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Making it dirty for no reason would be too bad i guess, but i always said the bike would only come out of the house for RC or Chad Watts.
Wasn't that dirty after all, just the wheels and tyres were a bit muddy ! Wheels have to come apart eventually one day because i still have the brand new OEM D.I.D. rims for this build, been so busy with other projects the past year that i haven't found the time yet to replace the rims !
The Shop
Was it a HRC tank ? I am honestly not searching for one, but if one pops up and it's genuine HRC, i will probably end up buying it.
Think i know you from instagram, you the man that bought the honda's in the UK to race the VMXdN right ?!
Got 2 ideas in my mind for the photshoot. I'm thinking of having the shoot at a warehouse, but still searching for a warehouse that looks like what i have in my mind and ofcourse one that gives me the permission to spend a hour taking pictures.
OR i would just take the photoshoot in a room or studio with a black background just like how the official photos got shot of the 2001 team USA bikes !
If someone has other cool ideas on places, let me know...
And yes that is me! My Dad and I were both able to race so I must admit he is the crazy man that set most all of it up. My riding was pathetic but the experience was second to none. I got to meet so many great people and had a lot of first time experiences. Best trip ever!
Well next month i will race the day in the dirt in Glen Helen ! So i kinda feel what you talking about
Original plan was also buy/sell a vintage bike, but plans got changed recently so i will end up with a rental dirtbike.. but it will be a 2 stroke
Gonna be great !
Titanium HRC subframe bolts and a aluminum HRC exhaust washer with Titanium HRC bolts (this is replica stuff but machined of original parts)
And a HRC 1.8 radiator cap ! have this stuff for a while now but never posted this up.
Few weeks ago i had the chance to buy a complete brand new HRC clutch perch, exactly the one is was looking for !
Carmichael's MXoN bike had this clutch perch too, but they replaced the lever with a ARC machined lever.
Tortelli's bike also had this combination.
I was able to find on Ebay the OLD style ARC lever they used on the factory bikes above. The NEW style ARC levers are different.
The ARC lever will not fit the HRC clutch perch because the rubber is not allowing to !
Like you can see on Tortelli's bike, they kind of cut off a piece of the rubber. Not exactly what i wanted to do
So i just took a OEM honda rubber and cut that one in half.
2 weeks ago i returned home from my yearly vacation in California, i actually raced the Red Bull day in the dirt at Glen Helen while i was on vacation.
I meet up with my buddy (mxracer618) at Glen Helen, he arranged me a new PlasticWerks plate and 4 original DUNLOP tire stickers ! Thanks again Scott, i owe you a couple of beers
Got some more updates coming up in the next days/weeks, after 2.5 years i finally found a NOS DUNLOP D756f front tire !
A HRC cable guide for the PW plate is coming up too.
And i found a HRC replica ignition cover, but the one that's been made back in the days from the Dutch company TMV, these were more detailed and way more accurate compared to the cast replica's i have right now !
mike
I keep my eyes open for you.
The Plastic Werks plates are out there, have you tried opening a topic in the bazaar section ?
Have a great christmass !
Bryan
Glad you like it, original plan was to build a replica with only replica parts and look-a-like parts...
But then i got the first HRC parts and so did the addiciton begin to build this bike as accurate as i can.
I'm kind of looking for al the HRC parts this bike have, HRC aluminum tank, skid plate, waterpump guard, brake pedal, footpegs and so on...
I'm only curious if there are more replica's out there of this bike.
Pit Row
I just found another HRC part yesterday.. the problem is that it takes so long to find the parts, you really cant do like Corne is by building with orginal works parts upfront, but like we are doing with many replica parts for the initial build then gradually replace with the HRC and works Showa parts as we find them one by one. The harder it is to find these parts, the more you want them!
mike
I have a HRC steel brake line for sale at the moment.
Bryan
Good to see more people from Belgium find their way to this forum !
Where are you from ?
If i could get my hands on a factory shock, that would be great ! But A-kit will work for me too or cashima coat my OEM shock is also a option.
Finding a A-kit made for the 00-01 CR250 is kind of difficult, have seen a few kits for sale but mostly for newer bikes.
The difference between the A kit shock and the full works Showa shock is that the works shock, although the same basic design, is that it is CNC'd from billet aluminum instead of the casting like the A-Kit. There may be a difference on some of the coatings, but I doubt a lot. It would really be hard to find a billet shock like the one Corne has, but I would go for it in a heartbeat. It would probably be close to $2k if you could find it. The main difference that makes these shocks better over OEM is the complete separation of the compression and rebound systems so one doesnt influence the other, the bigger 18mm rod, and the much larger diameter tuning shims which is why the adjuster is so much bigger than the OEM one.
After 2.5 years searching i found a NOS DUNLOP D756F front tire, it had layers and layers of dust on it but it wasn't dry rotted so that's the good part !
Only cleaned it with soap and a pressure washer so far, will need to do some scrubbing to get it looking brand new and shiny again
Also received the HRC cable guide.
And i got another replica HRC ignition cover, the one on the right is (i think) made by TMV back in the days and are way more detailed compared to the left one that's been sitting on this bike since the beginning.
The right one has a special "magnesium look" treatment to make it look more like a original HRC magnesium igniton cover !
It's a little rough around the edges, but i don't mind it ! Let's call it patina
Next week's job is to get the NOS OEM D.I.D. rims laced up ! They been laying around here now for over a year.
Also ordered 2 new front number plate decals at ThrottleJockey, 1 for the HRC number plate i have and 1 for the PW plate.
With all that being done i don't have any new updates coming up so gonna start looking to get some new photographs of the bike before she goes back up to the 2nd floor.
I had a HRC replica brake clevis laying around for this bike for a while now, but it didn't fit so i finally decided to drill a larger hole and retap the clevis to make it fit.
Looks pretty cool and factory ! The original bike also had this clevis, so i'm kind of looking for the HRC brake lever to match the clevis.
Also drilled and put some rivets in the side number plates like the original bike has, just a small detail to make my bike look a little closer to the original bike.
I also made holes at the back of the side number plates, just like the factory teams did ! This design improved the airflow to the airbox.
The production bikes didn't have the holes, but they started to use this design on production bikes from 2002 up to 2007 !
Yesterday i started tearing apart the wheels and laced up the new OEM D.I.D. rims. Still need to balance the wheels, so after that i can put the tires back on.
The wheels on this bike are now 100% brand new !
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