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Hi all,
I love checking this section to drool over all the cool things ya'll are building, so this time i'd thought i'd share my own. I'm dont have alot invested in this project i think im at about 1600 total right now maybe a tad less. That said my project is not done yet and still needs some critical work.
Unfourtnetly I didn't take a bunch of pics thought the process, but in short i am buiding this bike out of left overs parts i have from parting out these YZ's. The last year I raced I rode a 05 YZ250f and thats where the desire to do this project came from.
As all great builds start mine started from a Criagslist ad, I picked up this YZ that needed a Ton of work for $1000. It ran but barley and the bike was pretty pieced together. I shouldve paid less but i thought i did good getting to $1000 and didnt haggle him more when i actually saw the bike.
I tore that bike apart and kept the running engine around until i picked up a titled 03 in my area, with a blown engine. and this bike is what became my "rolling" chassi for the build
I also painted some parts black
and kinda started to throw it together to take a look at it
Some of the things i did that are unique is i painted a YZ logo in to the hubs
I did reseal the forks and freshend up the shock, and rebuilt the carburetor, but now that she starts i hear tapping i think the valves a are loose, plus she smokes on acceleration so i think the piston is done....in short imma have to go into the engine when i get money/time I like the way she looks now, but i may put some black lower fork guards and some more blue or black anodized parts. The graphics may go, or i may keep them, they are not bad, but id prob pick something different if i had the money
I love checking this section to drool over all the cool things ya'll are building, so this time i'd thought i'd share my own. I'm dont have alot invested in this project i think im at about 1600 total right now maybe a tad less. That said my project is not done yet and still needs some critical work.
Unfourtnetly I didn't take a bunch of pics thought the process, but in short i am buiding this bike out of left overs parts i have from parting out these YZ's. The last year I raced I rode a 05 YZ250f and thats where the desire to do this project came from.
As all great builds start mine started from a Criagslist ad, I picked up this YZ that needed a Ton of work for $1000. It ran but barley and the bike was pretty pieced together. I shouldve paid less but i thought i did good getting to $1000 and didnt haggle him more when i actually saw the bike.
I tore that bike apart and kept the running engine around until i picked up a titled 03 in my area, with a blown engine. and this bike is what became my "rolling" chassi for the build
I also painted some parts black
and kinda started to throw it together to take a look at it
Some of the things i did that are unique is i painted a YZ logo in to the hubs
I did reseal the forks and freshend up the shock, and rebuilt the carburetor, but now that she starts i hear tapping i think the valves a are loose, plus she smokes on acceleration so i think the piston is done....in short imma have to go into the engine when i get money/time I like the way she looks now, but i may put some black lower fork guards and some more blue or black anodized parts. The graphics may go, or i may keep them, they are not bad, but id prob pick something different if i had the money
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