Saturday, 19 March 2011

Full lock or Death

Jamie got in touch a while to say Sideburn's spirit had infected him and he was going to race short track. This is the first step...

Hey Gary,
You asked me to send pictures of the DT175 when I finished it so here goes!
I've done the whole thing on a non-existant budget (about £350 so far), and built it as a practice bike to learn how to slide until I can get something built that I can race on. When I started working on it every time I fixed something, another thing broke, so I ended up naming it 'The Bastard'.. I also painted 'Full Lock or Death' on the tank to remind me to grow some balls when I ride and just got for it!
I'll be at Rye House on Sunday crash testing it. Think I might have just bought a 1987 XR600 for my race project too. Until I think of a better name for it I'll call it 'The Bastard II'..
Hopefully see you Sunday if you're around.
Cheers, Jamie

Jamie, is that a front brake cable?
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8 comments:

  1. Full Lock or Death!! #2919 March 2011 at 17:57

    Cheers Gary! Not sure it counts as a brake, it's about as good as rubbing cheese on the rims.. The cable will be gone by tomorrow anyway, just couldn't take the abuse! ;)
    J

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  2. Anonymous19 March 2011 at 20:33

    lovely tank job!.
    xr's can make good flattrackers.
    go 4 it!!.

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  3. Full Lock or Death!! #2920 March 2011 at 17:37

    Engine ate itself on the first lap! What a bastard..

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  4. User.One20 March 2011 at 20:17

    shit, that's not what I wanted to read

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  5. Anthony Brown20 March 2011 at 21:20

    Yeah but it didnt stop you having a great day eh?

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  6. Full Lock or Death!! #2920 March 2011 at 21:32

    Had an awesome day, but on everyone else's bikes! I was lent bikes, given riding tips and advice, lent tools.. Made what could have been a crap day the best bike day of the year so far!
    Don't worry about The Bastard, it's only the beginning. I have a spare 175 engine that's going to get bored and ported and a trick carb. It will be back.. ;)

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  7. Anonymous21 March 2011 at 14:14

    Nice one J, can't stop thinking about how good that'd be with a numberplate on for rippin through traffic to uni.

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  8. Full Lock or Death!! #2921 March 2011 at 20:31

    Cheers Josh, yeah got to be done! A daytime MOT's on the list fo things to do when I get it running again.. ;)

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