kittykatjaz
New Member
Hi Everyone,
What better way to introduce myself than with my little cafe racer build. I have been into bikes since a kid and always loved the GP bikes of the late 60's and 70's. Even owned and raced a few.
After years of wanting to I am undertaking a custom build of what was a basket case CB100 frame with CB125 engine I picked up a few months back. The bike is an old bucket racer with an engine modded with a 62mm piston, XL head, custom crank and cam. Unfortunately the big end is blown and the engine incomplete.
The goal is to build a custom bike that is compliant with NSW AU registration without needing engineering by leaving the frame and running structure as original as possible and doing all the ancillaries within the Australian Design Rules to the year the bike was built.
I plan on making as much of the gear as possible using aluminium. It is either 5052 sheet, 6061 plate, 7075 round. So far I have made the seat/tail piece, combined rear guard and electrical tray which is hidden under the tail piece, fuel tank, rear sets and various other bits. I am just starting on rebuilding the engine.
The wheels I will rebuild using alloy valanced rims with stainless spokes.
I don't expect a powerhouse of a machine, I have a first gen CBR900 for that. This is a fun toy for scooting around the local area
Jaz
What better way to introduce myself than with my little cafe racer build. I have been into bikes since a kid and always loved the GP bikes of the late 60's and 70's. Even owned and raced a few.
After years of wanting to I am undertaking a custom build of what was a basket case CB100 frame with CB125 engine I picked up a few months back. The bike is an old bucket racer with an engine modded with a 62mm piston, XL head, custom crank and cam. Unfortunately the big end is blown and the engine incomplete.
The goal is to build a custom bike that is compliant with NSW AU registration without needing engineering by leaving the frame and running structure as original as possible and doing all the ancillaries within the Australian Design Rules to the year the bike was built.
I plan on making as much of the gear as possible using aluminium. It is either 5052 sheet, 6061 plate, 7075 round. So far I have made the seat/tail piece, combined rear guard and electrical tray which is hidden under the tail piece, fuel tank, rear sets and various other bits. I am just starting on rebuilding the engine.
The wheels I will rebuild using alloy valanced rims with stainless spokes.
I don't expect a powerhouse of a machine, I have a first gen CBR900 for that. This is a fun toy for scooting around the local area
Jaz