Sold this, bought that.....good deal?

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Shawn142 11/17/2011 6:48pm
11/17/2011 6:48pm
Shawn142 wrote:
I broke my Dad's '72 Elsinore swingarm in half at Whitney doing something similar to the Warren Reid pic.
newmann wrote:
Swingarm, footpeg mounts, frame, chain guide, engine cases, numerous flattened pipes.....I know where that conversation leads. I remember watching your dad, Kelly Donaldson, Randall Tartar, Mark...
Swingarm, footpeg mounts, frame, chain guide, engine cases, numerous flattened pipes.....I know where that conversation leads.

I remember watching your dad, Kelly Donaldson, Randall Tartar, Mark Andrews and a few others out their shredding the shit out of the vintage expert classes when I was getting into it back in '92.
Those are some names I haven't heard in a while. My Dad hated racing Mark Andrews, for a vintage rider the guy was kinda dirty and so protest happy. He sure hammered those old bikes until they hammered back. Handlebars broke on the landing of the old ski jump in the middle of Swan on the '78 CR250. He doesn't remember the rest of that day.
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Sandberm 11/17/2011 7:21pm
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Very cool Newman.

**Sigh**...someday I'll have my dream shop to do proper restorations.Sad
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wow123 11/17/2011 7:44pm
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Sheesh!

Couldn't you afford a bit more black material for the backdrop?

Not sure I could do it but sometimes something has to go.

My first vintage bike was a cr125 m1/2 great bike that you can rail berms like nothing else
mine had dg head and pipe, semi seethru plastic tank, some aftermarket fork kit, various shocks
other bits and pieces, sold it before i went any further trciking it up.
will drag out a pic one day.

Will be fun putting all that trick stuff on.
The art of MOTO 11/17/2011 8:48pm
11/17/2011 8:48pm Edited Date/Time 11/17/2011 8:48pm
Whoa... , That's b i t c h e n Joe. ec

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WhipMeister 11/17/2011 8:52pm
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The Swan ski jump. That's a lot of air for 4"
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easton 11/17/2011 8:54pm
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If i made you Titanium frames would you pay for them??????
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Racer92 11/18/2011 6:31am
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Hey Newman, that DG bike is sweet ! Your 70s way back machine forgot that other DG relic!



J/K SteveB...... Wink
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Brent 11/18/2011 11:28am
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It's hard to believe that CR 250 is nine years old now. I should have never sold mine.
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FreshTopEnd 11/19/2011 12:31pm
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newmann wrote:
Mugen kit WITH PIPE? What Mugen kit WITH PIPE.....:laugh: I missed out when those frames were being built, only a handfull were done. Been trying to...
Mugen kit WITH PIPE? What Mugen kit WITH PIPE.....Laughing I missed out when those frames were being built, only a handfull were done. Been trying to snag one for a couple years to build a racer with. I do have an old original Team DG frame that Jeff has doing a few repairs on that will be built up as a DG racer like Glover raced. Got a lot of really cool stuff for that one.
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The Holley Equipment guys in Japan have a Mugen airbox/pipe combo they offer. Just sayin'
yzvet426 wrote:
Yeah I have that combo but some guy in TX had an actual NOS complete kit, carb, pipe, piston etc all with the original wrapping. I've...
Yeah I have that combo but some guy in TX had an actual NOS complete kit, carb, pipe, piston etc all with the original wrapping. I've seen the head's and jugs before but the pipes were pretty hard to come by.
This one, eh?

EBay NOS Mugen Auction

Better sell that Kawi and maybe the 465 or something else, Joe.
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newmann 11/19/2011 5:04pm
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FreshTopEnd wrote:
The Holley Equipment guys in Japan have a Mugen airbox/pipe combo they offer. Just sayin'
yzvet426 wrote:
Yeah I have that combo but some guy in TX had an actual NOS complete kit, carb, pipe, piston etc all with the original wrapping. I've...
Yeah I have that combo but some guy in TX had an actual NOS complete kit, carb, pipe, piston etc all with the original wrapping. I've seen the head's and jugs before but the pipes were pretty hard to come by.
FreshTopEnd wrote:
This one, eh?

EBay NOS Mugen Auction

Better sell that Kawi and maybe the 465 or something else, Joe.
Good thing I bought all those Mugen kits of mine for $500.00 each several years back. Paid $1500.00 for the last kit I bought, decided then the stuff was out of hand. Didn't get any exhausts with mine though so that is one part I would love to snag. I did snatch up a $99.95 buy it now this week for a NOS 1980 CR125 pipe. I didn't even bitch at the seller about the $35.00 shipping fee...Smile
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Harry_Gray 11/19/2011 5:24pm
11/19/2011 5:24pm
Some people might give you crap for selling your newer bike to do a vintage bike, but IMO, if you like it and it's what you wanna do, more power to ya'! I love seeing the vintage bikes and for the folks than build one up properly, I'm glad you're around to do so...
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MXEditor 11/19/2011 6:19pm
11/19/2011 6:19pm
What do you think the dry weight will be on the bike?

I love a lightweight 2 stroker...brrrrrap
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newmann 11/23/2011 1:51pm
11/23/2011 1:51pm
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What do you think the dry weight will be on the bike?

I love a lightweight 2 stroker...brrrrrap
Not sure yet but thigs like this are what I'm working with. The all steel stock Honda shock weighs in at 4 lbs 10 oz. , the all aluminum CH Racing Omega air shock weighs 1 lb. 14 oz. Not sure if the length will be correct yet (should be easy to alter) but that's 5 1/2 pounds right there.

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mx317 11/23/2011 3:21pm
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A couple of years ago I missed out on a frame that was built for a 73 CR250 engine with Maico geometry. It used all the other Honda parts and would have been a great vintage racer. I could have traded a 75 CR125 engine I had for it even. I'm still sick about that along with the Redline XR75 rolling chassis I walked away from at Mid-Ohio.

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