Wanted:Bucket racer

[Henk]

Monkeynz
You're going to love it. I bought an old CB125 single of Tardme to give it a go and raced that for a couple of meets and then started looking for an FXR. Had a huge amount of fun on the old girl but it was just easier getting an FXR and setting that up, the fact that I got mine REAL cheap helped.
No huge mods to mine, wheels, grinder work, stripped starter motor and electrics, body work from Hazzard and a $50 GN carb that I haven't tried yet.
I was racing it a week after I got it with just the headlight ripped out and replaced with duct tape, and all but the carb was done a month after that.
Took both bikes to practice for the AK 2 hour as a workmate was borrowing the old one and went out and had a play on it, to be honest I'm probably just as slow on either but it's just less drama on the FXR. The best mod done so far in my opinion is to fit GSXR 250 wheels and old 125 slicks. Now I just have to ride the damn thing faster, there are a whole bunch of bikes at Mt Welly essentialy the same as mine and most of them make me look like the slow, bald old git that I am.

[Monkeynz]

Lol, yea I'm looking forward to getting on the track but have a few things to sort out first, mainly the engine(big end), fork seals, new chain, and was also recommended to get the 125 slicks. Just doing it gradually so the bank balance doesn't give the wife to much of a fright. Will have to hold off on the GXR wheels for a while I'd say. Sounds like you're being hard on yourself, slow? bald? old git? I'm probably 2 out of the 3 and getting there on the 3rd, lol.

Monkeynz
You're going to love it. I bought an old CB125 single of Tardme to give it a go and raced that for a couple of meets and then started looking for an FXR. Had a huge amount of fun on the old girl but it was just easier getting an FXR and setting that up, the fact that I got mine REAL cheap helped.
No huge mods to mine, wheels, grinder work, stripped starter motor and electrics, body work from Hazzard and a $50 GN carb that I haven't tried yet.
I was racing it a week after I got it with just the headlight ripped out and replaced with duct tape, and all but the carb was done a month after that.
Took both bikes to practice for the AK 2 hour as a workmate was borrowing the old one and went out and had a play on it, to be honest I'm probably just as slow on either but it's just less drama on the FXR. The best mod done so far in my opinion is to fit GSXR 250 wheels and old 125 slicks. Now I just have to ride the damn thing faster, there are a whole bunch of bikes at Mt Welly essentialy the same as mine and most of them make me look like the slow, bald old git that I am.

[Henk]

Lol, yea I'm looking forward to getting on the track but have a few things to sort out first, mainly the engine(big end), fork seals, new chain, and was also recommended to get the 125 slicks. Just doing it gradually so the bank balance doesn't give the wife to much of a fright. Will have to hold off on the GXR wheels for a while I'd say. Sounds like you're being hard on yourself, slow? bald? old git? I'm probably 2 out of the 3 and getting there on the 3rd, lol.

The one I bought had damn near everything wrong with it when I got it. The further in I got, the more I realised that the stuff that wasn't fooked was mising. Never mind, I had got the stage that I was budgeting about 2k for a bike and the whole build hasn't cost me much more than that. Most expensive part was getting the wheels sorted out. I've been lucky to have been in the right place at the right time for both the bike and the bits I've bolted to it. Bought one set of wheels at a wreckers and then another the following week at the track, carb off trade me etc. The one thing I would say is that if something you want comes up grab it. I bought two sets of wheels in as many weeks but haven't seen any since. Carb the same there were a bunch on trade me, I bought the last one I've seen and that needed the diaphragm bogging up with silicone and the inside cleaned up with a brillo pad. Will know this weekend if it works or not.

[jasonu]

[QUOTE=woodyracer;1129554446]fxr150's have changed buckets.....their probualy the best thing that has ever happened to buckets.....they have fast, reliable and cheap, also theres still parts out there for them.


Yes, it seams the FXR is the best thing to happen to buckets since the appearence of the RG50. That bike had similar effects, just about a buy and go deal.