Photo Blog
As promised, here are some photos of the transition from a Broken Tricker into the bike that my wife is really happy with...
New 'all in one' guage from Motogadget in Germany.
Custom dashboard made from aluminium. Will be powder coated later in the year.
2nd hand fuel tank off an American XT250 from after 2006. This increases the fuel capacity from 6 litres to 9.8 litres. Not available in Europe so had to be imported from a breaker in the USA:
Issue no 1, while the XT250 uses the same frame as the Tricker, there are differences. Here is the Tricker seat positioned with the new tank.
Bike with the Aprilia SX (maybe ETX) 125 triple, forks, brakes and wheel fitted. We (by that I mean David at Hyperpro) had to custom make the steering stem in order to make it fit.
The rear side cover fits ok, it was the front side panels that were the problem with this tank.
Looks OK....but !
First fitting of the BMW G450x front fender and headlight unit.
Now you can see the dash taking shape. The new ignition switch is actually the original switch from my BMW G650X Country. We re-used that so actually my fuel filler cap key doubles as a spare ignition key for this bike. And visa-versa of course.
View from the front
Fitting the Speedo sensor for the new gauge. I decided not to use a magnetic pick-up sensor, this is a proximity sensor that reads the 6 brake disc bolts rotating. All programmable into the unit along with wheel size. Later, Against my GPS, reads exact at 40, 60 and 80 KPH.
General shot before starting to play with the looks...
More importing, unfortunately. This shot shows the XT250 seat unit ($98 + shipping), the Front Air scoops (new around $200) and rear side panels (2nd hand $30). All these had to be fitted to properly fit the new tank. It was a little costly but I hope you agree, from a looks perspective, it was very worth it. My wife is delighted....so its priceless
Undressed...
That's about it. Interesting project. I am going to have the front rim replaced with an Excel rim from Haan here in the Netherlands. We will also look at a better set of forks. Not urgent at the moment as it rides well, but these ones are not really customisable. Its not even possible to change the springs. They have to go....eventually.
This....
From this
Via this (as it turned out, bent forks and triple along with visible damage)