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grellow
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 93 Location: manchester
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject: cagivo mito mk1 part 2!! |
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well after selling my mito over a yr back ive played with some 4 strokes, a monkey bike,hyosung gtr125 and a zxr750
by some strange chance ive actually ended up with my old mito back!
been abused very badly by some people after it left me
currently needs a left hand bar as its bent,swingarm has a crack in it,fork seals gone and its been repainted in some kinda tango colour
so time to tidy up,started with the expansion chamber and can today,carb has been stripped and cleened and i took it for a small ride up the rd to see if there was anything else
going to be repainting again,not sure wether to mint up to standard spec or have a good play with a pipe and a nice paint job?
heres some bad qaulity phone pics as my cameras done a runner
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grellow
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 93 Location: manchester
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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now being stripped for a full rebuild
new pads,braided hoses on order, do need a exhaust badly as the one on the bike is rusted to death!
may be a top end rebuild aswell for hell of it ![Laughing](images/smiles/icon_lol.gif) |
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grellow
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 93 Location: manchester
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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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a bit more done last night
top end off and all looks good so not going to bother with new piston an rings,gooing to rebuild with all new gaskets and repaint the engine while im at it
new gear lever and gasket set on its way,plenty off new parts im still after but seems mk1s bits arent so easy to find anymore
and cant decide if i should polish the frame,paint it satin black or just clean up and leave as it is
pics to tide you over for a bit
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grellow
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 93 Location: manchester
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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well its been a while but im now going full on with the little geeva!
now totally stripped as you can see in the pics
frame,swingarm,forks,yokes and wheels will all be polished
decided to go for black and may even add race graphics from a certain british bike
taking the frame to work tomorow to prep for polish,hopefully have it all polished by weekend so pics will be up then,i have done a small patch to see how good the casting is
oh and what i,d do for a garage!
as i open the shed tonight
engine out
a test of the cast
frame ready for a good clean and then prep
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Drunkn Munky
Joined: 03 Jan 2009 Posts: 46
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Looks almost as grotty as the mk2 i picked up on the cheap, doing the same with mine over the winter so i'll be keeping an eye on this thread |
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grellow
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 93 Location: manchester
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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seen your thread on the 125 forum
i dont post on there just mooch at threads like yours
and are you having any trouble finding decent secondhand parts?
everything i find is either already goosed or priced way over the top! |
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Drunkn Munky
Joined: 03 Jan 2009 Posts: 46
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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Yep decent mk1 and mk2 parts are pretty hard to come by, ive been after a fairing set with the vents in (like yours ) for months without luck, all ive found is chancers on ebay wanting £60 a panel!! Noting wrong with the unvented set i have apart from paint but im a fussy bugger and want the vented ones.
Im looking into ducati forks for it as the standard ones are shit with bugger all adjustament and belive it or not the ducati forks are lighter Only thing with them is im told they raise the front by 2 inches which isnt what i want as i dont wanna upset the geomentry so will have to look into it a little further. |
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grellow
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 93 Location: manchester
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:05 am Post subject: |
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was gonna go for mk2 usd,s on mine but ive decided to keep the mk1 forks now
as for the fairings,they wasnt on the bike when i owned it a few yrs ago,someones replaced them but i aint complaining
the price of secondhand scabby bodywork is amazing ![Shocked](images/smiles/icon_eek.gif) |
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BenR
Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 59
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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Looking good (apart from the rim tape)! You thought about an SP shock & fork conversion? I'll be watching this thread, I love projects. ![Thumbs Up](images/smiles/icon_thumright.gif) |
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grellow
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 93 Location: manchester
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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thanks ben
the rims have been painted but are going back to black
do you know of any sp bits floating about? |
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BenR
Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 59
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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There's a guy on www.125ccsportsbikes.com forum that has a lot of cagiva parts, he may be able to help you. His go
es by the username Collywog19. |
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grellow
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 93 Location: manchester
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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seen him on the 125 forum
also seen him selling bits on ebay at nice prices!
frame is half prepped now,still about another 5-6hrs of prep
as soon as ive started 1st stage of polishing i,ll post pics up
also had a look at the engine tonight,not the same one as what was in it when i sold it,shame because i,d seen 100 on the clocks with that engine
the one in now has a gilardoni 2 barrel(60433) with flat piston and single ring
may go for a new piston and ring(s) by wiseco before it gets put back in
rolling chassis to finish 1st tho |
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Drunkn Munky
Joined: 03 Jan 2009 Posts: 46
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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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Ive already been twisting collywog19's arm on selling some of his SP parts, you'd need to offer him your wife for a year for him to consider selling
I see some SP fork internals go for around £100 about a year ago on the bay, wish id snapped them up as i havent seen anything else yet, RGV,RS 250 shocks will fit and also nitron do a shock for the mito. Honda RS 250 forks fit with little mods but there ££££.
Im hoping i can sort out the ride height issue with the ducati forks i have, there lighter than standard and still use the mito wheel, disc and caliper.
With regards to you getting a new piston, are you sticking with 1 ring or going for 2? im told 1 ring is better for power and 2 ring for reliabilty, obviously i know jack shit about 2 strokes ![Smile](images/smiles/icon_smile.gif) |
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grellow
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 93 Location: manchester
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Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:06 am Post subject: |
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think i staying with the standard suspension but im going for a rgv rear shock as mines battered
going to look into the flat/domed piston and 1 or 2 ring thing as i would like to know more myself
did a bit more prep on the frame aswell should be ready to polish weds/thurs
all depends how busy i am at work |
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grellow
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 93 Location: manchester
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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brought the frame home today,made a brew and spent an hour in the shed,to cold and damp
only done one spar with 1st stage compound,pics arent great as the light aint the best,so some with flash some without
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