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The radiators are not new no. They were really straight when I bought the bike. I just painted them with hi-temp aluminium and they came up a treat.
A lot of stuff was sodablasted. Look back through the thread for pics. I got the motor, swingarm, carby and other misc bits done. It works pretty good actually.
My motor has nothing on Dogger's. His motor is a work of art...
do you know any methods to bring a stock pipe up to scratch? mine is okay, but i was considering some hi-temp paint until i can afford a full PC system.
Before:
The wheels were completely stripped, bearings removed, hubs blasted and then turned in a lathe to remove the cast marks:
Hubs were painted satin black and wheels were re-assembled with new bearings and seals, new s/steel spokes and new OEM rims I had left over from an 07 CR250. Other new parts include sprocket bolts and nuts and aftermarket (OEM replica) discs:
Sprocket is a slightly used Renthal sprocket the same style as what MC used in 96. I honestly didn't think I would ever find one of these but luckily DJ sold me one he had. Thanks mate. It cleaned up real good with some fine wet'n'dry:
Well almost. It's a PC works pipe with the badge removed. This was another purchase off DJ and it was in almost new condition. It had a couple of minor dents in it which I had removed and I cleaned it up with a combination of Brasso metal cleaner and also wet'n'dry. It came up pretty good I reckon.
The Shop
is the renthal chainwheel steel or al? it certainly looks the goods. how did you go getting s/s spokes- were they made up or a/market jobs, and did you lace and true yourself? those hubs turned out really nice, great job.
S/Steel spokes were quite easy to get. John Titman Racing makes them in Oz. Excellent quality and excellent service from JTR. JTR can make spokes for just about ANYTHING but mine were quite common - straight off the shelf.
I got a mate/mechanic to lace them for me. He works at my local dealership and does work on the side. He has excellent attention to detail and takes pride in his work - that's why I choose to have him do it from home rather than some trainee at the shop do it.
Thanks for the kind words. Many hours and hard work have gone in to this so far...
Fantastic job on your bike so far! Keep up the good work. I just built a set of wheels for my 94 CR250 the same way, turned all the casting marks off, powdered them satin black and laced them up with Excel rims and spokes. It really made a big difference in the bikes appearance. Now I just need to spring for the HRC engine covers, I have a set on one of my 500's and there top notch! Great work, keep us posted!
I know a lot of people tell stories, but those parts were leftovers from Jeff Dement's 96 season. Jeff is from the Houston area, and I was able to buy boxes of parts really cheap awhile back including plastic that still had his name and national number on them. I used a lot of those parts on my 96. It was a killer deal and most of it was brand new or only used once like the sprocket you have. It's cool to think that the pipe and sprocket I sent you was probably on a Supercross track with Jeremy! I think Jeff still does MX schools and lessons but I'm not sure.
I've been working my butt off lately so I decided to treat myself to some Lightspeed Ti footpegs for my 95'er. UPS just delivered them today.
Good score on the spkes and lacing, its like havving a friend who is a plumber or sparky- so important when you need some work done
nice pegs, are they available to the public CamP?
I just purchased a set of the steel pegs off the guy for $70!! I have a set of Pro Circuit pegs on the bike now but they are not oversize and they don't seem to sit very well on the bike. I would have sprung for the Ti pegs but I gotta keep with MC's look so I went with the black ones. I don't think I could bring myself to paint those works of art black...
I got my Emig Racing custom triple clamps, rear shock spring, Light Speed pegs, Renthal old school nylon bar pad, FMF silencer and some misc parts.
I've installed the clamps and they are a perfect fit. Super happy with the service from Emig Racing. They are an awesome company to deal with. The only change I want to make is to swap the allen head bolts that they supply with the clamps for hex head bolts.
are the Emig clamps solid mounts?
Pit Row
I basically told Gary Emig what I wanted and he made it. They are pretty much just 96 clamps but with bigger diameter holes for the twin chamber forks. Everything else about the clamps are per 96 specs.
You know I didn't think I'd find one of those old school bar pads but it was probably the best buy so far. Picked it up on eBay for $8 + $3 shipping! I've got a set of silver Renthal bars but they are the new silver, which is like a matt finish, not a shiny silver like they were back in the 90's. I'd like to get a set of those!
It was stripped to a basic shock assembly (removed spring, collars, etc) and was soda blasted. New parts include genuine spring (yellow to match MC's), clicker adjuster (only because the anodosing on the old one was faded) and bump rubber. The locking nuts for the spring and other steel parts were sent to the zinc platers with the other bolts.
Before:
After:
A really keen eye will see that I used the nut off the bottom bolt on the top bolt by mistake. It's been fixed since the photos were taken
I always thought the factory Honda's ran carbon fibre airbox's but they only ran carbon decals!
Just kidding
I just sat the tank and seat on for this mock-up. I still have a long way to go. Still have to do all the controls, bleed the brakes, chain, new front brake caliper carrier, etc, etc.
Well I'm off on a 12 day holiday with my kids tomorrow guys so I'll be back with more updates in a couple of weeks
congratulation for your bike! Very very Nice!
Can you tell me where I can buy the stickers replica McGrath and the seat cover?!
Has long been looking for them but I have not found anything...
Thanks a lot.
Enrico
The seat is a complete seat off a 97 CR125. It bolts right on and is the same design they used on the 96 team bikes. You cannot by a seat cover from Honda with the writing on it, only a complete seat. Genuine Honda seat covers are blank for some strange reason...
Any reputable graphics company should be able to duplicate the graphics from images as long as they have 96 shape plastic outlines. Somebody I knew had these:
The Dunlop logos on the rear fender and fork guards were only done as an outline very early in the season. After a few races they changed them to solid Dunlop logo's
I also purchased a set of FX tank/shroud decals (which I later sold) and sent those to the graphics company so they had a good outline to use because they were a new company and didn't have 96 outlines. I also sent them a rear guard. They did the rest.
I used Kustom MX in Australia
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