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« Reply #15 on: April 22, 2012, 04:10:45 PM »
Regal's little sister is cute.  I'd get at that.
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« Reply #16 on: April 22, 2012, 06:28:40 PM »
Keep us posted on how the build is going! I have done most of the same stuff to my 02 CR250 as well. I'm looking into the JD Jetting carb, just need to save the cash first. The bike is looking much better now too.
Good luck! 8)
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« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2012, 01:06:25 PM »
Progress!!  Hit my first personal dilemma with the project.  Do I bust out the dot-co and wire buffer to get out every little stain or is cleaning by hand good enough?  It may defeat the purpose of tearing it down but I just took the easy route and went with a really good scrub with a mix of Simple Green, SOS pads, and elbow grease.  I really didn't feel like buffing the almost invisible stains out of every weld and making it spotless since it will be covered in dirt by Sunday.  I'm sorry for the crummy pictures, my smart phone isn't so smart when it comes to not taking grainy and washed out shots.  

Edit:  forgot to mention progress is pretty much stopped at this point without all my bearings.  Should have late Tuesday or Wednesday.  Honestly I forgot how easy working on a 2-stroke was.  Reassembly of half the bike took maybe 30 minutes.  The hardest part was remembering the routing for the wire looms. 





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« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2012, 01:17:06 PM »
Just scrub a dub dub, put some elbow grease to it.  Clean her up the best you can, stand back, admire your work and then get it dirty...  after all it's a two stroke dirt bike that's designed to be thrashed, and come back for more.
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« Reply #19 on: April 25, 2012, 01:40:30 AM »
My Pivot Works box came in today with all new bearings for the entire bike along with fork and shock rebuild kits.  Dropped off my suspension, hoping the guy gets it done by Saturday so it can all come together for a Sunday ride.  Post some more pics later tonight. 
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« Reply #20 on: April 25, 2012, 02:46:29 PM »
Time to get after it.  The hubs are finally back from powder coating as well the only thing between myself and some riding this weekend is work.  More pictures of hubs and other goodies coming in the mail later today. 

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« Reply #21 on: April 25, 2012, 05:06:49 PM »
You got all seals and bearings from Pivot Works!  One thing I noticed is that some of the seals from Pivot Works were low quality.  The ones I got were all plastic...not rubber with steel inserts (IIRC, those were for shocks and linkages).  Had to dig out the stock seals from the trash can. 

Good luck with your build...looks like its gonna come out nice.
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« Reply #22 on: April 25, 2012, 05:44:33 PM »
my pivot works fork kit was identical to the oem shit i pulled out of the forks.  application was KTM/White Power
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« Reply #23 on: April 25, 2012, 05:54:08 PM »
Quote from: MikeD94 on April 26, 2012, 12:06:49 AM
You got all seals and bearings from Pivot Works!  One thing I noticed is that some of the seals from Pivot Works were low quality.  The ones I got were all plastic...not rubber with steel inserts (IIRC, those were for shocks and linkages).  Had to dig out the stock seals from the trash can. 

Good luck with your build...looks like its gonna come out nice.

Yea I've got a sponsorship through Pivot Works/Vertex/HotRods (which is all the same company).  It was significantly cheaper to go that route than OEM.  Everything you see in the picture was about $150.  I'll tell my suspension guy to inspect the quality of the seals, but I haven't heard any complaints from people using their bearings in general. 
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« Reply #24 on: April 25, 2012, 10:55:36 PM »
Gunna be pretty sweet, will be like new with all those new bits..........nice n tight  ;)
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« Reply #25 on: April 26, 2012, 04:05:20 AM »
Most of my stuff finally arrived.  Cycra plastic, grips, hour meter, chain, and a sweet eBay find of a practically brand new FMF Powercore 2 muffler for $50.



And my current progress.. pretty much everything I can do is done.  Waiting on bearings to be installed, suspension to be finished, and wheels to be laced. 

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« Reply #26 on: April 28, 2012, 01:55:58 PM »
Well the suspension wasn't done yesterday, so unfortunately it all waits until the end of next week probably.  I'll try to hit up my regular track on Thursday afternoon. 
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« Reply #27 on: April 28, 2012, 11:52:19 PM »
I'm a little bit ahead of you right now.
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« Reply #28 on: April 29, 2012, 01:34:37 AM »
Today at the track I actually saw one of those mid-00s KTM 125s.  Several 2-strokes showing up, mostly 125s strangled by kids who looked Schoolboy age.  One absolute disaster of an early 90s YZ ridden by a guy who really shouldn't have been out there.  Bike had spooge all over the swing arm. 
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« Reply #29 on: April 29, 2012, 02:52:42 AM »
Quote from: Shawn36 on April 29, 2012, 08:34:37 AM
Today at the track I actually saw one of those mid-00s KTM 125s.  Several 2-strokes showing up, mostly 125s strangled by kids who looked Schoolboy age.  One absolute disaster of an early 90s YZ ridden by a guy who really shouldn't have been out there.  Bike had spooge all over the swing arm. 

sounds like mine when i got it. 

i saw the guy whom i got mine from at Budds today.  his kid was racing his "other" bike, am RM.  completely fucking clapped.  figures.  hate to see their living room.
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