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Next up is our axle blocks. These are CNC machined pieces that are hard anodized (the blocks) to resist scratches and hold up well. The nut is included and is clear anodized. This will get scratched up from crashes and the wrench, and those scratches won’t be obvious against the clear anodized background. These blocks have a much better fit (tighter tolerances) in the swingarm than the stock blocks and don’t come loose like the stock blocks will. You can use the reference marks to get a rough alignment and finish up with a caliper from the back side to...

As some of you can tell, I deleted my post and pictures of my CRF450RW HRC engine. First, let me say, no one MADE or ASKED me to delete my posts. It's my engine and I can post and share what I want (well I guess the Moderators have the last say and they played no role in my decision). Second, I apologize to those that took the time to post about what I shared and now my post are gone... Long story short on why I deleted the engine stuff: The sharing of the engine details was causing a...

Just got the frame back from sandblasting and powdercoat. I went with "black magic" for the color, which is just black with a little metallic effect. Black goes with everything and looks a lot better than the dark blue it comes with stock! I had whipped up a coupe pieces on the lathe to block the powdercoat from the steering bearings and also loaded the frame up with old fasteners to make life easier on the powdercoat guys (and ensure masking was done right), so that made for an easy prep of the frame before putting things back together...

It's done and it's safe to say he's very pleased with it and excited to ride it for the first time tomorrow. It ended up costing me £700 in total and most of that was the wheels and tyres. New vertex top end, new seals and bushings in the forks, some new OEM bits and bobs here and there like bolts and rubber bits. Managed to pick up some used but decent plastic for £30. I hope that he enjoys riding it as much as I did and hopefully it will be a good transition for him...

So nothing about this wheel is even done by Method besides maybe the coatings at that. Article says Haan hubs and the pictures show Kite hubs.

Thanks Mate. I’m active duty Army, so my build is taking a lot longer than planned. It will be my forever bike too.

I think it's fair to say that everyone here is pretty over it. It's been here for too long already, nobody gives a shit about it anymore. Yes, there are a lot of covid cases here lately but it's mostly young people who rarely get ill from it. All the old and vulnerable people are already vaccinated.

I used an older set of clamps to position things correctly with a simple jig of the right length for the damper (92mm between centers of the holes). It's tack welded here, the jig is removed, and then fully welded.

I tried doing it with a drill and scotchbrite but it wasn’t working that well. idk how I didn’t think to use polish. lol

Slowly getting there:

Well there went the mostly frugal! Can’t wait for the ride report.

Can't beat 30 bucks. Damn. Real close to factory finish. I guess when you give it to the pros you get a PRO JOB.