Got a kr-1s a few years ago to do up and put on the road, in fixing we got rings that had a different configuration at the split, long story short, the barrels now have a score through the nikasil powervalves were fucked anyways so i decided to give up, by the time i get money to fix it properly ill be able to afford an aprillia rs250 anyways Firstly i ripped out engine, cleaned and CADed up the rolling frame. i obtained a motor from us (when nzd was at is max ) its an Etek-R which gives max power of 18hp, and continuous of around 10, which is bugger all but with a fully faired bike it should do a hundred easily. mounted the motor onto the swingarm itself as it doesnt weight much and this eliminated the need for chain slack, thus slightly increasing efficiency. ull notice some cnc maching on the mount, courtesy of my part time job at massey uni. also got chain and sprockets custom form nz sprockets, 14tooth over a monster 68 tooth, i machined 4/5 of the weight out of the 68 tooth and mounted in place of the original got some cheap agm deep cycle lead acid batteries, welded up a battery box for them and stuck in. currently im designing al the electrics to power this beast, as well as working on the final parts of the mechanical build, e-stop switch, circuit housing (fuel tank) and throttle-electric signal converter. will post more pics once ive got the mechanical build done, and even more when she goes
Interesting project! Love to find out how she turns out and how far you get on a charge.
Yeh im pretty intrested to find that out myself :P
getting back into it again, hoping to be done in a matter of weeks rather than months now E-Stop I made up, which is the last of the visible mods, just circuitry to go now.
