I was lucky enough to locate a fellow Cooper owner who lives in NZ. John was not only good enough to send me a photocopy of his Cooper parts list booklet, but also a couple of pics of his Cooper collection.
The red bike John races VMX, and I notice that it is far from standard. Looks like front forks, wheels and definately the shocks are from a donnor bike, but I'll confirm with John.
The guards and seat are add ons also. John's running the Enduro pipe on this MX race bike. I don't remember the end of the pipe drooping down like that thought?
The yellow MX looks very stock.
John tells me that "My Coopers were brought from 2 seperate people. 1 came with a large old parts inventory, the other 4 came from an old guy who had taken them completly apart along with about 40 other bikes ! So i have enough for 3 of those to be put together, I have completed 1 of them as a motocross version and am assembling a enduro version now.
The first one I got is the one I race here in VMX It is pretty quick in pre 75 the only hassle is the gear box is prone to not engageing all the time and the missed gear thing can be a pain especially in the heat of battle. It has a NOS gearkit and I have played around with the shims, etc. and it is alot better but still a little unpredictable."
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