Bucket Racing fun day today here in Auckland. My son Declan had a big night out ...went to Greenday ( the punk equivalent of the Rolling Stones).....expressed some interested in going over the last week. Got him up at 9:00 and I loaded up the van with the FXR150. John Connor had rotating sessions of pocket bikes and buckets with a noob session included. Declan got quite a bit of lap time and some one on one training. By the end of the day the trainer said he was " on the way' Result: big smiles and all day buzz....now need another bucket... Thre was a guy there who could really ride on a Honda GL 145 that he got for $ 175.00....and his mate carved up the field with it, better than his FXR150 he said. I got into it today and had a really good day...even managed to do some passing, peg and boot scraping.
Good on ya Voltaire. Nice to see.
Honda made a trail bike version didn't they?
I had a frustrating day with the lovely Mrs Headroom's bucket of sh!t . . . . I'd done a carb swap which involved making an adapter to mount a "sleeve" mounted carb on a flanged inlet stub. I'd fitted a Keihin PE28 which came off a 2-stroke, and it started easily with a sweet idle. Took it for a ride and it bogged at anything over about 3500-4000rpm. After swapping bits and changing needle positions and changing jets, I still couldn't get the thing to rev cleanly, so I figured that I'd re-fit the original carb 'cos at least it ran OK other than being an absolute pig to start without ether. The result (after spending the whole day on it) is a bike that's a pig to start, won't idle, and won't rev any better than the Keihin. Blasted bike was lucky i couldn't find a match anywhere . . . .
What is Mrs Headrooms bucket? Changing carbs can be a mongrol to get sorted, Voltaire, Hows your lap times? do you still think bucket racers are crazy lol. My son Tyler rode Max's new bike (Black CBR125) at Roys Hill last saturday and rode a Senke 150 and a NSR80 on the sunday, He had great fun and Dad needs to some shoping now
Mrs H's bucket is an FXR powered (?) by a Loncin 150cc single, very similar to a Honda XR/XL.
I was talking to Max yesterday, he was having issues witht he pegs scraping. Lap times.... I'm just a back marker....saying that improved lots yesterday....those slicks sure are grippy. Even did a bit of passing....late on the brakes round the outside....lots of fun.....no style.... Looking like we need a second bike...I dunno if its worth bothering with the 74' cb 125 I have. Was my wifes then a mate pulled it apart and put alloy wheels on it, fancy shocks, and tls brake....I have a 140 kit for it ..... Probably should at least get it going....hasn't been used since 1993. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/gr...ictureid=35516
