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The pout that got goofier and goofier as the tour went on D Foot pop Trever Just for something different
To think this whole project started after J had ridden my Mighty 88 in the summer of 07 This is only the beginning Since the engine work was completed Big Jizzle and B rad have installed a new NSR front end with wave rotor disc brake and Brembo caliper not to mention 12 inch wheels running the French
soak the clutchplates before their assemblage I stayed on course and guzzled coca cola to the tune of about half a liter per hour The salt n vinegar chips earlier didn t help either I can tell by the lighting that the sun is beginning to rise in this shot Everything s in place and I d shown J how I like to put these things together all that was left to do was to
In generally the paragliding the last few months has been awesome Brad came out one weekend and took some photos from launch
fins I ve ever seen on a mini and grinding away the aluminum took me longer than I cared This little styrofoam box did a good job of holding the cylinder in place as I got down to it Once this was done we went back to assembling the Daytona clutch on the Takegawa 5 spd It is a really nice touch to be able to move the clutch pack from the crankshaft right to the
I returned to the house in the middle of the night re stocked and ready to rock only to find Big Jizzle layed out No matter I had work to do and the fire to get it done Michelle got busy prepping food stuffs and soon enough the smell of super spicy Ramen roused J from his slumber The clear pan on the right is filled with clean motor oil not food and
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goofier for us every year Michael Jackson had no voice the next day too much shreiking baby shaking for the crowd PAGE 2 THE TIGER TAMERS
to unwrap new toys too It was a clear sign that we should stop working on the 50 and start working on the 12 yr old scotch that just happened to be laying around with our names on it The next morning J got up early and ran down to a bearing supply house to pick up some roller bearings we needed to run the transmission shafts in the case I have no idea why these weren t
on the westside of Oahu and I m certainly not talking about hand sanding and polishing all the stainless steel hardware on one of my own bikes I m talking about an ENGINE BUILD And not just any engine build We would be taking the venerable 49cc Honda four stroke engine with a three speed semi auto clutch and upgrading to a massive 124cc s complete with a manual
throughout the two day job and overnight into Sunday These are the same shoes used by the Factory Yamaha Team and their satellite Tech 3 Team except theirs are standard black Eventually B rad had enough of just watching and I could tell he knew what he was doing With a look of supreme confidence he leaned over towards Jizzle and said in his best Keanu Reeves
I could pick up my car my girlfriend and most importantly the late night snacks that would power me through until dawn because I wasn t done yet and neither was he or so I thought I returned to the house in the middle of the night re stocked and ready to rock only to find Big Jizzle layed out No matter I had work to do and the fire to get it done
would be to say that he used it with Vigor It was inspirational and when I would need to modify the cylinder and clutch cover later I felt like I channeled some of B rad s power It just so happened my girlfriend Michelle was hanging out watching us work and taking photos and by mid afternoon we all decided to take a much needed break and get some burgers
Later this gorgeous pork chop stroker flywheel assembly would be installed in the crankcases It is more kosher than kosher The five speed slotted in without any problems and the kickstart assembly went together easily too We were rolling right along but this was before we d hit our second set of snags
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Can we be any goofier Yes
Check this out how to look goofier than riding a Segway Personal wheeled transportation it seems like everyone wants to get into the game that Segway started Even GM is partnering up with Segway to develop a two seater personal
chance to do something like this with my boys would happen again That s J Bizzle B rad and myself Thanks for the use of the overshirt B rad it pulled its duty several times over Without a doubt the lengthiest part of this engine build was the clean and professional removal of material from the crankcases Although I was sure no one would ever have a reason to open
got called names by black street musicians Look out you big Europeans and were also told to wish Baby Jesus a Happy Birthday Once we got to Bongo Burger it was all worth it We separated after eating so Michelle could go shoe shopping in the East Bay and the men could get down to doing their kind of shopping namely going to the hardware store and buying more
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Thanks to Big J for the time the photos and the fun We brought the beast outside for a few more photos and the strain of the previous night showed
The final result epoxied on with 1 4 20 post and a wing nut for tightening against a camera DV camera whatever
engine work was completed Big Jizzle and B rad have installed a new NSR front end with wave rotor disc brake and Brembo caliper not to mention 12 inch wheels running the French Rubber And a set of slick rear set controls with a G Craft swingarm The final bike is far from complete as new parts require new solutions and fabrication Not until everything is as perfect as
mention between B rad Big Jizzy and myself we had far too much enthusiasm and pride to do anything less that what we felt was the best and that s exactly what this project deserved The donor bike for this project was a lightly used 1988 Honda ZB50 which was known in Japan and Europe as the Monkey RT It was only sold in the US in 88 but two iterations were sold
get rid of the old gas in the tank before the acetone smell drove us bonkers in the garage We would need all our brain cells intact or at least reasonably intact for the mission ahead Before we could begin assembling the new engine we needed to clearance the old transmission area to accommodate five gears instead of three About this time B rad showed up with some true
The final result just resting on the helmet no epoxy
would be going together into the new engine Here Big Jizz is holding up a set of crankcases that had already been bored out to accept a larger cylinder and sleeve housing a 54mm piston J s dog Digger didn t really seem to care but for J and I this was like Christmas all over again and we carefully sliced open the boxes containing roller rocker arms a ported head the
this extra time and a trip to Seattle for Thanksgiving you get helmet cam The base unit which is epoxied to the helmet is a custom aluminum part whipped up on my brother s CNC lathe
is how a couple of guys spent time together hanging out talking life hammering and grinding away until on a beautiful Sunday morning THIS was born and we didn t even use a blowtorch Big Jizzle and I got together late on a Friday afternoon to flesh out what the rough plan would be for dismantling the donor machine and creating this monstrosity Originally we
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Trever again Guess who I was standing in front of The pout that got goofier and goofier as the tour went on D
Guess who I was standing in front of The pout that got goofier and goofier as the tour went on D Foot pop
He was even Goofier in person or I guess in dog
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were meant to bring happiness and laughter they are the closest thing to fairy tail creatures that we have on this earth You have chosen to use them for evil We had barely just begun Big Jizzle drained the oil and we leaned the bike over a little bit trying to get every last drop out of the old engine It was apparent that this may just have been the original oil the
The motor started to come apart fairly easily and for a time things were clean and orderly About this time we started getting hungry The kind of hungry that can only be remedied by loads of oily raw fish so we headed into town for a fantastic Sushi dinner complete with Nigori
Goofy and Loopy or is that Goofy and Goofier
Michael Jackson with the child he calls Blanket no joke about the name We marched in the Village Halloween Parade for the 3rd year it gets goofier for us every year Michael Jackson had no voice the next day too much shreiking baby shaking for the crowd
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