Ace 50 Salt Lake Racer

[Cafe Mike]

Did I miss it? How fast did you go?

 

[devilishdesigner]

Did I miss it? How fast did you go?

39.5 miles per hour at a little over 8000rpm using a 125cc rear cog. If we hadn't hit a soft spot at the start of the timing mile we would have easily topped 40. The record is set, if anyone wants to challenge it next year a properly tuned exhaust, well run in motor and a set of narrower handlebars would be all it would take to happily top 40 based on our results.

 

[SONICJK]

39.5 miles per hour at a little over 8000rpm using a 125cc rear cog. If we hadn't hit a soft spot at the start of the timing mile we would have easily topped 40. The record is set, if anyone wants to challenge it next year a properly tuned exhaust, well run in motor and a set of narrower handlebars would be all it would take to happily top 40 based on our results.

Or maybe a bicycle
Just kidding that's awesome man

 

[devilishdesigner]

Or maybe a bicycle
Just kidding that's awesome man

Haha, yeah it's a tiny speed by most standards, but given the bike was only good for around 28mph from the factory specs we're pretty happy with hitting 39.5

 

[Hazza00]

Love the pics, thank you for sharing them - and well done on the results / record btw !

Kinda reminds me of that movie 'The World's Fastest Indian' ... did you pop in some go-fast juice in the tank before the trial run or used boot polish on the tires to make them smooth ? hehe

Great stuff ! Your bike looks awesome ... stands out.

Cheers, Haz

 

[devilishdesigner]

Love the pics, thank you for sharing them - and well done on the results / record btw !

Kinda reminds me of that movie 'The World's Fastest Indian' ... did you pop in some go-fast juice in the tank before the trial run or used boot polish on the tires to make them smooth ? hehe

Great stuff ! Your bike looks awesome ... stands out.

Cheers, Haz

Haha, they check the fuel after record runs now, so no more magic pills

 

[stroker crazy]

It must have been a great experience!

Are you considering a return to the salt?

Crazy

 

[devilishdesigner]

Definitely considering it SC, 12 months is a long way away but there are a lot of changes to the Ace still to come so we will see how improvements go throughout the year.

 

[stroker crazy]

Looking forward to you setting a new record!

Crazy

 

[devilishdesigner]

Quick update, just finished a prototype of our brackets to turn a front guard into a clean rear hugger so that we can dump the big original while staying completely road legal. Current design is a bolt-on requiring only 2 small holes to be drilled to mount (one in the guard, one in the swingarm). Designed to move with the wheel so that clearance is always maintained.

 

[devilishdesigner]

 

[stroker crazy]

Looks tidy, and a lot more functional than no guard!

Crazy

 

[devilishdesigner]

Any Melbournites interested in checking out the little 50cc in the flesh, we are having a launch party for Suus Friday next week (9th) at the Kustom Kommune in Collingwood. Come on down, have a drink with us and check out the bike along with a bunch of our other cool stuff. https://www.facebook.com/events/1439627976281670/

 

[ACEitup]

ehh,
guards r over rated Crazy,
I just need something to keep the
rocks and small children out of
my velocity stack !
cheers ACEitup

 

[stroker crazy]

Ha!

Crazy

 

[Volksy1]

Earlier today we got our hands on a new project. After a fair bit of reading online we decided to get our hands on a Skyteam Ace as a fun little custom project. For reasons that will be revealed soon we decided to go with the 50cc and over the next couple of months we will be customising the little racer and smoothing out some of the made-in-china imperfections.

The bike is brand new, registered and runs quite nicely, so first thing was to get it up on the stand and see how it was all bolted together.

After a thorough look over the precision could certainly be better in a few spots, but they seem pretty well put together for the price. We are looking to both improve performance a little and clean up the aesthetics of the bike, so first up was to remove the rubber tank strap. We have something far nicer in mind for this area.

The big bulky rear guard and taillight has to go too but we have a pretty clever idea of how to deal with this issue. We will also be looking for a new manifold to rotate the carby into a position where the airbox can be scrapped and a filter fitted. Does anyone know why there is a massive restricter in the current manifold?

There doesn't seem to be a lot of information on improving the performance of the little 50cc model, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Great project. I also have an ace 50cc, that after a few mods now runs very well and is a hell of alot of fun. Remove the restrictor, change the cdi add a foam airfilter, change the exhaust, re-jet the carb, upgrade to a 14tooth front sprocket and you will be pleasantly surprised