So Hi there my name is Alain im 21 from the tiny sunny island of Malta. I love cars and anything on wheels, I am a Database Developer and geek by trade, Im a petrolhead and a geek at the same time. Building an old 1975 mini to go rallying and pleasure rides in, I always wanted a bike and wanted to see how well I could build and convert one.
I searched local classifieds to find the biggest piece of shit I could find on the island and this is what i came up with.
The Previous owner completely butchered the frame raised the seat of an already very high bike, head wired fetish with spikes and put spikes of the front of the frame and the handle bars and as far as i can tell never services the 2 stroke 125 engine. An despite all this it was PERFECT.
First thing i did is I blew it apart and blasted it.
Next remove all the shit the previous owner put on the frame .
I left the front spike for while to see how it looked ultimately I removed it.
Next up was the engine service and clean up.
I cleaned the bore and piston with a wire brush and ported the intake port a bit. I changed all the gaskets and flushed the engine and it was good as new wow 2 strokes are great to work on.
After reassembly I painted the heat stinks on the head black with high temp paint and also the oil pump covers.
II rebuilt the front fork assembly and attached the new head lamp I bought for it to get feel for a style ultimately I decided to mix it up a little. A hybrid between a flat tracker and a Brat sytle.
Painted the tank in gloss black and most of the frame and tried the fitments of the engine in its place. Also I golded the mikuni carb
I bought a set of new shock absorbers with height adjustment I forgot the name of the company but the look awesome coated in zinc and much safer the rusty ones it had on.
I had a seat made custom here in malta set me back around 70 euros quite cheap and it love the way it came out considering that my drawing skills are that of a 2 year old the template I gave the guy actually turned out awesome proud of this. I test fitted it in these pictures I still have to elongate the frame.
I recycled the tubing from all the bullshit i removed from the frame to elongate the seat mounts . I was gonna weld them using the MIG welder but the ARC welder worked better for this gauge of tubing so when with that .
Still need to dress the welds but quite strong and it should hold up nicely
A bit more recycling and innovation the previous owner cut of the original fender but i only needed a small piece to make a small fender where to mount the rear light.
And seat attached and fender mounted looking good.
Got new gauges because I was not given any by the previous owner and made a mount for them to attach under the handle bar pedestal and they look great in black. Got me a glow in dark clock accessory and gold tipped handle bars and done
Now you might be asking what is that gold reservoir for considering this is an all cable operated bike clutch and everything. Well I had a dilemma on the the 2 stroke oil tank. This has a prelube system and it has this big ugly tank that covers up the bike and sticks out like a soar thumb so I decided to get creative with a solution. I bought a clutch master reservoir mounted it to the handle bar it feeds down to a clear acrylic reservoir used in pc water cooling tanks and that in turn feed the oil pump / so i ca monitor the oil level and fill it up with convenience from the top of the bike further more I think it looks cool and all mounted up and is a simple solution.
All that left is Tyres, clean up the rims and Wiring and she is done.
And here is my sister on the bike.She will probably want to take it from me.
Cheers
I searched local classifieds to find the biggest piece of shit I could find on the island and this is what i came up with.
The Previous owner completely butchered the frame raised the seat of an already very high bike, head wired fetish with spikes and put spikes of the front of the frame and the handle bars and as far as i can tell never services the 2 stroke 125 engine. An despite all this it was PERFECT.
First thing i did is I blew it apart and blasted it.
Next remove all the shit the previous owner put on the frame .
I left the front spike for while to see how it looked ultimately I removed it.
Next up was the engine service and clean up.
I cleaned the bore and piston with a wire brush and ported the intake port a bit. I changed all the gaskets and flushed the engine and it was good as new wow 2 strokes are great to work on.
After reassembly I painted the heat stinks on the head black with high temp paint and also the oil pump covers.
II rebuilt the front fork assembly and attached the new head lamp I bought for it to get feel for a style ultimately I decided to mix it up a little. A hybrid between a flat tracker and a Brat sytle.
Painted the tank in gloss black and most of the frame and tried the fitments of the engine in its place. Also I golded the mikuni carb
I bought a set of new shock absorbers with height adjustment I forgot the name of the company but the look awesome coated in zinc and much safer the rusty ones it had on.
I had a seat made custom here in malta set me back around 70 euros quite cheap and it love the way it came out considering that my drawing skills are that of a 2 year old the template I gave the guy actually turned out awesome proud of this. I test fitted it in these pictures I still have to elongate the frame.
I recycled the tubing from all the bullshit i removed from the frame to elongate the seat mounts . I was gonna weld them using the MIG welder but the ARC welder worked better for this gauge of tubing so when with that .
Still need to dress the welds but quite strong and it should hold up nicely
A bit more recycling and innovation the previous owner cut of the original fender but i only needed a small piece to make a small fender where to mount the rear light.
And seat attached and fender mounted looking good.
Got new gauges because I was not given any by the previous owner and made a mount for them to attach under the handle bar pedestal and they look great in black. Got me a glow in dark clock accessory and gold tipped handle bars and done
Now you might be asking what is that gold reservoir for considering this is an all cable operated bike clutch and everything. Well I had a dilemma on the the 2 stroke oil tank. This has a prelube system and it has this big ugly tank that covers up the bike and sticks out like a soar thumb so I decided to get creative with a solution. I bought a clutch master reservoir mounted it to the handle bar it feeds down to a clear acrylic reservoir used in pc water cooling tanks and that in turn feed the oil pump / so i ca monitor the oil level and fill it up with convenience from the top of the bike further more I think it looks cool and all mounted up and is a simple solution.
All that left is Tyres, clean up the rims and Wiring and she is done.
And here is my sister on the bike.She will probably want to take it from me.
Cheers