Building a Bucket.

**gav** · 19th July 2005, 18:52

Sadly I think the spirit of bucket racing moved on when people decided to start using genuine Grand Prix rolling chassis' etc. Sure its technically in the rules, but, when I started racing buckets it was about building your own chassis and performance parts. Good luck to those who have managed to sort a similiar spec bike, no hard feelings, its all legal, but I can recall driving over to Woodbourne and gazing at awe at the latest creation sponsered by RNZAF funding as it was wheeled out of an aircraft hanger! Fancy frames, monoshocks, water cooling, all pretty trick stuff made on base.

Really though, shouldnt Honda NZ have CBR125's and 150's for sale here?

**gav** · 19th July 2005, 19:46

out of interest, anyone know who was the first to front up with a Grand Prix (RS/TZ) framed bucket bike?

**Kickaha** · 19th July 2005, 20:13

Originally Posted by TonyB

Sadly it looks as though Gav will rule the bucket world with his devious plan to import exotic racing machinery

Maybe,although even with one of those I think a few of us will have a power to weight advantage over Gav

**gav** · 19th July 2005, 20:16

HEY DICKAHA!! umm, sadly this I cannot deny, however its just means you will have to take an extra w i d e line to get around me!

**speights_bud** · 19th July 2005, 21:26

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Bit against the spirit of bucketing, isn't it?

I agree, Buckets being deemed 'Buckets' of S#!*@, not a few grand of imported race bikes!

Originally Posted by Ivan

Exotic racing or not it comes down to the rider. My piece of shit will get whelled out the trailor everyone will laugh every one will be drolling over Gav's bike and I am going to fly past

Too true, This happened to me at the last bucket races i went to. The-bloke-with-the-mullet thought the old A100 was a bit out of its depth. (seeing he had a GSX-R 400 frame with a 145cc engine fitted) But the old bucket of shite A100 started first time every time and won 3/4 races. Mr Mullet was mumbling about timing or something at the end of the day....

**Kickaha** · 19th July 2005, 21:38

Originally Posted by gav

HEY DICKAHA!! umm, sadly this I cannot deny, however its just means you will have to take an extra w i d e line to get around me!

W i d e line hmmmmmm I think we'll need to get some passing lanes put in

**gav** · 19th July 2005, 21:58

Originally Posted by speights_bud

I agree, Buckets being deemed 'Buckets' of S#!*@, not a few grand of imported race bikes!

You'd be a brave boy calling this a bucket of sh!t.....
Its immaculate, but so are all his bikes

**Ivan** · 19th July 2005, 22:53

Well theres no bucket racing on right now so in the mean time lets talk about it

**Ivan** · 19th July 2005, 22:55

Originally Posted by gav

out of interest, anyone know who was the first to front up with a Grand Prix (RS/TZ) framed bucket bike?

Jay Lawrence in 2003 pre his 125GP racing

**Ivan** · 19th July 2005, 22:57

I will post a pick of my new bucket tommorow if I get a chance
so for now droll over this my current bucket
remember photo is copyright NZMCNEWS
nzmcn.tripod.com

**speedpro** · 19th July 2005, 23:34

Originally Posted by gav
out of interest, anyone know who was the first to front up with a Grand Prix (RS/TZ) framed bucket bike?

Jay Lawrence in 2003 pre his 125GP racing

Actually Jason Ulyatt was at least a few years before that - RS125 chassis and KE125 bottom end/RG400 barrel hybrid.

As for RS type chassis' not being in the spirit, that's only part correct. I was looking to upgrade my buckets handling and it was going to cost me more for useable suspension bits than what I paid for the whole RS rolling chassis.

**Ivan** · 20th July 2005, 12:18

Wat about this for a bucket

**TonyB** · 20th July 2005, 12:43

Originally Posted by Ivan

I will post a pick of my new bucket tommorow if I get a chance
so for now droll over this my current bucket
remember photo is copyright NZMCNEWS
nzmcn.tripod.com

It's in the Photo Album page I guess- but which one?