Any one put RG150 chamber on a GP125?

[Buckets4Me]

You'll probably piss yourselves but I've managed to convince myself its done in the true spirit of bucket racing.
Need to save $ for a crank rebuild.

Was trying to stiffin the front end as my rebuilt brakes are causing the front end to all but bottom out.
Decided to fit a rear shock spring to the forks, that was to stiff and a bit like a pogo stick on rebound.
So I removed the fork springs added some heavy oil to give it a chance of some damping and bolted the shortened spring in place.

I know its primitive, ugly and not even vaguely technically correct but the net result is significantly stiffer forks that act mostly like forks should, well old shitty forks.

Have balanced it out with stiffer rear shocks and I figure it'll only feel hinged in the middle not both ends.
Find out this weekend at Methven Street races

Cheers
Red

if it works

we used gt185 frount forks and brakes on the early gp's

[Triplenut]

Well it seems to, didn't really want to spend any $$ on the frame as the RGV chassis will be the next home of the motor.

Was the GT front end an easy swap?, My 13r old son is keen to inherit the current bucket chassis and have a go with the spare 100 motor I have.

Cheers
Red

[Yow Ling]

Well it seems to, didn't really want to spend any $$ on the frame as the RGV chassis will be the next home of the motor.

Was the GT front end an easy swap?, My 13r old son is keen to inherit the current bucket chassis and have a go with the spare 100 motor I have.

Cheers
Red

I have a spare bucket if he wants to have a thrash around

[timg]

I have a spare bucket if he wants to have a thrash around

Just the one??

[Triplenut]

I have a spare bucket if he wants to have a thrash around

Cheers for the offer Mike very generous, Hes only ridden a bike a couple of times but comes to all the races and is dead keen.
Catch up with you at Methven for a chat and a beer?

Cheers

[Buckets4Me]

Was the GT front end an easy swap?, My 13r old son is keen to inherit the current bucket chassis and have a go with the spare 100 motor I have.

Cheers
Red

just unbolt the head stock and slide it all over into the gp125

was a few years ago but I think it was that easy

[TZ350]

Yes, forks and tripple clamps are a direct swap, if you wan't to do it easy you need to also use the GT wheel, disk and caliper as the GT axel is bigger and the brgs cant be changed, (odd sizes). Also the GP brake caliper and disk are smaller and mounted in a different place on the fork leg.

A complete front end swap is easy, swapping just the forks and tripple clamps then getting the old wheel to fit is hard.

[ellipsis]

...have a nsr subframe or a zxr rolling frame, if you want get all serious and leave the highly unmodified end before you even get there Red...catch you saturday...

[Triplenut]

...have a nsr subframe or a zxr rolling frame, if you want get all serious and leave the highly unmodified end before you even get there Red...catch you saturday...

Cant wait Neil 2 sleeps havent ridden since Jan.
Been sitting on the bikes in the shed making engine noises for weeks

New tyres on the triple so I'll be unstoppable in pre82, well until the hay bales


Cheers TZ350, Buckets4me, will keep an eye out for the front end sounds nice and easy.

Later

[Triplenut]

Like every other racer I spoke to had a fantastic day at Methven street races.
Big thanks to CAMS and the Methven Lions.

According to my pit crew got 3 7ths & a 6th in pre 82 against some much faster machines and riders.

My first bucket race and it was probably the most fun I've had with my pants on in years
Although my son advised me I look a dork on the bike, I'm a bit big for it apparently
Finished 5th or 6th to last in all bucket races and only got lapped by the 2 fastest riders in the last few corners of each race.

The good:
Bike was much faster than an RG50 and could keep up with some of the FXR's in a straight line
Power was good up top 7- 10k+
Stiffened suspension gave a suprisingly good ride
Skinny tyres gripped well and allowed easy line changes
Brakes better than expected and stopping was = to other bikes I rode with

The bad:
Bike running a bit rich & with a quarter turn throttle was requiring lots of carefull throttle and clutch to stop bogging - or maybe its my lack of 2T riding time & jumping from a 900cc 4T triple on to a 125
RG pipe touched down once on the only left hand corner.

Going to play with the mainjets and needle to sort richness & cant wait to do it again.

Cheers
Red