Rex also has a mini

[rex_saugerty]

In idea i have several, but for now gonna focus on one maybe another in a while

so as some of you might know my good friend Matti got a free kx65 with a dead engine for electric bycicle project. that failed for him. But i had this urge to get a minisupermoto for a while. so he offered me his, because he was going to junk it anyway.
so i got it brought to Latvia by a "relative" tucked it in my car on our visit

did a quick assembly one evening(i know the forks are wrong way in, it's already fixed




since the lump was bad one and new cylinder kit is 400eur, i decided to crap that shit ad get something cheap to fit in. so after an ebay browsing i stumbled upon 40eur EBE engine from bultaco astro(derbi senda, i think some aprilia, well it's popular)

since they come as 200-300eur in decent state i took a gamble, that i might lost


will try to drill this out



as for head, well two head studs came out one was already snapped and one is quite stuck
also the piston doesnt move, so it looks i will need a new crank, or iļl give repressing a bearing one this one a go

took some fight to get it off

head has a crack in it aswell





clutch side looks good tho




good thing about engine is...
they're cheap for an engine
new crank starts around 50euros, cylinders has a lot of aftermarket, with bifferent crank can be made up to 110cc( and thats two stroke we are talking about)

about the chassis, it's okey, plastics needs to be sprayed, one of fork legs leaks, missing front numberplate, steering clamp.

my aim? to get it ridable within less than year, so i can take it to Smash next year. but i also want to take VF build too, so as always i have bitten more than i can chew

[Racing Geek]

Is it running yet?

[rex_saugerty]

when you puch it down the hill and make loud two stroke noises with your mouth

[titan]

snap, race you!!!!

[Mattson]

Been digging through the garage some more, got an airbox I have no vehicle for so it`s most probly from the kawi... There was some other bit too I cannot remember off the top of my head that might also belong to the bike, it was plastic but no idea what it was... I did give you the rad grill at smash didn`t I?

[rex_saugerty]

Yeah, that grill just appeared in my tent

[shinyribs]

I just realized how high this bike sits. Are you gonna need to lower it for the swingarm to not drag on the chain?

[Racing Geek]

Originally Posted by shinyribs

I just realized how high this bike sits. Are you gonna need to lower it for the swingarm to not drag on the chain?

My YZ80 was the same way but as soon as I sat on it the angle became much more reasonable. I'd imagine the same will happen to this.

[rex_saugerty]

yeah, the suspension is soft as baby poop

[beezwiz]

When I saw the post title... It made me think of high school gym locker room teasing... not about me of course.