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[Nettshubby]

Thought you might be interested in this bike. It was built by my mate Steve Lee, and if memory serves it is based on a Reditch Bullet engine in a Crusader frame with Kawasaki trail or endure forks.

I believe he added the bracing tubes from the rear downtubes to the seat tube to strengthen the frame.


The engine is a 350 converted to 500, I bored out the cases for him at work. It was built some years ago, probably around the `80`s.

[Nettshubby]

This is a view from the other side. ( Actual, not spiritual, though I don`t know if it is still with us! Steve emigrated to South Africa years ago, though he did pop up on this forum once, again, years ago. )
You still out there Steve?

[PeteF]

I suspect that front mudguard didn't last long. No stays by the look of it and a bit close to the tyre.

[PeteF]

That's if he actually went off road of course.

[PeteF]

That's if he actually went off road of course.

[Nettshubby]

Heard you first time, Pete! So I tale it you don't like it then. Actualy he had only just finished it when I took the pics. I thought it was a brilliant effort considering he built it in his dad's garage!

[PeteF]

No, I didn't say that. It's a nice looking bike but from my own experience off road, that front mudguard wouldn't last long. As for the duplicate post, it seems to happen a lot on this site.

[Alan R]

Well, that IS a nice-looking bit 'o kit !! -------- I'm guessing that both mudguards are plastic ??although PETE F's comments about needing some form of staying are still valid I'd say ( PETE must have a "thing" about red bikes as it was him I bought that RED Honda CG125 from recently-----LoL !!)....Personally I'd have left it as a 350, this being a much more "balanced" engine overall than the 500.....but each to their own, eh ??.....How's it handle ?...Do you use it much ??

[zippy]

Hi Alan R,I'm in the process of finishing off something similar myself, A '55 magneto 350 engined traily job, - mines orange and silver. I've done away with the stays altogether and mounted the mudguard to the underside of the lower yoke. I've also kept the lights on mine...

[Nettshubby]

AlanR, I don't think you read the post properly, it isn't my bike, a friend built it years ago and then he went to live in South Africa! I never rode it.