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DUDES! Its been a while.
I havent been active here in a few years, looks like a lot of new members joined up!
In the meantime, ive bought a house and kinda sidelined some of my motorcycle projects (you all know how that is...)
I still have the Honda CB450, i ride it maybe 400 or 500 miles each year, but time constraints dictate that.
I had to get rid of the Ducati racebike i had in order to buy the house, but have since bought a 1999(?) Derbi GPR 50 from a fellow USCRA racer and hope to campaign it for a few races this year. Bought it as a racebike already, even though the guy who had it before me didnt do much too it to convert it, the h
orn was hooked up and even worked. I gave the bike a quick once over and figured i needed to get rid of the factory controls and order a standalone clutch lever and throttle. New tires were ordered as well.
The bike came equipped with a Jolly Moto pipe and a 24mm Mikuni Flatslide carb. Seems to run well for a high strung 50cc smoker, but i'll have a better idea of how its running when i get her on track.
As always, here's a few pictures of the scoot.
20160520_094444 by tp_ridr4lif, on Flickr
20160520_094428 by tp_ridr4lif, on Flickr
20160520_094436 by tp_ridr4lif, on Flickr
20160520_094452 by tp_ridr4lif, on Flickr
Future plans are basically strip it down to the bare essentials, CDI ignition with cutoff switch, swap out to Airtech Streamlining race tail and new front fairing and just overall tidy up the bike so its basic as possible / light as possible.
Thanks for looking!
I havent been active here in a few years, looks like a lot of new members joined up!
In the meantime, ive bought a house and kinda sidelined some of my motorcycle projects (you all know how that is...)
I still have the Honda CB450, i ride it maybe 400 or 500 miles each year, but time constraints dictate that.
I had to get rid of the Ducati racebike i had in order to buy the house, but have since bought a 1999(?) Derbi GPR 50 from a fellow USCRA racer and hope to campaign it for a few races this year. Bought it as a racebike already, even though the guy who had it before me didnt do much too it to convert it, the h
orn was hooked up and even worked. I gave the bike a quick once over and figured i needed to get rid of the factory controls and order a standalone clutch lever and throttle. New tires were ordered as well.
The bike came equipped with a Jolly Moto pipe and a 24mm Mikuni Flatslide carb. Seems to run well for a high strung 50cc smoker, but i'll have a better idea of how its running when i get her on track.
As always, here's a few pictures of the scoot.
20160520_094444 by tp_ridr4lif, on Flickr
20160520_094428 by tp_ridr4lif, on Flickr
20160520_094436 by tp_ridr4lif, on Flickr
20160520_094452 by tp_ridr4lif, on Flickr
Future plans are basically strip it down to the bare essentials, CDI ignition with cutoff switch, swap out to Airtech Streamlining race tail and new front fairing and just overall tidy up the bike so its basic as possible / light as possible.
Thanks for looking!