that NBR dude

Mega!

Do you know if thats 3pm UK time or 3pm Austrian time?

My proper, big squishy bike. Vitus Sommet CRX

Wow, a Triton!! Not seen one of those for a very long time!! Looking good and unfortunately, yes that would now qualify as "old school"... how depressing! Still remember my prototype 20" version.

It might be worth, for your budget, looking at one of these... http://www.winstanleysbmx.com/product/67502/Eighty_Eight_Lunatic_2014_BMX_Bike It's actually quite well specced for the money. I can say this from experience as I bought one! I spent a few quid after, upgrading a few bits but out of choice rather than necessity.

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Yeah, but to be fair I'm not sure I count as a previous owner... cracking from sitting in my lounge for a year would be impressive!

Not going to help... 2 rides that lasted... Thought BB7s were supposed to be good?

I had Jagwire cables which I was told to be good... however after buying different Jagwire cables (which look and feel completely different to the first batch I bought) I think what I got first time were fakes or their bottom of the line range. The new ones make the brakes feel fantastic!

Took me an age to work out how to sign in! Thought it was a problem viewing at work or something!

Worth a punt The chances of me doing tail whips and bar spins are pretty much none

Might be worth a shot. Whatever I do just seems to feel horrid.

It will ride nicer once I've sorted the gearing out. It's currently got an 18tooth freewheel on the back with a 22tooth chain ring on the 'burns so it's a little... light to say the least. I've ordered a 16tooth freewheel which should solve the issue. Struggling to make the BB7 work nicely, I'm sure my old one was a total machine; this seems all spongy and flexy. Feels awful, obviously set it up wrong!

Just a little something cheap and cheerful to mess about on for the 2 times a year I'll probably actually ride it... Just need to remember how to ride it now! Actually it shouldn't take much, couldn't ride to begin with! Ashton Effect 24" frame Ashton Forks FSA Pig headset BBB 90x35 stem Inspired Arcade bars Avid BB7 front brake Avid SD7 rear brake Middleburn cranks Fire Eye pedals No idea rims DMR Hubs Schwalbe Table Top tyres Pivotal seat and wedge post

One of the last videos I made was done on an SLR using a cheap-o steady / handle. I'll see if I can find the link but it will be one of the last NBR videos on Vimeo...

Good to see it's being put to good use... :wink2:

Ohhhhh... see every day is a school day. It needs setting up properly (clearly my knowledge is limited!) by a racer to get the full potential out of everything.

The ARB does work well, allows me to run a softer damper for ride comfort but keeps it stiffer in the corners. Does mean the back end breaks loose a bit easier though, just have to be more committed and not lift off, otherwise it ends badly!

First of my baby bearded dragons is born and doing well! 1 week old

Yeah not far off mine. Hi los Gaz lowered adjustable dampers Yellow dot front cones Red dot rear cones 2 deg camber arms Adjustable HD tie rods Rear camber brackets Mini Spares rose jointed rear ARB Fiesta 7.9" brakes Handles really really well.

We need to go out for a drive soon!

It is a lot of work but I don't like most of the engine conversions out there. The Honda and Vauxhall lumps are very heavy and far forward, so the handling abilities of the mini are somewhat ruined. For a motorway barnstormer / drag car they're very good, but I don't feel they're as nice to drive on a nice back road. They're also quite expensive, conversion subframes can run into the thousands alone, let alone the cost of the engine, suspension, all the re-wiring, ECUs, different drive shafts, exhausts ect. The only conversion I would do is the Yamaha R1 / Suzuki 'Busa conversion, but even that you also won't see much change from 6-7 grand. Plus I like the feeling of knowing I built that engine entirely from scratch. The only bit someone did for me was hone the block which I got off Prawn. Everything else, including gearbox, block and head was built in my lounge from component form. I learnt so much about the combustion engine from doing it, how finely tuned every component is but also how small things here and there dramatically improve power / torque. I don't think I would have the same satisfaction from just plonking a ready made Honda engine in the hole. Edit = Plus, it might not seem like a lot of power in the great scheme of things, but when you consider it started out as an engine that produced 60bhp, to increase that power by almost 100% is actually quite a lot, especially in a 600kg car

It goes pretty well yeah, although I'm going to have to change the FD ratio as it's bloody ridiculous! Doing best part of 6k at 60mph isn't ideal, great for hill climbs but going to suck for sprints. It's fully road legal as well. It's got an Aldon Red tuned 65D electronic ignition with mechanical advance instead of the usual vac advance. I'd like to go down the route of Nodiz or MJ but at the time funds had run out and this was the cheaper alternative. I think I had a thread on TMF a while ago but got flamed by everyone for all the things they don't like, like FG fronts and wide arches.

Spec: 1380 block, 4 bolt centre main strap Stock crank and rods (at the moment) Forged Omega pistons with MED rings AC Dodd TSR cam iSky Followers Mini Spares Competition push rods Ex Neil Slark Super Mighty Mini cylinder head with enlarged valves, bronze guides 1.5 Roller Rockers Weber 45 DCOE on 5" manifold Maniflow Stage 2 large bore LCB, RCM, centre exit box A&R Precision ultralight flywheel A&R Precision ultralight ally backplate CG Clutch 6 puck paddle Orange diaphragm MED Roller tip S/C drops 1.089:1 Mini Spares S/C gear kit X Pin DIff, 3.9:1 FD (plus off ratio drops makes 4.25:1 FD) It's still on a mild tune at the moment as it's only done about 200 miles but figures at the wheels: 1st RR Session 96bhp / 99 lbsft 2nd RR Session 109bhp / 103lbsft More to come

Yeah, considering I have no inner wings and it's still an A-series lump, there's actually not a lot of space in there with the front rad, header tank, catch tank ect. There's even less now as I've added a second cooler coming straight off the tap on the head and back into the water pump as I was getting hot spots at cylinder 3 and 4.