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Look up Mike Wier on FB. He does a great job repairing cases.
Keeping a spreadsheet of what you spend or prefer not to be reminded?
Yes, I will keep up with expenses. As of now I am projecting an investment of ~$3500-4000 to get this bike stable and reliable for the long term. I'm dumb because as everyone knows we'll likely never see any return on that investment.
The moment it goes on marketplace I'll get lowball offers of $1500 cash or would you trade for a geeetar or fo wheeler that needs some work
why do we do this haha
Plan to build this over winter but projecting at least $2k. Agree will never get money back but don’t plan to sell but keep as garage art. How do you decide to post project in bike build vs old school forum?
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Bike builds is exactly what that is for. Old school Moto is in my mind for more discussing the old days like the old races and talking about the old bikes and such. I might have it backwards but that's how I look at it
Bug and tar remover works on glue, or just spray adhesive remover.
Problem with the 1990 forks is there are no parts, no spring options. You could run a set of 95 forks, they have the mid valve, if you want to look more stock. Double check axle diameters, there was a change early 90s iirc.
I'm planning to run the 91-93 (not sure what year I have exactly) 43mm forks in place of the '90 41mm forks.
That said I keep hearing that the '90 has no parts etc, but this came up with a quick search on ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/267256027986
Nice build!
Also, I restored a 2000 CR125 and couple years ago..was easily $6000+ in parts..the money adds up fast when buying OEM parts, new wheels, tires, exhaust…so on and so on..
Do you still have it or did you end up getting rid of it? Remember your build thread, you did a great job!
"parts" meaning spring options, valving, etc. Last time I looked up on the 90 bikes you had to buy custom springs.
Look for cracks in the frame before you refinish it.
I honestly did not plan on repainting the frame it looks like it was painted not too long ago in its life. I'm also going to try and just replace a few broken spokes and clean the wheels up as best I can. I cannot find replacement wheels for this bike anyway and that would add another $1,000 easy. Assuming I could find a set of wheels with silver rims and silver hubs.
That said do you happen to remember or no what frame modifications were made to 90 factory bikes back in the day?
If I'd been thinking straight last month I would have held on to my money spent $3,000 and got something that was already in rideable condition.
I'm living the sunk cost fallacy right now I think
+1 for recommendation to consider stripping the frame. Given the condition of the rest of the bike, you might find some rot lurking?
In my experience, projects never recoup the cost but we are really buying the experience and not an investment
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