Author Topic: Update (Read 5189 times)

Simon · « **on:** March 10, 2007, 06:54:12 am »

Well haven't been around for awhile but I've been
looking in all the same,
anyway update, SOLD my Whyte46 I loved that bike
and its gone to good home.
Simply I'm just not getting in the riding to justify
such a bike and (you've guessed it) I've started
a new project,I'm restoring a 1980 Honda CR125RA
MX bike,such a project has been on the cards for many years and is quite close to my heart,anyway I'll
still pop in once in awhile and I still have my 856 project bike,my wife still has an 856 and my son still has a 4500.
Simon.

shovelon · « **Reply #1 on:** March 10, 2007, 12:23:01 pm »

Good to hear from ya Simon.

So when the weather clears, get out for a ride or two.

You going to race motocross? Sounds like a ton of fun.

Good Luck,
Terry

jeffhop · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2007, 06:17:40 pm »

good to see your still around simon, im surprised youve sold the whyte though, another proflex project on the cards? your old carbon frame has a new lease of life now that ive got a new shock (x fusion o2r) its lighter than ever and rides great.

Simon · « **Reply #3 on:** March 10, 2007, 07:02:05 pm »

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Good to hear from ya Simon.

So when the weather clears, get out for a ride or two.

You going to race motocross? Sounds like a ton of fun.

Good Luck,
Terry

Eventually thats the plan,hoping to race in some twin
shock races,my son has always wanted to ride MX
but never had the chance (now he has),its something I did many years ago on machines like the one I'm restoring,
those days hold very fond memories to me.

Simon.

Carbon_Angus · « **Reply #4 on:** March 11, 2007, 05:00:30 pm »

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, SOLD my Whyte46 I loved that bike
and its gone to good home.
,anyway I'll
still pop in once in awhile and I still have my 856 project bike,my wife still has an 856 and my son still has a 4500.
Simon.

just don't dissappear, like what's-his-name.."Ian" the spelling and typing wizard of great fame and fortune and "huevos grande"

Simon, you have done magic with your tools and know-how. Remember me if you need anything shipped your way from the States. I still have and use the key chain, magnet (it's on the door frame of my office at work,.... and my wife has the...oh I can't remember what you call it cloth doilly thingy. She's fond things from England and Ireland and Scotland.

ah shucks, don't cry!....hehehehe

kiwi · « **Reply #5 on:** March 11, 2007, 09:06:06 pm »

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just don't dissappear, like what's-his-name.."Ian" the spelling and typing wizard of great fame and fortune and "huevos grande"

Simon, you have done magic with your tools and know-how. Remember me if you need anything shipped your way from the States. I still have and use the key chain, magnet (it's on the door frame of my office at work,.... and my wife has the...oh I can't remember what you call it cloth doilly thingy. She's fond things from England and Ireland and Scotland.

ah shucks, don't cry!....hehehehe

you mean IFO..
heres a snippet of his......ummm teh style of his posts

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i heard that..... [smiley=nod.gif]

i used my motoraptor for a tailgate liner...it does a good job of protecting the edge of my frame when the bike is hanging over the tailgate during shuttles...

such as this...

http://idriders.com/cgi-bin/album.pl?photo=Rides/03-03-02-Seymour/IMG_0003.jpg

in fact that is the only good use for a Raptor...

Carbon_Angus · « **Reply #6 on:** March 12, 2007, 10:35:56 am »

yeah right! hehehe that was IFO on roids and a spellchecker.

funny thing was he was very "readable" nonetheless

Scott · « **Reply #7 on:** March 30, 2007, 03:18:38 pm »

Hi to the group! and to Simon-lets see some of your '80 CR- in Honda red of course. Those were great times for me too-I dreamed of being a factory rider and worked very hard towards that end. Have a lot of good memories but even more spectacular crashes! Keep us updated on this project!

Scott

Simon · « **Reply #8 on:** March 30, 2007, 08:45:20 pm »

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Hi to the group! and to Simon-lets see some of your '80 CR- in Honda red of course. Those were great times for me too-I dreamed of being a factory rider and worked very hard towards that end. Have a lot of good memories but even more spectacular crashes! Keep us updated on this project!

Scott

Hi Scott
here's some pic's of how things are progressing,
remember this bike came as a bag of bits and was in hell of a state,
everything has been re painted by myself,
all pivot bearings replaced and I've re built the motors
top end back to standard with a re sleeve etc,
nearly every nut and bolt has been replaced with the correct Honda spec type bolt etc,
as you can seen I've gone for mix of Honda red and Mugen white.

Simon.

Colin · « **Reply #9 on:** March 30, 2007, 09:18:13 pm »

Errrrrrrrrrrrr..................Isn't this a "Motor"bike?

<GRIN>
Col.

Scott · « **Reply #10 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:20:51 am »

Thanks for the blast from the past! Top notch work as expected too. Looks like Ohlins, progressively wound, square slide carb, silencer/possibly chamber are the visible mods? What of the fork? You might be able to adapt one of our Crosslinks

Actually, a modern long travel downhill bicycle fork might actually be up to the task and by now have better performance too (just to keep to the bicycle theme) I like the Mugen/Johhny O look. Interesting sidenote: In '99 I saw Ricky Carmichael win his last 125
lites at http://www.motocross338.org/national As usual I brought my stopwatch as this is a track I have many laps on. Back then, '80-81, our best riders would manage 1:57's and in '99 I saw 1:55's by Carmichael. The track, at that time, was unchanged from the 80's. Certainly the bikes have stronger motors, improved suspension etc. But to see only 2 seconds? My only guess is the sand at Southwick developed whoops to correspond to the longer suspension and prevents any great change in speed from motors or suspension?

Matno · « **Reply #11 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:29:39 am »

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Errrrrrrrrrrrr..................Isn't this a "Motor"bike?

<GRIN>
Col.

My K2 is a "Motorbike". (You should see how strong my legs are...)

Scott · « **Reply #12 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:44:47 am »

Those legs are fueled by 100% biofuel too!

SLIM · « **Reply #13 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:45:20 am »

nice so far simon

on a side note , i used that paint (background) on some forks , and found that it remains tacky for weeks , if not longer ??

Scott · « **Reply #14 on:** March 31, 2007, 02:48:02 am »

"and found that it remains tacky for weeks"

Slim,

next time try a radiant heater set at a safe distance to "speed cure" your paint

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