Affordable new bucket!

**EgliHonda** · 15th October 2009, 15:46

Holy crap, my bucket cost $100. granted it's slow, but lot of fun cutting bits off and seeing how big a brake drum I can fit on the front. Isn't that the point? Start with a real shtiheap and make what you can out of bits you have in the shed?

Methinks the spirit of bucketeering has gone...

**Schrgd** · 15th October 2009, 15:47

At the end of the day it aint what you ride, its how you ride it!!

Thats right!!!!

**DELLORTO** · 15th October 2009, 15:52

Originally Posted by FastFred

Rich Dickheads always blame the mechanic, employee, servant, peasent, lower classes Etc. what a wanker.

Be a man and learn to spanner for yourself.

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that mechanic put engine oil in my forks.....that pretty annoying.....

what sort of response do you want me to give you?? because your rude and obviously not quite there .....ill cut you some slack......im 15 and i dont resort to that sort of pathetic crap.

**Str8 Jacket** · 15th October 2009, 15:57

Originally Posted by DELLORTO

that mechanic put engine oil in my forks.....that pretty annoying.....

what sort of response do you want me to give you?? because your rude and obviously not quite there .....ill cut you some slack......im 15 and i dont resort to that sort of pathetic crap.

Deep breathe mate. He has a point but dont think he was "having a go"! Learning to do all your own maintenance is a good idea. Or just find some guy with a mullet and date him...

**Sketchy_Racer** · 15th October 2009, 16:10

Originally Posted by DELLORTO

that mechanic put engine oil in my forks.....that pretty annoying.....

what sort of response do you want me to give you?? because your rude and obviously not quite there .....ill cut you some slack......im 15 and i dont resort to that sort of pathetic crap.

Ahhh so that's what made your FXR unreliable, must have been that motor oil in the forks..

Shit the first bucket I ever had I drilled a hole in the side of the rear shock and put a bolt in so I could put different thicknesses of motor oil in it to see how it would affect it.

Fast Freddy is not being rude, he is just picking holes in your not-so-though-out arguments and ideas.

Mate, it sounds like you are enthusiastic and really into the sport, and keep at it. Work hard and the rewards will come, but save yourself a lot of hassle and don't say shit you don't know about (even if you -think- you do) all you will get is a pack of us wankers giving you shit.

Save it for the track and ride harder and better than the next guy.

**Kendog** · 15th October 2009, 16:18

Originally Posted by Sketchy_Racer

$3000 is what people pay for a well sorted Formula 3 400cc bike, not a bucket.

Now there is an idea. Buy something like this, sell the engine in it and replace it with the mighty Loncin.

**DELLORTO** · 15th October 2009, 16:23

thanks, your right, i come on kiwikber when im bored, so i do talk alot of shit......most the time i make stuff up, i intend on riding hard......hopefully it will pay off.

it is "its not what you ride but how you ride" sometimes, but i dont see anyone of a honda cub 50.....

**F5 Dave** · 15th October 2009, 16:38

Originally Posted by Kendog

Now there is an idea. Buy something like this, sell the engine in it and replace it with the mighty Loncin.

Nah man save some more dollars & find a spanky GSXR thou, hook out the weedy engine & put the LongChin in that.

. . . .or a 750. Actually I know where you could get one. Go on, do it do it do it.

**Kendog** · 15th October 2009, 16:57

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

. . . .or a 750. Actually I know where you could get one. Go on, do it do it do it.

I just did some measurements on a 750, pretty sure I can get the mighty 150 in there. Not sure about the tight kart tracks, but should be ok for Taupo

**DELLORTO** · 15th October 2009, 17:11

qoudlnt a loncin be abit slow for that big frame??

have you seen those water-cooled 150's newmanz are selling? i think they're honda copies.

**Voltaire** · 15th October 2009, 17:18

Hmmmm, a possible bent valve and engine oil in the forks.....more things to sort out.....

and the long list was getting shorter...

Still started first time after draining the stale gas out...

The Honda looks good.

**DELLORTO** · 15th October 2009, 17:31

Originally Posted by Voltaire

Hmmmm, a possible bent valve and engine oil in the forks.....more things to sort out.....

and the long list was getting shorter...

Still started first time after draining the stale gas out...

The Honda looks good.

the valve must not be bent, are you coming to mt wellignton this weekend? it would be good to see the bike out of track! , plus the engine oil in the forks i took out at a race day after crashing because the froks were completly rigid.....

**Voltaire** · 15th October 2009, 17:50

Originally Posted by DELLORTO

the valve must not be bent, are you coming to mt wellignton this weekend? it would be good to see the bike out of track! , plus the engine oil in the forks i took out at a race day after crashing because the froks were completly rigid.....

Away this weekend, but getting sorted for next month, should be fun at the back of the field.
Few more things I'd like to get done but its getting there.

**speedpro** · 15th October 2009, 17:51

My chassis with front wheel cost $150, the rear wheel was another $150, the tank was free and the filler cap was about another $100-150. I pillaged my RS125 chassis for the brakes and fitted the good old MB100 engine. I bought a new Bridgestone front slick for $??? and the rear was out of the bin at the shop. I'm pretty happy with costs, bucket racing is my thing and has been for a long time. I'm gonna have this bike for a long time just like the last one.

I always think of Spencer when these conversations come up. His 6hp CG was always entertainment with him on it.