DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

But you can a Honda Super Cub.



Brand new 110cc motor, delivered by ParcelForce this morning



I like it. Do 15 mins of invoicing and accounts, get bored, work on bike. Life is good.

Can't wait till you get round to fitting that Prototipo to it......................

Cheers!

JW

whos head have you got stuffed and hung on your wall?

Fox Talbot. Riding atop his head is a chimp with cape and flying goggles. I bought Talbot off eBay just before they banned hunting. He wards-away evil vegetarians.

I just sized-up the new lump, and in time-honoured tradition of all overcook engine transplants, the chassis is going to need a bit of abuse with an angle-grinder in order to get it fit properly. Ugh.

Whoa! you are more than doubling the engine capacity

crazy!!

cheers

John

jamie wrote:He wards-away evil vegetarians.

HEY! I'll remember that....

I see you've made some great progress since the last pics

In fact, even better still! Click on this link and take a look at the "monkey" section on their website...
Click here
OR
Watch the video

Oh, and then check out the V8 Ducati they're building.

Big engine is in. Everything fits except the exhaust, although I have a plan for sorting that.

I started it up and it's a beast! Thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump...

I also did a single-seat conversion, so it will end up looking like a slight scruffier version of this, only with a bit more motor hanging out each side

Rad

I'm loving this, although a bit distressed to see how seriously you're taking our Goodwood Challenge .

Trouble is, I've already 'big-bored' the Cyclemaster from 25 to 32cc, and fear there's little more capacity available. Miniature turbo perhaps .

Remind me: how do(es) you / it get the gears, and does this change with this new engine?

Barry wrote:I'm loving this, although a bit distressed to see how seriously you're taking our Goodwood Challenge .

Trouble is, I've already 'big-bored' the Cyclemaster from 25 to 32cc, and fear there's little more capacity available. Miniature turbo perhaps .

Remind me: how do(es) you / it get the gears, and does this change with this new engine?

Oh Barry, you really are going to eat dirt. I now have over THREE TIMES your cc'age, two more strokes, CDI and a new rear tyre, ready for the burnout that will afford me the outstanding grip that will propel me to a surefire victory over your CycleMaster-of-disaster.

Regarding gears, the 107cc is the biggest Lifan make with a semi-auto. You still have to shift, but there is no clutch. The old engine had three gears (1-Neutral-2-3), with 1 being absolutely ridiculously low so you can get up Mt Fuji with a crate of plastic gift-shoppe merchandise strapped to the back. The new engine has four gears (Neutral-1-2-3-4). The new Chinese engine is such a blatant copy of the Honda lump that I was able to reuse the original shifter and kick-starter.

The only problem I'm having is that the air filter fouls the front mudguard. I might run with some gauze jubillee-clipped over the intake - it's not like it's an expensive engine that I'm going to take on the Dakar.

I was tempted by a 125cc motor with manual clutch, but decided it's not really in keeping with the Super Cub philosophy. Plus, I would still have only drum brakes to stop the thing once I had hit 130mph.

A turbo is too modern for the CycleMaster. You should so see if you can source a mini screw-type supercharger. That would be hilarious. Do it!

Check this out: http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/ ... 50-racing/

I'm liking that idea, although packaging might be an issue, trying to fit it all inside the rear hub .

I'd forgotton about the centrifugal clutches on the Honda's. Mine has a proper clutch because it's for grown-ups ... , then again it only has one gear (because it's for dim grown-ups).

Time's getting on, I'm going to have to get the thing out and see what sort of a state it's in. Same goes for the little Duke as well .

Looking forward to reading about the road test Jamie .

Spent today on the electrics. Replaced the 6v rear light with an MSA rain light placed inside the lamp housing so it looks original. It's on a resistor to dim it down a bit, then when you press the brake pedal, the resistor is bypassed and it shines really bright.

The front is just a standard 15w/22w car brakelight bulb. I might add a second 'driving lamp' to the front with a 55w bulb in it.

Fitted new wiring for the indicators (it didn't have any). They'll be LED

Fox Talbot, LMAO

Put some Marchesinis on it! or: