GuyWithAviators Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 50 minutes ago, kicker said: Have cut the springs but not shortened the shock shaft so they are a wee bit (massively) uncaptive on droop. I saw a dude on instagram shorten his by running the shaft thread down further then lopping the end off so thought I'd give the same a go. I assume these would be hard chromed so grinding that off first would make it easier? Also done the cutting shaft / thread etc. Didn't consider it being hardened just sent a die down it haha. Works well, need to do it to my Yamaha now. It has the massive droop from just cut springs - so many fingers caught under the guard when lifting the bike onto the trailer haha. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 Choice, cheers chaps, that'll be the go then. I need to get my vice setup so I can do it and a few other jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datlow Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Sweet seen so many that imho would look so much better with a little low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 What kinda tail lamp are you running on that trimmed mount? Its a problem for me. I havent found anything that mounts tidy to a trimmed mount and lasts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 Gonna use this guy The fist part is a similar size to what is left of the mount, gonna weld a plate in there and tap some holes to screw the light to, might even use some glue as the screws are pretty small, m3/4 I think. What kinda trouble are your lights having? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 cams 125 / my 140 / pretty much any of the penny pinches 110s seem to vibrate the fuck out of any tight real bad. cam has even tried good narva lights to no avail. i think the best bet is LED although ive had issues with a few of them too. rubber isolators are the go i reckon. China engines although go well and are relatively reliable all seem to have some real weird harmonics / vibrations. cams 125 seems worse than most, and the batch of 110s we got. probs doesnt help he ran it on shipping oil for like the first 500kms 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Running ballast resistors in them @BLIZZO? My 140 was doing bulbs just about every ride until I added one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 gEt a TrAiLtEcH 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 My tail light is LED funnily enough, I guess because of the unusual shape also have a TrailTech already on its way, wish I'd seen @My name is Russell post about selling some, been waiting 4 weeks now haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Yeah Trailtech the world. Im running a Ali X round led tallight and some unknown rectangular headlight with a 12v bulb and my trailtech has kept those bad boys strumming hard for a solid 2500km now. Even with all the engine vibrations and what not. Running 4 trailtechs on 4 bikes and have yet to have a issue with lighting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 I prefer the standard reg/rect set up personally, I like having indicators and horn etc running from the battery circuit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 The Skyteam ace I built has all of those and no battery and also runs a trailtech with no issue. Ya'll need to on the train before it leaves ya behind 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 17 hours ago, Chris.QCR said: The Skyteam ace I built has all of those and no battery and also runs a trailtech with no issue. Ya'll need to on the train before it leaves ya behind this is what i want in my life, i have a trailtech on the shelf waiting to go in my CB50, how do you run the indicators etc, just run them on AC and they are fine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 My 125 doesnt vibrate that bad. Only as bad as any other 125/140 ive experienced. Nothing like the 110s. Dont think shipping oil did it any harm jim . doesnt burn drop of oil. Have seen some fairly smokey lifans from guys who did shit the 'right way'. Was using hella lights and the blub holders were falling to bits fairly quickly. Will try some rubber isolators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mop Head Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 My 125 vibrates like fuck and I love it. I do skids and/or ride WOT till oil empties out the breather but I keep it topped up and then change it out every 1000kms or couple of months - whichever comes first. Shipping oil is shit. Don’t use it; regardless if it didn’t harm anyone else’s bike. People will probably still debate this though because it was ‘fine’ for them. Anyone ever been to a Lifan factory? I have. The quality control isn’t great; but the products generally are epic and last well as long as they’re ‘looked after’. Generally this means every single person has a different experience with every engine made. Ed March has done over 100,000 miles on Lifans; but he maintains them religiously and strips them down before use and triple checks tolerances and torque on bolts etc. Don’t really need to go that nuts unless you’re riding around the world. TLDR; everyone will experience different things in different ways. Anyway; sick bike. Loving the tail light and the full rear fender. Can’t wait to see this thing hooning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 K. Looks rad bro. Big fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kicker Posted December 10, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2018 Another small job is my new side covers, I was keen to have some but not keen for the factory tumour size so they got trimmed down. They'll get painted up with something particular I have in mind 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Low pros look good! That patina is on point also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kicker Posted December 16, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2018 Another shit update. I bought one of those $9.50 pit bike exhausts for something to start with. It fit ok as it was but had a lot of angles going on so I cut and rotated the header a few degrees to bring it closer to the engine and make it more horizontal, then cut off the bent up section on the end, flipped it around and welded it on straight then cut a slash to tidy up the old bend. Will weld some nuts on it to use the stock exhaust-swingarm bracket then that should do for now/forever 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 Long time no update, so pic dump Sissy bar/rack combo Fixing rusty tank Add screws and shake, weld holes, clean and seal 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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