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Post by AndyYam on Mar 8, 2014 17:09:05 GMT 1
Coming along nicely! Stop making me jealous!
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Post by dusty350 on Mar 8, 2014 19:31:55 GMT 1
Hi Andy, It's slowing down now mate ! It's a dangerous time as all I do now is stand and stare at it thinking "what if I did this or that" ! The seat looks ok but I still hanker after something more radical, but that's in the distant future. The current set up may look better once the rearsets were back on and pipes fitted. I want to put straight bars on it as I think that would improve the look of the front end. Still not sure about lights either. I hope to take the TSA's off the Yamasaki soon to spray them, and will offer the left side pipe up to see how far out it is. I think it's probably a long way off fitting though. I found some good pics on the net of pipes made by Glyn for a 4dl/ypvs, and they look sooo nice, but obviously very different to F2 pipes. Really need that lottery win more than ever !!
Dusty
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Post by AndyYam on Mar 8, 2014 20:59:54 GMT 1
The R-125 rear end is always an option. Seen that before, might even be on this forum. Not to my taste personally but very pointy and sleek.
Have you got a photo of those pipes? Are they GP style?
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Post by kickstart on Mar 8, 2014 21:07:13 GMT 1
Hi Looking good. Always fancied one of the Italian TZR125s. A lot of the Tzr 125's had weird shape curvy pipes. Assume it was to work with fairings and not worrying about power as most were restricted to meet learner legal 17 year old laws. Pretty much only the UK in Europe had low power learner limits. The Belgarda TZR125s were designed mainly for the Italian market which had no learner power limit (and 16 year olds could ride 125s). All the best Keith
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Post by dusty350 on Mar 8, 2014 21:18:06 GMT 1
Hi, When I saved the pics, they showed up as a long thin line in my pics folder So I saved the link instead ; www.rzrd500.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4195#p30486That's what I would like. If you notice though, the side stand mount has been removed from the frame, but I'm sure someone like Kenny can sort it. Dusty
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Post by dusty350 on Mar 8, 2014 21:22:36 GMT 1
Hi Keith, I have read that the Tzr125r and rr could achieve a true 100mph easily enough, making it quite a potent little learner bike.
Dusty
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Post by kickstart on Mar 8, 2014 21:36:41 GMT 1
Hi Not sure. Possible they managed it in the road tests but doesn't mean the production ones did . Heard a story a year or so ago of a guy who worked at a major Italian producer of 125s who also happened to race a 125 in their sport production race series. One weekend he had carb problems so borrowed a carb from the shelf in the department that did the road test bikes. He subsequently won the race and then failed a post race check as the carb had been heavily modified. The Gilera SP01 managed 107mph in a road test in the very late 1980s and caused a major stink in Italy (16 year olds riding bikes that quick, etc). Main result seemed to be that the Italian makers gave up with performance / power claims for bike while the magazines stopped performance testing them. In the UK the Mito and the RS125 in the mid 1990s managed within a gnats of 100mph in the road tests. My early RS125 (one of the first batch in the UK I think) would indicate one hell of a lot more than that which shows how much of a compulsive liar the speedo is (115mph / 185kmh indicated, and even managed 100mph with a pillion so no chance it was accurate). All the best Keith
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Post by dusty350 on Mar 25, 2014 11:49:09 GMT 1
Hi, Been thinking a lot lately about my project bikes. Having dug out my old Ypvs F2 frame from behind the shed and doing some work on that, I have realised that I want to progress that more than the Tzr. The Tzr is a great bike, and I imagine it would be awesome on the road with a valve engine in, but I really do love the Ypvs shape and design in general. I bought the Tzr as I felt it was worth the money I paid for it, plus it was ripe for improvement. Plus there were no Ypvs /Lc's for sale at the time. Someone spent a lot of time modding the frame for the powervalve engine - it isn't an easy transplant like a valve into an Lc, that's for sure ! Not sure what to do next. I may rob lots of parts from it to move the frame project forward, or may sell all or some of it, but I probably wont be updating this one .
Regards
Dusty
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Post by dusty350 on Mar 27, 2014 18:09:56 GMT 1
Hi, Spent the day in the shed today, This is the Tzr when I started; And this is it when I finished; I've been unsure what way to go with this. Option 1`was to sell her complete and buy a donor Ypvs - there is 1 for sale on ebay at the mo not far from me. Option 2 was strip her down and use various parts for the powervalve frame I'm building up - I liked the idea of the front end, plus I know the engine is a runner and the gears select, electrics all work etc, then either sell the rest or keep it in case I ever want to reverse my plans. Option 2 was chosen. First issue is the front end doesn't slot straight in the valves headstock. I read a thread on the aircooled forum where the 4dl front end slots straight into an aircooled frame, so I thought it would fit a powervalve with no issues. The Tzr bottom bearing is too wide in it's outer diameter to fit into the Ypvs bearing cup. I managed to get the Tzr lower bearing off, and will now order some Ypvs taper bearings and see if that will do the trick. The stem appears to be the same diameter, according to my vernier, so fingers crossed. Dusty
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Post by dusty350 on Apr 4, 2014 14:56:38 GMT 1
Hi, Betty has now been stripped and, reluctantly, I am selling her body parts in the For Sale section Dusty
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Post by fatfastroger on Apr 4, 2014 16:03:27 GMT 1
Shame, would've liked to have seen how you ended up, especially the exhausts ! LOL
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