HOT's 1st race bike

**dangerous** · 27th April 2009, 21:10

well... after helenOfTroy had her 1st tast of racing the elite class knowen as buckets, she was hooked, withen a week she brought a bike and in 3 hours last Sunday... it was preped for the track.
pics here http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...8&postcount=32 but chat here yeah?

**dangerous** · 28th April 2009, 06:17

Righto to save on going to another thread heres he rearanged pics.

Helen of Troy rode on up the drive on her soon to be Bucket racer, a mint wee road legal FXR150.
Well 3 hours later it was a F4 bucket race ready for the track. With modified pipe, pod filter, rejeted, bars lowered and the usual lock wiring, removal of unwanted crap and numbered up it just waits some sticky tyres.
Welcome to the world that is bucket racing HOT

**helenoftroy** · 28th April 2009, 19:06

Still cant quite believe Im in on this fun!!

lil'M and I will have the sticky tyres sorted on our bikes tomorrow.....

hey D!!thank you sooo much for all your help with this Bucket racing adventure!I honestly couldnt have done it without you help.....

Arent you just a wee treasure!!

timg has been persistent in his encouragement & great advise too,as have lots of the other CHCH bucketters

**Ghost_Bullet** · 28th April 2009, 20:53

Looking very awesome... I bet HOT cant wait to get this beast outn on the track!!!!!!!! Wicked!

**timg** · 28th April 2009, 22:49

Good work you guys

Roll on the 10th

Wheres the bikini fairing? They look so much tidier with the fairing on

**yod** · 28th April 2009, 23:04

that's mint, hope you have a blast, i'm sure you will!

i'd love to have a crack at a season of buckets one day......

what do you expect to spend for the season, ballparkish?

**phoenixgtr** · 29th April 2009, 08:57

Woohoo!! Well done!! Can't wait til the 10th. I assume you've just left it so you could revert it back to road legal if you want?

**helenoftroy** · 29th April 2009, 15:53

Originally Posted by yod

that's mint, hope you have a blast, i'm sure you will!

i'd love to have a crack at a season of buckets one day......

what do you expect to spend for the season, ballparkish?

Some of the others can prolly answer that,but after the inital outlay of the bike it shouldnt be too bad

Originally Posted by timg

Good work you guys

Roll on the 10th

Wheres the bikini fairing? They look so much tidier with the fairing on

Originally Posted by phoenixgtr

Woohoo!! Well done!! Can't wait til the 10th. I assume you've just left it so you could revert it back to road legal if you want?

They do look pretty cool with the bikini fairing,I agree and Im on the look out for another.....

And yes phoenix,shes complete so,wont touch the original fairings in case she goes back on the road

**SDU** · 29th April 2009, 16:02

Hot, you'll have a ball on it.

**dangerous** · 29th April 2009, 18:12

Originally Posted by helenoftroy

And yes phoenix,shes complete so,wont touch the original fairings in case she goes back on the road

yeah.. theres a few that dont get that bit aye, as I said in the opening post it is a minter so at the most you will only damage the tank and or tail piece.

Originally Posted by yod

what do you expect to spend for the season, ballparkish?

ohhh, 2 tanks a gas, bout 20 bucks

Originally Posted by Ghost_Bullet

Looking very awesome... I bet HOT cant wait to get this beast outn on the track!!!!!!!! Wicked!

Like a strung out 16yr old she is

Originally Posted by timg

Good work you guys

Roll on the 10th

Wheres the bikini fairing? They look so much tidier with the fairing on

ya know a year ago a fairing was frowned upon, in fact not so far back it was some what un sporting to wear one...

**Kickaha** · 30th April 2009, 19:27

Originally Posted by dangerous

bars lowered

I've never really understood the FXR bar mod and after riding TonyBs bike the other weekend understand it even less, it places the bars at a funny angle (not angled down far enough) and to far backwards, personally I think they're better off in the stock position as it's far easier to toss about unless you fit a a proper clipon

**Yow Ling** · 30th April 2009, 19:50

Originally Posted by yod

what do you expect to spend for the season, ballparkish?

While Dangerous reckons you can do a season for $20 , the reality is a bit more
entry fees winter series $240
License $125
Fuel say $10 per meet $60
Tyres cheap at $100
Repairs $100 low , do an engine $500 call it $250
Food / Transport / New helmet (only last 1 good crash) $800

Thats about $1500 + bike + Leathers
still cheap

**dangerous** · 30th April 2009, 19:55

Originally Posted by Kickaha

it places the bars at a funny angle

yeah I have noticed that aye, I figgered the bars were bent but HOT's is the same and it shows no sign of being droped... I can only asume its a diliberate bend that only suits the bars in the correct postition.

Originally Posted by Yow Ling

While Dangerous reckons you can do a season for $20

yeah well a single race has been knowen to cost me a 1000 bucks