Latest on Lady Penelope...

[nudemetalz]

Well,....

The chain went on today.
Numbers were placed on as was tank badges.
Made up the seat pad and glued that on.
She got an extra polish also.

Then,.....it was her first ride,..up and down the street. Seems to ride okay, not very grunty but I put that down to the new tight motor.

All I have to do now is sort the front-end out, ie bleed the brakes fully and get the wheel spacers on place.
Also have to do some plastic sliders as required.

Looking good for the next meeting (which will also have my XR out there too !!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3BlMOmf6RM

[Trudes]

Looking and sounding good there Chris!!!!:cool:
I'm sure my little lady will like to meet The Lady next bucket day!

[Skunk]

About time!

Just kidding... looking good - too good...

[nudemetalz]

Thanks peoples.
She's getting there. Hopefully Nasty will be able to ride her okay.

[Kendog]

I am looking forward to seeing how this goes on the track.

It sure does look and sound nice.

[nudemetalz]

Thanks, I am too :)

[Grub]

Damn she looks good! Love the graphics Chris and she sounds happy too. Team Rules .... when Lady Penelope says "... move over Parker ..." he does not say "Yes M'Lady" :devil2:

[nudemetalz]

Well, ...next meeting,...on the trailer there will be Lady Penelope, Parker, and the mighty XR250 Supermotardish..
What do we call the XR?
Mr Tracy perhaps?

[vifferman]

Aaaaaarrrrgh! My eyes! MY EYES!!

[Grub]

Well, ...next meeting,...on the trailer there will be Lady Penelope, Parker, and the mighty XR250 Supermotardish..?

And ...... "Brains"!

Watch this space ......

[nudemetalz]

Aaaaaarrrrgh! My eyes! MY EYES!!

errr.....excuse me?? :confused:

[vifferman]

errr.....excuse me?? :confused:
Ah... sorry - my eyes have come right now.
It was just the visual impact of all that violent violet paintwork. :blink:

[nudemetalz]

ah okay.... :cool:
Was Nasty's idea for the colour. I wanted something MOTOGPish, but my fellow team-partner wanted purple.
Could be worse, could have done the frame and wheels in the same colour !!

[Nasty]

ah okay.... :cool:
Was Nasty's idea for the colour. I wanted something MOTOGPish, but my fellow team-partner wanted purple.
Could be worse, could have done the frame and wheels in the same colour !!

Its was your wifes idea... and I agreed as its the original colour of the bike ... also the Grubby one agreed ... he likes keeping things as original as possible sometimes!

[Grub]

And it IS distinctive. Parker is probably going to do this season in his sky blue, not sure what our other team bike(s) will be initially (..watch this space...)

There's always a bright side ... it could be worse ... they could have been Kawasaki Green :sick:

[Nasty]

And it IS distinctive. Parker is probably going to do this season in his sky blue, not sure what our other team bike(s) will be initially (..watch this space...)

There's always a bright side ... it could be worse ... they could have been Kawasaki Green :sick:

There you go baiting the skunks again ... don't you ever stop!! :chase:

[Grub]

There you go baiting the skunks again ... don't you ever stop!! :chase:

Nooo ... its way too much fun

[nudemetalz]

Team Skunk's have been very helpful to us, particularily the GL-145 motor jig.
So, you should be more respectful, Mr Grub !!!
Learn to cut them off on the track instead.....:devil2: :jerry:

[Grub]

Learn to cut them off on the track instead.....:devil2:

Oh I already know how to do that. I did it to F5 Dave and Fishy ... but they didn't seem to appreciate it?

[Skunk]

You are far too easy to ride around Grub.

Green is for GO!
All other colours are a variation on Stop.

Back bait...

[Sketchy_Racer]

There's always a bright side ... it could be worse ... they could have been Kawasaki Green :sick:

Piss off! Your just afraid of the power kawasaki green would unleash.


Sook! :whistle:

[nudemetalz]

Piss off! Your just afraid of the power kawasaki green would unleash.


Sook! :whistle:

You just wait, Sketchy !!!!
Team Nudsty will have a tyre-sliding, wheel-standing XR250R to match that outa control DR200 at the next meeting !!!
:spanking:

[Sketchy_Racer]

pffft who says it was outta control........





fark, who am I kidding, there were definatly a couple of "oh shit" moments where the sphinkter did that good ole 50cent-5cent-50cent-5cent piece thing.. Something to do with hitting oppsite lock with the peg starting to dig in

[Ivan]

fark, who am I kidding, there were definatly a couple of "oh shit" moments where the sphinkter did that good ole 50cent-5cent-50cent-5cent piece thing.. Something to do with hitting oppsite lock with the peg starting to dig in

Hahaha You said it beforeme 50 cent size haha someones been throwing a sausage up the hallway aye hahaha

[nudemetalz]

Ya put on an awesome display, Sketchy, that's for sure !!!

Did a service on the XR including oil change tonight.
Also did some "bucketising" to it, ie plastic sliders.

Next is something which will grip better than knobblies on it, then she's ready.
Just have to finish off Lady P now.

[quallman1234]

Next is something which will grip better than knobblies on it, then she's ready.
Just have to finish off Lady P now.

Get ya grinder out... Thats what i pretty much did... Old trial tyres'

[nudemetalz]

I think I might get me some road tyres for it. Bryce sell 21's cheap.

[nudemetalz]

Alrighties,...more updates on Lady P

Put some plastic sliders on her.
Front wheel spacers are in place.
Fixed the dragging brakes issue I had.

I went for a weee burn around the block on Sunday.
Mrs Nudie said she could hear it for quite a way....oops....
Impressions are that it's not particularily grunty until you rev it harder, but that could be the new tight motor still.
Also a bit too tall-geared but not too worried as the next meeting will be a development meeting for the bucket, plus to run her in also.

Still have to bleed the front brake a bit more but basically she's race-ready.

[Trudes]

Good stuff!!! And with alomst two weeks still up your sleeve!:2thumbsup

[nudemetalz]

Cheers Trude.
The bucket class is growing !!

[F5 Dave]

I'd find a smaller front, cheap & will make a huge diff to acceleration to be geared right for a tight track. Won't learn anything if can't get out of 2/3rd.

[nudemetalz]

It came standard with a 17, so I got a 14, the smallest I can get that will fit.
Did make a difference but will need a bigger rear sprocket now.

[nudemetalz]

okay,....today I relented....I bought a bigger rear sprocket for Lady P

She has a 55 tooth now in place of the 45 tooth. That should make a difference to the gearing !!!

Also, the XR now has Shinko road tyres on her.

[Sketchy_Racer]

haha your XR is up on me on tyres now. I got a million year old Kings Tyre on mine!

[quallman1234]

No one can beat my awesome tyre's.

Check em out!

at least i have an power advantage!

[Sully60]

No one can beat my awesome tyre's.

Check em out!

at least i have an power advantage!

Check that style, keneeeeeooooow!

[nudemetalz]

No one can beat my awesome tyre's.

Check em out!

at least i have an power advantage!

errr..yup...they're unique alright :)

Power advantage ?? umm,...I s'pose
I think KDX200's put out about 37hp and the XR250R puts out about 29-30 (apparently).