Ever built a bike because of a part?

I have a carbon airbox that I’d love to build a Carmichael factory kx around, but will never be able to find the rest of the parts so it will just sit in a insulated box until I die then probably get thrown away 

Yes….built my 88 RM250 because of a Pro Circuit pipe…

I also have a bunch of 2000-2001 Yz250 parts for a build, but only if I find said bike in very good original condition… No more roach restorations for me…

The 88 rm250 always baffles me as a bike...so much different from the 87 and the 89 was all new as well. I'll bet parts are really hard to get for it 

building a 97 yz250 because of the ti subframe

Many parts are 1 year only, very hard to find certain parts….  

Yep. 
 

saw a set of a-kit Showa suspension on here 

and a 2006 Cr250r for sale at the same time, married the two with a few cool parts and built a mc tribute bike.

the last 250 two stroke to Holeshot a 450 main!

Building one currently for my father, all because of a sweet gas tank I saw 

Laughed out loud

Fantic 240. 
 

will be similar to the below when done, with some tweaks

If I could find an 04 white brother carbon pro i’d build an rc replica

That’s nice👍

Wanted to build a 450 moto bike before they did.

I have a set of all pink plastic for a 92 KX125/250 that I hoped to use one day. It's sitting in my shop boxed and lonely. The $5000 bill to aquire and restore a suitable donor bike scares me away

Beta is sweet!!!!! is a lot of that custom (pipe guard)? or is there aftermarket stuff available?

After building the Beta I found out a couple things.  Never do a build during a pandemic.

They do have some nice stuff for the Beta, but nothing close what KTM ‘s have available.

https://www.vitalmx.com/community/Herb-Eaversmells,53893/setup,96699?ke…

Not a dumb question at all!!

My Dad had a Maico coffin tank hanging in our garage growing up that was leftover from his earlier days racing prior to me learning to ride and race myself. I always thought it was really cool looking and should be a show piece of some sort.On a whim I asked a guy at work who's son had some Maico's back in the day if he still had any laying around. I thought it might just be cool to fix one up for display- even if it didn't actually run. The guy put me in touch with his son and $200 later I had two barnyard-find 1974.5 GP Maicos and a truckload of parts that even included two more pristine coffin tanks... Try getting a deal like that today!! And the guy I bought them from basically thought I had paid him $200 for a truckload of junk.

I had absolutely no idea that vintage motocross was even a thing (this was late 90's in the early internet days). In my quest for parts I come across the fact that there is vintage motocross- and it was thriving pretty well by the late 90's. I take my Dad to a race and we go nuts seeing all these Maicos, Bultacos, CZ's, Husqvarnas, etc all back to life and out on a motocross track again... And the smell of Castrol in your nostrils was enough to hook you alone...  We were in after that...!!!

So YES- That Maico tank of my Dad's went back on a bike a raced again! Not only did one part make me decide to build a bike- but it brought my Dad out of MX-retirement and got him back out on a track racing again. Between the nights in the workshop restoring them and the many states traveled, tracks visited and great people met- including some lifelong friends- it gave us another whole chapter to our lives that have always included motocross...

So I'd say if you have a special part like that laying around- definitely go for it and out it to use!

Kinda I was buying the new 04 cr125 anyway. To get the power up. I ordered a SRS pipe& carbon silencer, srs piston& the head with all the cool fins. The importer went out of buisness. I never got the parts.