jan de groot engine ,af frame

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

UPDATE!!
rode the monster for the first time properly saturday at rocketworld , first corner straight over the berm ( no fourbanger engine braking ) can only be described as a tyre shreader ,stupid quick ,have to brake hard very quick after cracking it open  as you soon run out of track very quickly !! handles like a dream corners realy well .
had the helmet cam on all day swopping between me boy , his friend and me...only to find out 2gig  memory card lasts no time what-so-ever    so the footage i was going to put on never happened!!! got a 16 gig card out sunday or track day at rocketworld 23rd ....cant wait

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

Rode at rocketworld today, was a private hire trackday ,loads of airtime track was mint ,got some footage on the contour gps of me raggin the smoker round , soon as ive uploaded it ill put the link on.

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

still tyin to work out how to edit the helmet cam footage its too large to download i think, bout 15 mins worth , had a good scap with a mate on a cr250 smoker in it!!! boom

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

quite frustrated at the mo , got 15mins of helmet cam footage on the beast racing a cr250 smoker ,cant get it on youtube!!!

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

latest update ,...friend sean on the cr250 smoker broke his arm highsiding!!! got a few contour helmet cam vids of the hybrid but still cant get on youtube , hopefully a friend is going to sort it out sos i can put on shortly!!!! 

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

still no luck with the helmet cam , now have far too much footage of the smoker ,just cant get it on the net, going to try my boys laptop failing that my friends an gaming/video editor who says he can shrink it down to down load on youtube ....these things are sent to try us!!!... bit like honda realy
 

[Motorrad]

any luck on the vid?   Been waiting in anticipation.... 

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

any luck on the vid?   Been waiting in anticipation.... 

sorry my life revolves around doing 65 to 70 hr weeks if im not working im riding or working on the bikes , my computers so old it wont run the contour im looking to download some stuff recomended by contour to sort the problem , or try and catch up with my mate to shrink the files down so i can download on youtube .
believe me i am very frustrated i cant stick them on so you can hear the smoker sing!!  brraaap

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

aaarrrgghhh still waiting for my mate to sort the video to go on youtube ,got some titanium coming for  free!! planning on main engine bolts ,the pin on the rear brake lever to master cylinder tryng to get some 3mm for the triangle engine top mounts and the last of the three bolts on there, might even make a main pin for the rear brake (where the two orings go on) if i can get the right diameter material
poss looking at nut for rear axle and washer ,swing arm nut and washer,front axle nut .
already have engine spacers in ali poss might make in Ti the swing arm spacers are steel and im going to make them in Ti
most of the fixings will all be Ti then max lightness !!!

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

hopefully two shots of me on the kx up cusses

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj590/Jerry-Howell/cusses98.jpg

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj590/Jerry-Howell/cusses97.jpg

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

at last!!!!!!! its not mega good quality but the only way i could get a vid of me and the hybrid ,it was taken up cusses ,not very busy that day so got loads of rides ,this was the last session of the day bit tired but still had a blast!!


http://youtu.be/TEGNGaa7rdM

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

the worst case cenario happened ,must have had a crack in the downtube i didnt notice ,i had a lot of hard landings during the day didnt notice any  difference in the handling  in the last session of the day , i was chasing a danger uk rider had a heavy landing destroyed the frame ,bikes a write off engines fine thankfully the only good thing to come out of it

http://youtu.be/SOmlmyXW2y8

check out the vid about 2.45 in ,photo to follow!!

[ramblnman]

  that sucks bro!.. are you planning to build another one?

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

i dont do things by half (pardon the pun!)

http://s1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj590/Jerry-Howell/?action=view&current=SNV31962.jpg

http://s1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj590/Jerry-Howell/?action=view&current=SNV31961.jpg


getting a new frame could be a long time not riding ,prob selling the jan de groot engine and parts from whats left ,selling the buell and buying either kxf450 2011 or 2012  kxf250 same year or 2008 with big bore kit the 250f is just not quick enough standard or the last option ktm 350 unfortunatley an incredible package but not a kawasaki what a dilema!!

[KevinTwoStk]

Does that mean your '03 KX250 is long gone/sold?

I also gotta ask: was your AF conversion frame heat treated after welding? Are most of the A/F conversions on this board heat treated after welding?

My sympathies on your cracked KX...especially after all the work you put into it!