Will I get my 100 ready in time for Taupo?

**jasonu** · 14th April 2012, 11:01

Originally Posted by bucketracer

Actually I was going to say, they would have eventually been made reliable but they probably weren't built in the first place because the didn't need to at the time.
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Possibly. Buckets hit a quite patch entry level wise in the late 90's for a few years. Then came some rule changes and along came the FXR150 and that really woke things up. The smokers had to raise their game cause now there was a (more or less) turn key Bucket Racer that you could win on.

**richban** · 14th April 2012, 11:01

After watching Dave M on Mikes bike. No one had a chance if it kept going and he kept it rubber side down. Next years lap record will be a 1:20

**richban** · 14th April 2012, 11:04

Originally Posted by jasonu

Possibly. Buckets hit a quite patch entry level wise in the late 90's for a few years. Then came the FXR150 and that really woke things up. The smokers had to raise their game cause now there was a (more or less) turn key Bucket Racer that you could win on.

If they could ride. Don't forget the riders.

**jasonu** · 14th April 2012, 11:06

Originally Posted by richban

If they could ride. Don't forget the riders.

Na they were a bunch of useless faggs...

**crazy man** · 14th April 2012, 12:31

Originally Posted by jasonu

I was there to see that. What a pile of shit and so the story goes it blew up the next time it was ridden. I thought he was a back marker who wouldn't let the leaders pass.

kris to me was one of the fastest racers around he had the 125 manfeild lap record to only 2 years ago . we got the bike of him after that buctet gp meeting and dad won the b grade gp at foxton with that engine easy then it gave up and droped the valves. but l know it was lucky to last a meeting at times

**crazy man** · 14th April 2012, 12:35

Originally Posted by speedpro

Back in the "good ol' days" I was feeding a new piston to my TS100 every two meetings, preventative maintenance, and probably spark plugs at least as often. Bikes (of mine) were blowing up about as regularly as now. I could have tuned for less power and lasted forever but where's the fun in that? My 22.5hp MB lasted about 6 years without any changes and in the end only blew up when I shifted backwards when already at max revs.

what kind of power did you get out of you rgv ts100? l thought at the time it was around 26hp? l know it felt good when you gave me a blat on it

**speedpro** · 14th April 2012, 12:37

Mine and Nigels were both designed 5-6 years ago(or more), I just took a lot longer to get mine together.

**speedpro** · 14th April 2012, 12:44

Originally Posted by crazy man

what kind of power did you get out of you rgv ts100? l thought at the time it was around 26hp? l know it felt good when you gave me a blat on it

20.2hp - huge disappointment after all the work and years of dyno runs. Quite a good spread though. The original piston port TS100 only made 19.9hp but it had a huge spread of power, better than the RGV/TS crankcase reed. I still got 3rd at the Ohakea GP with the RGV/TS but the scrutineers wanted to disqualify me for cheating when they saw the CF 6-petal reed. Luckily Pete Sales set them straight.

**crazy man** · 14th April 2012, 12:51

Originally Posted by speedpro

20.2hp - huge disappointment after all the work and years of dyno runs. Quite a good spread though. The original piston port TS100 only made 19.9hp but it had a huge spread of power, better than the RGV/TS crankcase reed. I still got 3rd at the Ohakea GP with the RGV/TS but the scrutineers wanted to disqualify me for cheating when they saw the CF 6-petal reed. Luckily Pete Sales set them straight.

thought it was better than that cause l know you spent a lot of dyno time with it . l dont feel so bad when l dynoed my tf100 at 18.5 hp and that was with no tuning on the dyno . can't wait to start playing around with the old 2 stroke shiters again

**crazy man** · 14th April 2012, 12:59

would of liked to know what my sidecar motor put out . that had some up and go. also the water cooled gt50 , l did stick it on the dyno but lost the spark in the first run so it got chucked back in the corner

**husaberg** · 14th April 2012, 13:33

Originally Posted by speedpro

... I still got 3rd at the Ohakea GP with the RGV/TS but the scrutineers wanted to disqualify me for cheating when they saw the CF 6-petal reed. Luckily Pete Sales set them straight.

What the heck were they doing in your reed cadge making sure the petals were screwed in tight?