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Re: Yamaico's new el Cheapo Project.
« Reply #165 on: July 18, 2012, 06:22:07 am »
Whats model is your carb ? i have a box of early traily carbs , no gaurantee but would be happy to donate one to the project if i have one suitable .

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« Reply #166 on: July 23, 2012, 09:13:41 am »
Hi Bill, thanks very much for your kind offer, I was lucky enough to get one locally
off rookie#1 that is the correct model.
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« Reply #167 on: July 26, 2012, 07:06:01 pm »
Got my pipe finished. No idea if it will work or not but I have looked at so many different pipes I'm confused, so this one is a combination of everything. I've probably got it totally wrong but I have plenty of oxy and plenty of sheetmetal ;D



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« Reply #168 on: July 26, 2012, 07:13:25 pm »
One from the other side.



Have to go away for work next week so it'll be a push to have it ready for CD9. Hopefully the rest goes together OK.

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« Reply #169 on: August 03, 2012, 04:48:14 pm »
Got a one week reprieve from going away for work so I've managed to get the wheels built and the frame and tank painted. Hopefully on the weekend I can put the motor together then just have to finish the guards and muffler, ready for CD9. Don't know much about these trials bikes, but it seems to look something like one, so I hope it works OK ;D




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« Reply #170 on: August 03, 2012, 07:21:13 pm »
lookin good Pete,all booked for C/d
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« Reply #171 on: August 04, 2012, 10:26:16 am »
That looks terrific. The exhaust is especially cool.
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« Reply #172 on: August 04, 2012, 05:18:56 pm »
nothing like adding a bit of colour to the shed hey Pete :D
looks like it'll be worth it when its all done.
trials is good fun :)
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« Reply #173 on: August 05, 2012, 07:22:44 pm »
lookin good Pete,all booked for C/d
Looking forward to it Mike.
That looks terrific. The exhaust is especially cool.
Thanks Dave - -whether it works or not is another story.
nothing like adding a bit of colour to the shed hey Pete :D
looks like it'll be worth it when its all done.
trials is good fun :)
The colour's a bit loud Mick, but it was there :D. I can't wait to give it a run.

Started on the guards today. They both turned out to be very rusty, particularly where the reinforcing is underneath,



so I went into the stash and found a front guard off a Harley softail (go ahead and take your cheap shots now ;D ;D) which was very similar to the CT3 guard, so it was just a matter of drilling the old mounts off the original guard and welding them onto the new guard.



Couldn't do anything with the back guard so I've ordered a Cappra fibreglass replica from Bron-Moto, which should fit OK. Still well under $600 and don't have to buy anything else that I can think of, luckily. I'd hate to spend more on this than I could buy a decent TY175 for ;)

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« Reply #174 on: August 06, 2012, 05:06:03 pm »

Started on the guards today. They both turned out to be very rusty, particularly where the reinforcing is underneath,



so I went into the stash and found a front guard off a Harley softail (go ahead and take your cheap shots now ;D ;D) which was very similar to the CT3 guard, so it was just a matter of drilling the old mounts off the original guard and welding them onto the new guard.



Couldn't do anything with the back guard so I've ordered a Cappra fibreglass replica from Bron-Moto, which should fit OK. Still well under $600 and don't have to buy anything else that I can think of, luckily. I'd hate to spend more on this than I could buy a decent TY175 for ;)
Looks like you've solved the possible too light front end problem  ;D

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« Reply #175 on: August 19, 2012, 09:47:43 am »
Finally got the little trials bike finished - came in just under $600. I gave it a run yesterday and it seemed to work OK. Felt nice to ride with plenty of bottom end, but I'd like someone who knows to have a ride on it at CD9.







The Cappra guard fitted up OK except the seat cutout was for the original Yamaha guard, so there's a bit of a gap. The Montesa indent in the guard was a good spot for a tuning fork sticker.







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« Reply #176 on: August 19, 2012, 10:44:07 am »
Felt nice to ride with plenty of bottom end, but I'd like someone who knows to have a ride on it at CD9.

I think you will have quite a queue for that task  ;D ;D  WELL DONE!!!!
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« Reply #177 on: August 19, 2012, 11:11:32 am »
 Pete "its all about style"
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« Reply #178 on: August 19, 2012, 11:23:28 am »
I wonder if I leave some of my crap outside his shed, will he turn that into magic as well???
Seriously BIG WELL DONE champ!! Talk about sows ear to silk purse!!

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« Reply #179 on: August 20, 2012, 10:04:21 am »
Looks the goods Pete. Excellent job.