Nutters gets down and dirty and starts cutting away more redundant parts. When will the phoenix rise from the ashes?
Fast progress was made with the CRK Triumph 1200 project over the winter, culminating in the promised structural alterations facilitated by the quick and effective use of an angle grinder that created a dramatic light show. But then we decided to visit our eldest daughter in Australia and progress stalled.
You’ll recall from the March issue of CMM that I wanted to build a version of the bike I’d ridden in the Isle of Wight where Ian Saxcoburg produces his Café Racer Kits for customers around the world. The CRK 1200 Roadster was a highly impressive hunk of a machine that I immediately took to, for its refined and smooth engine, immense flexibility and relaxed riding style.
The idea behind Ian’s conversion kits is that you can take a cheap-to-source donor machine such as a Honda CX500 or the​ T300 series Triumph triples and fours, and after you’ve stripped off redundant parts, bolt on CRK’s made-to-measure kit of parts to create your own custom machine. The kit is broken down into subassemblies that can be bought as you going along. CRK provides an instruction manual so all you need is a toolkit, spanners and a socket set, plus a modicum of skill in using them.
Having a vision of what you want the bike to look like also helps with the planning, along with adequate space in a garage or workshop. An improvement in my garage lighting followed with the installation of LED strip lights on either wall, which helped with my vision.
First step had been to acquire the donor 1200 Trophy, a 1996 four-cylinder 1,180cc model updated from the original version of 1991, strip its copious and heavy bodywork and touring equipment, and whittle it down to the basics.
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Honda VFR750R - RC30
If there’s a more worshipped V4 out there, we’ve yet to see it: welcome to our reboot of the awesome VFR750R RC30…
Mountain tension!
Award-winning motorcycle engineer!
Fazer set to STUN!
What do you get when you mix CRK’s lovely café racer kit to Yamaha’s budget middleweight and the recently-retired Martin Fox? Well, one helluva foxy Fazer!
Project Suzuki 1984 RG250 part 4 BRUNO BARES ALL!
This month, while we wait for backorder engine parts, we strip the chassis back to the bare frame, assess what is needed and plan the reassembly…
Project Kawasaki Z900 Stocker part 2 Ralph has a blast!
For the best finish on his Z900’s motor Ralph wants the best, so he visits Stephen Smethurst Casting Renovation to find out how it’s done properly.
Project Suzuki TS400 Part 8 Loom with a view!
We’re getting down into the nitty-gritty this time with component testing and loom building. What could go wrong?
Project Yamaha TX750 Part 12 A question of balance…
Only The Beach Boys had good vibrations… so what’s Mark been up to, to sort out the bad ones coming from his TX750?
Splitting links
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox.co.uk so he knows what works.
STAVROS: PRINCE OF PRANKSTERS!
It’s probably fair to say that Stephen JamesParrish’s persona and overall levity throughout his life have muddied the waters as to just how good a bike racer he was back in the day.
Metal magic!
Ralph Ferrand works with tools all day long – he sells them too at bikerstoolbox co uk so he knows what works.. .