02 CR250 Resto FINISHED

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Hey everyone doing another restoration, 2002 CR250, got it for a good deal with a title too. Got it running, ended up being an electrical problem. Then started tearing it apart. Bikes in amazing condition for the age someone recently greased everything up which was a really nice change for once. Piston is pretty black but cylinder walls look good. Has a lectron on it, vforce reeds, few other goodies.

Going to do the usual, full suspension rebuilds with coatings, works pipe, rebuilt wheel set with some coated hubs. Actually just built a vapor blaster out of wood so ill be going ape shit with that thing on this project. If anyone needs any parts done let me know i do this for fun so until the machine pays for itself, im going to be doing really cheap work for all my customers and whoever sends stuff in.

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And heres my new machine, 42x30, made of wood, closed loop system, fully automated system with press of the foot pedal, wiper, LED lighting, ill post some more detailed shots eventually. But like i said if anyone needs and blasting done let me know i guarantee ill be the cheapest, and im also a small shop so your work will probably be the only stuff outside of my own i have to do so turnaround time is no more than a day or two. Thanks, ill post some pics of the blasted frame tomorrow.
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Teej317 1/5/2022 7:47pm
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Nice setup. I may be interested in sending some stuff your way. Email?
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mike23lee 1/8/2022 8:57pm
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Got the frame done. Had to do a little tig welding, then vapor honed. Came out sweet for a 20 year old frame.



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Nicely done vapor blaster! The frame came out looking mint!
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mike23lee 1/9/2022 4:05pm
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Sandvik74 wrote:
Nicely done vapor blaster! The frame came out looking mint!
Thank you
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mike23lee 1/9/2022 4:09pm
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After… degreased in mineral spirits, tig welded some deep scratches, sanded, vapor blasted.






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What’s the the specs on your air compressor for that vapor blaster?
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FarleyMX25 wrote:
What’s the the specs on your air compressor for that vapor blaster?
5 horse power 24 cfm 80 galllon eaton, its a huge unit. Works great though it actually out paces the blasting so it will turn on at 150 and then actually turn back off without me stopping blasting so its nice its not running 24/7 like most compressors would be.
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mike23lee 1/10/2022 7:08pm
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Some more blasting… amazing what it does to old grimey pads. I swear ill eventually get around to some mechanic work lol





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And once again if anyone wants any work done let me know, in New Jersey, doing some very cheap prices for now.
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Got some more blasting done, just ordered all of my parts, the pipe came in !






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Anyone have any input on a fork color to go with? Probably wont do ano as its expensive and it will cut into my parts budget. (Ill be selling this bike when done) i have done black cerakote in the past but i want to change it up. I have only seen one set of cerakoted forks that were brown that i liked, they must have mixed in a ton of catalyst to get it glossy and it was on vital but i cant find it. Any one have any pics or ideas for a brownis/kashima color fork tube color in cerakote?
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Lectron is blasted and ultra sonic cleaned, got the masters done. Going to start sand blasting and nickle plating all the steel parts shortly. Then ill be tearing down suspension, full rebuilds, black cerakote with a high gloss cerakote on top.




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mike23lee 1/15/2022 2:58pm
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Hubs just came in, oem rims, new oem spokes, laced up to these billet red hubs. Should be sweet.



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mike23lee wrote:
Hubs just came in, oem rims, new oem spokes, laced up to these billet red hubs. Should be sweet. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/01/15/528527/s1200_E373F1DB_E3D4_469F_A81C_1718C3A9A327.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/01/15/528528/s1200_40E02C09_E2F3_4CE0_A876_918E05820B25.jpg[/img]
Hubs just came in, oem rims, new oem spokes, laced up to these billet red hubs. Should be sweet.



what kind of hubs did you get? also how much are you in your vapor blasting setup for? would be a dream to get one in the shop

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hanzhonglboy1 wrote:
what kind of hubs did you get? also how much are you in your vapor blasting setup for? would be a dream to get one in...
what kind of hubs did you get? also how much are you in your vapor blasting setup for? would be a dream to get one in the shop
Tusk, probably 4k-5k give or take with compressor
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mxav8r 1/17/2022 7:19am
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Awesome job! Looking forward to seeing this build complete 👍
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mike23lee 1/17/2022 7:45am
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mxav8r wrote:
Awesome job! Looking forward to seeing this build complete 👍
Thank you sir, not the caliber of your 450, but doing my best. Should be a cool OEM+ style build.
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mike23lee wrote:
Anyone have any input on a fork color to go with? Probably wont do ano as its expensive and it will cut into my parts budget...
Anyone have any input on a fork color to go with? Probably wont do ano as its expensive and it will cut into my parts budget. (Ill be selling this bike when done) i have done black cerakote in the past but i want to change it up. I have only seen one set of cerakoted forks that were brown that i liked, they must have mixed in a ton of catalyst to get it glossy and it was on vital but i cant find it. Any one have any pics or ideas for a brownis/kashima color fork tube color in cerakote?
The way people get them shiny is a gloss clear coat, Heres a great video on a set of fork tubes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPOTJ71jWIw&t=2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp1ta__jzq8&t=7s
The second video is the same forks once they've dried. I love the color personally and once I get my cerakoting setup ill be doing it to my forks. Hope this helps! Best of luck finishing up the build it looks great so far
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Arln.rm125 wrote:
The way people get them shiny is a gloss clear coat, Heres a great video on a set of fork tubes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPOTJ71jWIw&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp1ta__jzq8&t=7s The second video...
The way people get them shiny is a gloss clear coat, Heres a great video on a set of fork tubes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPOTJ71jWIw&t=2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp1ta__jzq8&t=7s
The second video is the same forks once they've dried. I love the color personally and once I get my cerakoting setup ill be doing it to my forks. Hope this helps! Best of luck finishing up the build it looks great so far
Yup thats my plan decided a few days ago, burnt bronze with a gloss clear, ill post some pics when i get them done.
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rob.boucher.547 1/18/2022 11:42am
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I have some nice new, used parts
I have the stock Honda long canadian silencer- with the pc pipe makes
great mid-top end power, sounds great, I saved it when i sold the bike
in case i ever had another 2002-07
i have some stock sprockets , red plate set with mugen graphics
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mike23lee 1/18/2022 1:52pm
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rob.boucher.547 wrote:
I have some nice new, used parts I have the stock Honda long canadian silencer- with the pc pipe makes great mid-top end power, sounds great...
I have some nice new, used parts
I have the stock Honda long canadian silencer- with the pc pipe makes
great mid-top end power, sounds great, I saved it when i sold the bike
in case i ever had another 2002-07
i have some stock sprockets , red plate set with mugen graphics
May be interested in the PC pipe, text me 973-885-7029.
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mike23lee 1/18/2022 1:53pm
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Got the cases cleaned up all by hand not fun at all, going to vapor hone the cylinder and head but wanted to get them done while everything was sealed up good first. Ill have the rest done by end of the night. Any questions about anything feel free to ask

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clutch basket and plates installed tonight gotta press in a new water pump seal, drop in a piston and the motors pretty much wrapped up after a final clean.




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Silencer all done, vapor blasted, sanded, then brushed by hand.
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