Basic bucket mods?

[Kickaha]

Do you question GP and superbike riders intellect when they ride injured?

Actually I thought Lorenzo was pretty fucking retarded with his collarbone, so yes

I have ridden with a broken schapoid and fractured tibia although at the time I didn't realise, fractured tibia makes you realise just how much you weight the pegs when turning

[Drew]

Actually I thought Lorenzo was pretty fucking retarded with his collarbone, so yes

I have ridden with a broken schapoid and fractured tibia although at the time I didn't realise, fractured tibia makes you realise just how much you weight the pegs when turning

Scaphoid is not one to fuck with. Risking blood flow and nerve damage in my thumb is too big a risk. Only ever broke fib and tib together, no chance I'd have cut the full leg cast off.

Lorenzo was a friggin pick to ride. However, he took 10 or more points from the race, and remains in contention because of it.

[koba]

Back on topic....


I had that bike once, that crappy Nylon was my quick work.
I'd say going heaps lower in gearing would be a good start, as would better tyres.

17" slicks and the appropriate Rims are quite a big step, a cheap interim improvement (I understand you budget) could be some new 'sticky' Vee Rubber tyres.
They aren't fantastic compared to 1-race-old 125 rubber but they are cheap and will make an improvement.

If you take it further think about bracing the frame/swingarm and beefier forks as really stick rubber will have that thing bending about.

Also, DON'T put clipons or narrow bars on it!

People do it all the time on bike like this, it stops you catching slides and dealing with the flex which leads to (More) Crashes.

A carb and exhaust can be a good cheap improvement if you are smart about it, I wouldn't want to spring to much on them though on such a bike, it's a great starter bike but it isn't worth sinking big coin into it, as others have said, riding it is the biggest part and the best value.

[agman]

So all in all im best to spend not a heck of a lot on it and learn to ride, then step up to the mighty fxr?

[Bert]

So all in all im best to spend not a heck of a lot on it and learn to ride, then step up to the mighty fxr?

Bingo, you have it in one.

[Henk]

When you make the step up to an FXR you should be able to pass the mighty EN to someone else, or you could do what seems to be the current craze up here and weld a sidecar onto it.

[agman]

Oooooooooo... Tried sidecar racing a couple of years ago at a have ago day the sidecar club sometimes runs. It was great fun. Something I'll keep in mind.

[Drew]

Oooooooooo... Tried sidecar racing a couple of years ago at a have ago day the sidecar club sometimes runs. It was great fun. Something I'll keep in mind.

Every year, as opposed to sometimes.

[Henk]

Agman

I thought I'd post in here instead of dragging Hamish's thread further off track.

For nylon you need to look at the front and rear axles, bar ends and possibly the muffler. Shifter and foot brake can also be areas to look at.
Basically if you lie it on it's side no metal should touch the ground, some bikes now have nylon on the fork tops as well after a bike made some pretty big gouges in the track at Roy's Hill after the rider went over the bars in an endo.

I'm not sure what you want to know about tanks, these aren't an issue from a track protection pont of view as they are big and flat and don't tend to have any sticky outy bits that damage the track when they go down.

[Bert]

Agman

I thought I'd post in here instead of dragging Hamish's thread further off track.

For nylon you need to look at the front and rear axles, bar ends and possibly the muffler. Shifter and foot brake can also be areas to look at.
Basically if you lie it on it's side no metal should touch the ground, some bikes now have nylon on the fork tops as well after a bike made some pretty big gouges in the track at Roy's Hill after the rider went over the bars in an endo.

I'm not sure what you want to know about tanks, these aren't an issue from a track protection pont of view as they are big and flat and don't tend to have any sticky outy bits that damage the track when they go down.

Some photos in here.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...otection-guide

I agree with the fork top idea and the end of swingarm as well. It's bloody hard to fathom how some bits end up touching the ground when things go really wrong...

Now the larger the better, think about weight being distributed over a larger surface area; after the Roy's damage little round knobs will end up ripping stones out the damaging the track...

[agman]

Wow. There's quite alot to nyloning a bike properly.