Hello from Finland!

Oddball Matt · 01-02-2020, 04:01 PM

Hey guys what`s up?! New member writing from the country of ice and snow (sorry no polar bears here...) Long time tinkerer, first time ATV:er and even now half by accident. Lemme explain... (TLDR at the end)

Been into motorcycles for years, built a few streetfighters, one of which (2002 Triumph Daytona 955i DSSA) was actually showcased in a magazine, been in a couple major shows and won a second prize in SF class once. Ran out of ideas and swapped it with my friend for a 2004 Benelli Tornado 900. exploded that to bits during what was supposed to be a light service, rode it for a while but the position was too brutal for my wrists.

Then one day my Latvian friend convinced me to take part on a fighter festival in Estonia called SMASH which is pretty much uncontrolled mayhem from friday afternoon to sunday morning, following vid filmed by me, I`m the poor sap trying to do a burnout on the now ex Tornado at 1:55

Anyway I had an idea there of a reverse hoontrike build that could do non-stop burnouts all weekend cause of a single sided rear swingarm off of an RC36 VFR, even bought one in advance before spotting the quad-to-be sitting uncovered in one fellow`s yard along my work route, got a hold of the guy, convinced him to sell the quad to me and went to get it.

The guy told me it`s a Fude Hornet F200 but I was like umm I`m pretty sure I recognize a Bashan when I see one, the fairings did have clear shadows of old stickers that said otherwise though. When I walk around to the back I saw it for the first time. Umm you never mentioned this thing has road plates?! Well that changes things...

Turns out the reason it`s stood uncovered for a couple years is during it`s last run it caught fire burning the previous owner and destroying various equipment including the electric harness, carburettor and parts of the fairings. It did come with a brand new Keihin carb with an accel pump though which didn`t fit because it clashed with the exhaust so that had to be routed under the engine etc...

So TLDR what became as something I was planning to fix just enough to last me one weekend has now totally exploded into a full-on streetfighter-quad build that will most likely cost me more than a brand spankin new Bash off the showroom floor but hey, who wants to ride bone stock anything right?

Here`s a little teaser of what the finished product will more or less look like.

Oh and got the confirmation on what the thing is when I went to register it to my name, sure enough it is a 2003 Bashan BS200-S7. With 4200km on the clock so not a whole helluva lot IMO.

01-02-2020, 04:01 PM	#1
Oddball Matt Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Vääksy, Finland Posts: 401	Hello from Finland! Hey guys what`s up?! New member writing from the country of ice and snow (sorry no polar bears here...) Long time tinkerer, first time ATV:er and even now half by accident. Lemme explain... (TLDR at the end) Been into motorcycles for years, built a few streetfighters, one of which (2002 Triumph Daytona 955i DSSA) was actually showcased in a magazine, been in a couple major shows and won a second prize in SF class once. Ran out of ideas and swapped it with my friend for a 2004 Benelli Tornado 900. exploded that to bits during what was supposed to be a light service, rode it for a while but the position was too brutal for my wrists. Then one day my Latvian friend convinced me to take part on a fighter festival in Estonia called SMASH which is pretty much uncontrolled mayhem from friday afternoon to sunday morning, following vid filmed by me, I`m the poor sap trying to do a burnout on the now ex Tornado at 1:55 Anyway I had an idea there of a reverse hoontrike build that could do non-stop burnouts all weekend cause of a single sided rear swingarm off of an RC36 VFR, even bought one in advance before spotting the quad-to-be sitting uncovered in one fellow`s yard along my work route, got a hold of the guy, convinced him to sell the quad to me and went to get it. The guy told me it`s a Fude Hornet F200 but I was like umm I`m pretty sure I recognize a Bashan when I see one, the fairings did have clear shadows of old stickers that said otherwise though. When I walk around to the back I saw it for the first time. Umm you never mentioned this thing has road plates?! Well that changes things... Turns out the reason it`s stood uncovered for a couple years is during it`s last run it caught fire burning the previous owner and destroying various equipment including the electric harness, carburettor and parts of the fairings. It did come with a brand new Keihin carb with an accel pump though which didn`t fit because it clashed with the exhaust so that had to be routed under the engine etc... So TLDR what became as something I was planning to fix just enough to last me one weekend has now totally exploded into a full-on streetfighter-quad build that will most likely cost me more than a brand spankin new Bash off the showroom floor but hey, who wants to ride bone stock anything right? Here`s a little teaser of what the finished product will more or less look like. Oh and got the confirmation on what the thing is when I went to register it to my name, sure enough it is a 2003 Bashan BS200-S7. With 4200km on the clock so not a whole helluva lot IMO.
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