Db1k 10 sbc

[JATZ]

Another possible bike on Tardme CT125. Needs reg and indicators but sounds tidy otherwise.

Cheers R

Mines for sale if there's someone mad enough to ride it

[Skinny_Birdman]

I'm sure we can squeze them on. That will probably make 5 in the car though.

Cheers R

Awesome! If I can convince D to do the two dayer, I can pillion down on the back of the Tranny, saving a space in the car. I just can't quite fit the XLR in the top box.

[cooneyr]

Another one on Tardme - XLR125. Not road reg but looks real tidy. $1500 and 3k km.



Cheers R

[Skinny_Birdman]

Just like yours has 5k km . Now 30k km, that's an honest reading... Seriously, while it's obviously tidier than ours, $1500 is an awful lot for a bike you're still gonna have to get to the south island, and get road reg. And that chain looks a bit, um, rusty - always a good look with roller chains!

Another one on Tardme - XLR125. Not road reg but looks real tidy. $1500 and 3k km.

[Skinny_Birdman]

Had the front wheel off the XLR in the weekend to inspect the brakes, following the Lees Valley race I mean ride. Shoes are fine, drum is really shiny ie glazed. Ah well, nothing 1000km of adventure riding won't fix.

[cooneyr]

Just like yours has 5k km . Now 30k km, that's an honest reading... Seriously, while it's obviously tidier than ours, $1500 is an awful lot for a bike you're still gonna have to get to the south island, and get road reg. And that chain looks a bit, um, rusty - always a good look with roller chains!

I replaced the clutch over the weekend and mine has definitely done more than 5k kms. The ammount of crap in the centrifugal oil filter suggest its had a pretty hard life and well in excess of those kms.

Had the front wheel off the XLR in the weekend to inspect the brakes, following the Lees Valley race I mean ride. Shoes are fine, drum is really shiny ie glazed. Ah well, nothing 1000km of adventure riding won't fix.

That would explain the grabbing. Bit of rough sand paper? I was hoping to do some work on the tail racks this weekend but TA has distracted me with the Canty Rides BP ride on Saturday and I want to spend some time with the "oven" on Sunday. One weekend I'll get onto this!

Cheers R

[El scooto]

Hey, decided I would change the rear tyre on Dorris the other day. After 5mins of driving the axle out I thought to myself 'this ain't gunna be good'. Bearings - rooted! Brake glazed and bit's of rust and crap everywhere. BUGGER!

So got new bearings and seals $18 - sweet!
Checked the spokes, one's a little loose. No problem I have a tool for this kind of thing. Result - broken!

Ahh good times!!!!

[Skinny_Birdman]

Checked the spokes, one's a little loose. No problem I have a tool for this kind of thing. Result - broken!

Perhaps you spoke too soon.... Have now located a teeny topbox to go on the XLR, and CooneyR has promised to examine my rack this weekend (Phwoar) with a view to bodging it onto the XLR.

[Skinny_Birdman]

Oh, and we just booked our tickets for our Xmas trip to Germany. We'll be back on about the 13th of Jan, so 3 days for the buns to recover from the flight before the big day. Uh oh.......

[Willdat?]

I was almost convinced to do the sbc on a modified version of my Shanyang, but maybe next year. The plan is to build a 50 cc adventure bike registered as a moped, possibly based on a 125 2 stroke frame etc.

If anyone has something suitable let me know...

[El scooto]

Picked up another couple of old girls for 'Dorris' as parts bikes. A 74 ag100 and a later model year unknown. So......

Dorris is going to have a bigger tank, proper air box, replaced rear wheel, front and back syspension of the later model one and more racks than your average spring lamb! Will be awhile before she's road worthy again but it's totally worth it

Not much of the original but she'll be a adventure beast at the end

[Skinny_Birdman]

Not much of the original but she'll be a adventure beast at the end

No, she'll be a farm bike. Have you got the spring-loaded rack that goes over the headlight? I always found that useful on mine.

CooneyR has very kindly chopped my XL 200 rack to bits with the surgical precision of his angle grinder. It has emerged phoenix-like as a perfectly fitted and braced XLR 125 rack. Cheers buddy!

[El scooto]

OK fine yes it will be a farm bike. Yep will put the front rack on as well, It can hold tools or tubes or something. The tank is 11L which is a good amount larger than the 7L original.

A little sad that it will be loosing most of the original pretty bits, but it will be functional for the task. The air box will provide a proper filter and hopefully stop it getting drowned so easy, but it will mean I have to premix the fuel as it goes in the same place as the oil tank.

[Skinny_Birdman]

A little sad that it will be loosing most of the original pretty bits, but it will be functional for the task. The air box will provide a proper filter and hopefully stop it getting drowned so easy, but it will mean I have to premix the fuel as it goes in the same place as the oil tank.

You can always return it to it's former glory afterward, and at least you won't scratch the sh** out of the pretty purple tank. Doesn't the AG oil tank fit around the AG airbox?

[El scooto]

Haven't quite figured out where it goes yet. To late now as the oil pump was removed by Ryan yesterday. She's looking good now with some slightly better syspension.
Deliberately keeping all of the shiny bits so they can be put on again later.