Planet Minis

RLucky82

Ok, what does it take to build a bike like this? other then the engine/exhaust where do you get your parts? what kind are the forks/tripple clamps? I see CHP has some stuff...



thanks for your input.


Nice bike BTW

FASTFREAK693

It takes lots of $$$, lots of work, and lots of waiting for parts to come from japan.

RLucky82

wrong answers!

FASTFREAK693

If you know the answer, why are you asking?

Thumpin90

yea

RLucky82

just kidding what really meant is - those arent the answers i was looking for.

I am a machinist and I could build just about the entire bike where I work, the only problem is I'm not allowed (or if i get caught I get fired, and I can't afford that) GRRRRR

RLucky82

Whats the best bike to use as a base to start a build like this?



Thanks

supernes550

brad, drizz and i started with jincheng panda fun riders.
they came street plated. only thing left from most of ours are the frame and title. mine still has a knock off tank and wiring.

brad can hook you up with jdm parts. contact him via pm.

entry level imo is $2000

you can find used bone stock ones for sale from $500-$900

reynolds_brad

MUuuuahahaha!

I have infected another with the monkey bug.


To answer your question as to what manufactures parts I've used in this build here is a non complete list.

G Craft:
rim hoops, wheel spacers, hubs, triples, brake brackets, swingarm, swingarm mono shock mount, blinker stays, headlight ears, front disk spacer, fork brace, rear sets, seat, brake master resi's, offset counter sprocket.

OEM Honda:
front forks (Moded with HRC preload adjusters and some RJP racing secret sauce)
left bar controls
wiring harness

Braking USA:
front and rear wave rotors

Brembo:
Front and rear calipers
Front master

Nissin:
rear master

Coldfusion:
Oil catch system

Ohlins:
rear shock.

Daytona:
Handle bars, blinkers, rear sprocket.

Takegawa:
tail light
LCD speedo

Kitaco:
headlight bucket

The motor and exhuast were not questioned so i left all that out.

Most of what was home made for this project were small adapter plates for fitting issues cause by using a replica frame. IE fitting the G Craft rearsets with a Thai honda nice 110 motor on a panda frame, and the side plate/rear fender thing, as well as some mounting brackets for the inline oil filter and oil cooler setup.

Im sure the list is a lot longer but i cant remember everything off the top of my head
At the moment because of the rules of this forum i cant just go on to tell you about how to get it parts like these in a thread like this, but that may change here pretty soon.

Just about everything on the bike outside of the rearshock, motor, and frame did come direct from Japan though.

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supernes550

haha... you're like the muffugen plague man. much appreciated.

drizz

$2k should get you in if you make your own parts, but making them without ordering the real deal to copy sounds pretty unrealistic. You might as well save yourself time and money and build it with all chinese parts.

If you want it to looks like that and ride, build one for realsies first. Then, start copying stop and machining your own parts.

Just my $.02 I'm making some of my own stuff as well, but I'm picking what I want to build and not going all out and building every piece and part.

50-50

Can these Jincheng Panda Fun Riders still be purchased new? If so, where?

drizz

There are a few retailers out there. Save your money... if you're going to replace everything, why buy new and have to plate it yourself? You can find a bunch that are already plated.

honda mini trail page

Panda Motor Sports: Motorcycles

Z

Brad is the go to guy for the Monkeybike parts.

drizz

+1 Do it right

jmurray192

Rlucky82 Im going to tell you this as a friend

SELL YOUR BIKE NOW!!! DONT BUY ANYTHING!!!!!!!

You will lose your wife, kids, dogs, money, cards, car, truck, extra bikes, life, etc!

But the plus side of this is you get to have one of the coolest bikes around

RLucky82

actually it was this thread that did me in...

http://www.planetminis.com/f14/i-wan...ess-70603.html

but yours belongs with those

RLucky82

LOL I'm off to a good start then. I don't have a wife or kids or a dog or much of a life, but i am in danger of loosing those extra bikes =\ ...thanks for the tip!

vmlopes

Brad,

Can I ask what offset and size rear sprocket you are using, do you have a 4J rear wheel, could not find the correct size one for my low rider, so had to get one made by machining and welding two original sprockets together the powder coating.

Thanks

Victor

supernes550

to build those bikes you're looking at least $3500