Gabrielle (Daniel) Coop's - "G Thang" Motovox MBX10 - (Chinese Class)
Thank you for the compliment. I absolutely love it and am pretty sure I have built a nicer bike for her than my DB. I haven't left anything alone and the couple of things I haven't touched are about to receive some attention. I haven't personally seen another Motovox taken this far, and am a little surprised I haven't gotten more love on it considering... Oh well, it's for my daughter and all for fun
Ain't nothin but a 'G Thang' baby...2 loced out Coop's goin crazy. Lol. Hey, she's a girl, her name is Gabrielle and she's a little G.
Ain't nothin but a 'G Thang' baby...2 loced out Coop's goin crazy. Lol. Hey, she's a girl, her name is Gabrielle and she's a little G.
On this forum, if you don't build a vintage bike nobody inputs feedback. I noticed this so I took my Chinese bike in a group, since it was shunned upon for a sub section, and everyone has positive feedback there. As a father, you know what will make your little girl happy, and although posting pics for others to see, the real pride comes from the reveal day. Take a video , you'll have the reaction forever. That pink bike is a little girls dream.
I think that's funny if true, especially since half these guys put Chinese motors in their vintage American minis, but I think it's more of a fact that a lot of it seems more like a popularity contest than a contest of vision, skill, commitment and follow through. You'll see some threads with 10,000+ views, and 20 guys complimenting one little thing or wondering where someone's at, that's not even actively posting. No disrespect to any of them...Either way, I have come to stop caring and just want to make my daughter happy and proud. I am happy building for myself.
Finally got the softer, functional springs installed on the same shocks and now have a working suspension seat. Had ordered another set of shocks and springs, but the shocks themselves were about a half inch shorter, so I took them apart and swapped springs...
The short shocks and fatty springs for the garbage.
I have made the decision to swap out gas tanks with a smaller diameter, but longer version of what I have now, and will be anodizing it and the clutch cover red to tie in the red anodized bars. Considering doing the shocks too, but as much issue as they've given me, I just as soon leave them alone.
Another unforeseeable problem is that with the RLV gold chain on and everything about where it should be, my chain is exactly one link too long. But I can't remove one link, it'd be 2 and then after I lowered the rear fender a little, if I slide back the engine enough to compensate, it'll be hitting the fender. Partially my own stupidity for having an even amount of teeth on the clutch, and an uneven amount on the sprocket, but it would seem my best option, to swap out the 57t split sprocket for a 58t or 56t. That way, I have everything where I want it and clearance between the hot engine and plastic fender. Then I can hopefully call this one done.
I have made the decision to swap out gas tanks with a smaller diameter, but longer version of what I have now, and will be anodizing it and the clutch cover red to tie in the red anodized bars. Considering doing the shocks too, but as much issue as they've given me, I just as soon leave them alone.
Another unforeseeable problem is that with the RLV gold chain on and everything about where it should be, my chain is exactly one link too long. But I can't remove one link, it'd be 2 and then after I lowered the rear fender a little, if I slide back the engine enough to compensate, it'll be hitting the fender. Partially my own stupidity for having an even amount of teeth on the clutch, and an uneven amount on the sprocket, but it would seem my best option, to swap out the 57t split sprocket for a 58t or 56t. That way, I have everything where I want it and clearance between the hot engine and plastic fender. Then I can hopefully call this one done.
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There's no issues whatsoever with clearance between the exhaust, seat and rear fender, it doesn't come close to touching. I fixed that, but it caused the fender to come in a little closer to the engine, not giving me a lot of room to move the engine back and forth, so a 58t split sprocket has been ordered to take the slack out of the chain and should solve my issue.
