#74 - Korea's Bucket
Well, at long last here is Korea's bucket, coming to us by way of Shel Racing and carted down all the way from Auckland by F5Dave...
I present to you the RG/RX125 super-contender for last place in both B and A grades at next week's racing round at Slipway!
You just see if I don't!
Anyway, the bucket has actually been sitting idle since it arrived a couple of weeks ago - finally got around to doing something about it this week.
I gave it the works:
- charged the battery
- bump started it
Hmmm... bump starting seems pretty difficult...
Hmmmmmm... can't seem to find neutral for the life of me... 
Finally after 20 runs up and down the street, success! However, engine dies whenever I let the clutch out.
Confused and at the end of my mechanical acumen, took it around to Skunk's for his professional opinion:
"Gearbox is reverse pattern" 
...hence the bike's reluctance to pull away in top gear... 
Skunk next had the carb off in 2 seconds and gave it a stern blowie removing about a litre of water from the float bowl (yeah, my carbie is off a big rig).
Carb back on and the satisfying ringa-ding-ding of a happy 2 stroke was coaxed out of the 1980's vintage Yamaha RX125 engine on the 3rd bump.
Huge thanks to Skunk for his help, without which, let's be honest, I would still be scratching my bum right now.
What's next? Well, throttle cable has about 2 inches of play, but otherwise the bike is rideable. It's got a belt to hold the battery in place - keeping it looking 'club racer'. Already given some thought to a gaudy colour scheme (see below) but that'll come after everything else is working and it has had a chance to prove itself at the next round.
Roll on next weekend!
Keep it rubber-side down...
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Originally Posted by nudemetalz
You no explain things proper....
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