leightonbike121 Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 having ridden bikes for more years than i care to remember,you cant help feeling that the experience has lost something as time has passed bye,speed cameras everywhere etc,etc.i have also spent hundreds of hours building/repairing bikes & have craved to do something a bit different for a change,something over the top - and so was born THE COCKROACH !!!!!! as the name suggests,it was never meant to be a thing of beauty,but it is meant to be over the top.basically it started its life as a 2 seater kids/adult 8hp automatic offroad buggy but it has since evolved into 750cc beast.i originally bought it as a clapped out project for £200-ish & have spent a month or so converting it into a single seater 750 with manual gears.i used a zxr 750h1 that had been sat in my workshop as a donor for motor,electrics etc everything else i needed i have adapted from the huge mound of bits & pieces ive accumulated over the years.i just thought id share this story with you all as if like me,you fancy doing something different on a budget ( probably owes me £600-ish ) try a bit of 4 wheeled offroad fun.its about 95% completed now,all up and running & im hoping to take it up my mates farm in a day or two to give it a bit of a test run/fault finding mission - well,any landing that you can walk away from.......etc.
leightonbike121 Posted October 25, 2011 Author Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) ouch!!!! not totally worthless i thought,worth a read if nothing else.anyway,you are right,pics are the order of the day,(doing pics not my strongpoint to be honest but here we go..... Edited October 25, 2011 by drewpy use the img copy facillity in photobucket
Moderator Airhead Posted October 25, 2011 Moderator Posted October 25, 2011 more pics plz, maybe a bit further away
up.yours Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 good read, always better with a picture though. take some of the missus aswell,,oh sorry. i ment to say , thats a meaty looking engine,,,?
leightonbike121 Posted October 25, 2011 Author Posted October 25, 2011 thanks,hope it goes as good as im expecting,am trying to add some more pics but the pc isnt one of my strong points,i got a couple more pics but none from any great distance.i will take a couple when i get it up the farm in a day or two,will try & get the hang of adding what pics i got in the meantime
leightonbike121 Posted October 26, 2011 Author Posted October 26, 2011 (edited) Edited October 26, 2011 by drewpy
Ttaskmaster Posted October 26, 2011 Posted October 26, 2011 Mwah-hah-hah-hah-hah, I want a go on this!!! Cardiff... Just up the M4 a ways. Tempting.....
leightonbike121 Posted October 26, 2011 Author Posted October 26, 2011 im looking forward to having a go too,hopefully in a day or two.will keep posting updates (if i survive) nice area to live,reading,i was contracting up there a few years back,was staying in a small village on the outskirts,stone cross.( had my rd500 then....happy days )
Ttaskmaster Posted October 26, 2011 Posted October 26, 2011 Reading? Nice to live? AHHHHHH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You clearly didn't go near Whitley... Taxis all refuse to serve that area. Then again, you were on the outskirts, which is pretty much country folk and countryside folk (the latter being jeans, wellies, green bodywarmers and Land Rovers). I live there now, so it's OK. I just avoid town if I can.
leightonbike121 Posted October 26, 2011 Author Posted October 26, 2011 spent many a night in the whores bed....sorry.boars head,mainly in the car park,on my back with my rd on top of me
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