Some of you may of read my previous thread about my Honda ATC70 clicky
For those who cant be arsed to read, basically I took a £20 garden find ATC70 from this
to this
Then after some of this
I decided I really really need suspension and more power!
So thats where this thread starts, gonna guide you through the process of fully suss'ing an 80's Honda using parts that don't fit, through the media of pictures...
First stop was the donor frame, now it would of been easier to grab a pit bike frame and work with that as they use Honda copy engines which bolt in, but I wanted this thing to be tiny and really chuckable, so I ended up with a KTM SX50 Junior frame. This things made for kids ages 3-7 to get an idea of its size.
Next step is to get the engine mounted, easy
start with a mockup
once happy it 'might' fit, add a few more bits just to be sure
Grab some steel (handily cut from the old frame) and mount that powerhouse
After some lunch and a beer, sit down and think about getting the rear end sorted. Cant use the KTM swingarm, far to wide and not industrial enough looking for my liking.
Look around the Garage and find that bit of Suzuki SJ chassis you were keeping, but didn't know why. Look, fits perfectly inbetween the bearing carriers ;D
Run out of MIG wire, so cant weld it to the frame, so just mockup, sit back and think aboiut blasting through the fields on it...
Oh, tight
Set the ride height, you know, just to see how she'll look
10 inches of clearance at the lowest point
Stick the old tank and seat on and realise they wont work
Thats as far as I got, not bad in one day, I would of had the rear end done and swingin, but like I said, I ran out of consumables!
Stay tuned...
For those who cant be arsed to read, basically I took a £20 garden find ATC70 from this
to this
Then after some of this
I decided I really really need suspension and more power!
So thats where this thread starts, gonna guide you through the process of fully suss'ing an 80's Honda using parts that don't fit, through the media of pictures...
First stop was the donor frame, now it would of been easier to grab a pit bike frame and work with that as they use Honda copy engines which bolt in, but I wanted this thing to be tiny and really chuckable, so I ended up with a KTM SX50 Junior frame. This things made for kids ages 3-7 to get an idea of its size.
Next step is to get the engine mounted, easy
start with a mockup
once happy it 'might' fit, add a few more bits just to be sure
Grab some steel (handily cut from the old frame) and mount that powerhouse
After some lunch and a beer, sit down and think about getting the rear end sorted. Cant use the KTM swingarm, far to wide and not industrial enough looking for my liking.
Look around the Garage and find that bit of Suzuki SJ chassis you were keeping, but didn't know why. Look, fits perfectly inbetween the bearing carriers ;D
Run out of MIG wire, so cant weld it to the frame, so just mockup, sit back and think aboiut blasting through the fields on it...
Oh, tight
Set the ride height, you know, just to see how she'll look
10 inches of clearance at the lowest point
Stick the old tank and seat on and realise they wont work
Thats as far as I got, not bad in one day, I would of had the rear end done and swingin, but like I said, I ran out of consumables!
Stay tuned...
