BLIZZO Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 man this shit is pic heavy for one page! edit - win, new page finally 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Yeah, fine. Guess id better make mine cooler then 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 anyone have any pit bike parts lying around? im after a 14" disc brake front end that isnt fucked. facebook market place is letting me down, dumb people that think a chinese pitbike with a blow engine is worth $700 mayyyte ya dreaming 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 well i meant to get a heap of ST90 stuff done this weekend but that just didnt happen. a deal popped up on friday and i wasnt going to grab them but no one else was keen and i knew i could make one mint bike out of two to sell for profitz and make a good runner but just a bit rough around the edges from the other one so spent all afternoon Saturday and most of the day Monday swapping bits over like bars and switch gear, wire wheeling all the chrome, buffing and polishing everything! came up pretty bloody good! still a few little things to do like glue the edges of the seat down, put the red side cover on, there was an oil leak from a shagged clutch cover gasket so i pulled that all off and cleaned everything (the oil filter screen was jammed with gunk) and will get a new gasket this week. bike has had the rings done 100km go and is a great runner, kinda cheesing it really but i don't need a second CT. back onto the ST at nights this week, hopefully get the frame pretty much rolling 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 so ct90 above sold to one very happy chap down in lower hutt, aaaaaaaaand then another scoot appeared 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 You are an inspiration to us all mate. So keen to get on my scoot again, now that summer is over. ... hmm. Woops lol 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 If your getting rid of any of the handle bar upper covers, indicators, throttle asm or front guard giz please of course 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 On 3/13/2018 at 15:21, Shakotom said: If your getting rid of any of the handle bar upper covers, indicators, throttle asm or front guard giz please of course yea rodgee ill be ditching all that gay stock shit. also anyone know of any 1.85" 17" 36 hole rims? can on the rear of all small capacity CBs, some XRs etc, i want for this but dont want to pay shipping for a new one from thailand. pleeeease and thankyous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datlow Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Some dodgy chromed China spec ones?https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32615206274/32615206274.html Or maybe try shamis66 on trade me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 Aaaaaaand because I seem to like filling my shed with bikes at the moment why not add another to the list. The Pine is strong for this one though, 1985 Honda CB50. After DGR last year and getting a soft on over the welly boys choice small Honda scrambler builds I have been looking for a CB/CG for the right price for a while, moped reg makes this one a mega win. Don’t know what plans are for it yet, def keep patina tank, will hoon it as is for a while and then figure out what I wanna do 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKD Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 get one of those skyteam dream tank/seat kits - instant cafe excellence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 1 hour ago, MKD said: get one of those skyteam dream tank/seat kits - instant cafe excellence. I mega Pine the patina Honda tank eh, nice brat style seat in black behind it should look choice. Would rather avoid making it look like a skyteam dream copy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKD Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 1 hour ago, BLIZZO said: I mega Pine the patina Honda tank eh, nice brat style seat in black behind it should look choice. Would rather avoid making it look like a skyteam dream copy fair enough - i hear lanolin is good on patina. darkens it but stops it going further. plus you can then imagine youre riding a sheep 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 i use some home made saddle wax on my rust its bees wax and lemon oil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 i have had pretty good patina success on both the rusty trombone and the st90 by giving it all a nice light wet sand with 1000grit, then a hard cut and a polish then a rub down with teflon type marine wax. the c50 is gunna be extreme patina tho, speaking of - gave this the the chop chop, for being mega surface rusty this thing is pretty solid and has no holes. Looking at brendon from QCRs c90 as inspiration i want to do similar with a bit of a twist. going to keep narrow 2.25" front tyre on the skinny 1.2 c50 rim and have whacked a c90 1.40 rim on the rear and will eventually run a 2.75 or 3.00 china tyre similar in style to the front. a old style bridgestone or whatever they are would look sick but probs pretty spendy. will jam some of the flat ribbed for extra please side covers from craze bali on as well. will give this thing a good wet sand when i get a spare hour or so and see what it comes up like, grey should come through a bit better in other scoot news i have waggys rv50 here getting the shit engine mounting re done and a brand new lifan 110, have got new location all mocked up, hopefully finish it at nights this week ST90 is just waiting on new shocks from murica and a couple of spokes to be made for the rear wheel then will look more complete, i brought a massive tank liner kit as i have 4 average bike fuel tanks i need to clean, etch and line and last of all i havnt even collected the CB50 yet but today i aquired a 1976 xl175 that was complete and a good runner but a VMX mate stripped part of it for some stuff he needed and was getting rid of the rest very cheap. will probs give the engine a wee freshen and jam it in the CB. dont know much about these engines, dont even know if it will fit, pretty sure they are CDI, im guessing will be shitty 6 volt which is gay, maybe some kind of 12 stator will fit? these things i do not know but im sure i will find out. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 I pine so hard for this 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 So my upgraded shocks from dratv turned up today so I did a little work on the st tonight. Rear brake Cam is siezed so I need to pull that apart. Other that brakes it’s just fuel tank, wiring and zorst until this thing is finished now. Oh and footpegs which are on their way. a bit unsure how to mount zorst. It’s gunna be custom made of stainless, needs to finish before the shock ideally. Probably end up drilling a hole in the frame and mounting somewhere like this or slightly lower than this 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Gawd damn that looks lushhhhh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BLIZZO Posted April 20, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2018 so after some pretty cool missions pesting on the ct in the last 6 months - So after some long thought I have decided to get rid of it for a couple of reasons, A, i have too many bikes. B, its worth a lot of money (comparatively speaking). C, its a bit slow. D, i wanted a slighty larger dual sport bike and E, im a bit tall for it and have to have the bars raked forward on a massive angle. So in trademe it went and it is now sold for a very tidy sum. So that got me onto what i replace it with, im a Honda fan boy so it started there and also i wanted to spend fuck all. Was looking for road legal XR250s for a while when i noticed this haggard as fuck one on trademe local, so i popped down for a look thinking it was going to be rooted was owned by a british expat who had had it for the last 5 or so years and his mate had it before that since pretty much new. it has been road legal since 1993 (its a 1991 XR250R), the fact its an R is quite ideal as it has no battery to go flat and is a bit lighter. Turns out its got super low kms for one of these, genuine 11,000kms, mechanically it is ace and has no smoke or anything. the guy was a bit of a dweeb that thought he would make it look better by rattle canning the faded plastic black, so it needs a full aesthetic tidy up. he had the airbox and stuff so that will all go back on, so after a short test ride where i determined it went very hard for what it is and suspected a 280cc upgrade i grabbed it on the trailer since getting it home i have got some second hand side cover plastics en route, have ordered a polisport enduro headlight setup, CRF250 white front guard and a second hand rear guard which @Shakotom is gunna be the man and collect for me. I pulled the carb apart and the main jet is drastically bigger than stock and pilot one size bigger than stock so i think the feeling of a 280cc kit might be right, the cycleworks exhaust is also an added bonus, and the fact the entire thing cost me $1200 with rego on hold. Plan is to finish the ST90 100% and push that in the corner then strip the XR back to bare frame, slap some black paint on it, assemble with new plastics and replace some bearings and shit. i already sanded the tank right back and it has the yellow fuel stains that these all get so will get a cover off ebay for it, might go with a white/black/grey color scheme. then go smash some cool trails on it! just need @Dolan to get a 250 now too 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BLIZZO Posted May 12, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2018 Sooo decided about a fortnight ago I needed to rip into this XR and give it a good tidy up, have ordered all new bearings and bushes, fork kits etc. gunna just tidy everything and bring it back to its former glory but not with the red seat and blue features The stripping really is the easy part. I have all alloy bits a good buff with scourer pads and a very casual low effort polish once the frame was completely bare I sent it to the sandblasters and then straight to powder coat where it has a phosphate rust cover, a zinc rust preventative powder coat and then an arctic white UV resistant top coat Even managed to get the engine back in without chipping anything. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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