One Bad Piglet

[Whitetrashrocker]

Rims painted. I was torn between a metallic silver and this gray.
The silver looked nice but it was glittery and with the pink frame it looks like unicorn spooge. Too much.

This gray toned it down a bit.

 

[Grizzlymi]

That is way to glossy to be Pepto bismol. Not chalky enough. More like early 90's hot "Bad Piglet" pinkish!

Rims turned out real nice. I would've went flat black, but I choose flat black for everything that is not primary.

 

[Denny]

Should have stuck with the silver and told everyone it was Pixie dust.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Oh yeah, tires!



As I've said before, if your not sweating and bloody knuckles, are you really mounting tires?



I had to use 2 straps to get the tires to seat the bead.

The bearings were bad. One had been punched in the cover worse than the others and another was completely rusted solid.



Use a socket as a driver.



I put a bolt through the inner spacer to hold it place as I drive on the second bearing.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Still wondering how your supposed to air the tire easily.



Getting along.

 

[Denny]

Coats, sooths and relieves!

 

[Hellion]

Still wondering how your supposed to air the tire easily.

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What is valve stem access like on the other side of the rim? Could you…bear with me... drill the opposite side for a new Schrader valve and install one, thereby having two valves (easier than blocking off the current one, me thinks)? Don’t forget to drill it directly opposite the factory one if you do, or 180 degrees from it for balancing purposes. Would actually be funny to balance the wheels with wheel weights, etc on a minibike.

I know theres short and long valve stems but I wonder if they make them with a 90 degree bend like on the inner tubes?

 

[Edwin Spangler]

Why doesnt the rotor go on the other side of the wheel?

Oh nevermind, I though that was a removable hub.

 

[Grizzlymi]

Had the same issue with my Monster Moto. Valve was behind the rotor. I was able to find a "sweet" spot were I could get my extended chuck right in there. Was a pain in the @ss first few try's, but found that sweet spot. lol.

Awesome update WTR! The detailed updates throughout are awesome and could be very helpful to someone updating their bike.

 

[Hellion]

Hey fellas:

Valve Stem - 90 Degree Angled (Sold Individually) - Fastech-Racing

Or search 90° valve stems. Some are bolt-on for motorbikes apparently and are quite rigid which would be ideal. May take some finagling to make it work, due to the unusual wheel geometry on the Piglet. Like maybe move the valve stem to the outermost 'dip' in the rim....

 

[Grizzlymi]

Yep. I thought about one of those for the Monster Moto, but knowing I found a way to get my chuck in there changed my lazy mind.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Hellion. The other side of the rear rim is the sprocket. Its even closer to the rim than the brake rotor.

Ive figured out how to fandangle the air chuck in there.

And now you show me 90° stems? Wish you would have shared that BEFORE I mounted the tires. Lol.

 

[Functional Artist]

Very nice paint job!
...& again, lovin' all of the details, pics & "colorful" commentary

 

[Hellion]

Love the gray rims. Nothing I hate more than a color scheme "gone mad". They pick pink right, which is fine and dandy, but for some it'll be pink on pink on pink. Pink wheels, pink engine, pink seat, pink handlebar grips, pink brake/throttle cables, pink anodized aluminum doo-dads...

Yep. I thought about one of those for the Monster Moto, but knowing I found a way to get my chuck in there changed my lazy mind.

Ive figured out how to fandangle the air chuck in there.

Would you both mind sharing that to the forum? Figure if it's a sprocket or rotor, one that has "spokes" and negative space between the spokes would be ideal

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Lets take a little side project tonight.
I didn't like my throttle set up. There was a spring in the middle that disconnected my hand from the throttle blade. I was trying to still use the stock configuration with a governor delete.

My cable will come from the rear as my finger points.



I took the other cable clamp that I'm not using, and drilled a new home for it.



And put it on the bottom.
Like this.



Made a mark to know where to give a few bends to raise the bar.



Follow along class, this is basic stuff.



Trim off the excess rod.
Here's a look from the bottom.



And final install will look like this.



Full range of motion with fewer moving parts.
Whats not to like.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Painted the engine risers. Used my dremel to scribe which one was front and rear and forward direction.







While I had the dremel out i cleaned up where I hacked the cvt backing plate for frame clearance.



Engine mounted. Chain and tensioner installed.





Getting close to the finish line here.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

In the name of "i can't leave things alone" I ordered this lovely hunk o junk.



Im not sure if can live with this...



Im gonna close my eyes and move on.

Well for a 212 in a DB30 frame im gonna say this looks like it might actually work.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Of course not!
What did you expect?



The can hits the grab bar and fender mount and doesn't align. Dont want to ruin the new pretty paint with a short pipe. So...



I dug out a 1"x6" pipe nipple and a coupling. Now we are cooking.

But wait, there's more.



That comment i made about this junk?
See what i mean. Thats just bad. So into the vice you go and with a little help from mr. Crowbar I gave a little tweak and made my OCD feel better.

 

[Denny]

I hope that muffler is in the center now. It would drive me nuts if it’s not.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

That galvanized pipe is going to smell delicious when it gets hot