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General Two Stroke Talk / Emig-WTF??

« on: July 15, 2013, 09:45:12 PM »

Quote from: racer x on July 15, 2013, 03:43:46 AM
its ok to type retarded, you cant type ****or **** cause i'm always been censored for it. watch.
see, magic.

  And here I thought that was just us forum members being more PC 

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Open Forum / What do you do with old pistons?

« on: July 15, 2013, 09:39:34 PM »

I like the idea of a little extra cash  And if I had the con rods laying around I could make some lamps or something creative, but usually when I go to get the crank pin pressed out the guy takes the rod and I forget to ask for the old one.

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Open Forum / What do you do with old pistons?

« on: July 15, 2013, 05:28:16 PM »

I got a couple laying around taking up room in my garage and lots more in the shop. What do you guys do with em? Toss them out, hang them on your wall, melt them down and make new ones?

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General Two Stroke Talk / racer x race report

« on: July 15, 2013, 04:29:00 PM »

I bet the celebratory beer tasted reeeeaaaal good huh?   

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Open Forum / My next project

« on: July 13, 2013, 06:33:24 PM »

Sorry for the lack of updates, I just got a new job so I've been working my @ss off for the last couple weeks. Luckely, I finally got more money to throw at this project. I finally got the correct gasket on order, apparently the one that came in was for an RMX or something like that. So by Tuesday I hope to have the cases back together and mounted back in the back. I'd also like to have my new swingarm bearings in and have a rolling chassis once again. After that, I'll be waiting on money for a top end kit for this bike and she'll be ripping. Can't wait to hear this thing run. I'm definitely gunna wring it's neck for all the crap it's put me through 

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Open Forum / Checked out the new YZ450F''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s.

« on: July 12, 2013, 10:45:05 PM »

Are you german?

  Nope, not even a bit

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Open Forum / Checked out the new YZ450F''''s.

« on: July 12, 2013, 07:59:45 PM »

Funny you should mention that, I had a similar answer from my local dealer today about why Yamaha hasn't changed much. He asked me why I thought perfection should be changed    I'm sure Yamaha would jump on the FI band wagen when other 2T companies start producing them as well for off road use.

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Open Forum / race here sunday! 7/14/13

« on: July 11, 2013, 02:14:01 AM »

I should see you at the next NESC event racerx! I finally got a better paying job and should be able to afford to race again. That is unless my car decides to break anything else 

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Technical / Sand tyre choice.

« on: July 08, 2013, 07:56:40 PM »

Michelin starcross sand 4 tire for the rear would be pretty good. I'm not to sure about the front, I don't do enough sand riding to swap off my tires between woods and sandy tracks, so I usually run what ever I have on the rim unless I'm trying to be competitive.

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Technical / Sand tyre choice.

« on: July 08, 2013, 03:58:34 AM »

Straight up dunes or a sandy track?

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Technical / engine knocking???

« on: July 07, 2013, 01:35:01 AM »

KTM's don't come with a warranty....'cause they don't break..

Huh... I wouldn't want a new bike with out a warranty. What if it had a proven factory defect, could you get it replaced or be SOL?   

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Technical / engine knocking???

« on: July 06, 2013, 05:14:28 PM »

Ya broke it already? Jeez stu  Isn't that under warranty? Ride the p!ss out of it and if it breaks use the warranty if its got one. If not, ride it hard anyways, its a new bike

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Non-Moto / Looked at two project bikes

« on: July 02, 2013, 06:10:54 PM »

If people listed bikes for what they are actually worth nowadays, projects would be WAY easier to find. You can't even talk them down anymore...

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Non-Moto / Electric bike wins pikes peak event. Whhhuuuuttt???

« on: July 01, 2013, 10:42:02 PM »

Stick a baseball card in the spokes and we can all get used to them a little faster 

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Non-Moto / Looked at two project bikes

« on: July 01, 2013, 04:33:05 PM »

Once the engine comes out of a bike the bill adds up quickly... Worse case scenario for the "06" is a full engine rebuild. That'll run you about $300 for crank, $50 for main bearings and seals, $200 for a replate (assuming its nikisil) and $150 or so for the top end kit. It'll probably need swing arm bearings, like most older bikes need as soon as the motor comes out, so there's another $50. So your already in it about $750 (that's an estimate, but you get the picture) just to get the motor taken care of. Now you'll still be needing all those other things mentioned above. So, if you could sell the bike for $1,200, you'd need to buy it for about $300 to just make a $150 profit. I don't know if that would be worth it to you, but that seems like a LOT of work, case splitting, bearing pressing, etc, for just $150.

As for the 98, that might be worth it seeing as it at least runs. Some minor carb adjustments, and gallons of elbow grease to get it to look alright and you should be able to flip it for a nice chunk of money (that could go to the '99!) 

Projects are fun, but if your looking to make a profit, blown motors SUCK. Unless your doing a motor swap project. My numbers could be wrong up there, and someone more experienced could point that out, but no matter what you decide, good luck with em and make a build thread if you pick em up