Chris' Bucket photo thread - Bandwidth warning

**F5 Dave** · 19th August 2013, 17:47

indeed, more interest here is required for sure.

**chrisc** · 13th October 2013, 17:09

I've been off the bike for two months now I think as I was overseas and DAMN was it good to get back on the saddle this weekend. Sunny with some great racing had. My desk jockey muscles are aching, onto the 2 hour!

**chrisc** · 16th October 2013, 19:20

Always good to hang out and race with you dudes. Here's some photos taken by my old man

Great to see Cully and Rob out there again

And then suddenly, from across the room their eyes locked...

**chrisc** · 16th October 2013, 19:21

**chrisc** · 31st October 2013, 21:06

Two of Mark Robinson on his NF4 RS125. He tried pretty solidly to talk me into putting an RS engine back into the NF4 I have but I think I shall progress with the F4 build. You can't beat it for pure riding time!

**F5 Dave** · 1st November 2013, 09:02

Yeah people have asked if I could put an RS engine back in mine to preserve the sanctity blah blah.

Naaah. I don't feel guilty for a minute. Race bikes evolve or get discarded, always have. My RS's get more track time & are more successful then they ever would being a 125.

125s are a bad classic class as due to numbers in NZ, Posties will throw you all in, <600 or >600.

**Tazz** · 1st November 2013, 10:45

Originally Posted by chrisc

I've been off the bike for two months now I think as I was overseas and DAMN was it good to get back on the saddle this weekend. Sunny with some great racing had. My desk jockey muscles are aching, onto the 2 hour!

Random question and probably a boring answer, but what's up with all the containers there? Is that some sort of really dodgy/awesome grandstand or is the track just next to a shipping yard?

**TZ350** · 1st November 2013, 10:57

Shipping Yard ...

**Tazz** · 1st November 2013, 11:09

Originally Posted by TZ350

Shipping Yard ...

**chrisc** · 2nd November 2013, 12:02

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Yeah people have asked if I could put an RS engine back in mine to preserve the sanctity blah blah.

Naaah. I don't feel guilty for a minute. Race bikes evolve or get discarded, always have. My RS's get more track time & are more successful then they ever would being a 125.

Agreed... Although watching him cream much bigger bikes was so awesome to watch. Would be really fun too

**cotswold** · 2nd November 2013, 16:07

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Yeah people have asked if I could put an RS engine back in mine to preserve the sanctity blah blah.

Naaah. I don't feel guilty for a minute. Race bikes evolve or get discarded, always have. My RS's get more track time & are more successful then they ever would being a 125.

125s are a bad classic class as due to numbers in NZ, Posties will throw you all in, <600 or >600.

Mostly correct, sure use the chassis for buckets but try and keep them stock. I have seen 2 of my "discarded" race bikes sell for over 5000 pounds sterling, that would buy a lot of buckets. I would hoard all the not used RS bits (engine ect.) and leave the frame in one piece and keep the lot as a retirement plan.

**husaberg** · 2nd November 2013, 16:19

Originally Posted by cotswold

Mostly correct, sure use the chassis for buckets but try and keep them stock. I have seen 2 of my "discarded" race bikes sell for over 5000 pounds sterling, that would buy a lot of buckets. I would hoard all the not used RS bits (engine ect.) and leave the frame in one piece and keep the lot as a retirement plan.

A point to remember is Honda only made 500 per year. thats Right 500. NZ got more than our fair share re our Jap imports.

**koba** · 2nd November 2013, 17:43

I thought is was 400?

Anyway, I plan to keep my cuts neat and tidy when I hack mine up.

I would be more worried about it if it started as something decent/complete but I am using this one

(Note proximity to sea)