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DanR

Member Since 20 Feb 2011
Offline Last Active Apr 28 2013 10:36 AM
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In Topic: After a slight hiatus... starting the Honda RC166 Tamiya motorcycle

28 April 2013 - 10:37 AM

Sadly, for anyone following this post, I completely screwed the pooch on this kit and decided to scrap it. My advice if you're going to build this - invest the extra money in Tamiya's front fork kit. The forks on this were a mess - weak, poorly constructed (which was a surprise for a Tamiya kit), and in the process of having to correct a minor mistake that I made, they snapped off and the front end was an irreparable mess. 
 
I see that Tamiya is releasing a full view version of this same kit. I may take another crack at it. I learned enough from my first pass at it to know how to build it right next time. My main piece of advice - wherever possible, attach the hoses and wires in advance. Trying to attach hoses to tight spaces caused a lot of the problems that led to me giving up on this.

In Topic: After a slight hiatus... starting the Honda RC166 Tamiya motorcycle

12 April 2013 - 06:04 PM

Nope, it's all right out of the box.

In Topic: After a slight hiatus... starting the Honda RC166 Tamiya motorcycle

11 April 2013 - 08:12 AM

Steve - I would definitely recommend the kit. It's been a challenging but fun build and the bike itself really is beautiful. I'm nearing the end, and hope to have it complete probably by next weekend or the weekend after that (since NNL East is April 20th and I just might have to make the drive from CT to NJ again).


In Topic: After a slight hiatus... starting the Honda RC166 Tamiya motorcycle

11 April 2013 - 07:31 AM

A little more progress...

 

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In Topic: After a slight hiatus... starting the Honda RC166 Tamiya motorcycle

03 April 2013 - 07:11 AM

Just a little more progress...

 

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