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1/12/2018 10:42am
1/12/2018 10:42am
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9/21/2018 11:18am
So my boss picked up a 2001 YZ125, Sight unseen, from a friend of his in Colorado. Imagine our surprise when this shows up! turns out it's an ex-Motoworldracing.com team bike, that was sold to someone who obviously only rode in the woods. The previous owner added a big fender tool bag, skid plate, and spark arrestor. other than that, it's the real deal, We pulled off the clutch cover and found a full Hinson basket, inner and pressure plate. This project just went from "make it run and flip it" to restore it back to perfect condition.
she's in pretty rough shape, the countershaft had sheared off behind the sprocket, so the cases had to be split and that was replaced. At some point this bike had been blown up bad, because the cylinder had been replaced with an Athena. We could see where the cases had been ported, but the cylinder was untouched, so we sent it off to Terry Varner, who did the MW team stuff back in the day, and he ported the cylinder to match the cases. the frame was sent out to be powder coated, and we had ZLT reproduce the Motoworld graphics.
Re-assembly starts now! Stay tuned!
But, and I'm sorry if this comes across the wrong way, if you are going to try and make it back to its glory, why would you use the primary drive sprockets? Surely they used Sunstar, as indicated on the rear fender, so why not use era correct parts?
The Shop
http://www.vrmphotos.net/photos/damonhuffman/pontiac_040701/dh1_2001.jpg
http://www.vrmphotos.net/photos/damonhuffman/pontiac_040701/dh2_2001.jpg
http://www.vrmphotos.net/photos/damonhuffman/pontiac_040701/dh3_2001.jpg
http://www.vrmphotos.net/photos/damonhuffman/pontiac_040701/dh4_2001.jpg
Finally a bit of an update, the bike is coming together really well now, and I have just about everything I need to finish it. up to this point it's been a lot of cleaning and scrubbing, but she's almost a roller. just about every part with any major wear has been replaced, and everything else has been cleaned. I'm currently trying to locate some decent shape FMF Factory 909 levers and clutch perch, but have the stock stuff ready to go if i can't find the 909 parts. (yes i'll replace that twisted front brake lever, I just had to put that back on to bleed it because it was the only lever I had) the worst part so far has been stripping the paint off the swingarm. I had to do this because it had some pretty bad spots, but i'm almost sorry I did because it's going so slowly. The end result will be worth it though!
Getting closer now! just need to get the swingarm and the seat back and she's just about done.
Took the swngarm to a buddy that has a vapor blaster, now i'm kicking myself for not taking better "before" photos, it looks amazing!
Pit Row
I had a couple cool Cycra vented number plates in my secret squirrel stash, but will stick with the stock one for this build in the interest of keeping it the way it looked back in the day. I guess these will have to wait for another build... I had one leftover AMA Tech sticker that isn't exactly period accurate, but the EA Sports sticker is the real deal from 2001.
the seat will be the most dramatic before and after photo ever. there was no saving the cover, and the chances of finding another new Motoworld one are slim to zero, so i was able to have ZLT reproduce the vinyl panel, and am in the process of having them built into the new cover. I pick it up tomorrow, can't wait to see how it looks!
Scored a handful of NOS FMF Factory 909 stuff on eBay, and was able to refurbish the clutch perch. still looking for a 909 front brake lever...
Epic Before and after shot on the seat!
Reminds me of Greg Schnell.
About 95% done now!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/FMF-909-3208-Factory-Racing-Parts-Brake-Lever-…
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