shock (suspect shitter previously in there) and a general going over. It still looks like crap and has terrible low rpm torque but at least it's a slightly polished turd. Looking forward to the GP!

chrisc

29th March 2015, 21:05

Well that was an interesting weekend of racing!
The suspension updates and time on the 125 certainly have helped my riding and in the first practice day I knocked off some time from my PB from December. At the end of Saturday (dry) I had made 0.7 seconds on my PB for a 44.3s lap. Pretty chuffed on this old hog with stuff all torque.

Sunday was a different scenario with it being only my second ever time riding in the rain and on bucket spec wets (ancient, worn and cracked). I felt confident during practice though and set a decent benchmark for myself in 5th. In the second practice another rider crashed in front of me, leading to me crashing into their bike. I think I fractured my foot because it has swollen up like an apple. At the time it wasn't so sore and I continued anyway. In qualifying I tried to follow Nathanael over the hill when he came through and I slipped the front. I only did 5 laps and in qualifying. Two crashes, blast!

In the GP I starting quite far down the grid, I made up some places to fight with Will for 4th. He slipped past me out of the corner onto the straight and we stayed the same short distance from each other for a run of laps. I ended up throwing it down AGAIN when I changed my line into the last corner, damn it. So three crashes, loads learnt, and the bike still goes. Hopefully the foot heals fast!

The rest of the photos will be up soon but here's one for now of Will and I battling.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7620/16776339648_8cebeb1231_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ryt8ij)

chrisc

4th April 2015, 20:37

Hopefully get the full album up this weekend but I thought this was a winner.

Where's Dave's rear wheel? How you didn't bin it here mate, I have no idea.

How'd those cut slicks end up working for you Koba?

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8720/17028050575_9aef82ac75_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rWHdbT)

F5 Dave

5th April 2015, 05:16

Oh yea I'd forgotten about that, ran out of room quicker than I thought.

Mal looks focussed. I look somewhat concerned.

chrisc

5th April 2015, 19:41

Here's some photos from round 3 of the NZSBK at Hampton Downs recently. Always good to see the buckets giving a few a run for their money. Rick did bloody well considering the low power and kart setup!

I was racing on my RS125 and picked up a shit load of time over the weekend. Best time in the last race was a 1.15.5 which is still off the pace by 2 seconds or so but it's a large step in the right direction! That was about 3 seconds faster than the last time I was at Hampton Downs.

CLICK HERE FOR ALBUM (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157651345018539/)

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chrisc

5th April 2015, 20:09

BOOM. Photos are up. Cheers Simon for shooting these wicked photos, it only took me hours to process them all hahaha!

Some wicked ones in there. A shit load of trolley photos!

CLICK HERE FOR ALBUM (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157651214528380/)

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chrisc

5th April 2015, 20:13

Someone please make sure the Welly riders who don't normally make it up this way see these photos. They were asking about them on the day.

CLICK HERE FOR ALBUM (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157651214528380/)

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This^ is John passing Kel in a straight line. :corn:

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Will rode bloody well and kept me honest. I'm just bummed that I binned it before being able to properly mount an attack after he came though. :bash:

mr bucketracer

5th April 2015, 20:54

great pictures chric and simon ! keep up the good work

cotswold

6th April 2015, 07:53

Churs Simon and Chris,
Photo's are great to have from these meetings when you get to my age as you tend to forget what you had for breakfast.

TZ350

6th April 2015, 07:59

when you get to my age you tend to forget what you had for breakfast.

:shit: ... what we have had breakfast???? dammm I forgot.... :facepalm:

Great photos Chris & Simon

chrisc

6th April 2015, 08:44

Simon doesn't post here but he watches the forum and sees all your comments. Brilliant photos indeed, cheers Dad.

Bert

6th April 2015, 09:39

Simon doesn't post here but he watches the forum and sees all your comments. Brilliant photos indeed, cheers Dad.

Great work the both of you (particularly Simon for capturing some amazing photos). It's a really cool resource for future reflection... :nya:
See you guys during the VMCC Series.

koba

7th April 2015, 09:56

How'd those cut slicks end up working for you Koba?

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8720/17028050575_9aef82ac75_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rWHdbT)

Good!
Worth of further investigation I think.
I'd like to test them with a bit more care, a fair comparison.

Seemed to improve straight line breaking grip, no real change mid corner but not tested back-to-back close enough to be really sure.

F5 Dave

7th April 2015, 11:02

I think I'm considering using you as a braking booster in this pic. As I now remember I think I overshot a little & had the rear bounce up the curbing a bit hence the foot off the peg, startled look.

koba

7th April 2015, 14:03

I don't know if it is at this point or another that I can see your front wheel on my helmet cam, it's on the curbing of that corner.

chrisc

21st April 2015, 20:45

Alright ladies, here's some photos from the weekend. There aren't many because I only stuck around for practice, qualifying
Wish I stayed around longer to see the lap record being beaten and the Dave taking on Nathaniel - finally someone has to do it!
It was fun taking photos again, even if I went there to ride :facepalm:

Anyone got a clutch cover I can buy?

CLICK HERE FOR ALBUM
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157652099920135/

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chrisc

30th April 2015, 20:27

I completely forgot I had this! Enjoy watching my first ever F4 win thanks to a lot of attrition. I'll take it.
See 13:50 for the pass on the back markers :ar15:

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chrisc

31st May 2015, 09:42

www.grandprixmachine.com

A while back I started a racing blog based particularly around grand prix racing. In my case this would be the RS125 I'm racing and the lessons learnt from it.

Along the way I post about interesting bikes, videos, photos, tech articles I find. Race reports also go up along with bucket race meetings.

Check it out, tell you mates (they might be in photos on it), and give me a yell if you want to see anything particular.

Cheers!

mr bucketracer

24th June 2015, 12:46

great video chris now i have broadban to watch it

chrisc

24th June 2015, 16:14

great video chris now i have broadban to watch it

Thanks mate. Congratulations, welcome to 2001. Thanks for welding that mount for me by the way.
Feels like I haven't racing in 6 months. Definitely feeling the urge.

mr bucketracer

26th June 2015, 13:02

Thanks mate. Congratulations, welcome to 2001. Thanks for welding that mount for me by the way.
Feels like I haven't racing in 6 months. Definitely feeling the urge.all good lol , yes dose seem forever from the last North round , had some time and have been working on fxr bigend

chrisc

12th July 2015, 12:29

Got my RS125 cylinder back from USA from being replated, very happy with the results.

Click here for more: GPMACHINE (http://www.grandprixmachine.com/blog/2015/7/11/qslwnceej5rixzgbxo1m94s8yhmpqr)

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rodg

3rd September 2015, 16:59

Have you got bike running yet? I'm thinking of shooting down to Taupo for the Moto TT track day on 11 Sept if you're keen? I've got the 450 going and run in, now just need to learn to ride it.

chrisc

4th September 2015, 18:06

Hey Rod, yeah bikes going, rode at Hampton at the last HMCC round. Super rusty.
Stoked your bike is finally going. I'll be in Christchurch racing one of Steve Ward's RS125s at the club rounds that weekend :headbang:

chrisc

13th October 2015, 08:11

Super good weekend of riding for me! Buckets up to lunch time Saturday, 250 2t MX lunch onwards in the waikato. Late night. Buckets all Sunday. And on Rod's TZ125/AM6 bucket no less! Shit what a killer bike that is to ride compared to my diesel. My body is thrashed. AMCC R1 on the RS125 this weekend :headbang::ar15::ar15::ar15: bring it on 650s!

Photo Album click here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/albums/72157659752963095)

Tim's race results post here:

Hi all,

The results of round 4 are now on Mylaps. You can see the full results here: http://www.mylaps.com/en/events/1214128
........

I did a 31.001 and know I wasn't riding as fast as I should in places. Looking forward to the 2 hour!

Nathaniel - RS125 Derbi
Jacob - RS125 Derbi
Will - RS125 TF125
Gary - MB w/ RS wheels/forks
Dave - MB RS Aprilia
Myself/Rod - TZ125 AM6

How's that line up of 2 strokes!^

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TALLIS

13th October 2015, 18:32

Nathaniel - RS125 Derbi
Jacob - RS125 Derbi
Will - RS125 TF125
Gary - MB w/ RS wheels/forks
Dave - MB RS Aprilia
Myself/Rod - TZ125 AM6

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it disgusts me to see you guys using all that gp125 gear! criminal

mr bucketracer

13th October 2015, 18:45

it disgusts me to see you guys using all that gp125 gear! criminalshould be jailed:facepalm:

huskymike

13th October 2015, 19:07

A small change of topic. Does anyone out there have the ecu setting sheet for a 09-11 kxf450 vortex x10 ecu. I brought a s/h unit for my motard but it has no paperwork. vortex in oz are no help

chrisc

13th October 2015, 19:41

it disgusts me to see you guys using all that gp125 gear! criminal

should be jailed:facepalm:

Pot. Kettle. Black.

A small change of topic. Does anyone out there have the ecu setting sheet for a 09-11 kxf450 vortex x10 ecu. I brought a s/h unit for my motard but it has no paperwork. vortex in oz are no help

Wrong thread Mike, won't find many answers here. Best off asking in another thread.

chrisc

13th December 2015, 09:26

Photos are up from round 1. Click here for the full album (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/albums/72157659734847064)

They're mostly from race 3 because that's the only race I didn't do so I could get some photos. Enjoy

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chrisc

22nd February 2016, 17:15

For those who aren't part of the Auckland Bucket Racing facebook page, which is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1623256484603284/

AMCC Club Championship Round 4 - February 2016
Photos are up from the weekends racing. Check them out, share them and show your mates how much you resemble Valentino Rossi. Feel free to download them for personal use and enjoy. I hope you're all ready for the absolute screamer of a weekend that is the bucket GP coming up in March! Cheers to Simon Cain for shooting Sunday, I took photos the Saturday and processed all 1500 of them last night.

On another note, I beat Rod in the second race on his TZ bucket, Will on his RS bucket and Glen on the NX4 RS bucket in both races whilst riding my FXR150. Best time a 29.777. Auckland bucket racing rules!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157664932948085

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chrisc

22nd February 2016, 17:21

A few more. Stoked that Rod and I hung with Nathaniel for so long.

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kel

22nd February 2016, 19:56

whilst riding my FXR150. Best time a 29.777.

Arse biscuits. I want an FXR!

cotswold

23rd February 2016, 02:09

Arse biscuits. I want an FXR!

you should have bought it off the last owner :clap::rolleyes:

mr bucketracer

23rd February 2016, 06:30

you should have bought it off the last owner :clap::rolleyes:heard he was slow on it:lol:

kel

23rd February 2016, 07:29

heard he was slow on it:lol:

I heard ... bugger, to early to think of witty reply :weep:

chrisc

9th May 2016, 16:32

Pretty much stopped updating this thread for the most part.
Either go here: https://www.facebook.com/GrandPrixMachine/
Or here (join up): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1623256484603284/
to see racing content from myself and friends

Click here for photo albums: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/albums

Here's some of the latest videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7d1gHZgXJ0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y9tHzmHo9o

mr bucketracer

9th May 2016, 17:28

do you have any of the Edgecumbe races ? my camera did not work for the first time .thanks

Rick 52

9th May 2016, 21:00

do you have any of the Edgecumbe races ? my camera did not work for the first time .thanks

I have some great footage from Wills bike, I will try to sort it soon.

mr bucketracer

9th May 2016, 21:04

I have some great footage from Wills bike, I will try to sort it soon.cool ,would like to see it

chrisc

3rd June 2016, 19:42

322002

3 RS125, 3 classes, 1 excited boy

goose8

3rd June 2016, 21:28

322002

3 RS125, 3 classes, 1 excited boy
very cool, gonna have to get the cb100 soughted an come play in f5 with you an Nathaniel.

F5 Dave

3rd June 2016, 21:37

Golly, this seems a bit surreal. Seems more emotional than loading it in the van.

cotswold

4th June 2016, 07:45

Golly, this seems a bit surreal. Seems more emotional than loading it in the van.

could be the start of a new dynasty though Dave

chrisc

4th June 2016, 09:47

Golly, this seems a bit surreal. Seems more emotional than loading it in the van.

Thanks again Dave. I'm excited to carry on the history of such a cool little bike.

chrisc

10th June 2016, 16:02

Enjoying having 3 GP bikes in the garage, starting to feel like home after I moved not too long ago.

More here: https://www.facebook.com/GrandPrixMachine/

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richban

10th June 2016, 22:58

Is it possible to setup ram air on a RS125?

FastFred

11th June 2016, 09:54

Whats that bike in the background? Sure it is a RS125 chassis, but the motor on the bench your working on??? .... :scratch:

chrisc

11th June 2016, 18:07

Is it possible to setup ram air on a RS125?
Yeah they run air boxes and have ducting from the front of the bike. Makes a noticeable difference for sure. Mine is picked up from under the nose of the fairing which isn't ideal but others have a letter box in the nose for it.

Whats that bike in the background? Sure it is a RS125 chassis, but the motor on the bench your working on??? .... :scratch:
:rolleyes::ar15: It's the cruise missile. It's getting love, at alternate times between the others!

So I was out at Mt Welly on the RS50 today and hooooolllyyyy shit I'm in love. Pretty happy to do a 31.15 lap clockwise on it first day out. I reckon I did over a hundred laps on the 50 today, massive hype on it. A couple of 30-40 laps sessions had the lower back aching a bit. I only rode my FXR for about 15 laps at the end of the day and hated it hahaha, such a crapper compared :crazy: I'm super surprised how much power 14.5hp feels like but I suppose it's the lack of weight which is doing it. Weighed it at the track today, 69.5kg with fuel, 137.5kg with me in my gear. That'll do it. Massive motivation to get my other NF4 bike going so I can palm off the FXR to my mates whilst I ride 2 of these beauties. :drool:

Henk

11th June 2016, 18:31

You were carrying mad corner speed on the 50 today. Took me two laps to get past on horsepower down the straight.

F5 Dave

11th June 2016, 20:07

You don't know how happy and sad that makes me feel. But I think I am most happy it went to someone like you. It will treat you bad when you have an off day but teach you when you are listening.

Henk

11th June 2016, 21:47

:sweatdrop
You don't know how happy and sad that makes me feel. But I think I am most happy it went to someone like you. It will treat you bad when you have an off day but teach you when you are listening.

He must have been listening today.

chrisc

12th June 2016, 21:37

Got pole position today with a 30.4 underneath Nathanael's 30.8. My first pole and absolutely loving the hell out of this bike! The lap record clockwise is 30.2 and both Nathanael and I ran down at 30.4 on a cold and not particularly grippy track. Gotta be happy with that!

I won the prelim race after an average start, ecstatic. I hashed the start big time on the first points race and placed second holding the same distance to Nathanael the full race. Sitting on the grid for the second points race, it didn't sound particularly healthy, burbling on mid to full throttle from medium rpm. I took the safe option and pulled the pin on the race. I haven't spent any time looking into it yet but didn't sound too serious.

HYPED

F5 Dave

13th June 2016, 13:54

Wow competitive from the outset. Stella effort.

Change the plug clean the pilot jet and check connection to stator. It fell out first day of the gp.

Look at reeds?

chrisc

30th June 2016, 22:48

...and my new girl has a bit of a fat ass... but... I'm into that

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mr bucketracer

1st July 2016, 07:39

looking very nice there chris , bet you can't wait to ride it !

chrisc

1st July 2016, 16:32

looking very nice there chris , bet you can't wait to ride it !

Fizzing! Can't wait to no longer ride a 4 stroke at all! I was upping the idle screw on the carb to try reduce engine braking on the FXR hahaha
125GP bike, GPRS125 F4 bike, RSGPR50 F5 bike. Not to mention all similar/same chassis going to help my riding heaps. I go backwards jumping between them all the time!

TALLIS

1st July 2016, 17:24

I thought It was Dave dispose's garage, my bad lol

Very nice indeed, expediting big things mate

chrisc

9th July 2016, 21:12

Henk

9th July 2016, 22:54

That was great fun, mad corner speed through turn one, I'd love to know what times we were running but I'm too lazy to break out the stopwatch.

F5 Dave

10th July 2016, 07:44

chrisc

11th July 2016, 12:37

Well looks like you've got the hang of it completely. I enjoyed that thanks for posting.

Hardly looks like braking for turn one, I remember that corner waggling the rear, but I was always two year gaps between racing mt wgtn (different directions alternate years) so Iwas a bit ragged.

New ring and muffler repack will release a little more if you haven't done it yet.

Hardly braking!? I feels like I'm braking as late as possible whilst still being able to tip in. A bit of a roll of the dice a few times there. I have to run really wide out of it with the throttle open to keep it in the power so my line isn't really optimal but it doesn't seem like I'm losing any real time here because of it.

New ring and muffler repack coming this/next week.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8679/27930661650_bfb85d9fc1_b.jpg

A few lads from the UK were interested in hearing more about the bike so I shot this for them and gave them a brief run down on it and it's history.

Mixed bag of results over the weekend. Much like the first round. Sigh. Pole position under Nathanael followed by a great start an a win in the prelim race. What a feeling that is! :2thumbsup Nathanael was right on me but couldn't make a pass.

First points race I kooked the start. I pushed as hard as I could and set the fastest lap at 30.208 but eventually crashed tucking the front trying a bold move around the outside of lap traffic. Ah well. Shit. Warm up in second race I mostly spent trying to get back in a rhythm and clear my muddy tyres. Nathanael had just finished an absolute blinder of a race in F4 so was FLYING. Out of the gate he put down the hammer and put enough of a gap between us that I couldn't make up. I learnt from my first race crash and mainly cruised to second place. Man. There is NO room for error. None. The bar is so damn high on this tiny track. I'm loving the challenge.

chrisc

14th July 2016, 11:30

You're right Dave, definitely looks like it was due for new muffler packing.

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It's a pretty nicely made pipe. Where'd you get it? You make it?

F5 Dave

14th July 2016, 17:57

Haha, no my welding is like seagull poo at four paces. An old internet friend from soofaffrika. Header is hydraulically formed.

husaberg

14th July 2016, 17:59

Haha, no my welding is like seagull poo at four paces. An old internet friend from soofaffrika. Header is hydraulically formed.

Its a pretty cool way of mounting the stinger to the baffle cone.

chrisc

14th July 2016, 18:51

Cool. If he makes them to sell, there might be some of them floating around auckland. Can't remember their name.

Oh yeah, I crashed her on the weekend. https://www.facebook.com/GrandPrixMachine/videos/655765821241358/

Husa, the shift light was already set up by Dave run off the ignitech I believe. No idea what it's set to but my gearing isn't quite right for mt welly I don't think. Was abusing the over rev quite a bit hahaha

chrisc

15th August 2016, 13:55

Yesterday, Nathanael and I broke the lap record 5 times as we pushed each other harder and harder around the tricky Mt Wellington circuit on our 50s.
Although I set pole position and improved my starts hugely, it wasn't enough to get him over the line and I took two 2nd places in the races. That's fine though, I'll settle for the lap record - a 29.914 - which would have been good enough for 3rd place in the F4 class. Cheers Nathanael, incredible racing! It's so good for my training to race alongside someone with so much experience!

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mr bucketracer

15th August 2016, 15:24

good racing chris !

F5 Dave

15th August 2016, 23:03

chrisc

18th August 2016, 14:20

You look good on that bike. Makes me realise how I didn't fit it.

Your forks look pretty compressed in that picture considering hand not on brake. But so is Nat's bike. Might be interesting to see where your sag settings are and study other bikes on that corner from your pic archive for relative travel (RS has sod all to start with of course).

Thanks Dave. We're definitely on the same page there. I was pushing the front end pretty heavily in a few corners and had a couple of comments on it from others saying it didn't look as stable as Nathanael's bike. Mind you, I think he's much smoother than I am at the moment. My body positioning was up to shit and I'm probably being a bit too aggressive with the little thing.

I'll post some video up in the next few days. You can see where I was sliding around the place :Punk: I gotta say, I've never felt so confident in a bike whilst it's moving around under me. Definitely would have been on my ass if it was the FXR.

chrisc

18th August 2016, 15:32

Alright racers, who wants to get nerdy up in here?

One of my biggest weaknesses is consistency which isn't something you want as a 2 stroke racer. I've been working on it pretty heavily in the last few months and it also happens that I'm a business analyst by profession. So lets get nerdy and have a better look at how the racing went. I'm still fizzing over the weekends racing with Nathanael, damn it was fun, so here's where my head is at. Yeah I did some decent lap times, but have I improved my consistency at all?

Graph one: the gap progression between ND and myself as I chased him in both races. Race one was tight! Except for the last lap where I tried a hail mary on the last corner and blew out my lap time, we were separated by less than half a second! In lap 8, I ran down to under 0.1 seconds over the line but couldn't make a move. Race two was also bloody close being mostly under half a second but lap traffic in lap 8 put him too far away for me to make a move and I pulled the pin in lap 11 to take points instead of crashing (again).

Graph two of race 2: I'm quick and reasonably consistent but I have a way to go to get to Nathanael's level of consistency. 4 out of 12 laps I put in laps less than 0.1s difference from the lap before which I've gotta be happy with but there were a few moments in there that let me down.

Pretty hyped to be out there racing with so much talent in F4 and F5. It seems like the bar (speed and fun) gets pushed higher every meeting.

Chris

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F5 Dave

18th August 2016, 17:48

I'd like to see your risk analysis strategies and mitigation of the Hail Mary move.

Could be a new paradigm in Bucket racing. We could pick the low hanging fruit , align synergies and create a win-win situation.

We'll touch base later.

chrisc

18th August 2016, 20:59

http://img.memecdn.com/corporate-darth_o_849441.jpg

Your response had too many corporate buzz words and not enough graphs and calculations Dave.

chrisc

23rd August 2016, 19:35

I stuff up a bunch in these couple of laps but it's close racing none the less. Improved significantly in race 2

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chrisc

13th April 2017, 20:35

I thought some of you might be interested in Dave's ol fiddy. I post quite a bit on instagram and my facebook page about my racing if you were interested in this buuuut...

The AMCC were kind enough to give us discounted entry to round 4 at the club circuit on Hampton Downs last Sunday and it was amazingly fun. Waaaaay better than I expected. The 25 deep field definitely made it even more awesomer.

I qualified and did race 1 and 2 on the TZ80 then took the RS50 out for a strop. I ended up getting the 3rd fastest race time of the day on it and a 3rd place in the last race by only 0.021s to Paul Ellis in second!!! CTAS were there doing a bang up job of videoing the races. I think race 4 is worth watching. I'm number 27, the little nugget white number board:

https://www.ctaslive.nz/CtasVOD.aspx?ctasvod=ctasliveAMCC__Rnd4_BucketR4_2 017-04-09_03-43-43&v=f&eventp=AMCCR42016

diesel pig

13th April 2017, 21:05

chrisc

13th April 2017, 21:19

I still very much prefer Taupo track 2 for buckets and track 1 for bigger bikes over the HD tracks. I wouldn't ride the bucket on the national track but the club track is still great!

Considering it's 4-5 corners, it's surprisingly fun. Definitely recommended and I know there will be more than a few of us wanting another go on our buckets. Everyone had massive grins and were beaming with excitement to go out again. Turn 2 is just about tapped on the 50 (not the 80) and using as much of the track as you can. Turn 3 onto the sweeper is 100% tapped with enough room on the track to not worry about running off.

There was a noticeable slip stream through the sweeper and I think all of us not running fairings made the racing better. More passing because of it.

F5 Dave

13th April 2017, 21:22

Bah, can't get it to run on my tablet, I'll try later. Good to see the 50 is being used by someone who can pedal it properly.

chrisc

13th April 2017, 21:31

This is a screenshot of a phone video but it shows what the end of that race 4 looked like at the line between Paul on his Yamaha 150 and I was like. Man that was a fun race!

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Henk

14th April 2017, 08:49

Was an awesome race. If only I had been able to keep the two of you behind me. I could get level with you out of the sweeper and down the straight but you had way bigger nads than me when it came to braking. If I recall correctly the only reason he got you by even that much was by slipstreaming you across the line.

chrisc

17th April 2017, 22:08

This is why these little KTMs go so well! This is the SX65 (2009) next to a (filthy and cracked) 1998+ NX4 RS125 cylinder. The SX65 is a factory 3 ex port with vacuum power valve and really nicely shaped transfer ducts with big inner wall radius's. So much better compared to the Derbi and Minarelli cylinders. The exhaust duct flange/spigot/spacer is a bit of a pain in the ass on the 65 but maybe it's a blessing in disguise allowing the aux ports to be extended way up to the edge as Wobbly recommends.

The 50s only have about 9.5hp at the wheel and don't come with a clutch. I'm going to fit a SX50 cylinder (on order, ouch they're expensive) to the 65 cases.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2920/34091702345_a71d15346f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TWyTnt)