Bitchen! Nice work on a great bike. I worked as a mechanic in a Suzuki shop when these came out. Fun bike and great wheelie bike! It's disappointing that so few of these excellent machines are still being ridden. Wish I could find one.... Re your forks, the rake looks a bit steep to me, but if it handles well all is good. The longer swingers will, of course, put more weight on the front wheel. Weigh the front and rear wheels, one at a time, you want approximately 50/50 weight distribution.
@jiyushugi1085 Thanks! I agree these are a fun, easy bike to ride. I steepened the rake on the frame to match the geometry of 70's flat track race bikes which had frames with steep head tube angles for quick steering response. For any other style of riding I agree a slacker rake would be better but even for normal riding this bike seems to be stable and handle well. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
Such a rad little build Cheyne, nailed the lines and stance perfectly i reckon! Shame it cant be easily licenced in w.a so you can get some more use out of it.
Man! I like that bike so much. Awesome build! I just bought a ts185 1980 for $250 here in Canada and it is in rough shape but I am planning to rebuild the engine and the bike overall. I’m pretty new to 2 stroke and motorcycle mechanic but I’m going to take my time and learn a bunch. Just curious about some of the parts like the foot pegs, shifter and brake levers.. did they fit without any additional adjustment to the bike? How did you knew that these parts would fit? Trial and error? I don’t think I am going to go as far as you with the fork and swing arm cause I don’t have those skills but I would like to at least put some MX parts where they could fit without any major remodelage. Will definitely have to find a way to build a complete exhaust system tho since there is none! Any tips/suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers mate!
Thank you man! The foot pegs/shifter/brake pedal all came from a Yamaha R15 wreck that I had sitting around. I did have to make a simple adaptor plate to mount them to the TS frame but it mounts directly to the original TS foot peg mounts. I also moved them back a little for a more comfortable riding position. I honestly didn’t know if anything was going to fit, and I didn’t work to a plan I just tried different parts to see if they would work, a lot of stuff ended up in the scrap bin during this build as it was a lot of trial and error. As for the exhaust I had never built one before and I actually tried cutting up an RM125 pipe first but it ran like shit with that so I just ordered a bunch of cone sections from eBay and welded up something I though looked right. I loosely based it of a DG 125 Elsinore VMX pipe and got lucky with it working so well. I’m happy to help out wherever I can with your build, just DM me on my instagram @spks.lab with any questions you have. Cheers!
