When TRH jnr MkII arrived I knew I would need a project to keep me sane during the never ending months of no riding and sleepless nights. I saw a Norco Charger frame on here and started to dream. That was ten months ago. Yesterday I finally finished Project Bogey.

go on, take it in.

and t’other side. Here’s the front.

and from behind (sniggers)

gold and cash green

home made dual ring

drive

total cost £1053.63 and it fuuuuuurrrrking light for just over a grand. From the ride round the block I can confirm it’s a whipper snapper as well. Makes me look good 🙂

that is, at best, **** ugly!

Nice choice of backdrop 🙂

Shame about the barends though

yer bar ends are upside down, pretty chainring

home made double ring – do you mean you removed the outer ring??

Bar end fail, MASSIVE TIME.

Otherwise…sorry but it is pretty minging.

Nice color ! But yes the bar ends really do have to go before you ride it in public.

Someone also stole your saddle padding….

DrP

I thought they were upside down but didn’t want to say incase I had been wrong all along!

Yes, very not nice.
Don’t worry though, i like Orange 5’s

It would be half as light without those bloody bar ends.
I agree the chainrings look puurdy.

Nice seatpost and saddle, wheels too. Shame about the colour. Kudos for the Gripshift!

Interesting blend of drivetrain parts – I see X.0, Alivio and some ‘SIS’ Shimano…

Not my cup of tea either but I’m sure you like it

Bar ends are cool! Just ignore that lot, what do they know? 🙄

Chain rings definitely look good!

Jesus THEY ARE ON UPSIDE DOWN

why…just why…. 😆

No less than 4 errors!

Bar ends are definitely upside down (and really shouldn’t be on a riser bar)

The chain is too long (more weight to be saved!)

Front brake hose running around the outside of the fork – error (should be on the inside, this would not only protect the hose from scuffing and crushing damage, but the hose could be shorter and lighter)

Rear brake hose is too long

Possibly a fifth: Is that bits of cable outer between the cable stops to simulate a full length outer? Not only will it add weight (the outer is heavy steel), but it won’t protect from dirt ingress as the dirt only get in at the ends & joints, it will even increase the friction in the bits with “extra” outer. This is a massive fail if my eyes are right.

OOPS!

Bar ends need to go. Nice colour though

barends on risers?…nooooo 😡

Bar ends are definetely upside down, and on riser bars. Stubbyish bar ends can look okay, mostly better on flat bars, but anything with a bend in really detracts from a bike IMO
If you really must have them, and don’t want to buy any more, then try removing the plastic bungs from the ends, take a hacksaw (or angle grinder etc) to the bar ends just below the bend, clean up and square off with a file, reinsert the plastic bungs and you have some stubbyish bar ends, slightly lighter and less eye-scaring than they used to be

XC717 discs?? Rebas?? Elixir Rs, eggbeaters, XO carbon, yet alivio (square taper?) cranks and no name front mech? I’m confused

Frame looks a bit odd though. The angles and BB drop almost look as if ought to have a taller fork?

I don’t understand why there is a kawasaki sticker on it.

That took months? Really?

I don’t understand why there is a kawasaki sticker on it.

To make it look cool… A bit like kawasaki bikes. Fugly as hell, soulless as a possible but green to increase the me me me factor.

Bike is nice, just need a flat bar, a bigger fork and a longer stem.

What’s going on with the front mech cable? Almost looks as though it’s been converted to rod actuation in the 6th photo!

Cheers, Rich

Makes me look good

Anything would look good next to that.

Fail.

Cables need sorting and you need a black seatpost to match the stem. Chain is too long as well.

Those kawasaki racing stickers are naff. Bit like those £50 bikes you see with Reebok or Coca-cola branding on.

This is a wind up isn’t it?

you need a different front mech. Top-swing/bottom swing. whatever;s the oppposite of what you’ve got there. Keeps the cable snug

Apart from the bar-ends, I quite like it.

rocketdog, cynic-al, maxray, robdeanhove, james et al

YOU ARE ALL WRONG MMMMWWWWWWWAAAAAHHHHHHHHH HAHAHAHAH HAHA HA

The bar ends are Codas from yonks ago and are most definitely NOT on upside down. I thought the 42t SIS front mech was a clue that I might be using some uber retro stuff but you all failed with your bike history. You can argue about the looks, fine, but they are on the right way.

Robdean – you have a keen eye! in my defence: bar ends – you’re wrong, see above 🙂 chain length – this lenght so I can use all the gears that rear cassette is massive, f.brake hose – granted but never had a prob in past, r.brake hose – granted, Alivio – granted but it is HT1 so not as heavy as you think also I have issues with current outboard trends. Frame angles – blame Norco, defo a 100mm fork.

respec’

The front mech height will not help.

Looks like you enjoyed building it and there’s a bit of thought gone into it.

The main thing is to go out and get it filthy now.