Customising a Chinese Bike

[declan04]

hi guys. So I bought a 2015 Lifan LF125-j and I want to turn it into a café racer or scrambler but I'm struggling to find anything custom or aftermarket. I want an exhaust and air filters for a start, I know I can get the filters anywhere, but I cant find an after market exhaust anywhere, or anything custom for it. So I was wondering if anyone has bought anything performance wise and as I want to find a new tank if anyone can confirm that its a copy of a 2015 Yamaha ybr 125 as I want to find a café racer style tank and other bits.

TIA.

[MarJay]

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[WD Forte]

OK great
For starters, remove the mudguards they're well gay
get a brown seat or seat cover and some cheap clip ons
and a wee shiny speedo
Oh, and nobbly tyres they're soo feckin cool nobblies is
because the smaller area of rubber touching the road means you'll
have less friction so you'll go faster.
just cut the exhaust off before the silencer for a bike bike sound
and moar powah and you'll have right fanny magnet on yer hands
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[A100man]

well, if you must, this place stocks all the required tat. Bu the tat will alos have import VAT on it...

https://www.caferacerwebshop.com/en/?
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[Ste]

We can make that bike more excellent.

The YBR125 tank will fit.

Swapping the rear sprocket for a larger one will increase cafe racer acceleration abilities.

The shape of the seat needs optimising as the fairing is completely wrong.

What type of exhaust do you want? To keep things traditional you can shorten the current exhaust and remove the baffles.

The rear shocks need some changes as well to make the bike more cafe racer and less average. You're good with that?

The current tank can be cafe racer styled, what colour scheme would make you happy?

[declan04]

ok thanks guys from your advice i have come up with this.

frame black
blue tank
wire spoke wheels
i have found a rounded sub frame that i will weld on
brown seat/grips
taking mudguards off
single speedo
clip on bars
and a side mounted reg/Lplate
and a megaphone silencer. i have already cut the exhaust at the base of the heavy ass stock muffler and put a pitbike one on for now

im just having issues finding the wire spoke wheels does anyone know of anywhere i can get them from ?

oh and a 150cc bigbore kit would i need a bigger carb for it ?



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[Polarbear]

declan my friend, you are throwing lipstick on a pig. If you have that sort of money buy one ready made like

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116554536462?.

At least it's cheap looks ok if you like that sort of thing.

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[Ste]

Don't go spending money on it, take the seat fairing off and post some photos so we can see how much of the subframe can be removed.

Big bore kit is a waste of time.

You can improve volume of the megaphone silencer by removing some or all of the packing that's inside it. You only need to drill a couple of rivets that hold the cone end on to the silencer and then you can remove the packing. So it's easy to do yourself and will make the bike even louder.

The speedo is depressing to look at so don't get that, you can buy inexpensive bicycle speedos from Halfords and that's all you need.

The mirrors must be removed as well.

[A100man]

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