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hellion wrote:

Awesome! This is why two strokes rule.........try doing that with a ten year old fooper

hellion wrote:

Awesome! This is why two strokes rule.........try doing that with a ten year old fooper

rebus wrote:

Putting over $4000.00 into a ten year old bike to make it look good? I think a person could do that with a four stroke.

rebus wrote:

Putting over $4000.00 into a ten year old bike to make it look good? I think a person could do that with a four stroke.

rebus wrote:

Putting over $4000.00 into a ten year old bike to make it look good? I think a person could do that with a four stroke.

rebus wrote:

Putting over $4000.00 into a ten year old bike to make it look good? I think a person could do that with a four stroke.

Mr. Robinson wrote:

I don't think so. A ten year old four stroke would be to dated. All the four strokes have advanced too much in the last ten...

I don't think so. A ten year old four stroke would be to dated. All the four strokes have advanced too much in the last ten years. You would end up with an old looking 4 stroke with $4,000.00 is it, and would be lucky to get $1,400.00 if you sold it.

A ten year old YZ looks just like a brand new one, and with what he's done, it looks like he's got $14,000.00 in it. I'm sure he could get his $4,000.00 back out of it pretty easily.

I think it's a great build and would be very proud to own it.

Can't say that about any ten year old four stroke.

rebus wrote:

Putting over $4000.00 into a ten year old bike to make it look good? I think a person could do that with a four stroke.

Mr. Robinson wrote:

I don't think so. A ten year old four stroke would be to dated. All the four strokes have advanced too much in the last ten...

I don't think so. A ten year old four stroke would be to dated. All the four strokes have advanced too much in the last ten years. You would end up with an old looking 4 stroke with $4,000.00 is it, and would be lucky to get $1,400.00 if you sold it.

A ten year old YZ looks just like a brand new one, and with what he's done, it looks like he's got $14,000.00 in it. I'm sure he could get his $4,000.00 back out of it pretty easily.

I think it's a great build and would be very proud to own it.

Can't say that about any ten year old four stroke.

rebus wrote:

I bet you could do a lot with 4 grand and a ten year old four stroke. I agree, it's a great build and nice looking...

I bet you could do a lot with 4 grand and a ten year old four stroke.

I agree, it's a great build and nice looking bike and the builder should be proud of it. But don't fool yourself, that bike, while it may look good, is no longer competitive. It's still a ten year old two stroke.

rebus wrote:

I'm a Debbie Downer because I made the brief comment that you could put 4 grand into a ten year old four stroke and make it...

I'm a Debbie Downer because I made the brief comment that you could put 4 grand into a ten year old four stroke and make it look and ride good? You're probably reading into my posts something that's not there.

Mr. Robinson wrote:

I don't think so. A ten year old four stroke would be to dated. All the four strokes have advanced too much in the last ten...

I don't think so. A ten year old four stroke would be to dated. All the four strokes have advanced too much in the last ten years. You would end up with an old looking 4 stroke with $4,000.00 is it, and would be lucky to get $1,400.00 if you sold it.

A ten year old YZ looks just like a brand new one, and with what he's done, it looks like he's got $14,000.00 in it. I'm sure he could get his $4,000.00 back out of it pretty easily.

I think it's a great build and would be very proud to own it.

Can't say that about any ten year old four stroke.

rebus wrote:

I bet you could do a lot with 4 grand and a ten year old four stroke. I agree, it's a great build and nice looking...

I bet you could do a lot with 4 grand and a ten year old four stroke.

I agree, it's a great build and nice looking bike and the builder should be proud of it. But don't fool yourself, that bike, while it may look good, is no longer competitive. It's still a ten year old two stroke.

bmxcurator wrote:

Competitive to what? He said he has had fun building it to ride and race with his son. Didn't catch the part where he said the...

Competitive to what? He said he has had fun building it to ride and race with his son. Didn't catch the part where he said the Supercorss was in town and he was going to enter to 'give it a go'.

That said, I bet Bubba could get on one of his #259 Kawi tiddlers and smoke the living dogshit out of any local hotshoe riding a 4 stroke.

Chiming in just to try and negate any part of someone's post or spread your awful doodoo to bring others down to your level is silly. Go troll the 'my little pony' forums.

rebus wrote:

I'm a Debbie Downer because I made the brief comment that you could put 4 grand into a ten year old four stroke and make it...

I'm a Debbie Downer because I made the brief comment that you could put 4 grand into a ten year old four stroke and make it look and ride good? You're probably reading into my posts something that's not there.

Brad460 wrote:

Point is...why derail the thread jackass?! Let's get back on track...

Awesome build! The $4100 invested was well worth it!!

rebus wrote:

I bet you could do a lot with 4 grand and a ten year old four stroke. I agree, it's a great build and nice looking...

I bet you could do a lot with 4 grand and a ten year old four stroke.

I agree, it's a great build and nice looking bike and the builder should be proud of it. But don't fool yourself, that bike, while it may look good, is no longer competitive. It's still a ten year old two stroke.

bmxcurator wrote:

Competitive to what? He said he has had fun building it to ride and race with his son. Didn't catch the part where he said the...

Competitive to what? He said he has had fun building it to ride and race with his son. Didn't catch the part where he said the Supercorss was in town and he was going to enter to 'give it a go'.

That said, I bet Bubba could get on one of his #259 Kawi tiddlers and smoke the living dogshit out of any local hotshoe riding a 4 stroke.

Chiming in just to try and negate any part of someone's post or spread your awful doodoo to bring others down to your level is silly. Go troll the 'my little pony' forums.

rebus wrote:

I didn't troll anything ya uphill gardener. If you go back and read the thread you'll see that someone else made a derogatory comment about four...

I didn't troll anything ya uphill gardener. If you go back and read the thread you'll see that someone else made a derogatory comment about four strokes and I replied saying nothing more than that you could put 4 grand into a four stroke and make the bike better.

kzizok wrote:

Where did the graphics come from?

hellion wrote:

Awesome! This is why two strokes rule.........try doing that with a ten year old fooper

rebus wrote:

Putting over $4000.00 into a ten year old bike to make it look good? I think a person could do that with a four stroke.

Mr. Robinson wrote:

I don't think so. A ten year old four stroke would be to dated. All the four strokes have advanced too much in the last ten...

I don't think so. A ten year old four stroke would be to dated. All the four strokes have advanced too much in the last ten years. You would end up with an old looking 4 stroke with $4,000.00 is it, and would be lucky to get $1,400.00 if you sold it.

A ten year old YZ looks just like a brand new one, and with what he's done, it looks like he's got $14,000.00 in it. I'm sure he could get his $4,000.00 back out of it pretty easily.

I think it's a great build and would be very proud to own it.

Can't say that about any ten year old four stroke.

kijen wrote:

just wanted to share.....Pretty much done....I have been working on this for the past two years, while riding it & racing it with my son. I...

just wanted to share.....Pretty much done....I have been working on this for the past two years, while riding it & racing it with my son.

I started with with a 2005 basket case off Craigslist for $400, salvaged the frame, swing arm, suspension.
Eng was thrashed, cases cracked and stripped, instead of rebuilding I found a 2001 motor on ebay for $900 bucks, as they saying goes fresh rebuild this time it was true, an engine builder had it and the guy never paid or picked it up, had receipts etc....got lucky. Machined the cases for the swing arm bolt, and a YZ426 kick starter....

about a year ago I put the ESR 325 Kit on, $700, found 09 suspension on ebay, forks 300, shock 150. Off to Factory connection, $800, damn the budget!

just recently I got the restyled plastic and graphics, wanted to stick with a clean OEM look, think I got it.....the final pieces were the Wheels I have been waiting a while for RMATV to sell the components, last month they did, I bought the rims and hubs, got some bulldog spokes with the blue nipples, laced and trued them myself, an exercise in patience, I wont say how many times it took to get them pretty damn straight

I have about $4100 in to it.....sort of pricey but I got it how I want it for now....