Project SMX [Pic Heavy]
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@NINJA Yeah, the way I see it, you can spend £3k on a four stroke SX, or get the better two smoker
It's pricey, but for a grand less you get a aging DTR with no USD's, piss poor engine and a lot heavier...
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@Calum But possibly better reliability with the DTR/X's or at least less maintenance, as the rotax engine's are race engines after-all.
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@NINJA Yeah no doubt about that. But then if you wanted reliability go and get the new SX125.
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Thanks to the good weather I took advantage & cleaned, stripped down and resprayed a bunch of fiddly little parts today.
I also cleaned the 2 rear shocks I have in between coats of paint, I just need to give the mounts a quick respray and then pick the best one already for re-fitting. My fuel tank was in a pretty sorry state and my OCD also kicked in, so I decided to respray it. The original is just untreated plastic and although you don't really see a lot of it as it's underneath the radiator shrouds and seat. But hey-hoo I still know it's there and it looked tatty as bare plastic and also has some paint stains on her, so after several attempts and much rubbing down and respraying I finally got a decent finish on her!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Before;
Rubbed down;
After;
Not easy things to respray at home, I kept getting one side mint and the other side not so good. I guess I was getting too much over-spray which caused some problems, plus it was a very hot day so the paint dried super quick, it's like spraying a pyramid in reality. She's not perfect but will do for now and a vast improvement on the original for-sure. I'll let the paint cure for a week and then give her the final treatment of some petrol resistant lacquer to finish her off with, which should help protect her from any mishaps. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth:
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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Thanks to the good weather I took advantage & cleaned, stripped down and resprayed a bunch of fiddly little parts today.
I also cleaned the 2 rear shocks I have in between coats of paint, I just need to give the mounts a quick respray and then pick the best one already for re-fitting. My fuel tank was in a pretty sorry state and my OCD also kicked in, so I decided to respray it. The original is just untreated plastic and although you don't really see a lot of it as it's underneath the radiator shrouds and seat. But hey-hoo I still know it's there and it looked tatty as bare plastic and also has some paint stains on her, so after several attempts and much rubbing down and respraying I finally got a decent finish on her!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Before;
Rubbed down;
After;
Not easy things to respray at home, I kept getting one side mint and the other side not so good. I guess I was getting too much over-spray which caused some problems, plus it was a very hot day so the paint dried super quick, it's like spraying a pyramid in reality. She's not perfect but will do for now and a vast improvement on the original for-sure. I'll let the paint cure for a week and then give her the final treatment of some petrol resistant lacquer to finish her off with, which should help protect her from any mishaps. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth:
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@Glynn123 Nope she's a keeper!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_heart-eyes: :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_heart-eyes:
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@NINJA just remember to use premium fuel as the ethanol in cheap stuff can distort the plastic
Looking sweet though
@finnerz89 I will only be using Shell V-Power in my baby. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
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@finnerz89 I will only be using Shell V-Power in my baby. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
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A small update, I managed to get in a few hours this afty and cleaned the forks up, polished the stanchions as best I could and resprayed the dropouts. The stanchions have some marks on them, which would not come out sadly, plus they are ribbed so that made it even harder to get a decent finish on em. So their as good as they will get, but most of these marks are not really seen which is handy.
I then slid the yokes back on to test fit it all;
i didn't realise that the forks are Marzocchi units;
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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A small update, I managed to get in a few hours this afty and cleaned the forks up, polished the stanchions as best I could and resprayed the dropouts. The stanchions have some marks on them, which would not come out sadly, plus they are ribbed so that made it even harder to get a decent finish on em. So their as good as they will get, but most of these marks are not really seen which is handy.
I then slid the yokes back on to test fit it all;
i didn't realise that the forks are Marzocchi units;
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@NINJA Yes, it is the same on the Cagivas as well!
Looking clean. Small touches like that make a big difference
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@declan said in Project SMX:
@NINJA it’s always harder to work with when it’s ribbed
Are we talking bike parts or condoms here??? :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: :face_with_tears_of_joy:
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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@declan said in Project SMX:
@NINJA it’s always harder to work with when it’s ribbed
Are we talking bike parts or condoms here??? :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: :face_with_tears_of_joy:
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@declan said in Project SMX:
@NINJA how very dare you!!
Yes, this is getting a little off topic now...
@declan was quite clearly talking about the bike parts.
@NINJA Let me know if you want me to tidy up the thread.P.S. I was messing about the off topic. But do let me know if you want me to clean up the thread.
Always Originate, Never Pirate!
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@declan said in Project SMX:
@NINJA how very dare you!!
Yes, this is getting a little off topic now...
@declan was quite clearly talking about the bike parts.
@NINJA Let me know if you want me to tidy up the thread.P.S. I was messing about the off topic. But do let me know if you want me to clean up the thread.
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@declan said in Project SMX:
@NINJA how very dare you!!
Yes, this is getting a little off topic now...
@declan was quite clearly talking about the bike parts.
@NINJA Let me know if you want me to tidy up the thread.P.S. I was messing about the off topic. But do let me know if you want me to clean up the thread.
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