Bike talk: Motorcycle/Scooter chat thread!

[94RS]

Brakes = weight. And those old XR's weighed under 300lbs.


Could have always fitted brakes afterwards though.

 

[94RS]

Just had some douchebag Ruckus fuck ask if I want to sell him the C70....


I'll let it turn into a pile of rust before I sell it. Especially to a Ruckus guy....

 

[R13]

:lol:

Does it still run? I remember you saying it was having issues.

 

[94RS]

Last time I tried to get it to run, I kicked it over probably 30-40 times. Wouldn't start. A few days before that, it was getting really hard to shift and couldn't find neutral even with the bike off.


I haven't attempted to fix it yet because once I swap the engine to the oil cooled 170, I'll have to go disc brake in the front.


If I go disc front, that will need forks that can accept it.

New forks will need to be painted

If I'm painting forks, I may as well paint the whole bike.

If I paint the whole bike, I should replace the crusty looking legshield while I'm at it.

Bike looks good, but oh wait... The wheels look like shit.


And on, and on :lol:




I want to collect parts at some point and do everything at once. Shouldn't be hard, there are 100 million of them. :lol:

 

[R13]

Chinese engine fucks up whole bike, completely unrideable without a complete restoration :lol:

 

[94RS]

Look at how I did the XB. The engine blew, so I had the whole bike redone :lol:


I'm sure the C70 will be a whole lot cheaper than the 'Murican sportbike.

 

[R13]

The engine will certainly be a lot cheaper. :lol:

 

[94RS]

Maybe.... I think that 170 runs like 700+ shipping. Then there's getting an exhaust made for it from a CRF/XR 50. And miscellaneous other shit like the carb.

 

[94RS]

"Hey, I've got a good idea. Let's take all of this light plastic bodywork off of my Buell and replace it with aluminum."

"But what about the exhaust? It doesn't look like it weighs enough"

 

[R13]

The way the fairing fits around the header is cool.

Wait until some squid bitch drops it and ruins all those hundreds of man hours that went into turning sheet metal into fairings. :lol:

 

[94RS]

You act like that thing is actually ever going to be ridden.... All that metal will heat up and burn the legs of the rider :rolf:

 

[R13]

Ah yes... let's take a $3500 bike from about 10 years ago and turn it into this "prestige" piece of automotive art... :rolf:

 

[R13]

 

[94RS]

 

[R13]

It cracks me up how square the tails were on some of those old bikes (Different bike than the one you posted I know) :lol: