The Last Factory YZ125

Hey thanks Blake! I do have Shae Bentley's 2000 KX125 I'd sell if you're interested. It's titled to Shae through Pro Circuit. It has all the PC goodies (clamps, engine covers, carbon fiber, plastic/graphics/seat cover, rims, works kit suspension, etc.), but it's missing all the Ti hardware. You seem to have the hookup on Ti anyway judging by your CR project, which was awesome by the way! I don't know if you remember but I bought those Ti Axles from you awhile back. If you had anymore Titanium hardware for a 96 CR250 I'd work a deal with you.

DJ

Sorry I've been MIA on Vital for awhile. I have been working on this bike, though. It's all assembled now and I've taken some pics along the way that I'll share.

I bought it for 4K. It turned out to be a good deal as the Ti hardware that was on it would cost nearly that much and there was a lot of factory stuff you would probably never see again such as the works transmission and internal engine Titanium, YMC Clamps, etc .

I called around trying to find a match to the Ti that was on it, and after talking to the Yamaha of Troy guy where this bike came from, I found out that it was factory Yamaha Ti that was made in Japan. YOT didn't use Ti Linkage bolts, shock spring and a few other bits for some reason back in 2005. I wanted to see how light I could make this bike, so I replaced anything steel with Ti or aluminum. Linkage bolts, motor mounts, brake hanger bolts, peg pins, sprocket nuts and washers to go with the Ti sprocket bolts that were already there, any and all the little stuff Mettec had made for YZs. It cost an additional $800 for all that. Even the little stuff such as the crossbar bolts on the Renthal twin walls are now Ti.

For example, here's the YMC billet oversize front brake carrier. I replaced the steel caliper pins with Ti



Mettec heads have a rounded dish that doesn't match YMC Titanium so I used an end mill on the lathe to make it the same.



This is that big old bolt the rear caliper slides on before and after. Looks the same as the rest of the Ti now.



I'll go through my pics for more to share with you guys.

Cheers,

DJ

Completely disassembled,Pressure washed, scotchbrite pads+WD40+Elbow Grease, sprayed with acid aluminum brighter, Pressure washed again, then another round of scotchbrite pads+WD40+Elbow Grease. Frame and swingarm look like new again.

Before:



After:

The tricky part of this this build was suspension. I was told YOT leased their suspension they used from KYB and it had to be returned so they replaced it with a set of Broc Sellard's practice bike suspension. I did end up getting the correct parts to build it back up to what was used outdoors in 2005. I'm interested to see how the valving is going to work for me.

Here's the the forks before being rebuilt. Kashima fork tubes, Gold Ti Nitride lowers, anodized lugs. I'm not going to use the carbon sub tanks but rather use the correct fork caps they used in 2005. I pressed the stem out of the works camps to clean them up and replace the bearings. More on that later....



Two piece shock body and Ti Spring