MM strips a bike!

Microman's picture
Submitted by Microman on Sun, 28/02/2010 - 19:20

This is what I got up to this weekend!

So a friend and I are building a go kart. We find a perfect motor off trade me (NZ ebay), and it was brand new! Turns out rather than a single cylinder engine with all the electrics, it was a twin cylinder overhead cam than was going to cost another $300 to get running. We sold it back to the guy, and though “Why not buy a complete working motorbike?”. So we did. Then we completely attacked it, and robbed parts from it. The 1998 125cc Suzuki Mudbug is now in many pieces in my garage…

We rode it around for a bit, and then we decided to pull it apart…

The heart of the beast, no longer beating as we turned it off before we started pulling it apart. We plan to defib it in the near future.

But if you though we were done there, you were way wrong!

The bike’s not getting up after that one…

The engine fits!

So does the frame!

All packed away ready for next weekend…

If you want to see a few more details (not many really…), go here to see the whole album. I still need to get some more of the original photos back. On the other computer…

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Sha8doW's picture

cool

Submitted by Sha8doW on Sun, 28/02/2010 - 19:59.

I had one of them (actually 2… of both) and we did the whole turn the mini bike into a go kart.
problem was places to ride them were few and far between… they spent 51 weeks of the year in my grand parents garage!
good fun tho

best of luck too you!

n0mad's picture

c00l

Submitted by n0mad on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 14:23.

This is abit m0re elab0rate than my push bike with lawn m0wer attached but man it was s0 fast…..
Shame I d0n’t have pics Of back then…

Just remember weight is y0ur enemy……

n0mad

0hh and a g00d thr0tlle cable is a must, br0ke a few in my day….

Microman's picture

How?

Submitted by Microman on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 15:00.

How the heck did you break a throttle cable? Was good fun, can wait till we get the sprocket. After that it is a matter of bolting the engine in place, and sizing the chain.

n0mad's picture

Led f00t

Submitted by n0mad on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 17:08.

Being a led f00t …..

n0mad
Weight is y0ur enemy….

Fuzz's picture

Sweet ride

Submitted by Fuzz on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 18:00.

Damn that looked like a lot of fun. Very impressed.

Sha8doW's picture

BAREFOOT

Submitted by Sha8doW on Tue, 02/03/2010 - 22:43.

I love the “grinding whilst in appropriate footwear”
lol, we’ve all been there!

atleast you wore ear muffs! (lol they look like noise canceling headphones tho!)

Microman's picture

ear muffs

Submitted by Microman on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 04:56.

Nope, the ear muffs are grade 4, and the safety glasses are polycarbonate.

hmmm

Submitted by president_kippa123 on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 06:41.

you see in queensland/caboolture its normal to walk around bare foot u just have to watch out for needles n sht poking out of the ground…

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