What bike makes the best bucket racer?

**R6_kid:Me** · 28th January 2009, 21:18

Originally Posted by koba

Ride it.
Good practice and track time will lower your times further, faster, cheaper, and with more fun than almost any mechanical work.

Agreed! You can't argue with a guy that has a mullet. Can you?

**wbks** · 28th January 2009, 21:22

Just bathe in the glory that is the mighty paddle!!!!!!!! Ratty's are still pretty gangsta, tho

**bucketracer** · 28th January 2009, 21:28

Originally Posted by speedpro

How do you like your humble pie sir? With cream?

In smaller helpings please.

but some times I find myself being offered seconds.

**speedpro** · 28th January 2009, 21:43

Originally Posted by bucketracer

In smaller helpings please.

but some times I find myself being offered seconds.

I'm pretty sure that's why I'm putting on weight.

**TZ350** · 29th January 2009, 06:57

Putting on weight, me to, darn that humble pie is fattening!

**motorbyclist** · 29th January 2009, 07:54

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=200169570

any good?

(i am soooo regretting selling my old fxr to a bucket racer right now)

**wbks** · 29th January 2009, 09:05

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=200169570

any good?

(i am soooo regretting selling my old fxr to a bucket racer right now)

Haha, thats awesome! That's pretty badass man

I'm sure Sully60 and a few others here can tell you more if thats a good bucket but from what I know, the cb125 twin motor (cb125t) is pretty much the best motor. Thats judging by the people I have heard talking about buying a cb twin to put in their cb single and the amount of them racing fxrs

**SHELRACING** · 29th January 2009, 11:07

Originally Posted by TZ350

The fastest bucket has got to be a Suzuki GP125 engine built by Team ESE fitted to a Honda RS125 rolling chasis.

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Oh, Is that the one that was sitting on the grass at Taupo as we all screamed past......

Or maybe it was the one that dropped it's tail pipe in the middle of the track as we were heading into the bottom corner at the same meeting !!!!

**nudemetalz** · 29th January 2009, 11:11

Originally Posted by SHELRACING

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Oh, Is that the one that was sitting on the grass at Taupo as we all screamed past......

Or maybe it was the one that dropped it's tail pipe in the middle of the track as we were heading into the bottom corner at the same meeting !!!!

the old saying....
"To finish first, first you have to finish !!!"

My opinion is reliability is more important than outright power.
That's why I have a Team Loncin 145cc Grand Prix engine...

**SHELRACING** · 29th January 2009, 11:12

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=200169570

any good?

(i am soooo regretting selling my old fxr to a bucket racer right now)

Gotta be worth the $400 reserve price. If I didn't have a double garage full of bikes i'd put in a bid

**F5 Dave** · 29th January 2009, 14:45

Originally Posted by Sideways Sam

..... Seriously, if I had plenty of time, I'd be trying to squeeze a seriously worked CB125T engine into an RS125 frame, I've had a good look without the measuring stick and I reckon I could do it......

Hahahahaha [Insert Tui add here]

The 50 engine goes in because it is so small, others really struggle esp with width.. I think you'd have as much luck with a 202 Tri-matic

(youngsters might have to google that)

**Sideways Sam** · 29th January 2009, 14:54

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Hahahahaha [Insert Tui add here]

The 50 engine goes in because it is so small, others really struggle esp with width.. I think you'd have as much luck with a 202 Tri-matic

(youngsters might have to google that)

LoL, You might be right...... The CB125T isn't very tall so I had thought I might be able to sit it a little forward and under the rails..

Anyway, nothing wrong with dreamin'.........

Actually the 202 might not qualify under bucket rules, quite handy to stop the gazebo blowing away though......

**TZ350** · 29th January 2009, 16:25

Originally Posted by SHELRACING

:

Oh, Is that the one that was sitting on the grass at Taupo as we all screamed past......

Or maybe it was the one that dropped it's tail pipe in the middle of the track as we were heading into the bottom corner at the same meeting !!!!

So you saw that! Darn! please pass another helping of humble pie over here.

**SHELRACING** · 29th January 2009, 21:05

Granma here.

Well I've seen some pretty fast bikes at Buckets. Probably the two fastest buckets in NZ didn't get to finish a race for the National Grand Prix, at Taupo Road Race Spectacular, at xmas. I started and finished all practices/races and was totally buggered at the end of the weekend. Boy did I have a blast!

Bucket racing is about how good you can ride, not necessarily how fast your bike is. The Kart track is all corners and very short straights.
Yep the CBT 125 and the FXR are great 4 strokes and then the GP100 and all the two strokes are equally as great.
Do you prefer a 2 or 4 stroke?
Do you like to work on your bikes after each meeting?
Do you want to park it in the shed till next meet?