Before and After Bike Projects Pix

JK105
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I love coming on Vital and seeing all the bike projects. There's noting better than seeing someone resurrect a bike from the dead. Just got my fifty done and ready for spring! Post your before and after pix!




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bodean123 2/21/2014 11:50am
2/21/2014 11:50am
Don't have any before, but here's a couple I just finished cleaning up during our long winter months.





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docweedon 2/21/2014 12:56pm
2/21/2014 12:56pm
That KTM front fender/number plate combo looks cool on that '02 KX250!

The Shop

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Bret
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Bret 2/21/2014 2:30pm
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1983 YZ490 Before. I would end up going through this bike twice.

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Bret 2/21/2014 2:31pm
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1983 YZ490 Restoration #2

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1983 YZ490 Restoration #1

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Bret 2/21/2014 2:59pm
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1981 Maico 490 Before. I had been hauling it around in pieces for about 10 years.



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Frodad78 2/21/2014 3:04pm
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what a mess she was. Best learning experience I could ask for though. I had to replace every bearing and rebuild the motor top and bottom. She rips now though!!!
EZZA 95B 2/21/2014 3:16pm
2/21/2014 3:16pm
I don't have the mechanical skills... So I have to rely on Photoshop.Blush
JK105, Let me know if you want it removed, I don't want to ruin what will definitely be an awesome thread.Smile

A Vital member's bike.
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Bret
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Bret 2/21/2014 3:17pm
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1981 Maico After (sort of) I never really took any photos when I was done. I started racing it again the next weekend. Theses are about the best "after" shots I could find.


New plastic after a couple years. They sure don't stay restored for very long!
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tydog 2/21/2014 4:57pm
2/21/2014 4:57pm
Nice bike Bret and fully agree that they do not stay that way very long, LOL
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FLmxer 2/21/2014 5:09pm
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2002 xr 100. I was welding the shock mount on my little 50 (3rd pic) in another location at a friends house and a guy walking by offered it to me for $200 with title but he said it didn't run but when I went to his house to get it he was riding it so I gave him 250. It was pretty beat up but it was a fun build. My cousin has a shop in Ohio and is parting out a kx 85 and sending me the front end for it any day.








Sheriff245 2/21/2014 5:28pm
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Tim507 2/21/2014 5:39pm
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Sheriff245 wrote:
Before [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/02/21/46418/s1200_image.jpg[/img] After [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/02/21/46419/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
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Very NiceSmile Woohoo
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EZZA 95B 2/21/2014 6:57pm
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Sheriff245 wrote:
Before [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/02/21/46418/s1200_image.jpg[/img] After [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/02/21/46419/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
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At the risk of coming across as a Nancy-Boy, I have to say–that is stunning.

Pit Row

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Fiberglassflyer 2/21/2014 8:27pm
2/21/2014 8:27pm
Sheriff245 wrote:
Before [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/02/21/46418/s1200_image.jpg[/img] After [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/02/21/46419/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
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YZ with CR 500 engine? Best looking conversion yet. Any chance of putting up a build thread?
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scrubz 2/21/2014 8:33pm
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Sheriff245 wrote:
Before [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/02/21/46418/s1200_image.jpg[/img] After [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/02/21/46419/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
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Fiberglassflyer wrote:
YZ with CR 500 engine? Best looking conversion yet. Any chance of putting up a build thread?
That bike looks great! It looks super clean! Nice job on it!
project racer 2/21/2014 9:01pm
2/21/2014 9:01pm
Picked this pile up out of the dirt for $45. Broken triple clamps, bent bars, bent rotor. Cleaned the carb and tank, fired right up. Tweaked the rotor back in shape, set of $39 Evilbay forks,and threw a pair of old junior bmx bars on it. Just need to drill the lower clamp for some fork stop screws, a chain, and air filter.

I might even buy a fender for it.







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Cokeham23 2/21/2014 9:03pm
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My KLX140 project.

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After [Need to snap some better pics, but oh well]


al711
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al711 2/21/2014 9:15pm
2/21/2014 9:15pm
Here's a '07 CR125 I did back in the summer.







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Katoomey 2/21/2014 9:19pm
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Sheriff245 wrote:
Before [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/02/21/46418/s1200_image.jpg[/img] After [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/02/21/46419/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
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one of the cleanest, nicest looking rigs I've seen...ever. Fantastic!

would love to see the other side (and save the pic to my PC)
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Eejit360 2/22/2014 2:23am
2/22/2014 2:23am
Nice topic!
Here's a few before shots of my 96 YZ250 after pulling it out of the storage boxes it had sat in for a large number of years...







And here is the after....after going through every bit of it!!







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N1N2ITT 2/22/2014 3:31am
2/22/2014 3:31am
1987 CR125 wish I wouldn't of lost the original condition pictures
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motomike894 2/22/2014 3:52am
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Lost my before photis if my rm I built but the plastic was spray painted every other bolt was broken, wrong or a screw literally, it was just trashed bad.






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HenryA 2/22/2014 4:15am
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Sick


Woohoo
Sheriff245 2/22/2014 6:18am
2/22/2014 6:18am Edited Date/Time 2/22/2014 6:22am
Sheriff245 wrote:
Before [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/02/21/46418/s1200_image.jpg[/img] After [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/02/21/46419/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
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Fiberglassflyer wrote:
YZ with CR 500 engine? Best looking conversion yet. Any chance of putting up a build thread?
This is a YZ250 engine. No build thread, but I can say it wasn't a straightforward conversion, apart from raising the Y in the front and having custom rads built. The intake and swingarm connexions were straight bolt-ons, and the exhaust fitment required no welding at all.

Some people say that conversions like this one handle like shit, and I agreed with them after the first ride. I learnt that the different engine requires different suspension setup. After working on the suspension settings for a while and adding a Ride Eng. link arm, I can say this bike handles like a dream. I can't wait to ride it back to back with a regular 250.

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