03 RM144 build nearly finished

woodsgoon
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1/20/2019 3:55pm Edited Date/Time 3/5/2019 1:51pm
Picked this bike up for next to nothing (with good reason). The thing was totally trashed. Every bearing was just about non-existent, the frame was cracked down by the shock linkage mounts, he only had one radiator with it. This was because he wrecked, trashed one of the radiators and just decided "hell that was probably just an extra one" so he came up with a piece of pipe and removed the radiator and bypassed it....SMH some people shouldn't be allowed to own bikes.. the top end of course was trashed, cylinder had been sleeved and the threads came out of the head studs when they removed them to press the sleeve in. Thats the most of it. There was tons of odd and end stuff that wasnt worth saving. So ive decided to do a complete rebuild on it and make it a fun little national enduro woods weapon. Starting out i pulled the motor, tore it down bought a decent used cylinder and shipped it all off to Tom Morgan. Shes getting REM/ISF treatment on the trans, 144 port and polish for c12 race gas, updating the plastics that i can and Of course every bearing is getting replaced, frame got fixed and powdercoated. Manged to get ahold of an oem set of 06 triple clamps so i can run a Mako360 bar mount and have a better offset for the woods. Also found a nice set of used gold excel wheels. I have a friend of mine with a 3d printer designing anad printing a couple sets of frame guards to protect that pretty new powdercoat since there is no aftermarket ones out there. It will be a fairly slow build but i hope to have it done around march. Here is some before pics and the small amount of progress ive made so far. Should be a fun little bike when its done.




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brody
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1/20/2019 5:23pm
does your buddy want to sell any frame guards?
woodsgoon
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1/20/2019 5:35pm
brody wrote:
does your buddy want to sell any frame guards?
It's been discussed. If he decides to I'll be making a post on the for sale forum so keep an eye out. Hopefully he will be done in the next week or so
brody
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1/20/2019 6:08pm
mark me down for a pair for an 01
woodsgoon
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1/20/2019 6:17pm
brody wrote:
mark me down for a pair for an 01
He only making them to fit my 03. I'm not sure of any frame differences in years so there wont be any guarantees they fit any other years...

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brody
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1/20/2019 6:21pm
they are the same frame
woodsgoon
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Rough mock-up of the frame guards for fitment and a small section final print to check the inside radius









brody
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1/25/2019 12:56pm
i am down for a pair
how mutch
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1/25/2019 7:20pm
I am defiantly interested in a set also!!
woodsgoon
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finally got my engine back from Tom Morgan Racing. Cylinder and case porting, 144 kit, combustion chamber welded and recut for C12, full transmission REM micro polish. Hope to start putting it together this weekend.









brody
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tom does some nice work
aare you going to sell the frame guards
woodsgoon
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brody wrote:
tom does some nice work
aare you going to sell the frame guards
Honestly I kind of doubt he will. He estimated it would take 20 hours to print a set so I dont think he will be interested in making any more. I could probably get him to send me the program if yall want to find someone to print them for you
brody
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2/4/2019 7:01pm
will you ask him what he wants to make me a set??
woodsgoon
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Still waiting on some parts but I had to throw the tank on to see how she looked. Loving the blue and yellow combo....
And sorry guys, frame guards will not be for sale.
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brody
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Will you see.if your buddy can make me a set, or can you upload the file
woodsgoon
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ill see what i can do for the file
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Finally pretty well finished up with the project.Just need to get a few things sorted out on it and take it for a ride when it gets a little less wet around here. Started it up yesterday and it purred like a kitten. Looking forward to having some fun on this bike this year.







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3/5/2019 11:26am
Looks amazing!

Let’s us know how it goes on track, interested in feedback on the 144 conversion
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shuggs
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3/5/2019 1:29pm
Very nice looking but hand guards maybe a different colour/ shade or add some sort of graphic
woodsgoon
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3/5/2019 1:51pm
shuggs wrote:
Very nice looking but hand guards maybe a different colour/ shade or add some sort of graphic
These are a set I had laying around. I'm gonna order new plastic deflectors at some point. These have seen a lot of miles....

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