blw

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Dave, I have a buddy who did a lot of wings. He had lots of concrete blocks too. He got into sheeting wings by bagging them. Find a YouTube video of bagging wings because it is an interesting technique. He crushed a few wings before he asked for help from the company that makes the air pump, etc. I haven't done it yet.

Rudolph Hart

I felt the same way when i did the first foam sheeted wing for a sailplane.You can buy a cheap shaving tool to cut the butt ends of the sheets at around 45 gives you a bigger glueing face and stops the upward spike at the joins a bit.The xg500 is made in asia it pains me to admit that it was australias most popular learner bike by numbers bikes sold here...cough cough but!! a female got sensible and converted one to a trike.I painted it to her design and include a pic

Rudolph Hart

Light silver and candy blue,if only it had a 125 in it

FlyerInOKC

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Nice trike even the Pope couldn't lay that one over! Just kidding!!!!!

Hobbsy

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I dunno Pete, a 125 @ 7.5 cubic inches and 3.3 hp would struggle with that trike. A 125 Hummer was my very first ride when I was 10 years old.

the Wasp

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Hobbsy,, what a beautiful bike !!!!!!, they don't make them classy like that today !!!

Jim

the pope

Do I detect a map of Tasmania on that seat old fart ? How on earth did u manage to imprint that ? Did u do it by memory or did u need help seeing that u roam on the other side of the fence ? Cheers

the Wasp

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it ant not no map, it's a vibrator, for when your fanny gets numb, to wake it up

Jim

spaceworm

Agreed the 125 cc engine would not excite the trike very much . I also rode a Hummer in the late fifties. But, I thought the 125 suggested engine for the trike was a 125 cubic inch motor. That might get the job done?

the pope

U know what fanny means here in OZ ? I'll let O.F. explain .

the Wasp

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OK guys, got money, I'm buying !! , what engine ??

I know where I can buy 3 Saitos, asking price is $200 for ether engine,,

now this is for my ShoeString racer, span is 61 inches,, and keep in mind I am going to prop it for speed, probably run 20% or 25% Nitro,

so what engine ??, I would guess one of the 91s, but what's the differences in the two ?? (one has a white box, the other has a gold box)

but what about the 80, I know some of them had a lot of compression ??

#1) an 80, bench run only (white box) (not the 82a)

#2) a 91, has only 5 or 6 flights on it (white box with gold lettering)

#3) a 91, has only 5 or 6 flights on it (gold box with black trim/lettering)

I will buy on Monday
thanks guys
Jim

the Wasp

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oh boy oh boy I'm going to learn something

Jim

the pope

all the Aus. saitos come in the black and gold box . I dont know what that means where u are . Whats the specs for the shoestring say . Sometimes a bit more power isnt worth the extra weight .

the Wasp

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well I found the manual online, and it calls for up to a 91 Fs,,

so I guess all I got to say now is "never mind"

LOL

Jim

the pope

Well then I would whack a 125 in it . But at the very least a 90 4st

the Wasp

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I agree !!

Jim

the Wasp

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a 100, or 115 for sure !!

Jim

Rudolph Hart

Well it was just a joke about saito 125's being more powerful than the xg500 harley so i'll lay that one to rest and i may have you covered in the poverty pack stats.In 1969 i bought my first motorcycle,cost me ten dollars and that was three weeks wages,see pic below.It was an old bsa bantam 125 of doubtful parentage and it was really cheap but looks similar,although not as flash as the 125 hummer you posted.One up and two down gearchange on the wrong side.15mph in first,30 in second and 45 in third...that's if it started of course.As you know back then it was fill the petrol tank up and pour what you thought was the right amount of oil in,plus first thing in the morning you forgot to shake the bike from side to side to remix the oil which sat in the lower part of the tank,so it oiled the plug straight away and put the fire out.You had to be young and fit enough to push it a hundred yards in second gear before it suddenly fired and spat you over the offside.If you were lucky it was still running when you picked it up.The factory tyres were so hard they sometimes outlasted the life of the motorcycle.

Tell us how you plan doing the sheeting on your foam wings.My memory of it was they came with nice rigid foam outer moulds and if you glued the right amount of sheets together you just slapped it in there and put a few weights evenly over the surface,that's for a saito fourstroke,i'd guess if it was for a wimpy no sound electric you could be a bit more careless

Rudolph Hart

Jim you know you can't resist a 115

Hobbsy

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Some Saito boxes, from what years? Anybody's guess. Sort of from early to late, the 1.25 box being the latest. I remember those Bantam's, I always wanted a Beezer Royal Star 650, never got one.

Rudolph Hart

I don't reckon you missed much by not owning a bsa single or twin.You'd be riding with mates who waved at you a lot.First time that happened my bike was on fire after a backfire back out thru the old carby.Only amal's can weep fuel like that and lucas electrics always help.

blw

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I had a BSA 250 single. Only it was rebadged as an Allstate 250. It was in my go kart when I was about 12 yrs old. Had to be careful as that was serious cop bait.

Hobbsy

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They don't get much better looking than the Royal Star 650 and 500, they were even firing if you thought of them as verticle boxers.

the pope

My 1st foam core sheeting effort was good and bad . Did as O.F. says and the 1st wing was a piece of cake . I thought this is easy . Next one not so good . I used too much glue and the balsa just kept sliding off the wing . Had glue from bumhole to to breakfast time and only just manage a successful outcome . That wing was like wrestling a oiled up pig . Cheers

the Wasp

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guys, I had a Cotton, it was the 1971 Enduro with the tall fiberglass tank, it had the Minarelli 170cc engines

the bike in the photo was not mine

Jim