New guy to Buckets

[F5 Dave]

c'mon its a 150, just paddle forward & drop the clutch.

[mossy1200]

c'mon its a 150, just paddle forward & drop the clutch.

LOL im old and slow and its easier to make a starter.

I have even already started. Cost so far is zero dollars down but ill need a 1/4hp motor and pulley also a centre boat roller assy.

Ill prob leave at the club for everyone to use. I might need a welder to weld the multi strut. ill bolt it and prep it ready for welding.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=479935709

Got a front slick today. Its new but older stock. Should be ok though.

[koba]

LOL im old and slow and its easier to make a starter.

I have even already started. Cost so far is zero dollars down but ill need a 1/4hp motor and pulley also a centre boat roller assy.

Ill prob leave at the club for everyone to use. I might need a welder to weld the multi strut. ill bolt it and prep it ready for welding.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=479935709

Got a front slick today. Its new but older stock. Should be ok though.

Jeebus, you talk of a budget build but then pay $90 for a slick that from a factory that, rumour has it, stopped making tyres after the 1995 kobe earthquake?
Ask around the pits and you are likely to find some 3rd or 4th hand 125 slicks (good sizing and grip for your rims) for a fraction of that. They won't be perfect but are likely to be on par with that YOKO.
Try the YOKO on the back, seriously.
Hell, even try the tyres on the bike before writing them off perhaps? It's a funny game tyre wise; it's hard to predict what will work.

While a commendable effort, the starter is just a distraction; learn to bump it right and spend the build effort on more productive areas.

I'm aware I sound like a cynical prick but I'm just calling it as I see it.

[Henk]

I'm aware I sound like a cynical prick but I'm just calling it as I see it.

Cynical prick.

There seem to be a few people thinking about start rollers at the moment, I'm one of them, in my case so that Michelle can start her 100 without help and so that I can stop pushing the tricycle.

[koba]

Cynical prick.

Soft Poof.

[Henk]

Soft Poof.

Stopped denying that years ago.

[mossy1200]

Jeebus, you talk of a budget build but then pay $90 for a slick that from a factory that, rumour has it, stopped making tyres after the 1995 kobe earthquake?
Ask around the pits and you are likely to find some 3rd or 4th hand 125 slicks (good sizing and grip for your rims) for a fraction of that. They won't be perfect but are likely to be on par with that YOKO.
Try the YOKO on the back, seriously.
Hell, even try the tyres on the bike before writing them off perhaps? It's a funny game tyre wise it's hard to predict what will work.

While a commendable effort, the starter is just a distraction; learn to bump it right and spend the build effort on more productive areas.

I'm aware I sound like a cynical prick but I'm just calling it as I see it.

For you Koba im only going to charge a dollar a go to use the mossy roller effortless start system untill your to old to push start your bike then ill charge you a fiver.

Im waiting on bits for the bike so im amusing myself with the starter. I can even get the bucket to do more than one rev by myself pushing it even in forth. I can get it turning over by hand in forth on the stand but its a effort.

ill run the 120 slick thats on the rear with the 110 on the front till later then get better tyres.

[husaberg]

Im waiting on bits for the bike so im amusing myself with the starter. I can even get the bucket to do more than one rev by myself pushing it even in forth. I can get it turning over by hand in forth on the stand but its a effort.

You could always re-fit the decomp i see it looks as if it has been blanked off?

[mossy1200]

You could always re-fit the decomp i see it looks as if it has been blanked off?

Shaft is cut and still in with the oil seal also.

[mossy1200]

Soft Poof.

Look Koba from the guy that killed a bucket chasis to make a fat arse comes the same guy thats killing a Maytag to make a roller starter.

[Yow Ling]

Look Koba from the guy that killed a bucket chasis to make a fat arse comes the same guy thats killing a Maytag to make a roller starter.

What is the trailer rim off, looks flash

[mossy1200]

What is the trailer rim off, looks flash

Is cbr 900 front. Very cheap because its only 16inch

[koba]

Look Koba from the guy that killed a bucket chasis to make a fat arse comes the same guy thats killing a Maytag to make a roller starter.

Maybe you could make a front wheel clamp on the trailer to hold the bucket then tow the whole train to events?!

[kel]

Got a front slick today. Its new but older stock. Should be ok though.

I see its a hard compound, wonder if it started life that way or if thats how it ended up twenty years on. You really want softs or super soft slicks (nothing beats slicks, new ones that is), the medium compounds don't get up to temp around kart tracks so I dont think your hard will be much good.
There you go some free advice from a guy that just bought a set of sprockets without bothering to calculate gear ratios, anyone want a cheap set of alloy sprockets good for 100mph

[F5 Dave]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to koba again.

Bwahahaha.