Race chassis

[F5 Dave]

A cute bend? I think you'd struggle to make it any uglier. All good bucket stuff.

[crazy man]

More to the point - how the hell did you bend the side spars ? And why such an acute bend ?

thats what l was thinking why so acute and wheel base looks so short

[gav]

Just the way it turned out, was a joint effort, lol. Probably several joints involved, actually. Planned on the flash as Deltabox look, but yeah didnt quite end up like that. Built it with a couple of other guys help, the guy that built the spars and headstock etc worked for a company that built alloy jet boats etc he welded it all up etc, after I got it back it was a bit of "ohhhh, hmmmmm, oh well ..." lol
Was built to run on go kart tracks originally. It looked better with the RS125 tail I origanily ran. Kinda lost interest in it by the time of these photos, hence the GP100 sitting in some photos as well. The DT100 motor is the engine that Drew has inherited, but never seemed to want to rev out properly. Felt strong off the bottom, with OK mid range but then just dead up top. Wouldve liked to have tried another pipe on it, to see if that was holding it back. The pipe was built by Motorcycle Exhaust Specialists down here in Chch, after they assured me that "oh yeah, we can build ya a decent expansion chamber" only to find out later that they didnt really know what to do as far as designing a pipe to suit the motor so built a pipe based on the exhaust they built for Kevin Orr's MB100 It was certainly well built and nicely tucked in, but don't think it did the engine and favours. Motor was also ported by someone who "did that sort of thing" and again I'm not too sure if that helped or not.
So then I decided I'd get a GP100, race that and work on getting that motor tuned and eventually stick the GP100 motor into the alloy frame, but never got around to it. Had raced a couple of times at Karrs Road in Halswell, then kinda lost contact with the bucket scene after they got kicked off. Sat in the garage for quite awhile, until I bought a crashed CBR600, as a doer upper, the buckets got shifted outside under a tarp and thought best to try and flog them off before the rust etc killed them. Sold both bikes as one sale for I think $400 and the guy didnt really want the alloy one, just wanted the GP100, so could hardly give it away in the end. Oh well ....
Best thing I ever did was get a FXR150

[crazy man]

Just the way it turned out, was a joint effort, lol. Probably several joints involved, actually. Planned on the flash as Deltabox look, but yeah didnt quite end up like that. Built it with a couple of other guys help, the guy that built the spars and headstock etc worked for a company that built alloy jet boats etc he welded it all up etc, after I got it back it was a bit of "ohhhh, hmmmmm, oh well ..." lol
Was built to run on go kart tracks originally. It looked better with the RS125 tail I origanily ran. Kinda lost interest in it by the time of these photos, hence the GP100 sitting in some photos as well. The DT100 motor is the engine that Drew has inherited, but never seemed to want to rev out properly. Felt strong off the bottom, with OK mid range but then just dead up top. Wouldve liked to have tried another pipe on it, to see if that was holding it back. The pipe was built by Motorcycle Exhaust Specialists down here in Chch, after they assured me that "oh yeah, we can build ya a decent expansion chamber" only to find out later that they didnt really know what to do as far as designing a pipe to suit the motor so built a pipe based on the exhaust they built for Kevin Orr's MB100 It was certainly well built and nicely tucked in, but don't think it did the engine and favours. Motor was also ported by someone who "did that sort of thing" and again I'm not too sure if that helped or not.
So then I decided I'd get a GP100, race that and work on getting that motor tuned and eventually stick the GP100 motor into the alloy frame, but never got around to it. Had raced a couple of times at Karrs Road in Halswell, then kinda lost contact with the bucket scene after they got kicked off. Sat in the garage for quite awhile, until I bought a crashed CBR600, as a doer upper, the buckets got shifted outside under a tarp and thought best to try and flog them off before the rust etc killed them. Sold both bikes as one sale for I think $400 and the guy didnt really want the alloy one, just wanted the GP100, so could hardly give it away in the end. Oh well .... Best thing I ever did was get a FXR150

at the end of the day you did finsh it witch is more than alot of people do right or wrong there is just as the same amount of work involved

[Brian d marge]

at the end of the day you did finsh it witch is more than alot of people do right or wrong there is just as the same amount of work involved

+100 for that ( it takes ALOT of work to build a bike .)

Lots of respect to those who finish the project

Bike for me no , problem , all of those other ones that I dont do

like learning a language , losing wieght ,,,,,,,

Stephen

[Ivan]

agreed alot of joy building it but theres times you want to give up especially near the start ahha

[richban]

I better bring a few more beers around then....

Can't wait to see what you come up with for an FXR.

You just concentrate on getting that bucket ready for the GP young man. You can't miss another one.

[Ivan]

You just concentrate on getting that bucket ready for the GP young man. You can't miss another one.

hopefully ill be at the next gp

[richban]

hopefully ill be at the next gp

Good stuff. Last GP there was a guy on a home build bike. It was very cool. Apparently made from old chair legs. It looked very well put together. Nice paint and looked to handle rather well. Not sure where he is from but someone might have a pic to upload.

I was hoping to get my new bike sorted for the GP but parts still missing and no time. MC21 with my trusty old FXR engine. RS wheels. SP rear shock and some MC28 forks. Should be a good bike when finished.

[TZ350]

Good stuff. Last GP there was a guy on a home build bike. It was very cool. Apparently made from old chair legs. It looked very well put together. Nice paint and looked to handle rather well. Not sure where he is from but someone might have a pic to upload.

Marshang from ChristChurch maybe.

[Ivan]

yamaha Moto3 biek built in USA

http://www.framecrafters.net/pimg/big/1Moto3

[Ivan]

Good stuff. Last GP there was a guy on a home build bike. It was very cool. Apparently made from old chair legs. It looked very well put together. Nice paint and looked to handle rather well. Not sure where he is from but someone might have a pic to upload.

I was hoping to get my new bike sorted for the GP but parts still missing and no time. MC21 with my trusty old FXR engine. RS wheels. SP rear shock and some MC28 forks. Should be a good bike when finished.

Nice sounds good they a big chassis tho ae? much like a Honda RS250

[Moooools]

Nice sounds good they a big chassis tho ae? much like a Honda RS250

Most people can't fit on a 125 Size bike.

Everyone wants to put their FXR in an aluminium chassis since Hamish and I did it. Get your own ideas Rich.

[koba]

Apparently made from old chair legs.

When we were at school a mate and I pulled a whole pile of legs off old chairs and desks that were in the skip out the back.

Handy size, still got a tiny bit left, used some for a foot-peg a few months ago!

[Ivan]

Most people can't fit on a 125 Size bike.

Everyone wants to put their FXR in an aluminium chassis since Hamish and I did it. Get your own ideas Rich.

im 6 foot 2