my old skool ride [im skint in other words]

[Jockney Rebel]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/254367048750062.jpg

sorry for the grainy dark pic .........its hiding till i put decent wheels on it

[Jockney Rebel]

shit didnt realise the pic was that bad

[WATEVR]

new wheels then a few more days of lookn around here and you will be cutting bits off adding bits it just never ends so dont worry about the pic you will be posting a heap more cos no pics and it never happened!!!!

[Gix11]

I tried tidying it a bit for you mate. She looks ok now. That was so nearly my first bike. I was going to ratt it back in the late 80's.

[Jockney Rebel]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/254367048396965.jpg

heres a better pic of me in the good old days:D

[Jockney Rebel]

cheers for cleanin it up thatshow i got it $750
im tryin to get a reasonable bike on the road thats individual but for as little as possible

[alfiestorm]

What you mean you are going to get rid of those very nice(puke) comstar wheels :D

[Jockney Rebel]

errrr yeah alfie ive always wanted to take one to bits ..just coz it says not to on it.....later on once the handlins sorted and ive blown the engine up i might try to squeze a blade engine in there

[Gix11]

Now I like you're way of thinking mate. Mad as.

[alfiestorm]

quote:Originally posted by frankenbiker

errrr yeah alfie ive always wanted to take one to bits ..just coz it says not to on it.....later on once the handlins sorted and ive blown the engine up i might try to squeze a blade engine in there


Or how about gixxer 1127 motor that would be very interesting and so many tuning parts available for them as well [8D]

[suxukifreak]

A couple of wheels and a bit of polishing.............
http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/46335408275640.jpg

[Jockney Rebel]

yep that would be good alfie but id like to keep a honda lump in it if poss my resources are limited so im doing all the machining myself on this one and farming out what i cant do , got a good deal on the pwder coating $110 for me wheels and swing arm.................all my previous experience with building is mainly 2 strokes getting old horrible 70 s stuff to stay upright[ an old GT550 suzie cost me alump out of my left arm]the only 4 strokes ive done are minor work to my old Z650 and doing a rickman job on the XS750 i used to own [see im a glutton for punishment] my ideal would be to do a radical job on a RG 500 maybe Sheene rep or a freaked out YPVS 500 i know a fair bit about Yam strokers

talkin of freaks that is a pukka bol dor somethin along those lines is what im looking for nice one m8

[Jockney Rebel]

does anyone know if an 1100r engine is worth sourcing or how much extra power u can get from these old engones ..i know they had a rep for being fragile

[alfiestorm]

quote:Originally posted by frankenbiker

does anyone know if an 1100r engine is worth sourcing or how much extra power u can get from these old engones ..i know they had a rep for being fragile


Fragile you could sneez next to the buggers and vibration would make the cam chain snap and the valves drop.
Keeping it powered by a honda engine if you do get a hold of an old 1100r motor replace the valve drive gubbins, camchain and tensioner i would use an APE billet one, stainless valves with orient express springs titanium retainers and collets atleast then the engine will last wont be no more powerfull than a standard motor but then it wont self destruct either. I know of 3 1100r's that the engines had destroyed there selves because of the standard valve drive gubbins failed or parts of it failed causing complete melt down.
Or you could go for a CB1 engine powerfull and reliable but then you will have to stick a radiator somewhere.
damn that watercooling thing. I dont know of anyother big capacity air cooled honda engine that was not fragile they all had reputations of camchain destruction but when they went watercooled they seemed to become reliable overnight

[Jockney Rebel]

yeah me mates 750 went tits up on a trip to wales years ago spat a shimm out an i ended up towin him with my old z650 stickin a rad on doesnt bother me but its way down the line yet its gonna take me months just to sort the handlin[little fella wife xmas buyin house etc] so i might end up bungin whatever comes to hand in it