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chuckie108
6/2/2016 10:37pm
6/2/2016 10:37pm
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6/4/2016 9:41pm
Had something really cool happen to me today I'm sure My fellow obsessed moto-heads can appreciate. Well, I get home from work today, and sitting in my shop is MY 1980 YZ50! My Uncle brought it with him from AZ today to give to me. He bought it from my dad 32 years ago and has had it ever since. I've been begging him for it for 10 years now and today it materialized. Why is this bike so special to me? Well it has probably influenced my life more than any other materiel item on this planet! And there are MASSIVE amounts of great memories associated with it. It is the genesis of my love for 2 wheels. It is the bike I rode on the beach in Baja with my dad, popped me first wheely on, jumped my first jump, railed my first turn, cleaned my first filter, climbed my first big hill, got my first scar(still have it!)and on and on. Funny how we hit our 40s and we can get a little nostalgic about things. I'm just really pumped it's home. Gonna hang it from the rafters in my shop for now, while it waits in queue for a proper restoration.
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Cool story Chuckie108! I'm right behind you at 39 years young. I CAN truly appreciate your passion for this nostalgic moto thing.
When i was 5 back in 1998 my dad had a restored Italjet 50cc. We used to ride it now and then, it influenced my life to ! And it gave me the dirtbike microbe which no men on earth is healed of !
He sold the bike when i was about 11 or 12, i still blame him for doing that
Congrats on getting your bike back, that's awesome.
I didn't want to go overboard, as I don't Enjoy sinking insane amounts of time and money into a bike I really don't plan to ride, so I went more the sanitation route, as opposed to "restoration". So after lots of cleaning, locating needed parts, a bore job, a little paint, and some decals, it all came together pretty nice.
First priority was the engine, which looked quite good inside other than bore, which was easy to remedy.
I've always wanted to build/have a cone pipe, so I figured this would be the perfect place to start considering I wasn't concerned about the performance. I copied the stock pipe dimensions, and built this one. Not perfect, but a decent first try.
At the end of it all, I'm pleased with how it turned out, and now I have a bitchen pit bike!!
Pit Row
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