New bucket on the scene

[quallman1234]

Hahahaha sounds like you're getting your hopes up 'bout your bucket!

Not really, it will have a rear brake at the end of this weekend. Its not that hard, i just make it look hard. Ask anyone .

[F5 Dave]

The ally disc will work in an emergency. In fact there was an RD50 that used to run with a well oversize ally front disc. But have to run non sintered pads & slot the disc in a specific design or they will fail.

[hmurphy]

Old thread much? This bucket is finally complete hahaha. Just took it out for a ride and it goes ok. Needs lower gearing for sure though. Might be a decent little weapon!

1 question though. I have struggled to find what I was looking for online but this is the story...

When I got back from a small ride (bike was warmed up properly etc) I was letting it idle when I noticed a squeaking sound. It sounded like it was the piston rubbing on something and making a "dog's chew toy" sound.
What could this be!? I immediately turned the bike off as I know how friggin' useless these bloody two strokes are.

I found this link online which I think might be my problem...
http://forums.everything2stroke.com/...ad.php?t=29819

Any help would be appreciated. I don't want to start it up again until I know what's going on!! This bike will be at the next round for sure (as long as the motor hasn't just shat itself). Cheers!

[saxet]

I found this link online which I think might be my problem...
http://forums.everything2stroke.com/...ad.php?t=29819

I'd say you're on the right track.

[hmurphy]

Sweet thanks. I don't like this whole two stroke thing and waiting for it to blow up. They are fun as hell to ride though. Just wasn't sure if it was the piston grinding itself to bits haha

[Trudes]

The first thing you need to do if you don't want your 2 stroke to blow up Hamish, is to stop abusing it. You have to love your 2 stroke and treat it nicely. They like a warm dry garage, and prefer to be stored under a blanket and cleaned after every ride.

[F5 Dave]

That's rich coming from you! You fitted that brake hose yet?

[Trudes]

That's rich coming from you! You fitted that brake hose yet?

hahahaha, nup!

[hmurphy]

Here are some pics. Just needs a bit of paint, new fork oil and the nylon to be bolted on. This bucket is light as hell!!

[hmurphy]

Just another update. He's getting what he deserves for doing literally next to nothing on this bike. The motor is out getting the header studs helicoiled. Nylon is all ready to be bolted on. Will be cool to see another rider at Wellington buckets.

[Bert]

.....The motor is out getting the header studs helicoiled. .

a little suggestion here; I personally never had a lot of luck with helicoiled header studs (and head studs); they always seemed to fail.. we made up some stepped studs and took them out to 10mm (and Araldite them in permanently) and out as far as 12mm for headstuds..

but if you (your mate) are going this current path maybe fill them up with Araldite (high temp 24hr type) so the studs don't come undone; then its only a case of tightening up nuts with copper washers (copper expands, keeps the nuts from falling off when running; to a point).

I'm sure others will have a different view on this, I was a bit iffy about it at first; but its never failed since...

[hmurphy]

Ah ok cheers thanks for that. I have lock tight too which I plan on using but I will look into getting some of the high temperature, permanent stuff for the header studs. Thanks for the input, appreciate it!

[Kendog]

Nice work.
Will it be ready for the last round in October?

[hmurphy]

Cheers. I really spent a lot of my time on this bike. Learnt a lot, made a lot of mistakes and finally got there. It's not even my f*ckin' bike. It should be 100% ready by the weekend. It's not all that fast at the moment though, will definitely need some 2 stroke pros to gimme a hand at tuning it. Another paying bucketer in the Welly area, just what we need!!

[Henk]

Good on you Hamish.
Just built a bike for a mate as well, third one for me off the same base bike so this one was easier than ours and faster since I didn't really have to think about anything. I didn't get to chose the paint scheme though which is a shame looking at what you have to put together.