AJP PR3 Dakar
So I've been playing around with doodling little pictures of bikes and - particularly - bikes with extra fuel tanks. In particular, an AJP PR3 with extra fuel tanks. It was a bit difficult, me not being a great drawer and all, but CAD software was just too difficult to use.
I decided to see if I could do it in Google Sketchup. Turned out not too bad at all:
The key thing about realising an ambition is being able to visualise the ambition. If you can see it, smell it and taste it, then you'll get it. So I can now start to visualise it, play around with the images. The Missus will have opinions on the colour, she's good that way.
The bike that we're building to take to Dakar is a prototype. We start with a AJP PR3 MX - complete with golden Marzocchi forks and motocross-sized wheels. We replace the engine with a 260cc engine based on the Honda XR (about 35 horse power). We upgrade the front forks so that we can put a 21" front wheel in there, and we use the swingarm from a AJP PR4 so that we can put a 19" rear wheel in there. We put stronger springs in the clutch - it's easy to cook the clutch on a 4-stroke.
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