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Technical / 2003 YZ250 Project... need some help and some direction!

« on: May 07, 2012, 06:49:33 PM »

ONE Industries had a Hurricane kit a while back, not sure if they are still available, Clarke plastics make the tank in all colors.

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Photos & Videos / Extreme Enduro French Style.

« on: April 22, 2012, 03:34:18 PM »

The guy at 1:45 busted it hard!!

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General Two Stroke Talk / anybody know where to get red STEEL bolts and hardware?

« on: April 17, 2012, 03:22:09 PM »

Metallic red finger nail polish. cheap, easy to touch up. tough as..............nails " title="Roll Eyes" class="smiley">

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General Two Stroke Talk / KDX 200 or a KTM 200

« on: April 12, 2012, 05:55:33 PM »

Actually I am very familiar with the KDX, although I don't own one myself, my bestest buddy and riding compadre does own an 04 KDX220, and i have ridden it many times from brand new off the showroom to it's current heavily modified state. I also have had the opportunity to ride a 90 something KDX250 that had the Blue inverted KYBs stock. They were crap too but sprung better than the stock KDX forks. I agree that the excessive underhanging outer fork legs can be problematic in rocky envirornments, in NW Florida they don't pose a problem. either way He had his suspension revalved with Race Tech valve emulators and sprung for a 180lb rider. I took it for a spin, and at that very moment wished that I too had bought the KDX220 instead of my KX250 and just had the suspension done and added a Vforce reed block, fmf gnarly and Q, ands a set of Dunlop MX31s.It would have saved me $2000 in mods I made to my KX250 to accomplish the same thing. But in all honesty, my KX will destroy that KDX, but his KDX sure is fun to ride and way better than it was stock.

But like I was saying about the upgrade...
Yes: an inverted fork is a more modern design and more adjustable, the spring rate from any KX is probably closer to the shock on the KDX

 price though is what I'm debating

Stock KDX revalve with valve emulators and springs cost him $550

set of KX forks with clamps and a front wheel used on ebay will run about $400-500+, then the revalvin to match up both ends another $300+/-

So really I suppose it's one of those "eyes of the beholder" things

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General Two Stroke Talk / KDX 200 or a KTM 200

« on: April 11, 2012, 02:00:23 PM »

my point to the fork upgrade statement I made was that you can put a better fork on the bike, but you're gonna have to re spring and revalve both ends to get it to work right, so the swap in itself is not really an upgrade.

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Technical / Is this too lean?

« on: April 10, 2012, 04:25:38 PM »

post pics

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General Two Stroke Talk / KDX 200 or a KTM 200

« on: April 10, 2012, 04:22:49 PM »

On your find, The KX fork "upgrade" is only an upgrade if the fork is from a 2002 up. And rarely, if ever, is the stock KX fork spring rate going to co inside with the stock KDX shock spring rate, nor will the valving at either end. You're going to have to find a suspension guy that really knows his shit to balance that thing out.
Also, you may be getting snookered on the OS tank, the stocker holds almost 3 gallons. IMS does make one that holds 3.4 and comes with it's own shrouds, here's a link to a pic of it
http://www.imsproducts.com/Backgrounds/110shadow.png
My buddy's KDX220 will get about 80 miles on the stock tank, and that's at race pace.


It sounds like a good find, just make sure you get the stock parts with it in the deal.

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Technical / Boyesen Rad Valve VS V-force 3

« on: April 10, 2012, 03:55:21 PM »

I run a Vforce on my 07 KX250 awesome improvement everywhere over stock
but from everything I've ever read or heard, the Rad Valve is the way to go for a CR125. Major improvements everywhere especially if you're running the FMF fatty and powercore2, re jetting is almost always required, but can be obtained through FMF website that works spot on with the RV at sealevel

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General Two Stroke Talk / KDX 200 or a KTM 200

« on: April 09, 2012, 12:05:25 AM »

The KDX is pretty much bullet proof, but in the used bike market is more likely going to need the most work to make ridable in that price range.
The KTM is a solid woods weapon as well, quite a bit more modern design, but also in that price range is gonna have to be a late 90's early 2000s model that will probably be a clapped out turd.
So with the entry budget as low as it is, I would suggest the KDX, due to the ease of finding parts and the lower cost of parts replacement.

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Open Forum / how old are you?

« on: April 08, 2012, 11:56:02 PM »

almost 40
took my first ride on a motorcycle at 2
first solo ride at 12
started riding regularly at 27 when I  got my first clapped out 1990 YZ250. I've been a fan and Moto tech junkie my whole overly protected by my mother life. And Have a collection of Dirt Bike and MXA mags at my folks that runs from the early 80s to 1992. And now boast a collection of MXA, Dirt Bike, and Dirt Rider rags that run from 95-current.
I was very serious about BMX, freestyle, freeride dirtjumping in my teens and early 20s so the transition was pretty easy for me.
I now have my youngest son involved in riding at 9.
The only 4stroke I own is a Suzuki DR650 dual sport.

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Technical / Yz fork thing

« on: March 19, 2012, 09:08:24 AM »

mew too

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General Two Stroke Talk / YZ 125 Daytona Supercross Ricky Renner

« on: March 10, 2012, 04:21:49 AM »

everytime he comes into the frame the cut to a different view

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General Two Stroke Talk / YZ 125 Daytona Supercross Ricky Renner

« on: March 09, 2012, 08:03:45 PM »

lets see some racing action!!!!

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Technical / 2012 250sx sparkly oil

« on: March 09, 2012, 03:16:45 PM »

what you are seeing are particles of aluminum from the clutch plates, switch to steel plates and you won't see them anymore.

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Technical / Help with 101 on 2 strokes

« on: March 06, 2012, 08:47:33 PM »

funny stuff rufus