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shirt said:
good work for 5 weeks. mine is still next to the sofa and has probably stunk the flat out with leaky fuel tap by now.
did you go for bridgestone trail wings? i ordered mine from amazon in the US. got a few parcels waiting for me when i get home in a couple of weeks.
re. the lifan, how does 72cc feel? i am waiting on a supplier to give me the cost for a full rebuild kit for my original engine to go up to 72cc so keen to know if that's a good idea or not.
i want to strip it to the cases and replace all the gaskets, bearings etc. and hoping i can lose the points but still stay 6v. haven't looked at that yet.
I have not had it running with the Lifan engine yet, but hopefully should do in the next week or so, so will let you know did you go for bridgestone trail wings? i ordered mine from amazon in the US. got a few parcels waiting for me when i get home in a couple of weeks.
re. the lifan, how does 72cc feel? i am waiting on a supplier to give me the cost for a full rebuild kit for my original engine to go up to 72cc so keen to know if that's a good idea or not.
i want to strip it to the cases and replace all the gaskets, bearings etc. and hoping i can lose the points but still stay 6v. haven't looked at that yet.
Yes Bridgestone trail wings, I ordered mine from ebay though.
I also recently bought another 2001 Jincheng 50cc, but this one road registered. I brought it into work today and took it for it's first ever MOT which it passed! I bought it with only 6 miles on the clock.
When I get the Baja Monkey running with the Lifan 72cc I will have a good comparison against this one
Edited by AceOfHearts on Wednesday 16th April 16:50
Bob_Defly said:
I would honestly be scared riding something that small amongst busy traffic.
It's not too bad - a beefy exhaust helps, as does a loud horn should you need to make your presence known. And if you have a little bit more power to squirt around traffic it's not at all bad. You do get people that will be blind when pulling out of junctions but no more so than on a 'regular' sized bike. The only time I was scared when I took a wrong turn onto the A34 and had to ride to the next junction on a breezy day. Evo 7 - Update.
The monkey is with the Legend, Nigel getting fettled. The replacement rear shock is on and is looking great...am in two minds whether to cover it with the shock sock or let it be open to the elements. It does look great with the blue wheels! And as it's adjustable it should make a huge difference.
But there was some bad news. The oil leak was a little more serious than initially thought. I thought it was leaking out of the gear lever shaft seal. Which was weaping to be fair. But when flywheel side of the casing was opened up there was some misting behind the flywheel. So needed to be take off and inspected if it was the seal-lucky for us it was the seal and as I had bought whole seal kit it was included.
But there was an issue getting the flywheel off. The specific puller wasn't getting much purchase on the threads as someone had tried to take it off before and gakked some of the threads. Luckily with some thought and perseverance Nigel managed to get it off with minimal damage to the thread on the flywheel. You can see the fresh seal on the gear lever shaft on the pic below...
It was noted the original brake disc was quite glazed and I've always complained about the wooden feel of the brakes on the front. When we did the Brembo caliper install I had put in a set of sintered pads. They were always wooden in feel and only had a decent feel when there was a bit of heat into them. I changed the pads to fresh ones last year but with no great improvement-I ordered standard road pads but kindly the seller had sent me the sintered pads free of charge. Anyway, a new standard disc will be bought and installed after a debate was had regards potentially changing the master cylinder as an upgrade...Remembering that over winter we're fitting a new USD set up and will come with new brakes...so might not go ahead unless Nigel can find something cheap.
Will update soon as I have more.
The monkey is with the Legend, Nigel getting fettled. The replacement rear shock is on and is looking great...am in two minds whether to cover it with the shock sock or let it be open to the elements. It does look great with the blue wheels! And as it's adjustable it should make a huge difference.
But there was some bad news. The oil leak was a little more serious than initially thought. I thought it was leaking out of the gear lever shaft seal. Which was weaping to be fair. But when flywheel side of the casing was opened up there was some misting behind the flywheel. So needed to be take off and inspected if it was the seal-lucky for us it was the seal and as I had bought whole seal kit it was included.
But there was an issue getting the flywheel off. The specific puller wasn't getting much purchase on the threads as someone had tried to take it off before and gakked some of the threads. Luckily with some thought and perseverance Nigel managed to get it off with minimal damage to the thread on the flywheel. You can see the fresh seal on the gear lever shaft on the pic below...
It was noted the original brake disc was quite glazed and I've always complained about the wooden feel of the brakes on the front. When we did the Brembo caliper install I had put in a set of sintered pads. They were always wooden in feel and only had a decent feel when there was a bit of heat into them. I changed the pads to fresh ones last year but with no great improvement-I ordered standard road pads but kindly the seller had sent me the sintered pads free of charge. Anyway, a new standard disc will be bought and installed after a debate was had regards potentially changing the master cylinder as an upgrade...Remembering that over winter we're fitting a new USD set up and will come with new brakes...so might not go ahead unless Nigel can find something cheap.
Will update soon as I have more.
Did some more work on ST175-in-waiting.
I bought the "shorty" K&N version but this still was touching the frame but the hose clamp was very wide,
the slightly narrower clamp held beside might just do the trick.
Cut 4mm off the filter intake, smaller clamp fitted, Bingo, we have clearance Clarence,
the engine might shake a bit and I don´t want this to sound like a Rumba rattle.
Added a "phonus balonus" 3rd mount to the old Cub ignition cover I got from a fellow PHer,
to leave no empty hole in the "Nice" crankcase, screwed on plus 2K metal bond for sticking and modeling.
"Flywheel cover" self-polished, OK if you don´t look too close,
rest of cover will be done with 2K primer and 2K gloss black to match clutch cover on right side.
I bought the "shorty" K&N version but this still was touching the frame but the hose clamp was very wide,
the slightly narrower clamp held beside might just do the trick.
Cut 4mm off the filter intake, smaller clamp fitted, Bingo, we have clearance Clarence,
the engine might shake a bit and I don´t want this to sound like a Rumba rattle.
Added a "phonus balonus" 3rd mount to the old Cub ignition cover I got from a fellow PHer,
to leave no empty hole in the "Nice" crankcase, screwed on plus 2K metal bond for sticking and modeling.
"Flywheel cover" self-polished, OK if you don´t look too close,
rest of cover will be done with 2K primer and 2K gloss black to match clutch cover on right side.
The monkeybike is back! When I got the bike back I deep cleaned it on the weekend.
While doing so I had a supervisor who came out to inspect periodically.
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During the Cleaning process I mentally noted a bunch of things I want doing for the next Evolution. These are tidying up the electrics, getting the tank re-painted, Cerakote the exhaust and the Brembo caliper bronze or gold and getting new switch gear. But that is for the off season over winter....
After over three hours of cleaning, polishing and inspecting here it is...
I'm super happy with the way it looks now. The blue spring tying in the blue wheels. Which look ace. The new rear shock was a great upgrade. So much more control and no pogoing or bottoming out. The greater control has resulted in the handling being scalpel sharp-it already was but is so much more composed in the bends and under braking. The bike turns in with minimal input and feels epic in the corners!
I'm waiting on some disc bolts to get delivered. The current ones are starting to round off and are as old as the bike. So I doubt they will survive the swap without rounding off... The new disc that will be installed looks pretty good and will be done this weekend if the bolts arrive today or tomorrow.
I'll post up before and after pics to keep the build thread going...
While doing so I had a supervisor who came out to inspect periodically.
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During the Cleaning process I mentally noted a bunch of things I want doing for the next Evolution. These are tidying up the electrics, getting the tank re-painted, Cerakote the exhaust and the Brembo caliper bronze or gold and getting new switch gear. But that is for the off season over winter....
After over three hours of cleaning, polishing and inspecting here it is...
I'm super happy with the way it looks now. The blue spring tying in the blue wheels. Which look ace. The new rear shock was a great upgrade. So much more control and no pogoing or bottoming out. The greater control has resulted in the handling being scalpel sharp-it already was but is so much more composed in the bends and under braking. The bike turns in with minimal input and feels epic in the corners!
I'm waiting on some disc bolts to get delivered. The current ones are starting to round off and are as old as the bike. So I doubt they will survive the swap without rounding off... The new disc that will be installed looks pretty good and will be done this weekend if the bolts arrive today or tomorrow.
I'll post up before and after pics to keep the build thread going...
If anyone is interested there are two Z50's in May's Classic Competition raffles.
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