kempy

And just to add, Feeling sorry for Red "The concrete mixer", so it'll probably get a rebuild shortly too, then We'll start attacking some some of their looks.

Pic of Kempy Jr. enjoying his first ever motorbike ride, you kinda get the feeling he was enjoying it once he mastered the clutch.

So roll on a year later and well..Have a seat please..... I've actually made some progress!

Finally got the GSXR750 running, it took 3-4 years for find the ECU (CDI) and once I found the tricky little sneak security circuit and corrected the bodged wiring it fired up on some engine start.

Today I had it running from the fuel tank with a freshly installed tank seal thats been around the world in 900 days and finally turned up on my doorstep this week.

 I need to find a battery, assemble it and replace the remaining fluids etc etc and then see if I can go for a quick blat.

I think I'll flickit off, it's not really my thing and the idea of using the engine for a go-cart just isnt gonna happen. (the real reason as I know I''ll do something stupid and kill myself on it)

CT90 and the FH50 have gone... although there may be more CT90 action to come.

Ole mate @Tumeke  gave me a hand to get the ball rolling on a couple of the A50's and now blue FA50 is up and running, really all it needed was fresh fuel and a Tyre tube.

The far Red A50 is running, kinda. It smokes like a bastard and we discovered that the contents in the oil reservoir tank was engine oil, swapped that out for propper like 2T oil but its exhaust still resembled the Bandit's nemesis, in a serious way.

Throttle was a bit sticky too, so we removed the cover for the oil pump and discovered why it was so stubborn, that's the inside of the cover and as you can see it was nearly a full tide.

Nothing a bit of CRC and an air compressor couldn't fix, freed up the pump/cable, So now Big Red runs, but still kinda.. it sounds like an old concrete mixer, you know those old ones that had a Ring Gear around the edge and sort of made a grinding noise as it loaded up the gears on the heavy part of the cycle?, well it kinda sounds like that with this weird weird noise phasing and out every second or so.

I suspect it may be a bearing issue... I also suspect there's still half a Texas oil well in the crank case as it continually dribbles oil from any orifice that isnt as it should be, exhaust included.

So next up is the old green machine, Its my original AC50 from school days which a mate lunched while I was living in Europe, Needs a new piston and it will get the full rebuild experience, busy ordering parts which are being delivered by courier, so I should be good by the year 2154.

Is that an Aerolux Cross I spy? @Thousand Dollar Supercar

I put a cyclone separator on mine and it works quite well,you can buy them for under $40 locally. Mine feeds a vacuum cleaner with a variable speed controller so I can turn down the airflow when using super fine media.

 Pulled an old vacuum apart, stuck it in a ply box and fed it to an outside vent so there’s no fine dust in the shed which was fairly important as at one stage I was blasting some old bronze pieces and the dist from that it pretty nasty I've been told\

Bolted a tall round Systema container I stole from the kitchen (Shhh!) on the bottom of the cyclone so it’s easy to remove and clean out, the whole thing just hangs off the side of the cabinet as the input Port fits the dust outlet perfectly on the cabinet

Have been toying with making a small vapor blaster with one of those 220l cabinets from topmaq

Seems that 1/2 of my post disappeared.. Next tricky bit is to get the battery tabs welded together with an ultrasonic welder, so that’s the next service provider I need to look out for.

Im thinking that I’ll split the battery pack into two 41v packs so that if there is an incident I have the possibility of saving  half of it..

Ken has responded so hopefully he can make it happen, I did take the rim/hub to a mates bike shop but it wasn’t their area of expertise really and they were flat out doing their normal work.

I have a mate who is a plater and he’s mentioned stripping chrome off, will ask, but a quick google search suggests hydrochloride acid or sodium hydroxide.

2 hours ago, Willdat? said:

Sweet project, tell me about your speed controller /batteries. @yoeddynz has claimed a passion for wheel building, but obviously not in Auckland... 

Speed controller is 120amp sine wave , batteries are a string LiPo pouches totalling 84v 160amp, so theoretically they can deliver 10KW peak current, 2KW/hr storage

Does anyone know someone that is competent with lacing rims, Auckland based?

I want to lace this rim ( ST90 14" 36 H) to this hub which is also 36H , from what I've read the ST90 spokes are 10 gauge and this hub accepts 10-12 gauge, offset may be an issue?

I was talking to Ken @ wheel and spoke but he seems to have fallen off the planet and isnt responding to any form of communication of late, looking for alternatives...

Well.....,  to put it bluntly, I've done SFA lately on these wee bikes, apart from get them all out and line them up in a shed

So I think the plan is to get rid of the GSXR750 or strip the engine out for a go-cart or some kind of think that I wont kill myself in, get rid of the Vespa, CT90 and the get the FR50 and at least 2 of the AC50's going.

Have just sent the 5KW hub for the FA50 away to get it laced into the 12" Rim, should have a fair amount of torque being on such a small rim so I'm looking forward to getting that back

You might want to consider adding some fibres in the concrete, I played around with building speaker enclosures and found that it kept falling apart, for bigger cabinets I used fibre and rebar.

I also found that concrete culvert pipes made good enclosures, good fun messing around with this stuff.

Front wheel drive, what’s it like?

that paint finish is so sweet!

this arrived today + a 120 amp sine wave controller + bits.

Heavier than I imagined @13.5KG

Man,  this is a pleasant blast from the past.

run timedemo demo1   or something like that was the test for CPU/Video card we used to run on Quake

I have a ton of old SIMM's and DIMM's if you ever get stuck.

Ironically I was looking at my old Jazz drive and 1GB cartridges just yesterday wondering what was on them and if I should have a crack at getting it going..

double post

Hah, I really don't know if I should thank you or not?!?

One of the AC50's (The Green one) is one I purchased off my neighbour in 1984, I remember seeing it as a wee kid thinking it was huge by how it towered over me, bought it off him a few years later and rode it to school regularly until I got a car

Ran flawlessly until a mate blew the motor up while I was overseas in Europe

Was an awesome bike and cant wait to get back on the road after not having a bike for 20yrs

Repower sorted, Going Electric and pushed the button on a 5KW Hub and 120amp Sine wave controller, batteries still being pondered

Also have 2 x  Suzuki AC50's to work on, new guards ordered, Spare AC50 motor on the way with a swag of other spare parts, hope to have something to ride very shortly, finally

So,  has anyone here actually bought a high powered hub yet, ie. 2-5KW?  would be keen to compare notes and recommendations...

Been follow this guy's 10KW stand up scoot, looks...inspiring.

I'm avoiding that by going entirely 12v and using an inverter in case of needing something to run off 230v, so not much help I'm afraid.

Nice bit of battery,  size and weight is the challenge I face ( for both me and the battery  )

Lol,cheers for the update, and thanks for the link,been looking into 18650 Batts lately so that a really handy link for me

Old thread dredge, how did you end up going ;battery wise?

6 hours ago, jjerm said:

So a double drawer or one big drawer with a shelf that’s fixed above it? 

We have a couple at my work 

I'm looking for double drawer preferably,although 1 big drawer may work depending on size..?