PROJECT: Spank the Monkey ***On the road but not happy***

[Whosthedaddy]

I have to say that I really enjoyed the dismantling and putting back of the FZR, its a shame that it was a shit heap to start with and I just couldn't be arsed to do it properly due to time, impatience and the fact that I just wanted to ride the bike.

I have yet to pluck up the courage to look at the ZX as its too good for me to ruin by being heavy handed, but I do need do the odd little thing, if not to check and replace but for maintance and the dreaded 'C' word....cleaning.

The Monkey on the other hand is another kettle of fish.

The bike has been kept outside in all weathers, ragged and abused ever since it was unpacked from the crate last December. I have not looked after it and certainly not followed any breaking the engine in rules yet it has never let me down.

It is therefore due for a damn good once over and maybe replacement for some nice little shiny bits. This of course will be nothing like some other peoples bikes but looking at the parts available, it can look good!

It started with me being bored at work and flicking through the net and the seed was set.

Got home at 4pm got changed and started!

The bike had been standing for a week or 2 as been on the ZX or in the car and the battery was a little weak to say the least so the kickstart to the rescue. A little choke, first kick and vroooooom!

With the bike now in the back garden some photo whoring begins as the 'before'* shots.

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In no real particular order the dismantling began, and was only stopped by the fact that I had to start cooking dinner

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The bike as its stands, and with not too much work in the next day or so should get it to the bare frame.

This will be a thread that will put the whole Chinese bikes are crap into perspective .

The frame is in very good nick and surprised me how 'new' it looks with the tank and seat removed. The stanchions need a little rub down as like some of the engine casings are steel and have some rust spotting.

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The wheels are steel rims (8 x 3.5)and apart from the odd bit of rust around the valve are in good shape. I do want some decent rubber on them rather than these knobblies so will have a go with a tyre iron. They could do with a lick of paint I suppose, or maybe some new wider ones?

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The mahoosive 107cc lump that puts out in the range of 80 odd horses (per ton that is :lol). Never craked an engine, but may do as its so little and will be interesting to see all the gubbings that make all that power. The carb could do with a little service, again just to make sure that all is well, could of course try and fit that NOS kit that I bought last year

There is some slight rust on the engine, only on the cast iron, but to be frank considering the abuse it has had its nothing.

I would say looking good aint it, but pics are a bit blurry


*My son in his wisdom as a 4 year old, thought it would be fun to start taking his own pictures, but in doing so he deleted the ones that I took and left greasy finger prints over the lens.
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Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy

[ram_doom]

Looks in great nick actually for a chinese cheapo

Almost wish I had one

But anyways, whats planned? Loud exhaust? "Sports" rubber? Green powerband?
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[Whosthedaddy]

Rental style handlebars, headlamp with cowling / flyscreen, mud guards, exhaust of some description (too many to choose from), maybe a longer swingarm with new shocks, different rear end, new hand controls, new sprocket and chain, new mirrors, different footpegs....

There are some little shiny bits for the engine as well
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Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy

[Whosthedaddy]

I have no idea why I try and do bits of work at the times of day I do

I had an hour or 2 before work and started again with the dismantling, was going great guns only to be told by my wife that it was 11.35 and I had to be at work at 12 noon and there were bits everywhere and I was a state

After some crippling back ache bending over the bike was left in this condition. I must admit not the best on the side stand and foot peg, but a secure position none the least.

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It will be fun come the reassemble as the order in which you have to take things off to get to others is a little bizarre to say the least.

The rear drum brake is quite loose in the rear hub, but soon bites when the lever is pressed. Not sure how tight it should be, as all I know is that the drum on a car is a bitch to get off, so may need to adjust them. The shoes have plenty of life in them. This is of course due to the fact that I rarely use the rear brake

The chain was an split link and with the help of a screwdriver the soft metal was bent and the chain broken. I have my eye on a +14cm swing arm with mono shock conversion, so will have to have a new longer chain obviously, but until I see both sprockets it will wait.

Not sure on the idea of changing the sprocket sizes as it pulls to top speed quite quick and I don't want to go slower than the 45mph ish max speed, but the gears are quite short

A few minutes before dinner today i had another quick go. As it was raining outside, I carried it to the shed and the front end was soon off and all but a few cables hold the engine to the frame. The only thing I don't want to do is muck about with the routing of the wringing loom, but I have so far, so might as well just pull everything off

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Everyone and their dog moans about the rust and fall apart nature of the Chinese bikes and the worst that this has rusted is on the down pipe, but then again, who's doesn't. The carbon deposits are quite sooty in the header and have yet to remove and check the plug as I suspect it may be running a little rich.

We now have a shed full of bits and bobs.

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Its always makes me smile when I look at how small the carb is It'd be cool if they did a manifold that could house 2 and run twin carbs, what a gus guzzler that'd be.

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When everything is separate and broken down I will be in a better position to search the net for replacement parts as they aren't exactly standard, but www.monkeybike.co.uk stock most things.

With a little luck, my weeks annual leave next week should be filled with cleaning and tinkering of both monkey and ZX7R.
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Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy

[Whosthedaddy]

Jack has mentioned many a time about how a monkey frame can accommodate a TZR engine and I have finally found a piccy. Low and behold its even in my bike

Now where are those engines on eBay
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Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy

[Whosthedaddy]

The card came out today and in the next few days I should have some nice new shiny parts

Theres quite a few other little bits and pieces that will be replaced in time but will start with a new exhaust system and swing arm.

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Hopefully the bike wont sound like a someone farting in the bath now and you never know, maybe add a hp or half when coupled with the new race filter.

The thing that should make the bike stand out a mile is the new swingarm. The current one has twin shocks, the new one has a single mono shock and is stretched by 14cm. Of course a new chain is to follow as soon as I figure out how many links are needed

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The bike is completely broken down now and the cyclinder head would have been removed for a little look but is a without removing the cam chain. I don't mind mucking about with bits and bobs but not adjusting the timing and all that TDC

The valve covers, panels and cam chain cover are all off and been rubbed down ready for some paint. I was toying with the idea of maybe some after market ones but lets see what they look like painted (then maybe some adonised ones ).
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Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy

[McGee]

I really want to see this completed.

Just for the stretched swing arm
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[craigs23]

I'd love a Monkey Bike, could strip it down and work on it indoors. The mods you can do to them are pretty cool too.

[Whosthedaddy]

[JakeyR]

Looking cool!

I really want a Gorilla, i've got 2 Dax's but i think the Gorillas look ace with the fat tank and chunky tyres
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Banned till April 2011.

[Whosthedaddy]

[JakeyR]

they look better without the rear mudguard IMHO.
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Banned till April 2011.

[Whosthedaddy]

[Reppyboyo]

Looks like a fun little bike.

Ever taken it off road seeing as it has knobblies?

[Whosthedaddy]

Went over some mud once and the rear squirmed all over the place so maybe not a hard core pit bike
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Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy

[McGee]

Autoglym is some of the best stuff going

Now I know you want some renthals but what would it look like with some drag bars ?
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[Whosthedaddy]

[Jamie S]

How many miles has the bike done mate ?

[Whosthedaddy]

[Whosthedaddy]

It was last of the big jobs today, drain the oil.

Now before looking at the picture, I have never really checked the oil level despite having a dip stick and a slight leak from the sump plug. The leak was a few drips when back from a ride and none overnight, some days it would be worse than others. I suspect it may have been going on for some time judging by the amount of oil that drained out








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And there was me thinking that a small 1litre bottle of oil wouldn't be enough . The oil was dark brown not black and smelt of oil so maybe the whole not breaking the engine in was ok

Once it had dripped dried the engine was next in line to be cleaned and its come up quite good.

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And finally, the rebuild has begun.

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Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy

[McGee]

Dude you should mess with the gearing.

Power wheelies for the win
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[Whosthedaddy]

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I am getting sick and tired of having to do things twice or even three times. Put something together only to realise that its the wrong way round or that the wiring is routed over and not under Thank christ I copper greased and not locktighted

No postman today, so maybe tomorrow. Oh well, at least I can get to grips with this

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I am of course going to have to clean the bike as a whole as the amount of greasy finger prints is just not funny after the effort to clean them in the first place.

Autoglym to the rescue!!!
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Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy

[craigs23]

[Jamie S]

[Whosthedaddy]