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Location
Eastern Panhandle, WV, USA
Edited Date/Time
5/2/2017 12:08am
After 2 seasons of riding my 13 YZ250 I bought left over in April 2014, it's time for some TLC. I have a ton of parts in the mail currently waiting to come my way. Here's what I've got coming.
Cycra restyle kit OEM colors
New style white fork guards
GYTR chain slider
FMF 2.1 PowerCore silencer to replace my GYTR silencer
Dunlop MX3S tires
All new chassis bearings from All Balls
SunStar sprocket kit with gold MXR1 chain
The wheels are going to Dubya to get black Excel Takasago rims laced up
MotoSeat pleated seat cover in all blue colors
Suspension is at HDR getting revalved, resprung, and serviced
The bike already has the following.
Works Connection glide plate, radiator braces, caliper guard, and Elite clutch perch
Lightspeed pegs
GYTR by FMF pipe and silencer
GYTR 8.4 oz flywheel
VForce3 reeds
Samco blue radiator hoses
Galfer 270mm floating rotor and matching rear (thanks OCD)
Honda CRF450 caliper and master cylinder off a 2013 with Honda pads
Ride Engineering stainless lines front and rear
Hammerhead brake return spring and clevis
Various blue anodized bits here and there
The bike has 32 hours now. Motor still runs great and I'm gonna try and run it the rest of the year before doing a full rebuild next winter or maybe later this year if necessary. Haven't decided on what graphics to go with yet but I'm considering just getting the OE 2016 style from Decal Works. I also plan on giving it a thorough cleaning while everything is apart. Plan to get it started next weekend once everything arrives.
The bike was yellow for a while with a UFO restyle kit and Clarke gas tank, but I was ready for a change and my buddy recently got an 08 125 and wanted my plastic.
How it currently sits.
Update: It's done. I'm gonna take some better pics up in the next couple days.
Cycra restyle kit OEM colors
New style white fork guards
GYTR chain slider
FMF 2.1 PowerCore silencer to replace my GYTR silencer
Dunlop MX3S tires
All new chassis bearings from All Balls
SunStar sprocket kit with gold MXR1 chain
The wheels are going to Dubya to get black Excel Takasago rims laced up
MotoSeat pleated seat cover in all blue colors
Suspension is at HDR getting revalved, resprung, and serviced
The bike already has the following.
Works Connection glide plate, radiator braces, caliper guard, and Elite clutch perch
Lightspeed pegs
GYTR by FMF pipe and silencer
GYTR 8.4 oz flywheel
VForce3 reeds
Samco blue radiator hoses
Galfer 270mm floating rotor and matching rear (thanks OCD)
Honda CRF450 caliper and master cylinder off a 2013 with Honda pads
Ride Engineering stainless lines front and rear
Hammerhead brake return spring and clevis
Various blue anodized bits here and there
The bike has 32 hours now. Motor still runs great and I'm gonna try and run it the rest of the year before doing a full rebuild next winter or maybe later this year if necessary. Haven't decided on what graphics to go with yet but I'm considering just getting the OE 2016 style from Decal Works. I also plan on giving it a thorough cleaning while everything is apart. Plan to get it started next weekend once everything arrives.
The bike was yellow for a while with a UFO restyle kit and Clarke gas tank, but I was ready for a change and my buddy recently got an 08 125 and wanted my plastic.
How it currently sits.
Update: It's done. I'm gonna take some better pics up in the next couple days.
It would have more time on it but I broke my ankle the second time I rode it when I shorted an uphill double. But I put a lot of time on it in 2016 and hope to ride even more this year.
The Shop
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
Every time I ride my buddies YZ250F I fall in love with it. Awesome machines.
But when the track is perfect and the weather is nice, the 2 stroke is just so much fun. Every other time, I prefer the 4 stroke.
What do you think to the CRF front brake set up? I'm looking to do the same to my RMZ450 so some feedback would be great.
Also, why the switch to the FMF 2.1 Powercore Silencer? Is the current GYTR silencer a shorty?
The reason for the silencer switch was mostly cosmetic. The 2.1 looks better in my opinion. It's also longer than the GYTR silencer, but I don't think it's a shorty, pretty sure it's just a Powercore 2. A few tests I've read implied the 2.1 was better in the midrange than the previous ones as well. Who knows? One of my riding buddies just got a 2017 YZ250 and I'm selling him the old one for $75 to recoup some of the money.
Suspension back from Pete Payne at Heavy Duty Racing in Stafford, VA. Revalve, respring, new SKF seals.
Next up is cleaning the swingarm, airbox, and linkage parts. Then all new chsssis bearings.
If so why the hell!?
I'm hoping to pick up a left over yz 250 to compliment my kx250f at the end of the season
Pit Row
GYTR chain slider is very cool.
Tnx for the pics. I thought they hided a lot of the ignition harness stuff in that hole seen in the pic, but I guess a lot goes between the radiators...
Yeah they kind of stuff the harness in there and zip tie it in place.
Kinda botched the front number plate a bit. Has a few bubbles in it. Oops.
Oh well. It doesn't look bad, just could be better.
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