Tinkering thread! What are you up to?

[Ilikemotorbikes]

I don't know about anyone else but it seems not being able to hang out with like minded bikers and bore them with what jobs I'm doing on my bikes is getting a bit boring.

So tell us or show us what you're up to in this thread!

My Aprilia RSVR has the following jobs upcoming in the next week or two
- fit brembo monobloc calipers
- fit rsv4 rearsets and brake MC (gives you a working rear brake supposedly)
- fit carbon swingarm guards
- possibly get the rear fairing painted as it's got a big gouge in it


My Honda CG125 is just a matter of changing tyres over so I can get it MOT'd - went OK until I pinched a tube

My Yamaha R1
- service it, tidy it up and get it ready for a blast on track this year all being well

My Honda MT50
- rebuild the C90 engine that's going into it... I built the gearbox up wrong the first time round so its a strip and redo it jobby
- clean up the tank
- possibly change tyres over
- sort the brakes out
- get it ready for a daytime MOT



Over to you, what are you tinkering with at the moment?

[Ilikemotorbikes]

Some great things going on so far, keep up the good work

A quick update, my calipers arrived so did a little test fit
Before -


After -


Yes the bike needs a wash

[Ilikemotorbikes]

Killboy said:

Ilikemotorbikes said:

Some great things going on so far, keep up the good work

A quick update, my calipers arrived so did a little test fit
Before -


After -


Yes the bike needs a wash

Mmmm, KTM have raided the same Brembo parts bin. The top are the callipers on my Supermoto, the bottom are the callipers on my RC8.

Not just KTM, Same calipers as the S1000rr and some Ducatis too

Bottom is off an RC8 but same as fitted to 1098/848 as well

[Ilikemotorbikes]

Forgot to mention - new (semi knobbly) tyres fitted to the CG125 and the MOT passed... Well scraped a pass!



Nearly have all the parts for the RSVR upgrades now but will wait as I'm going to MOT it first

[Ilikemotorbikes]

bigrick1985 said:

Ilikemotorbikes said:

I don't know about anyone else but it seems not being able to hang out with like minded bikers and bore them with what jobs I'm doing on my bikes is getting a bit boring.

So tell us or show us what you're up to in this thread!

My Aprilia RSVR has the following jobs upcoming in the next week or two
- fit brembo monobloc calipers
- fit rsv4 rearsets and brake MC (gives you a working rear brake supposedly)
- fit carbon swingarm guards
- possibly get the rear fairing painted as it's got a big gouge in it


My Honda CG125 is just a matter of changing tyres over so I can get it MOT'd - went OK until I pinched a tube

My Yamaha R1
- service it, tidy it up and get it ready for a blast on track this year all being well

My Honda MT50
- rebuild the C90 engine that's going into it... I built the gearbox up wrong the first time round so its a strip and redo it jobby
- clean up the tank
- possibly change tyres over
- sort the brakes out
- get it ready for a daytime MOT



Over to you, what are you tinkering with at the moment?

Hi I’m looking at putting a c90 engine into a mt50 do you have any pictures of completed just wanted to see what sort of bracket you made for it to fit

Hi Big Rick

Apologies only just saw your post now!

Yes got a fair few pics I'm sure but will have to dig through the archives and I can get some of the brackets we welded in. I'll try and get some stuff sorted and PM you

[Ilikemotorbikes]

Ilikemotorbikes said:

I don't know about anyone else but it seems not being able to hang out with like minded bikers and bore them with what jobs I'm doing on my bikes is getting a bit boring.

So tell us or show us what you're up to in this thread!

My Aprilia RSVR has the following jobs upcoming in the next week or two
- fit brembo monobloc calipers
- fit rsv4 rearsets and brake MC (gives you a working rear brake supposedly)
- fit carbon swingarm guards
- possibly get the rear fairing painted as it's got a big gouge in it


My Honda CG125 is just a matter of changing tyres over so I can get it MOT'd - went OK until I pinched a tube

My Yamaha R1
- service it, tidy it up and get it ready for a blast on track this year all being well

My Honda MT50
- rebuild the C90 engine that's going into it... I built the gearbox up wrong the first time round so its a strip and redo it jobby
- clean up the tank
- possibly change tyres over
- sort the brakes out
- get it ready for a daytime MOT



Over to you, what are you tinkering with at the moment?

Thought I'd provide an update on my bikes.

Aprilia - fitted carbon swingarm guards then sold it.

Honda CG125 fitted the new tyres and really need to get around to changing the oil at some point. The tyres make it look more purposeful now I think


Yamaha R1 - its sort of finished... Needs a few tweaks to be tip top but its there or there abouts.

Honda MT50 - zero progress! Started trying to build up the engine and noticed the barrel was cracked so now just considering putting a 140cc motor in it instead