Thanks to all the help I received from numerous Airheaders on here, I now need a new project for the long winter months.
Tomorrow I will be collecting a R65 in need of some TLC. I know little about R65s but very willing to learn. I intend to completely strip it down and begin a full ground up rebuild. The initial intention is to build an ultra light weight off-roader in the style of the early BM off-roaders ie a pea-nut tank with the minimum of extra crap to be the simplest that it can be to still be basically road legal but suitable for off-road use.
By first thoughts are to fit a KTM front end so that I can share bits with my KTM 300. Might want to extend the drive shaft and fit longer travel rear suspension etc.
The target is to build something that can be used at next years Dawn to Dusk in the Big Twins class. I can't race this year as my wrist is still knackered so this gives me a year to get ready.
How easy is it to up the power output on a R65 whilst keeping it nice and light?
Also the frame? I want to completely strip the frame and have it braced up and strengthened before I rebuild it.
All advice and piss-taking gratefully received.
Sid
Tomorrow I will be collecting a R65 in need of some TLC. I know little about R65s but very willing to learn. I intend to completely strip it down and begin a full ground up rebuild. The initial intention is to build an ultra light weight off-roader in the style of the early BM off-roaders ie a pea-nut tank with the minimum of extra crap to be the simplest that it can be to still be basically road legal but suitable for off-road use.
By first thoughts are to fit a KTM front end so that I can share bits with my KTM 300. Might want to extend the drive shaft and fit longer travel rear suspension etc.
The target is to build something that can be used at next years Dawn to Dusk in the Big Twins class. I can't race this year as my wrist is still knackered so this gives me a year to get ready.
How easy is it to up the power output on a R65 whilst keeping it nice and light?
Also the frame? I want to completely strip the frame and have it braced up and strengthened before I rebuild it.
All advice and piss-taking gratefully received.
Sid