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The Shop
I've been out of school and putting dough aside to start this thing. It's no easy deal in high school paying for your truck, insurance, fuel, and the nights out with friends and what not and i am beyond thankful for my dad to put up with all my crazy stuff and still back me with motorcycle racing. Since the season ended I have been taking a downtime from riding and dropped my frame off to get powdercoated and I got it back this week! Super excited as I walked in, paid with my money, and walked out with something I know will produce me a ton of joy.
My goal for this bike is to be a sort of budget build, using what I have, cleaning up stock components, buying used components, and replacing what needs to be replaced.
Things to do
Motor is assembled, would like to get it cleaned up while still assembled so need to look into that.
New tires
Clean up stock parts I can still use
Clean the swingarm up nice
New chain/sprockets/chain slider.
I would really like to redo just about every damn fastener with some chinese Ti or specbolt nickel plated stuff, I had gotten a list of all sizes and quantities needed for each part for a 17 250SX from a fellow vital member but my phone took a shit and I lost it, So if you are reading this would you mind posting it again?
I would like a PC shorty and works pipe to match my other bike in sound but I have a good condition OEM setup i will use for now
I need a petcock for this bike, If you have a used one you would part with please comment!
Along with a clutch slave cylinder, was missing when I bought the bike
I've been collecting little things I've snagged used/cheap. Some small anodized parts, A rough shape P3 skid plate I hope I can clean up, ETC.
Really enjoyed seeing how the forks work and learning more about them, big thanks to Ryan the tech for the guidance. Going to have my dad drop him off a case of beer soon.
Been ordering different types of hardware to see what looks best. Kawi knocked it out of the park with some of the hardware on their street bikes!
Pit Row
Anyways, I did some polishing on the radiators.
Little stuff like that makes me so ecstatic, I remember being younger and my parents couldn't afford sweet built minis and always being the kid with mixmaxed shrouds, chunking tires, rusty bolts, etc. Now that I’m responsible enough with my own money to invest in little bling like that makes me really proud of going to work everyday and saving up. I appreciate my parents not spoiling me, best part of having worn out bikes growing up was having a super knowledgeable and cost efficient dad who taught me how to do everything in this build other than suspension, wouldn't even know how to change a pinched tube on a 5 gallon bucket or do a full motor rebuild on the dining room table when mom wasn't home without him.
Got my favorite Protaper bars on, front brake and clutch M/C rebuilt and bolted up as well. Dressed the front brake MC up with a Ti banjo and both M/Cs got the blue caps from the Dubya bling kit.
Got a got deal on these take off Gasgas hoops. They have normal tire wear but are as straight as an arrow and minimal cosmetic flaws. The silver was a no brainer since every Jim and Bob has black wheels. I’m waiting on bearings right now, but polished the OEM hubs up decently and bought new silver tusk spokes and nipples. The all silver setup should look slick!
Robbed the brake line off this bike for my other. Ordered up a Tusk (Galfer) from RMATV. Wanted it in silver or black but for the money I couldn’t pass it up.
I bought these Warp 9 pegs for $20 on eBay until I find a set of Fastways to lower the pegs (Game changer on my other 125). Stripped the ano off and ordered up some new cleats. For just over $30 it’s a solid pair of pegs for now.
Scored this Fastway bar mount off a memeber here to replace the Yerf Dog OEM bar mounts. I don’t remember his screen name but Joe gave me a great deal!
Buttoning up the Carb, waiting on the correct jet block gasket.
Still got a good amount of parts on the way and hopefully will place more orders soon, better late than never!
Forgot I needed a battery tray since my dumb ass must of thrown the one for this bike out. Found a cheap one on eBay for like $10. There’s no point in the whole tray since I have no battery or anything like that, so I trim off the tray and leave only the CDI and mounting points. Then I got bored and went overboard with the drill trying to look like the GP guys.
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