Monday, December 28, 2009

New tail section

Picked up a damaged RS125 GP tail for cheap awhile back.  Needed considerable work to put back into decent shape.  And again, this is "race shape", not show quality.  It is the curvy and pointy modern GP design, and I swung by Cycleboyz to check in on the exhaust progress, and to also see how it fit.  While the exhaust system wasn't complete, some progress was evident -- the proper 1.5" stainless tubing was in, and the first part of the 1.75" header, sleeve, and mounting hardware was in place.  The fabricator seemed pretty confident that it would be a straightfoward build.  As for the tail section, a large chunk of the rear subframe was now unnecessary, once I relocated the battery to the front of the engine -- this also helped for the tail fitting, as the stock subframe was meant to work with a 250/400 sized seat, and not a narrow 125.  The plan is to cut a chunk off the rearmost part of the subframe, and mount the 125 tail fairing.



Note the bondo, epoxy repairs, and lines drawn to indicate where material has to be removed...

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