Stolen - SYDNEY - Yamaha AG100/RX125

Stolen - SYDNEY - Yamaha AG100/RX125

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Another unique bike stolen in Sydney. Members and friends. Spread the word and help our brother get back his bike! Here is some more information from the owner.

My custom made motorbike was stolen from my house in Redfern, Sydney on Wednesday 13th June 2012.
It is very special and almost entirely unique, so please help me get it back!

I need your help!

1. Pass on the word
The more people who know about my bike being stolen, the better chance the scumbag thieves will get found out.
Please pass this link to anyone with an interest in bikes, post it to your social networks, Tweet it and Like it on Facebook at the top of the page.
2. Report anything you see
The bike, and many of the individual parts are readily identifiable and if many eyes are looking, it should be easy to find. I have included photos and descriptions of identifiable parts below.
If you see the bike or any of the parts, please contact me, or call me on 0411 664 084 and/or the Redfern police on 02 8303 5199

What's so special about the bike?

I have owned this bike for nearly 20 years, having rebuilt it several times between. I completely rebuilt the bike from the ground up two years ago and have created many one-off, hand made and custom parts for it.
The bike has much more sentimental value than monetary value. Very few parts would be worth much to anyone else.

What kind of bike is it?

The bike is based on a Yamaha AG-100 frame with a Yamaha RX-125 motor, but most other parts are custom made or adapted.

Vital statistics

Registration number	QOD-50
Frame type	Yamaha AG-100 1977, modified with new rear section and front fairing mount
Frame / VIN number	497111323
Engine type	Yamaha RX-125 1977 1V0, single cylinder air cooled 2-stroke, 4th overbore (57mm)
Engine number	2A0175329

Identifying features

Tank - hand made from chopped strand fibreglass, metal filler glassed in from original tank with original Yamaha cap, protruding flange at rear. Note - red pinstriping on top. Silver / white overspray inside.
Seat - steel base black powdercoated, steel rear bodywork with red pinstriping, stainless button head cap screws into M6 rivnuts
Sidestand - modified from original, chrome plated (stands out!)
Wheels - alloy, 17" x 1.4" silver front, 18" x 1.85" gold rear Frame - red powdercoated, rear section replaced with loop, tubular fairing mount on front head tube Kickstarter - Z pattern
Rearsets - marked 'Yoshimura' (copy), custom triangle bracket rebated for swingarm pivot, custom brake lever for drum, aluminium bracket for switch, switch connected with crimped stainless wire
Carburettor and manifold - Mikuni VM26 with spigot mount (VM24 flange mount is standard)
Airbox - hand made fibreglass, routes around downtube, filter foam in aluminium housing under seat
Pipe - stamped 'Suzuki' on rear cone, spring / flange mount to cylinder
Head - standard but stripped to bare aluminium
Fasteners - stainless, mix of cap / philips / pozi-drive with button heads on most bodywork Brake linkage - bent aluminium tube, offset pattern, works in compression, custom turned fitting at arm end
Muffler clamp - hand made (by father-in-law) solid steel one piece clamp Rear wheel - gold alloy 18" x 1.85" with Cheng Shing 90/90-18 tyre
Chainguard - lasercut anodised aliuminim, M6 rivnut at rear mount
Gear linkage - bolts from the inside out
Speedo sensor - for electronic speedo, on custom made alumium bracket
Rear guard - chopped strand fibreglass, unpainted inside Front wheel - silver alloy 17" x 1.4" with IRC 2.75-17 tyre
Forks - 31mm
Brake - gold painted single pot caliper, custom CNC alloy 'J' bracket to adapt to forks
Brake line - clear coated braided line, going a bit green from corrosion
Speedo - original, but converted to electronic with digital odometer display, needle fluctuates at low revs, resets after 3 seconds of low power with full needle stroke, mounted on custom bracket under triple clamp
Triple clamp - handlebar saddles removed, bored to 31mm, also note fork tops
Throttle cable - grey outer with black heat shrink, short routed
Master cylinder - adjustable lever type
Bars - chrome plated 32mm clip-ons, aluminium shims to mount to 31mm forks
Headlight brackets - triangle anodised brackets (Note - slightly different to these, they broke!) mounted on 4 x black bicycle seat clamps, note also M8 button head stainless bolts
Indicators - chromed alloy, now bubbled from corrosion, fitted with custom LED inserts on white painted PCBs, several additonal components under PCB, 3 thin wires per blinker with small white multi-pin connectors, orange colour when operating is slightly more red than usual, right hand circuit not flashing at time of theft
Tailight - thin wires to small white multi-pin connector as per indicators, not working at time of theft
Indicators - see above description
Rear guard - chopped strand fibreglass, unpainted inside Stator - custom made stator plate (inside left hand engine cover under flywheel) for CDI ignition with hand scribed timing markings, wired to C90 style CDI under the tank, wrapped in plastic bag

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