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Offline oldmxracer

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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #90 on: March 21, 2010, 10:58:01 pm »
I'm diggin' it!

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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #91 on: March 22, 2010, 06:11:55 am »
Mario thats looking great mate well done  :) I thought of doing that a while ago but put it in the to hard basket with the frame mods and all.
You have really thought this out , with a paint job and some graphics it will look factory  :)

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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #92 on: March 22, 2010, 08:08:37 am »
Mario,
Well done mate,the bike looks great!

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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #93 on: March 22, 2010, 03:10:39 pm »
Assembled up it all looks a lot better, even the frame loop isn't that noticable now that the shrouds etc are in place. Are you going to do something about flattening out the seat to smooth the lines or are you rather short in the legs?

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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #94 on: March 22, 2010, 05:48:32 pm »
Looks good! Isnt the seat ment to be curved like that?
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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #95 on: March 22, 2010, 06:19:44 pm »
I'm guessing it is meant to be curved, just looks odd nowadays

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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #96 on: March 23, 2010, 01:39:27 am »
Thanks everyone  ;)
Tony27...yeah thats how they were back in them days.The RMs seemed to have that high look in the rear and 320mm rear wheel travel and 940mm seat height.
As i'm just shy off 5'7 and 72kg the plushness of the rear end gives me a nice one sided flat foot position compared to my 06 WR450 ...almost a semi tippy toed affair,included in that the signature top heaviness and a brick for a seat.
Although the RM feels too soft in the seat,but i'll wait and see how it feels on the trails.
I have a bad habit of riding sitting down alot....i find it uncomfortable riding standing on the pegs and my buggered left wrist from a hit and run on the road 25+ years ago on my PE175 left me with a fractured scaphoid.
Any load on my wrist really holds me up and it gets me down riding with mates as i know i'm holding them up,struggling to pull the clutch in or hanging on the bars up and down hills.
One of those Rekluse clutches may be the ticket for me oneday ....but i'll still go out.
After seeing how schmick Bahnsy's bike looked,i am tempted to spend money on it,but i'll restrain myself for now  ;D
Cheers....mario

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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #97 on: March 26, 2010, 01:18:12 pm »
Continued........
All the fiddly little stuff is happening at the moment.
Welded up the header pipe and made all the little brackets and spring hooks on the pipe/muffler.


The shroud now bolts up to the battery case and ex/chamber.


Back together again for a pose.I made the 175 sticker a little larger and added  "Suzuki" to the shroud.


Sat back and thought...nothing is stopping me firing it up.
Mixed a litre of fuel,made sure i had fuel flow,choke on....3 kicks and ping ping ping!!!!


Ahhh the smell and noise of a 2 stroke given a new lease of life ;D

A PE muffler is gonna be on the books as i hate loud bikes and jetting tweaks.
I'll have to make an small access hole in the air box to tune the mixture screw and then fit a plug.
I'll have to work out how many links i'll need for a chain and chase up a front chain buffer (there was a new one on ebay for $9 buy now but no email reply and was sold  >:(

Left side shroud needs to be sorted out,fork seals and boots and little odds and ends,front tube and then pull apart for a clean up and put it all together again (lost count of how many times i've done that!)

Thats it for today....enjoy.

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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #98 on: March 26, 2010, 02:08:05 pm »
really looking good, i like it. nice job on the decals.

do you know anyone who can make an RM175 seat cover ?  ;)
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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #99 on: March 26, 2010, 02:24:50 pm »
No Hoony i wish i did.
I wouldn't mind it in black as well,just in case i think about a black frame change.....but it will do for now.
Does anyone have more photos of the RN84 500 that holeshot buddy posted up?
Looks so damn nice as i can easily do a tank and seat change if i want oneday.
cheers...Mario

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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #100 on: March 26, 2010, 03:37:32 pm »
Black frame sounds like a good idea as it'll hide the frame loop by blending in with pipe & cases, will take a while for anyone to notice  ;)
Looking good

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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #101 on: March 26, 2010, 05:07:02 pm »
Re the RM 175 seatcover,how about Mario from topline ?

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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #102 on: March 26, 2010, 05:22:35 pm »
Looking very good very impressed nice styling too thanks Michael. :)
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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #103 on: March 26, 2010, 05:59:16 pm »
Less than 5 min walk from your place in the best MX seat upholsterer bar none and can make up the stencil that you need, in fact he will have my RM175 artwork on file if that suits.
Check in with Mario @ TopLine and all will be sweet.
Rod (BAHNZY) Bahn

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Re: Project RM175F
« Reply #104 on: March 27, 2010, 02:06:18 am »
Thanks Suzuki43 and Rod,Topline sounds good...i'll keep that in mind.