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lilredmachine |
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lilredmachine World Chat Champion
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Posted: 19:29 - 09 Dec 2019 Post subject: Resurrection of a BCF favourite. PDW. |
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Anyone remember this?
https://i.postimg.cc/FKm5nFwM/IMG-20191209-115515882.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Qx822gk0/IMG-20191209-115504705.jpg
I was re-reading the old thread and have been thinking of procuring a new project to dick about with over the winter. The thread just kind of petered out with CHR15 offering the CG for sale, but no indication of what had happened to it.
I messaged him and after he revealed it had been languishing in the parents garage for many years I asked if I could buy it. A week later it is on the ferry heading over to the good old Isle of Wight, on a paddock stand, because side and center stands are for pussies. Just like on my old cafe racer.
https://i.postimg.cc/0j7KsRYK/12122945-10153642198133485-1884612839058616231-n.jpg%20
So, I will have to trawl through the thread again to see what is actually in this thing, but it appears to be a 1995 'BR-K' CG125 frame and swingarm, Late -post 2002- CG125 'M' front end with the disk brake, a 1989 RM250 motocross smoker and what would appear to be an -at a guess- RS4 125 rear wheel and brake squeezed in there.
There is a large amount of work to finish off on the bike to get it rideable, though the bike did run. There is an absence of footpegs which is a common thing on motor swapped CGs as the footbar bolts to the bottom of the motor. I have already thought of that and should have a way around it though. The radiator placement is, interesting, though I do like the idea of running a polished ally rad between the front forks and spraying a number on it to make it look like a numberboard.
The rear brake is not hooked up, but from the look of it CHR15 was planning on running a rear thumb brake on the handlebars, which is quite an elegant solution to not having to mount up a rear M/C. This is a pain in the ass on the CG as the frame is 'inboard' so to speak, there is nowhere to really weld to to attach said M/C in line with any pegs that could be added.
Basically the plan is to get the death weapon fired up and running again, make sure the motor is ok. At which point it will be stripped and the frame will have some extra tabs/pegs welded to it to mount some stuff, as well as a hoop for the back end. I will have to look into mounting a silencer at this point as the eventual aim is a daylight MOT legal bike. Even my friendly MOTer ain't gonna let an unsilenced motocross motor on the roads.
For the minute it is in my workshop, along with some other buddies just waiting for some love.
https://i.postimg.cc/dQjXjWZ4/IMG-20191209-135312437.jpg ____________________ Bikes: too many, too much for one man to maintain anyway. |
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stevo as b4 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 20:25 - 09 Dec 2019 Post subject: |
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You do have a knack of getting into some decent and interesting (read non mainstream) projects and this is definitely one of those!
Yep I remember Chr1s and the CG death weapon device, before he let us all down and fucked off to play with turbo, EFI Hillman Imps or Gingers, opps I mean Ginettas. Those sorts of things were cool too, but we never heard about them, probably because some moaning old twats on here would say '' Shove your cars up yer arse, this is a bike forum''.
Anyway despite my taste/mild curiosity for a certain fine blend of unburnt hydrocarbons, I do and did prefer this mean machine when it had the original engine in it. It was supposed to be a CG turbo build, and I never gave up wanting Moaarr snail!
In this delicate old school simple chassis the ugly kid RM motor makes it look disfigured and far too John Merrick to be accepted in society.
A bit of scaffolding tube with a flange welded on, and a small snail, along with lots of kinky blue silicone hoses, a cheeky BOV and a little slash cut exhaust, could have made this bike look far cooler and more industrial revolution era and if it had a but of bare brushed steel sheet metal and some aged brown leather grips or seat, then the hipsters would have got all aroused too! |
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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lilredmachine World Chat Champion
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Posted: 20:46 - 09 Dec 2019 Post subject: |
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stevo as b4 wrote: | You do have a knack of getting into some decent and interesting (read non mainstream) projects and this is definitely one of those!
Yep I remember Chr1s and the CG death weapon device, before he let us all down and fucked off to play with turbo, EFI Hillman Imps or Gingers, opps I mean Ginettas. Those sorts of things were cool too, but we never heard about them, probably because some moaning old twats on here would say '' Shove your cars up yer arse, this is a bike forum''.
Anyway despite my taste/mild curiosity for a certain fine blend of unburnt hydrocarbons, I do and did prefer this mean machine when it had the original engine in it. It was supposed to be a CG turbo build, and I never gave up wanting Moaarr snail!
In this delicate old school simple chassis the ugly kid RM motor makes it look disfigured and far too John Merrick to be accepted in society.
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Don't worry, a 200cc EFI'd chinese lump turbo CG with a separate oil system is coming too. It's all in the plans.
I want this to be alive.
That chain line indeed. The motor does appear to be mounted a tad too low in the frame. Though when there's a fat lad on it -me- it does set the swingarm at a better angle to the front sprocket. Still glad of that fat delrin chain rest though. ____________________ Bikes: too many, too much for one man to maintain anyway. |
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Posted: 02:44 - 14 Dec 2019 Post subject: |
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Deffo looking forward to seeing it ride! I'd think a wider ratio gearbox might be on the cards though ____________________ Current bikes...cbr929, KDX200's, Rd125lc mk2, RGV250's |
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Brings back some memories that bike
https://i.imgur.com/TH9WCdV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/GPzOO13.jpg
good times, used to say Faster than my Rxs on it somewhere i recall ____________________ '00 Aprilia RS50 > '92 Honda CG > '99 Yamaha Fazer > '91 Yamaha RXS > '79 Suzuki X5 > 01' Honda Cg > 07' Honda Cg > 82' Kawasaki Z200 > suzuki gsxr 400 gk73a > honda vfr 400 NC30> Yamaha RD350 YPVS F2 > Kawasaki ZZR 600 D1 > Yamaha TZR 250 2MA >Suzuki TL1000R > Yamaha TDR250 > Honda 929 blade > Suzuki SV1000 > Honda H100
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CHR15 Turbo nutter bastard
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Posted: 08:55 - 28 Dec 2019 Post subject: |
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That was the time we broke down in Congleton wasn’t it ____________________ Turbocharged drag thing / project death weapon / GK73A
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Bit of an update.
This ran today.
It both rung and dung. I didn't get any video as it was brief, the ignition was interrupting like fuck and was tracked down to a corroded coil earth. Common complaint with a bike that has stood for 7 ? years. The kickstart, a bastard complaint with this bike, was then deemed too dangerous to use due to the ability for it to get stuck under the swingarm pivot due to it's excessive wear. Having taken a chunk out of a calf, and the clutch cover in the process, we gave the thing a rest. A new all steel kickstart is on the way which should stand up to the wrath.
To make myself feel better, a full RS4 125 front end is on the way with all it's USD, 4 pot caliper big disk glory for a slightly more performance biased setup, as well as matching the 'marchesiniish' rear wheel.
Will it fit? like fuck it will. Anything will go into anything with enough machining though. ____________________ Bikes: too many, too much for one man to maintain anyway. |
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New front end... safety and reliability... aren't you defeating the whole point ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 114 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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