2 Stroke Bike Maintanance??? Pls Help ;)

[Marknz]

Nah, you'll get used to it in no time and learn how to make all the necessary adjustments in between races. It's bloody good fun, a really good learning experience and you'll gain a lot of self confidence to do things to the R1 as you go along. It's alot cheaper to make mistakes on the A100 and learn from them.

[k14]

You should have to lockwire the sump drain bolt and also the cap that opens up the oil filler hole. Those are the regs down here anyway.

[SPORK]

Sure you can handle it? I mean, that motor is gigantic! And you only just came off a zhitty R1 (drool )

Good on ya for getting yourslef bucket racing. I saw a couple of buckets on a trailer today, a white one and a not-whtie one.

[Motu]

Just use ATF in the gearbox,you can buy it anywhere,choice for clutches and you'll gain .07 HP.

[StoneChucker]

Just use ATF in the gearbox,you can buy it anywhere,choice for clutches and you'll gain .07 HP.

Que? (ala Manuel in Faulty Towers)
What is ATF? And by gearbox you mean engine case?
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[Motu]

ATF = Automatic Transmission Fluid....autos are full of wet clutch packs and gears wizzing around,just like a motorcycle gearbox.You have no need for all the additives an engine oil gives in your gearbox - oh,you can buy special motorcycle gearbox oils,but ATF is cheaper and works just fine and dandy. The oil you are putting in your engine is for the gearbox/clutch only,the oil tank holds the engine lubricating oil - use the best you can get in there.

[XTC]

I ran ATF in the gearbox of my bucket racer and all my two stroke MX bikes. The oil in the engine cases is just for the gearbox/clutch. The crank/cylinder are lubricated by the oil mixed with the fuel or in your case injected into the inlet tract. You can cut the weight of your racer by going to premix and ditching the oil tank and oil pump etc. You will have to run catch bottles for overflow pipes and lockwire various stuff as tar racers don't seem to like fluids on the track. adds to the excitment in my opinion.

[Motu]

It's a good idea to dump the oil injection - but be warey on Spuzukis,I don't know about the A100,but on GP100 and most bigger Suzukis they run an oil feed to the left main,a slinger on this feeds the big end.Check to see if there is a small white pipe going to the top of the left case,if there is leave on the oil injection.I have heard you can take of the cable and let it run on RPM alone and then reduce premix,but was never game to try on my TS400,the injection worked just fine.

[Jantar]

Most of the responses her have already answered many of your questions, but I may be able to add a little bit more.

There should be a sight glass in the plastic side cover that shows you when the CCI (Suzuki terminolgy for Cylinder & Crankshaft Injection) Oil level is low. The A100 was origionally designed to run using outboard oil as its engine lubricant, so when Super Two stroke oils became available they were just perfect. There is no need to go fully synthetic, however if you really want something just a wee bit different try some Shell M or Castrol R (vegetable oils).

The A100 does not have an oil filter as all engine oil is burnt and nothing is recycled.

From memory, the lights run from a separate coil in the magneto and therefore will only work when the engine is running.

A larger rear sprocket will help with accelleration. I wouldn't bother with gearing it up as the standard gearing will just about allow it to reach peak revs in top gear on a 5 km long straight with a tail wind.

Good luck with it.

[StoneChucker]

Thanks for all the replies. Must say, knowing nothing about something you're about to tackle is a little daunting

[StoneChucker]

Damn you brought it! I wanted it

I know, you weren't the only one! I feel like I kinda snuck in before someone else, but had I waited till the middle of this week, I fear it would have been sold! And, these don't seem to come around often, I've been keeping an eye out since the first bucket thread was started.

[FROSTY:Me]

SC--Im sure the welly guys and other busket racers will have heaps of advise for ya but heres my tupeths worth.
1 A bucket racer is still a race bike -Do the stuff you would to any other racer.All the same rules apply to buckets as apply to any other race bike.
Whilst draining the oil its only a 2 minute job to drill the sump plug
Its also only a 10 minute job to run all the drain pipes off the bike into a coke can or similar.
One thing you MUST do is make sure the ends of the handlebars are plugged.
As I recall the a100 just had rubber grips over tubular bars.
The easy way is just to hammer a couple of plastic wine corks into the ends of the bars
If the pegs have the normal full rubber covers theyre fine for bucket racing but youll wear em out pretty fast,
I'd buy the stickyest set of tyres you can for that sized rims -Youll only need one set per season -or more
Tell ya what you're unlikely to need more crash knobs on one of those bikes
Remember dude with bucketting -KISS

[Al]

Good luck with the "new racer"!
I remember a few years back at Kyalami they had a special race for "delivery bikes", A100, B120, etc. Was a hoot to watch as the delivery riders were a fearless bunch, open faced helmets and shiny leather shoes

Al

[dhunt]

Hey if anyones interested we've got a couple Ax100's going cheap. One in non going state - looks like the magneto or something. Other goes fine. No rego/wof. Currently cluttering the garage up. Any one interested?

[Skunk]

Hey if anyones interested we've got a couple Ax100's going cheap. One in non going state - looks like the magneto or something. Other goes fine. No rego/wof. Currently cluttering the garage up. Any one interested?

Very interested... PM me. Now, like. Or read my PM to you.