Mop Head
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Well, it's been forever but this has finally come back up in the priority list with spring already here. I'll cut to the chase with photos: Got a new aliexpress exhaust finally and it bolted straight on. Debating on whether to change the can's colour but all the paint will be sorted later. The new 310mm shock came after trial and error with another one. Would possibly like it lower later down the track, but the shock is set quite hard at the moment so that might change. Still much lower with me on it. Airfilter isn't final and is just to fill in space for now. I do have the original. Did a 5 minute mock up with the rear carrier and combi brake/indicator LED light, not sure if I'll stick with this at the moment, but the plate holder is a nice touch. I still love the front light set up, aiming to stick with it. The front light is a combi indicator/headlight. The horns are my new favourite part. They are gonna be there no matter what. I've had them laying around for a while and with the new engine being 12v it's the perfect excuse to use them I will be using these tyres, white walls and also gonna sand blast and powder coat the rims that are on it now. Black wins as their colour choice. Sticking with the original speedo/handle bar cluster too. Aaaaaand one final close up of all her best bits.
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Oh now we're talking. I have that Ali Express exhaust. But chopped the mounting point off for the old engine and can't find the bloody thing now. Having a real exhaust could work wonders. The shock is alright. Not sure how much pressure it has, but it's a little adjustable and looks the part at least. Only tested a little and such. FOC as usual mate.
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It's got a couple of scratches on it where it mounts up the top. But it's yours if you want it mate. I'll send it when I can.
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Just bought a new 320mm shock. The photo posted before was if it was 340mm. Combined with my weight etc it should still sit pretty low! http://bit.ly/1SVJkrK
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Agreed, but at the height before she barely had room for the exhaust to bolt onto the head. Once I'm sitting on it, it goes right down again. With the fuel tank, oil tank and seat on she'll be as low as can be.
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New ride height sorted. Laser cut mounts sorted. Just gotta tidy up the bolts and some tube spacers. Gotta do a new shock hunt on Aliexpress now. Onwards and upwards, literally
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Mock me up baby. The LED mini-bar doesn't touch even with my full weight on the front. Booonus.
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Stole a metre ruler. Played around and made a light bar mount. Need to shorten it up. Not bad for an hours play time..
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Yeah absolutely, motor is a bit low at the moment, will rectify that in due course. The part of my brain that makes all the bad calls is telling me to get the front shocks shortened. Don't really know how feasible that is, will do final mocks etc before that even becomes a possibility though. Love the stretched FA!
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Random slightly cool stuff you built but not worth its own thread, thread
Mop Head replied to h4nd's topic in Other Projects
Iron Maiden socks are appropriate for all areas. -
Random slightly cool stuff you built but not worth its own thread, thread
Mop Head replied to h4nd's topic in Other Projects
Got bored. Made a cheese stick. -
Weeeew, finally got some mocking on the go. But first, needed to do a top notch job at securing the wiring for the indicators in the headlight. They were barely attached when it arrived from Ali: Then the engine mounting came. Original engine just mounted with a bolt straight through the frame but the new engine had a bracket in-between itself and the frame. A bit of grinding, and it fits pretty well. Still gotta shorten the bracket, weld it up for strength and mount some new tabs so it can be secured in 2 places and hard mounted. See below: It will end up being mounted straight up and down as opposed the angle in the below picture. First moments of Moped resemblance: And here's a clearer view, gotta get some new tabs laser cut and then will keep on keeping on from there.
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Welp. Raizer is the boss man. Was wheelie stoked when this arrived today! Here's some real life photos of the aliexpress stuff to give ya an idea on sizes. More solid than expected for both of them. Tail light is bigger than imagined, which is actually a good thing. Gonna play with the frame and engine over the weekend.
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The Aliexpress Special, aka Raizer playing with scooters
Mop Head replied to Raizer's topic in Two Wheels
That's loooooose! Love it man. Definitely some progress there. -
Noiiiiiiiiice. Was riding a red one in Thailand when I was there. Loved it. Locals all thought I was a bloody maniac though. Can't wait to see what becomes of it.
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Just need the right VTNZ. Needs to have been in the system before. Never done it with anything that hasn't previously been registered and then lapsed.
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Myth-busting the non-believers since ages ago.
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Yeah I'll be running a different engine altogether, but in my hunt for LED stuff I've found that there seems to be plenty of 6v options advertised on Aliexpress, never tried them but it could be your best bet.
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Slowly getting money/time for this bike. Rattle cans getting mixed up for the same colour, have chosen a headlight and tail light from Aliexpress too. They'll be here eventually. Hopefully paint can be sorted before then. Trying to make it as clean as possible, nothing jutting out etc. Will see how it goes legalities-wise, but I have couple of (legal) tricks up my sleeve. Planning on putting the tiny LED bar behind the headlight and pointing angled down, helping with the illumination. Will try it with a separate switch from everything else. Anyway, until the next time.
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For sale yo. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/52472-fs-1972-honda-c50-streetcub-kit-w-live-plate/
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Yeah man, not the happiest camper right now. But gotta raise funds to see the daughter overseas, family comes first, all that jazz. Can always buy another cub. Whomever gets this lot will get an epic deal. Should have pictures up tonight.
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May have to put this up for sale for a very regretful. Live rego/plate in my name. Keep an eye out for a post in the next few days in the FS section. Along with the v50, new owner would get first option on all parts when they arrive from Thailand. OS members get first dibs before it heads on tardme. Keeping the fs50. This would include the rims I posted a wee while back. Pretty much all parts I have laying around.
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May have to put this up for sale for a very regretful. Live rego/plate in my name. Keep an eye out for a post in the next few days in the FS section. Along with the c50, new owner would get first option on all parts when they arrive from Thailand. OS members get first dibs before it heads on tardme. Keeping the fs50.
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Cheers mate, was contemplating mocking up a small extension mount to stretch it out a bit, just gotta play with the loom and see how long it is first, don't wanna make anything harder than it needs to be. Thanks for the heads up too! Might be using the stock air box for now, but won't know for a wee while. I can get that tank etc boxed up and sent out this week no problems. I'll PM ya.
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Today I found time to strip the fs50, not a difficult job. Found an old WOF tag deep inside the frame amongst a bunch of old crud and oil: The old manufacturers tag which has been painted over at some point: Off to wash world for a quick degrease and wash: Woooo, finally can see inside the frame, she's in not to bad shape. I can thank the oil build up there for that I think: Post wash: Aaaand finally she's up on the meat hook: Ready for a bit of a sand, paint and then time to mock mount the new heart!
