Swamp Thing - KR1 Track Bike
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Swamp Thing - KR1 Track Bike
Rather than adding to a previous thread I thought I'd start a new one detailing the build of my KR1.
I bought the bike (a KR1S) back in 2014 at a good price but the bike was in pretty poor condition and looked like it had been stored in a swamp - hence the title. I had originally wanted to restore the bike back to original condition but it soon became apparent that I had a 'bitsa' consisting of part KR1S and part KR1 namely the engine was off a KR1 and the frame a KR1S. I didn't discover this until I was part way through the engine restoration so I figured I may as well carry on building the KR1 engine and then decide where to go from there. Around this time a friend offered me a KR1 frame in pretty poor condition but for a great price (free =D> ) and so this project was born.
I've now bought a KR1S engine to match the original frame and will restore that to original condition at a later date but for now I want to build a KR1 based track bike that I can use and develop over time. Here's the progress so far, starting with a shot of the engine as I got it..
I bought the bike (a KR1S) back in 2014 at a good price but the bike was in pretty poor condition and looked like it had been stored in a swamp - hence the title. I had originally wanted to restore the bike back to original condition but it soon became apparent that I had a 'bitsa' consisting of part KR1S and part KR1 namely the engine was off a KR1 and the frame a KR1S. I didn't discover this until I was part way through the engine restoration so I figured I may as well carry on building the KR1 engine and then decide where to go from there. Around this time a friend offered me a KR1 frame in pretty poor condition but for a great price (free =D> ) and so this project was born.
I've now bought a KR1S engine to match the original frame and will restore that to original condition at a later date but for now I want to build a KR1 based track bike that I can use and develop over time. Here's the progress so far, starting with a shot of the engine as I got it..
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Re: Swamp Thing - KR1 Track Bike
A coat of primer and satin black and we're looking good! Unfortunately at this stage I realised that you can't fit the metal coolant pipe (or case mounting spacers) after the right hand clutch casing has been fitted so out came the clutch etc. and once the coolant pipe and spacers were fitted the whole lot was reassembled.. Doh! Lesson learned:-
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