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| Oldest dirt bike in Asia maybe?; 1970 Sprite 404 | |
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| Topic Started: 4 Jul 2009, 12:38 (826 Views) | |
| Duck of Death | 4 Jul 2009, 12:38 Post #1 |
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Hi , Glad to see this forum has a vintage section. A few years back I bought a big pile of frames, engine parts, wheels and mixture of junk that looked like it should have been thrown in the trash. Over the last 3 years I have slowly built one almost complete bike, starting with the engine I made up a gearbox put new seals and bearing where i could. Made a seat, made brake parts, made up front axle, made up throttle cable and so on. The only thing I couldnt do for the last 1.5 years was make it start up! It has a very old and not so reliable system called points breaker ignition and its 6v! For the last 5months I have been messing around trying to make an electronic ignition but decided to give up after mediocre results last weekend. So on Monday night I put the old points back in, set the timing as good as I could without seeing it run, kicked it and hey presto off it went like a rocket! The exhaust is a straight through that tapers towards the tail, all one peice. When it fired up the whole street knew it was running, very loud! Hopefully I will get it out and take it for a ride around Nusajaya some day. Unfortunately I dont know how to post a picture of it so perhaps someone could help me with that one. My bike is a 1970 Sprite 405cc 2 Stroke Maybe about 50 bikes left in the world Most famous rider was Brad Lackey in the 60's Bike was a good handler and had decent power but had wretched reliability problems and poor quality control from UK factory. |
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| reymund77 | 4 Jul 2009, 21:40 Post #2 |
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upload your photos to www.photobucket.com Then copy and page the link or image link onto this forum. Try it out...would be nice to see 400cc 2 stroker running....I'm sure its kick ass power |
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| Kleivard | 4 Jul 2009, 23:41 Post #3 |
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can't wait to see your bike, must be damn cool.. |
 
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| Duck of Death | 6 Jul 2009, 14:21 Post #4 |
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Try this not sure if it will work but here goes http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e263/funtimeyzf/spritelft.jpg http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e263/funtimeyzf/spriterht.jpg |
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| Duck of Death | 6 Jul 2009, 14:59 Post #5 |
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Oh and here is another one of the bike and the security system http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e263/funtimeyzf/DSCben.jpg |
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| airtime | 6 Jul 2009, 20:59 Post #6 |
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good system u have there 2 guard yr sprite....  but wat happen 2 the front fender? yr guard was 1ted the plastic?  so how is the brake cables coming along? Edited by airtime, 6 Jul 2009, 21:00.
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| Duck of Death | 6 Jul 2009, 22:24 Post #7 |
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Yeah need to get a front fender from the UK, they are aluminium just like the side panels which are about 4mm thick! made the brake cables up on saturday at a really neat bike shop in Simpang Bedok. We fired it up outside as there was a lot of admirers looking at the bike. Once we fired it up the whole industrial block came out to see what the noise and smoke was! It was the first time I had ridden it and the first itme in 20 + years since it run last. It has deep down power but the clutch was slipping a bit so I didnt really open it up fully, was aslo scared too! |
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| airtime | 7 Jul 2009, 00:08 Post #8 |
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ok,if u can get 1 dat would be great n ez 4 u! if u can't get it...drop me a note when u get back n i'll bring u 2 get aluium sheets. u can make spares of yr front/rear n side panels 2. so poor doggy does not have any plastic 2 eat? |
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| reymund77 | 7 Jul 2009, 00:17 Post #9 |
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   Click on posting reply, then look on top of the Full BBcode List for "Image", then copy and paste ur link there.... Edited by reymund77, 7 Jul 2009, 00:18.
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| Duck of Death | 7 Jul 2009, 01:01 Post #10 |
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Thanks Reymund, I am past bashing metal into shapes or least large ones! Hey i am still due you some answers on the clutch thing which I will have in the next day, will be making an order next week. Doggy likes eating all kinds of food, walking, swimming, playing, sleeping but hates cats and burglars! |
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| Kleivard | 7 Jul 2009, 01:45 Post #11 |
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Duck of Death do you have any more of your friends into vintage bike? Why not get them to post some of their bike pic. btw are you fr Msia?
Edited by Kleivard, 7 Jul 2009, 01:46.
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| reymund77 | 7 Jul 2009, 01:50 Post #12 |
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think u can buddy buddy wif airtime...he keeps similar dog to urs and prob same era as u so u guys lots in common
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| Duck of Death | 7 Jul 2009, 10:13 Post #13 |
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There is another old bike that i am trying go see and hopefully buy but been unable to get there so far. there is one maico in Singapore too around 1980's 490, monster of a bike and still the quickest bike to date! No I am not from malaysia but some riders say i look like i am from malaysia because of my hairstyle, I am actually Scottish, you may have seen me at some of the MSSC events, I have a KTM 200 09 and a carry it on a trailer! |
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| reymund77 | 7 Jul 2009, 11:10 Post #14 |
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u drive a Vitara?...have a CRF250R too???......where is that maico..u can PM me...I help u go see, nice I help u buy first....lol |
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| Djebel | 7 Jul 2009, 21:00 Post #15 |
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Ur bike is cool!!! |
| Life's a Journey..... Go ride some bikes!!!!!!!! | |
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| il4 | 8 Jul 2009, 12:49 Post #16 |
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This one?      I wow the longest woooooooooooooooooow when i saw it. |
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| Duck of Death | 8 Jul 2009, 14:42 Post #17 |
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No its not that one, the bike in your picture has a dead ignition which is hard to fix now. This bike is a 1980 enduro model so its 10 years younger than the sprite. Powerful but fragile, they got the nickname Maico Brako! There is another Maico 490 Evo in Singapore which was bought in Oz, very fast and powerful, unlikely it will be ridden. Anyone else got some vintage pics? Especially of bikes in Singapore |
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| il4 | 9 Jul 2009, 09:17 Post #18 |
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that explain why the bike is left in the workshop since forever... 
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| jedimous | 12 Jul 2009, 23:48 Post #19 |
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by any chance aberdonian? lol. |
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| Duck of Death | 30 Jul 2009, 13:07 Post #20 |
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Ehh...not Aberdonian, I have never touched or been near a sheep in my life! Bit further North from the firth |
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