"He Gotta Pipe" - Mini Madness

[Kurlon]

Pinch flats while mounting the tire, and friction wearing through the tube in use are the primary reasons for heavy tubes on mini-motos. We run pretty low pressures when actually racing (depending on the rubber) which works the tire and tube pretty hard.

[loudbeard]

Well, that answers that.

[CEO]

Saga continues... so powersports distro refunded me, all set there. TBolt shipped the bike and it finally showed up yesterday... box is torn open and the metal box frame inside is all bent and twisted. Bike looked OK but I didn't want to accept it if front end or frame were bent, etc. So now I'll have to wait for a new bike to be shipped from SSR again...

Bridgestone Ultra Heavy Duty are rugged bastards, and as the name suggests, heavy. They're also expensive.

Something along the lines of a 2.75 x 14 for the front, 3x12 for the rear should be in the right ballpark.

Sheesh, those ARE pricey. Like almost as much as the tires, which I also thought were pricey. Also a little tricky finding the right sizes.

I found some "heavy duty" ones on tbolt. I noticed in heavy duty the sizes match what you mentioned by buying a rear tube, not front. But both tires I ordered are front tires... a little confused, worried the tubes would be too big for the tires. This and This for heavy duty with rear designation vs This and This for regular duty with front designation.

[Kurlon]

Ouch, I've seen worse shipping frame damage with no issues to the bike but yeah... I'd say 'no' too.

Any of those tubes will work, the heavy ones are closer to the correct sizes, don't worry about front or rear designations. You can use tubes that are technically too big, they have to be comically oversized to really cause trouble. You can also use tubes that are too small but you end up with thinner tube walls when inflated so easier to pop down the road. Hell, I'm running a 16" skinny dirt tube in my 17" front road race wheel on my TT-R as it was all I had at the time.

Edit: Nice to see an inline fuel filter, didn't catch that detail initially.

[Tas]

I know a guy that is considering becoming a SSR dealer. Is there much of a market for it?

[breakdirt916]

@CEO - so why not an XR100R?

2003 honda xr100



fo-fiddy

seems cheaper to buy them in MA that in CA...you can likely snag one for $400 + $50-$100 XR wheel...but yes, the tires will be worth half the bike

edit: nobody here has a 150R, right?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...9900777&type=1

[CEO]

Just wanted a hooligan pit bike. Might get an xr100 for dicking around on flat track if I try duncan's and like it.

I know a guy that is considering becoming a SSR dealer. Is there much of a market for it?

Seems to me like all you do is collect money, give some of it to SSR and tell them to ship a bike, and keep some of it for yourself...

[Kurlon]

Just wanted a hooligan pit bike. Might get an xr100 for dicking around on flat track if I try duncan's and like it.

Seems to me like all you do is collect money, give some of it to SSR and tell them to ship a bike, and keep some of it for yourself...

They like you to stock spares and accessories, etc. You also act as the customer facing interface for support/sales/etc.

[Tas]

good feed back. I'll relay the info. Just wondering if there is much of a market at LRRS or in this neck of the woods. Also want a descent quality product and looks like the SSR could be that. I'm not an owner of one, yet.

[nhbubba]

Inline with break-man's comment above, I don't understand what the appeal of a SSR thing is vs something like an XR100.
Therefore, no, from my very limited view, I see no market.

[loudbeard]

Seems like I see another one every weekend. They have that new car smell my XR doesn't have.

If someone doesn't go ahead and buy that XR, I might have to get it myself for a mini sumo. That $4-500 mark is the sweet spot.

[CEO]

That one's been on CL for a while. Wondering if something wrong with it, beat, stolen, etc...

Most of the ones you see on CL that aren't beat to shit are double that price.

[nhbubba]

..beat..

Aren't they all? Isn't that the point of the XR?

[breakdirt916]

when it's up that long I usually assume it's probably sold & the seller never took down the ad...but point is that they do pop up around that price

@CEO - you have a truck or hitch/carrier? check on your days off w' $4-500 in hand, email/call as soon as you see the ad, and pick it up that day and start wheelies...IIRC, dirt bikes in MA don't have a title (or most, not even a registration)

and yes, beat 'em up...for me, as long as it's not smoking and the transmission shifts gears, it should be okay

[breakdirt916]

people spend hours looking at cats make human faces on youtube

I spend hours watching XR100 supermoto footage



yup...went downtown long beach tonight...spanish hunnies salsa merengue alllllll night...20-30-40-50 year old, they don't care...they don't speaany english....baila conmigo

then mo' supo moto

[nhbubba]

2000 honda xr100 - $650

[typeone]

Inline with break-man's comment above, I don't understand what the appeal of a SSR thing is vs something like an XR100.
Therefore, no, from my very limited view, I see no market.

ever hear of Master of Mini or PlanetMinis? LOTS of fans out there... but i still wouldn't become a dealer. the two or three big ones already have the market covered.

as for China vs Japan appeal, my PitsterPro X4 with minor mods was fast as shit, i think it would leave an XR100 in the dust instantly. better suspension too. plus it looked a million times cooler than an XR wish i kept it. great bike.

[breakdirt916]

2000 honda xr100 - $650

you gonna do it?

[Kurlon]

To expand on that, riding a pitbike is a different experience from an XR100.

An XR100 is almost a full sized bike, just grossly underpowered.

A pitbike is an XR50 sitting on an extended suspension but still sporting tiny wheels, and sporting a hopped up motor. It's a very different riding experience. Many of the chinese options now blur the lines, such as the linkage rear end, 17/14 wheel combo'd Pitster Pro LXR 155R 'Fourteen'. The pitties have more room to build motor wise, and many more bolt up chassis hop ups available making them a fertile play ground for modders.

[nhbubba]

My post made me seem like I thought I knew wtf I was talking about. I should have posed it more like a question.
I dunno jack. Which is why I read threads like this.

[catahoulabuldog]

i need to figure out a relativly inexpensive way to get 17's on the RM150!

[loudbeard]

Well, the cheap way to it is buying a set of 17" hoops and relacing your stock hubs - I think that'll still run $6-700 if you have a shop do the relacing. There's always used wheels if you can find them. Complete new wheel sets seem to be in the $1000+ range.

[CEO]

the ssr 125 should be delivered today. let's hope they didn't do an ace ventura on the box/crate this time.

[breakdirt916]

the ssr 125 should be delivered today. let's hope they didn't do an ace ventura on the box/crate this time.

how tall/fat are you?

but hmm...the ssr125 even come w' a 4-speed manual...looks fun

I only rode the chinese fiddy's w' auto clutch & super tiny wheels...kinda sucked around the sumo track

but that ssr don't look half bad

[Swizz]

How reliable are those SSRs?