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look at it this way- If you smash the guard I make then I'll fix the reason it failed in version 2.0. This will be a freebie btw. You and the rest of oldschool have been great (Especially recently, shits been amazing) so good to give back Edit. FYI, I smashed my ktm's wind shield. I'm 100% okay with this because it put the strength into context for me. Now I know what it took to make it fail, how it failed and how to fix it so it doesn't happen again. So in conclusion, give me a spare front guard so I can make a mold

Good work man, that guard looks soooooo much better now. Can't believe the weight of that old tail light .I can't even get my head around it. This might be obvious from my posts here and on YT but I really like this project and your approach. It is such a perfect bike for weight reduction because the factory didnt pay any attention to it. Easy to make relatively huge gains, love it. I do think you should let me make you a new front guard tho.

Omg, those indicators lol. They look wider than the bars.

Mate you could have made a carbon fibre one for a third of that weight.

Yeah Cardboard will be useless. Resin will make it soggy and it will yield from the weight pretty easily. Highly suggest really thin MDF and foamboard from craft places (spotlight has it, the warehouse might too, its great, foam board is super easy to cut and sand) Also, cheap resin, mixing resin in incorrect ratios and using the wrong hardener (fast hardener on a hot day) can make the part warp and sink very badly - this is even worse if the form is flimsy.

Well I hope if there's any dodgy bits she ends up in the design disasters thread Cool car man, love it

You could fit an E-bike hub to the front wheel, use it for when extra acceleration is required. Like some kind of direct drive E supercharger.

Love my sign thanks mate! I haven't seen it in person yet but the office lady phoned me and asked if she should open it because it looked damaged in transit. Workmate said it was gold as she HATES the c word.

Ummn.. How you do the calc? Because I can't get an output that makes sense. 77mm stroke and 9500rpm? Edit, I get 1,462,893...... Edit. Because a 535 BMW diesel has a mean piston speed of 889,101mm/min.. @Guypie your numbers all seem too low?

Yeah there's two trains of thought, one is the old school slow break in method, the other is GIVE IT Heaps so that the rings wear in properly before the cross hatching has gone. Most people who know anything now seem to go with the GIVE IT Heaps method. Anyway, richen it up a bit to keep things cooler maybe?

We are totally on the same page. I just trying to figure out sohc's logic

How does break in for 100km prevent these issues? Are you saying pistons and bores wear a measurable amount? Genuine question.

Every gn 125 ever made has been pinned at full throttle for extended periods. Every small bike has.

Next time get cylinder sized properly to piston /double checked AND run a little 2t oil in the fuel?

Does a gn250 drive train fit into this? Most people would give a nut to have a big block engine that bolts in- if it's that easy for you then I say you'd be silly not to. Might not be as much Internet points as modifying the 125 but you won't care once on the road and literally doing hunnits everywhere.

Wife's dad had one for a while. She has memories of them leaving Hamilton for Auckland but only making it to Huntley before breaking down. Lol

Would you be interested in doing some plywood trellis type panels for me? I just have some random designs (tui, grayfish, fern etc) that I'd like profiled out for a feature wall plus a few more to sell. Like this: (Lol, jokes )

Got a 24L fuel tank from a guy in aus. Not noticable while riding (it's narrower than the bars so who cares) and means I can do much more than 150km before fretting. Took it to work today too, that was lush.

Damn those are great

Fark imagine a woman that welds, builds cnc machines and safari truck things. Take my money

Yes

Hi Nick. Where did you find your models? Draw them up yourself? I'd love to have him mill up a thumb hole stock for my model 7 but I have no design drawn up yet. I have a number of nice walnut blanks too if you want.

Omg, you could sell quite a few of those in a heartbeat. I’ll take one, seriously.

Man that must have been a huge amount of work to get blocked out nice.

Pretty Impressive!! Why do you have a scanner?