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Old school project

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Maddog209 said:
Good luck! I see you live in Tehachapi, I lived there for a short time back in 1988. My son now lives in Rosamond, just down the road from you.
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I moved from Rosamond a few years ago,it was getting "GHETTO" and crime was getting bad. Tehachapi has great winters with lots of snow and cold weather for bike building. Stop by on the way by when you visit your son and I will show you my herd.
 
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posplayr said:
Hi Kris,
Looks a little rough, but should clean up nice. It maybe old School, but the rear end suspension looks pretty refined. Did you get a wheelie bar with it? Looks like something for Bill to cut his teeth on. :D
Jim
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VERY ROUGH Jim, it will take awhile to get together and fix what this guy messed up and did not do correctly. Bill has to get that engine done first:eek:
 
Kris V said:
I moved from Rosamond a few years ago,it was getting "GETTO" and crime was getting bad. Tehachapi has great winters with lots of snow and cold weather for bike building. Stop by on the way by when you visit your son and I will show you my herd.
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Sounds great. I agree, Rosamond is "Ghetto" but the location works well for my son, he works as a Gov't contractor at Edwards A.F.B.
 
Thanks for all the photos. Looks like a fun project.:)
 
Oh man, can't wait.
I'll race the banana bike first with a 1260 (or so) and then pop on the big boy top end.
Putting together a 1230 for my street bike first. This thing is gonna fly! :eek:
I've blown my quota of two motors. Now I'm serious! :dancing:
 
those are "MC" wheels.
i never really new who made the rotors you have..maybe kosman/PM or somebody.
i have a couple of those rotor's in my stack.
1100 cradle conversion and a 90-ish GSXR body.. circa maybe 20 years ago or less.
i see a square sided slick on it so someone had raced it in the last several(10 or so) years.
i still have an old round sided 8.5x18" thats about dust..not sure why i haven't pitched it???
 
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have a couple of those rotor's in my stack


Do you want to get rid of one? The back disc got hot a few times and started to melt and oblonged the holes in the disc.
 
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those are "MC" wheels


Everybody says they are "BUTTER SOFT" for changing tires.:-k
 
"Butter Soft, as in 2 piece, and split down the middle?

Easy to change tires if so.
 
Kris V said:
those are "MC" wheels


Everybody says they are "BUTTER SOFT" for changing tires.:-k
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yes butter soft/easy to bend the lips/tires changes ect.. and seems like they tend to leak where the 2 half are glued together.
they was designed to be used tubeless and shouldn't need screwed.
when ever you get the bike apart...let me know the diameter of the rotor in question and maybe post a picture so i can see if the bolt patterns the same as what i have.
*food for thought*
we always used to transfer the bolt pattern over to stock 80-83 front rotors...looked good/strong/and cheap.
 
I don`t know why this guy drilled for screws, on my dragbike I have now I don`t use screws and don`t plan to and I do 8.80`s. Thats cool, when I take it apart I will do some measuring to see what diameter is. I plan on running a tube on the front and be tubeless on the rear.
 
tejasmud said:
"Butter Soft, as in 2 piece, and split down the middle?

Easy to change tires if so.
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Got to have the halves together to seat the bead or your spinning your wheels:eek: I will use rtv in the centers to seal them.
 
Kris V said:
Got to have the halves together to seat the bead or your spinning your wheels:eek: I will use rtv in the centers to seal them.
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LoL..

Yea, that might be exciting unbolted.

Of course, similar to Cart wheels, break the beads, split the rims, RTV should work, tubes are cleaner, which may explain the screws if tubed, bolt them back together, then pop them on the bead. Piece of cake.

Cool project none the least. :)
 
Kris, just out of curiosity, how do you know that your tire has never moved on the wheel? Have you ever put a piece of duct tape on the wheel & tire to see if the tire has moved on the rim? I would check that before you determine rim screws aren't required. On a LOT of those older rims like that bike has, we had to screw the tire to the rim to stop them from rotating. Ray.
 
tubes are cleaner,

Tubes have a tendency of moving even when the tire does not and they will pull the valve stem out. This happened to more times than I liked and cost me a couple of races:eek: so...tubeless is the way to go:D.
 
Ray, I have been running the same rims (Akront spokes) for 20+ years and never has it moved with either Mickey`s or Goodyear. I have marked my rim and not once has it moved from 5-8psi. I will not put screws in the rim until I see it move at that point I will make the decision. Don`t worry, these rims have a ton of corrosion where the bead is so I don`t think its going to move very much.
 
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Looks to be a fun project. I had brake rotors like those back in the mid '80s. Got them from Storz Performance. Dirt track stuff if I remember correctly. They were a kit that used Airheart calipers
 
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