Forum: Street
03-02-2021, 03:58 PM
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Forum: Street
03-01-2021, 11:55 PM
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Changes
Rear suspension is in. Machined needle rollers on machined through-length bushing, with thrust washers and dust caps.
New linkage is in. Rebuilt using Honda OEM. Sort of wish I went Pivot Works on...
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Forum: Street
02-09-2021, 11:57 PM
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Pins and Needles
THe Xr100 swingarm needle bearing kit came in. The supplied needle bearings are too small. Turns out Lifan saved money by using grom-style (25mm OD, 44mm long) swingarm bushings in the swingarm tube...
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Forum: Street
01-31-2021, 10:40 AM
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Forum: Street
01-30-2021, 12:14 PM
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Sure thing. From my understanding of all the...
Sure thing. From my understanding of all the reading I did, there were briefly 6-speed kickers which tended to object to the supermoto lifestyle because each individual gear was made thinner to...
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Forum: Street
01-29-2021, 12:12 PM
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Nah, headstock is fine after the full cradle is...
Nah, headstock is fine after the full cradle is welded in. YOu then have three stress members connecting the headstock to the 'core' of the frame structure and have better used the engine as another...
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Forum: Street
01-29-2021, 11:14 AM
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Don;t do it! Easiest power adder for the Kp...
Don;t do it! Easiest power adder for the Kp Mini:
Reach out to Plug and Play Performance on Facebook. A gentleman in Indonesia runs it and sells Bintang Racing Team parts for the CRF150L.
Ask...
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Forum: Street
01-25-2021, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 61
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Is the KP-Mini a Honda?
This is the question we all want to know.
Until now, nobody was sure. All we knew was:
CRF150/230-based engine.
Kinda looks like a Z125 if you squint really hard and take off the...
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Forum: Street
01-24-2021, 12:35 AM
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I am in love with Neway.
Impeccable. (top left is a piece of swarf from cutting I hadn't blown away yet).
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Now just deck and swap heads while I rebuild the trans. Oh, and camshaft. But I can't compare angles and...
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Forum: Street
01-23-2021, 11:47 PM
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Neway cutter came in.
WOW.
Try to...
Neway cutter came in.
WOW.
Try to guess which seat found a Neway.
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I also found a bunch of rear suspension and frame issues that lifan willfully ignored or tried to cheap around....
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Forum: Street
01-17-2021, 01:08 PM
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Good observation! A sheet of Norton wet/dry...
Good observation! A sheet of Norton wet/dry automotive 1000 grit sandpaper is about 8.5 thou thick. The edge of the seat (not the edge of the sealing surface, which is deeper) is about 50 thou from...
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Forum: Street
01-16-2021, 04:25 PM
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Forum: Street
01-11-2021, 04:22 PM
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Alright, back at it.
I basically took the...
Alright, back at it.
I basically took the month of December more or less off because i just didn't feel like working on it. I hit a wall on top rad mount I would be happy with and I let it get...
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Forum: Street
11-28-2020, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 61
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Probably going to wind up with a GPS from a...
Probably going to wind up with a GPS from a Suzuki Dr250. IT should be center ground and then the same sequential connection found in the Lifan box. THe freedom of doing my own wiring is that if it...
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Forum: Street
11-27-2020, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 61
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This is the beauty of 3d printing material...
This is the beauty of 3d printing material selection. I am going to print in PET-G, and the 'leaves' of the tool will have some flex. For reference, it;s the same base material as 1gal bottles of...
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Forum: Street
11-26-2020, 12:10 AM
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Forum: Street
11-25-2020, 11:53 PM
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Innnnnteresting. The shroud makes it look like...
Innnnnteresting. The shroud makes it look like one big unit. My CB rad is scheduled for delivery on Saturday. We'll see how close that size is and I'll see if Lifan is willing to sell rads to me...
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Forum: Street
11-24-2020, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 61
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Forum: Street
11-24-2020, 11:33 AM
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Rectumfriers! Arrgh!
One thing I have...
Rectumfriers! Arrgh!
One thing I have wondered is how the unit shipped with the new engine will wire in to the current harness. The new engine uses a ~220W 12-pole stator pushing 3-phase AC....
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Forum: Street
11-22-2020, 02:41 PM
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I wasn't standing on it, but rather sat on the...
I wasn't standing on it, but rather sat on the bike and used it like a kickstarter. I do not b elieve they can really take that much torque. I suspect if I set up a jig and examined roundness,...
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Forum: Street
11-21-2020, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 61
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Progress can be summed up in one picture. I...
Progress can be summed up in one picture. I introduce:
Kp-Mini 300 BUCA-K.
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More to come as I progress. The secret to breaking those nuts was a 200lb man and a 3'+ breaker bar.....
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Forum: Street
11-19-2020, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 61
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Forum: Street
11-19-2020, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 61
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ROger that, but sold out nationwide with next...
ROger that, but sold out nationwide with next expected delivery sometime around January. I neither weld, nor plan to learn welding in my kitchen so the KP-Moto CLub exhaust is what I am looking at. ...
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Forum: Street
11-19-2020, 12:32 AM
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Replies: 61
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Forum: Street
11-15-2020, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 61
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Okay, the engine is here.
The MCO is here.
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Okay, the engine is here.
The MCO is here.
Vin inspection done.
DMV appointment set.
Still making room in my living room / kitchen to perform the surgery.
SV Racing stopped responding...
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