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Edited Date/Time 8/8/2017 2:54pm
Larry Ward was and I'm sure still is a bad dude on a scooter! I've always loved the 90 RM's and always thought it would be badass to build a tribute bike. He won a 250 main event in 1990 in his rookie year on the 250's...Something not a lot of guys have done. You see a lot of other builds but not many "Big Bird" builds.... So here is the finished product with a little help from my brother in law with great camera skills.

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Pat327 8/6/2017 8:28pm
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So sick! Do you have more photos?

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Manbearpig 8/6/2017 9:05pm
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Pat327 wrote:
So sick! Do you have more photos?
Thanks man.

I have a few but I'm waiting for more of the high res pics like the one above.







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avmechanic 8/6/2017 11:01pm
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Wow. Amazing bike. Those were probably some of the best looking bikes of that era.
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oldsocalmxr 8/7/2017 7:34am
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Nice job! I had one back when they were new...... one of my favorites!
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Manbearpig 8/7/2017 8:27am
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avmechanic wrote:
Wow. Amazing bike. Those were probably some of the best looking bikes of that era.
Greg
Thanks Greg
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Dekon 8/7/2017 8:56am
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Great looking build!
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lostboy819 8/7/2017 10:25am
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Awesome job and I bet you had a great time building it also. Cool
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Manbearpig 8/7/2017 10:36am
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lostboy819 wrote:
Awesome job and I bet you had a great time building it also. Cool
Thanks lostboy. It was a blast even though it took way too long. Well worth it
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newmann 8/7/2017 2:27pm
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Love the attention to detail. Cool looking bike from a very cool time in the sport. The cast of characters back then was epic. Everything had evolved up to that point with the bikes and then stagnated a bit before the thumpers hit.
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Manbearpig 8/7/2017 2:37pm
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Matthes wrote:
Nice work!
Thanks Matthes

Now if I could get Larry to burn some laps on it like on your badass builds!
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Manbearpig 8/7/2017 2:39pm
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newmann wrote:
Love the attention to detail. Cool looking bike from a very cool time in the sport. The cast of characters back then was epic. Everything had...
Love the attention to detail. Cool looking bike from a very cool time in the sport. The cast of characters back then was epic. Everything had evolved up to that point with the bikes and then stagnated a bit before the thumpers hit.
Thanks newmann.

Well said! I couldnt agree more.

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yak651 8/7/2017 4:58pm
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Looks great! What did it start out looking like?
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Manbearpig 8/7/2017 5:07pm
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yak651 wrote:
Looks great! What did it start out looking like?


It's actually a 92 so I built it to look like Larry Wards 90.
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Red141 8/7/2017 7:26pm
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Very nice! Will you be riding it?
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Manbearpig 8/7/2017 7:40pm
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Red141 wrote:
Very nice! Will you be riding it?
Thank you.

I will be riding it on occasion if the conditions are perfect. Smile
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lostboy819 8/7/2017 11:38pm
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lostboy819 wrote:
Awesome job and I bet you had a great time building it also. Cool
Manbearpig wrote:
Thanks lostboy. It was a blast even though it took way too long. Well worth it
My project took way to long also but in a different way. I spent a year doing almost nothing except tearing it down and then once I got rolling it went together pretty fast. The best part about mine was it is old enough that trick parts are all over ebay and cheap but not so old that parts are scarce and over priced. Wink
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JoeBraxton 8/8/2017 12:07am
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Damn that is a nice looking bike. I had one in 1990...it was a local pros practice bike (Bubba Erickson) and it was way too much to handle but I loved it. I'm currently looking for the same year(s) to make me a Tichenor replica as he was my guy that year.

My current ride:


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Manbearpig 8/8/2017 2:12pm
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JoeBraxton wrote:
Damn that is a nice looking bike. I had one in 1990...it was a local pros practice bike (Bubba Erickson) and it was way too much...
Damn that is a nice looking bike. I had one in 1990...it was a local pros practice bike (Bubba Erickson) and it was way too much to handle but I loved it. I'm currently looking for the same year(s) to make me a Tichenor replica as he was my guy that year.

My current ride:


Thank you.
Your 125 is amazing!
Tichoner was another bad dude that flew under the radar.
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BRT771 8/8/2017 2:54pm
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Beautiful bike! I think the 89/90 RM250's are some of the best looking bikes ever. I can't think of a better way to dress up a '92.

I had an 89 I woods raced.

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Manbearpig 8/10/2017 11:45pm
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BRT771 wrote:
Beautiful bike! I think the 89/90 RM250's are some of the best looking bikes ever. I can't think of a better way to dress up a...
Beautiful bike! I think the 89/90 RM250's are some of the best looking bikes ever. I can't think of a better way to dress up a '92.

I had an 89 I woods raced.

Thank you. I want to restore an RMX for single track in the hills next. great picture
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MaxPower 8/12/2017 1:57am
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I really really like that Rm. You did a great job Manbearpig. That year was a great looking body style

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