THE HONDA AX-1
TOTAL REBUILD PAGE
Last edit 27 Oct09
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By Kiriakos Triantafyllou Greece 2007- 2009
ax1rebuild.net23.net/ U.S.A
September 07
I have a dream !!
To make this exhaust ( muffler ) to look better , and redirect the air mass in to a lower direction , its not a good idea , any one who stands behind me, to get the air mass directly at his face .
Part 1 ...........Working the idea ....
From 1 Nov 08 this site runs on New server 1.5GB free space and more.
1000 Thanks to my new Free host .000webhost.com
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Page started 21/10/2007
Part 2 .... Making the base .
Part three ... making the final piece .. in Greek called as bouka !!
There are many tasks happening at the same time , I am painting things , waiting them to dry , at the same time making the muffler , or assembling parts .
New silicone mini pipes everywhere , the old one was destroyed because of age .
05/09/07 Another major moment of this project .
08/09/ 2007 The arrival of the last major order, of Honda parts .
SCORPIO i500 Alarm system , really the best at the 2007 world wide .
Electrical system ... finished !!
How to ... internal tank pad shield .
The material that I use its not common rubber , its special rubber that I found it , insulating the motor of one air condition .
In other words , it can survive in high temps .
Completion of the muffler end part .
15 / 9 ...... Chapter brakes
Brake systems ready 100%
16 September
Dear friends , the completion of the basic rebuild, it is a fact .
Now the AX-1 haves to pass several tests in the real world .
This night was the first that I actually ride it , the feelings could not be described , I took it and I did a ride of 3 Km , the brakes was perfect , the rear suspension too , the acceleration of the motorcycle was like to was traveling with a rocket , the engine was very powerful , and after the 6000 RPM the engine showed its real power .
I did not run over 80Km/h , I was afraid , I had long time to ride it , and also I had the fake feeling that the engine was from glass , and if I push it too hard, it could possible break .. everything was in my imagination, but I could not reject this feeling , I had to trust my creation from the start , I will need some time for this to happen .
All this months , my AX-1 log , was posted on one Greek forum , the thread of the AX-1 rebuild got as 33000 views .... I got congratulations from many people , and some wanted passionate to meet me .
The most passionate was Panagiotis , he is from my home town , but he has lives permanently in Milos island , he found about me in the forum , and in his first visit in our home town , he came to find me .
In the beginning , we was two strangers , and after of two hours of conversation , we turned to become closest friends.
I offer to all of you some pictures of the meeting, or I should better called it “ The reunion” .
Panagiotis you have my appreciation and love , even if you are surrounded by sea , hundreds kilometers away .
Friday 26 of September , today I started the process , to make my new papers in order to get new license plate , and to become finally totally legal , I had pay all ready for the insurance against accidents .
Still there many things that I had to deal with , most of them, had to do with the cosmetics of the motorcycle .
Well I did long way until here , now everything will happen with less stress :-)
I did many things so far , when I came to the point, to replace the front fork boots , I crashed to a wall (way of speech) .
The market is dry from the original ones , with this light green color .
I searched all EBAY , local shops , international shops ... nothing at all ... I was devastated .
I started to look for alternatives , looking at the modern motorcycles , the Yamaha XT was using one interesting plastic part as boot dust shield .
So I finally got lucky , finding one set for motocross use , USD type , from UFO , so I convert them, and made my own prototype fork boots .
After of trial and error , later on , I sort them more than in this picture.
