Post by thenuttyprofessor on Feb 13, 2011 21:16:54 GMT -5
I originally posted this on another forum but thought it might be something someone here would like to see. I'm not even close to being done. Will it burn up the pavement? Nope but it'll be fun and I'm not Doug Henry or Ben Bostrom so what does it matter. I'll make her as fast as I can and be happy with that.
Part 1
I am now the owner of a Yamaha PW80. No it was not planned or even expected. I walked into the shop and there was this ratty bike I had seen sitting around for a couple weeks. I told the shop mechanic, Mark, about the races in Dublin coming up. He pointed to the ratty bike and talked about it as a Motard then I found out it was his and he really didn't want to mess with it. It needs a piston and maybe a few other things and a major facelift. I looked on Ebay to see how much rebuild parts are going for and I was sold. A Japanese bike with Chinese priced replacement parts. The bike isn't for me...really it's not I bought it for my daughter. I let the smoke out of the regulator on her electric scooter and have been looking for something gas powered for a while and this just fell in my lap. I didn't get any photo's of it but I will and you will see the build up. Yes it's a long term build but it's not a Mid so it belongs here I think. My only worry is it's a 2-smoke and the power is nothing to ignore. I think I'll leave it in first gear and let her ride that for a while. Being semi-auto she'll figure out how to shift that soon enough...the girls like her Daddy she loves speed.
Let's see this is how it's going. I have recovered the seat and was given a brand new rear tire!!!! I've started repainting some of the plastics purple which is her favorite color. I Ebay-ed a Yamaha Genuine piston which is .25 over so I have the bore the cylinder and that's going to be free. The piston was $10! On BikeBandit $50! I then bought rings for $17 off BikeBandit. So I basically got a overbore piston for $27 which is less than half. I'll take luck any day!
Part 2
I'm going to start bead blasting some of the rough parts and use the flash paint technique on the metal stuff. This is taking a lot longer than I thought it would but Dublin comes first right now.
Part 3
Well the rush is on. I decided to get this done for a next to the tree Christmas present. I've stripped the bike down to the nuts and bolts. I've stripped the frame, primed and repainted it with black enamel. The swing arm was stripped then painted. The header was beaded blasted just on the rust spots and then repainted with high heat paint. I should mention all the parts I listed above have been bead blasted also. I took the forks apart and the smell of the fish oil in there would gag a maggot :fudge:!!!! I still need to buy grips, a chain, and pegs and that should be it. I used steel wool to clean up the wheels. Well one. I'll take a photo of the clean one and one of the dirty one to show just how ragged this thing was not that you couldn't tell from the other photo's. I've thrown up a couple quick photo's I took tonight.
Part 4
She's going back together, but I still have to get the bored cylinder which I should get Tuesday. It's hard to see in the photo of the rims but the rim in the back is nasty as hell and the one in the front I used fine steel wool to pretty it up. After that I hit it with enamel paint on the hub and the spokes (Photo of that later). I don't like the crusty old shock but finding one on short notice is out so I cleaned it as best I could and put it back on. The rear swing arm looks nice but the paint isn't going to hold up so in no time I'm going to have to snatch it back off and redo it but that's ok. I need to take the rear rim in and have the new tire put on also. The front will do it's in a lot better shape. Then I'll mount the forks and handle bars. On Tuesday I havae to get a chain and grips too. The grips he'll have the chain...here's hoping. If he doesn't I'll hit Tractor Supply and just get a black one. I want gold for the Christmas :bling2: factor. 12 days and counting.
Part 5
Took the bike to Sport Cycle my buddies shop and he had it idling and running strong in no time. I rode it in the parking lot and First and half of second gear I know she can handle...well almost. Third gear HOLY CRAP!!!! This thing makes me want to put one of these motors in a Mid. Punched way out of course. Ya know what I liked? No timing chain, cams, and all that other crap! It was just so picky about fueling that it was driving me crazy. On a 4 smoke once it's done you have a very wide range you can run at. 2 smokes not so much?
I know she loves speed but this thing might just scare the crap out of her
Part 6
Well she rode it two feet and dumped it and won't get back on right now I guess it's way faster than her electric scooter. So I just jumped on it to throw up a video. I figured out the problem. The d**n mainjet was laying in the bottom of the float bowl when I opened it up! I've never had that happen. I know I tightened the d**n thing! Oh and by the way guys when I was riding in the yard around trees I put my helmet on. All those leaves and sliding around I knew I'd over correct and smack something with the nooggin. One thing though there's not enough power to break the rear loose on tough ground. Loose sand probably?
Part 7
Well it wasn't planned really it wasn't but that's how it's ending up. She won't ride it. She says "Daddy that thing almost killed me I-Am-Not-Getting-On-It-Again!!!!!!!!" So I think I'll start putting parts in it to practice in the dirt first then find parts to Mini-Tard it. But the parts I find will sit in a corner until I have all of them to put on at once. Then there's very little down time for the bike. I also have the X22 I want to build up for the street. That's a build as I find the parts project. I want that to have the X12 body work and a few other street oriented pieces. Swheels I plan on putting your front end mods on it. That bike will be a test bed for ideas. It's easier to test ideas over a long haul if you do it on a street bike in my opinion.
Part 8
Just ordered a new front end for the PW. Going to tard her out. Going from a 14 inch front to a 12 inch front. Now she'll have a 12 front and rear.
Part 9
I am not friggin happy I bought a front end kit for a CRF50 from PCC Motors on Ebay. I expected the forks to be at least as simple as the USD's on my Mid. Hell no! They're sealed! I at least thought I could play with the fork oil levels and add a spacer. I can add oil but only after flushing out the crap they have in there and then guessing at the level. They'll just have to do for now but they are crap! I'm working now but when I get home I'll take so photo's of this crap
Part 10
Made progress. A little welding, drilling, and tapping for a bolt and it feels better turning and braking. The handlebars are out of alignment but I'll get that figured out. It has stopped trying to tuck on me that had to be the lack of play in the steering. I didn't get the bearings right. But I got it now with a lot of riggin. I can touch my knee down with th knobbies on the bike still? I tried the leg out motard style and didn't like it one bit! So far this bike is the best d**n investment I've made in a long time. The front end not so much but I'll just over ride it til I crash.
Part 11
All I need are tires. Well for now. A couple of more Go-Fast and it'll be done for a while. Here are a few photo's. To put the CRF50 front end on I had to use both sets of bearing races and weld them together back to back. But it works very well. It's almost impossible to see in the photo but I tried. I didn't take photo's with it apart and I don't want to do it now. Maybe later. With one disc it doesn't brake like I want but it will do. For those who think one disc is enough I for one will never be a believer. Too much brake makes life so much easier.
Part 1
I am now the owner of a Yamaha PW80. No it was not planned or even expected. I walked into the shop and there was this ratty bike I had seen sitting around for a couple weeks. I told the shop mechanic, Mark, about the races in Dublin coming up. He pointed to the ratty bike and talked about it as a Motard then I found out it was his and he really didn't want to mess with it. It needs a piston and maybe a few other things and a major facelift. I looked on Ebay to see how much rebuild parts are going for and I was sold. A Japanese bike with Chinese priced replacement parts. The bike isn't for me...really it's not I bought it for my daughter. I let the smoke out of the regulator on her electric scooter and have been looking for something gas powered for a while and this just fell in my lap. I didn't get any photo's of it but I will and you will see the build up. Yes it's a long term build but it's not a Mid so it belongs here I think. My only worry is it's a 2-smoke and the power is nothing to ignore. I think I'll leave it in first gear and let her ride that for a while. Being semi-auto she'll figure out how to shift that soon enough...the girls like her Daddy she loves speed.
Let's see this is how it's going. I have recovered the seat and was given a brand new rear tire!!!! I've started repainting some of the plastics purple which is her favorite color. I Ebay-ed a Yamaha Genuine piston which is .25 over so I have the bore the cylinder and that's going to be free. The piston was $10! On BikeBandit $50! I then bought rings for $17 off BikeBandit. So I basically got a overbore piston for $27 which is less than half. I'll take luck any day!
Part 2
I'm going to start bead blasting some of the rough parts and use the flash paint technique on the metal stuff. This is taking a lot longer than I thought it would but Dublin comes first right now.
Part 3
Well the rush is on. I decided to get this done for a next to the tree Christmas present. I've stripped the bike down to the nuts and bolts. I've stripped the frame, primed and repainted it with black enamel. The swing arm was stripped then painted. The header was beaded blasted just on the rust spots and then repainted with high heat paint. I should mention all the parts I listed above have been bead blasted also. I took the forks apart and the smell of the fish oil in there would gag a maggot :fudge:!!!! I still need to buy grips, a chain, and pegs and that should be it. I used steel wool to clean up the wheels. Well one. I'll take a photo of the clean one and one of the dirty one to show just how ragged this thing was not that you couldn't tell from the other photo's. I've thrown up a couple quick photo's I took tonight.
Part 4
She's going back together, but I still have to get the bored cylinder which I should get Tuesday. It's hard to see in the photo of the rims but the rim in the back is nasty as hell and the one in the front I used fine steel wool to pretty it up. After that I hit it with enamel paint on the hub and the spokes (Photo of that later). I don't like the crusty old shock but finding one on short notice is out so I cleaned it as best I could and put it back on. The rear swing arm looks nice but the paint isn't going to hold up so in no time I'm going to have to snatch it back off and redo it but that's ok. I need to take the rear rim in and have the new tire put on also. The front will do it's in a lot better shape. Then I'll mount the forks and handle bars. On Tuesday I havae to get a chain and grips too. The grips he'll have the chain...here's hoping. If he doesn't I'll hit Tractor Supply and just get a black one. I want gold for the Christmas :bling2: factor. 12 days and counting.
Part 5
Took the bike to Sport Cycle my buddies shop and he had it idling and running strong in no time. I rode it in the parking lot and First and half of second gear I know she can handle...well almost. Third gear HOLY CRAP!!!! This thing makes me want to put one of these motors in a Mid. Punched way out of course. Ya know what I liked? No timing chain, cams, and all that other crap! It was just so picky about fueling that it was driving me crazy. On a 4 smoke once it's done you have a very wide range you can run at. 2 smokes not so much?
I know she loves speed but this thing might just scare the crap out of her
Part 6
Well she rode it two feet and dumped it and won't get back on right now I guess it's way faster than her electric scooter. So I just jumped on it to throw up a video. I figured out the problem. The d**n mainjet was laying in the bottom of the float bowl when I opened it up! I've never had that happen. I know I tightened the d**n thing! Oh and by the way guys when I was riding in the yard around trees I put my helmet on. All those leaves and sliding around I knew I'd over correct and smack something with the nooggin. One thing though there's not enough power to break the rear loose on tough ground. Loose sand probably?
Part 7
Well it wasn't planned really it wasn't but that's how it's ending up. She won't ride it. She says "Daddy that thing almost killed me I-Am-Not-Getting-On-It-Again!!!!!!!!" So I think I'll start putting parts in it to practice in the dirt first then find parts to Mini-Tard it. But the parts I find will sit in a corner until I have all of them to put on at once. Then there's very little down time for the bike. I also have the X22 I want to build up for the street. That's a build as I find the parts project. I want that to have the X12 body work and a few other street oriented pieces. Swheels I plan on putting your front end mods on it. That bike will be a test bed for ideas. It's easier to test ideas over a long haul if you do it on a street bike in my opinion.
Part 8
Just ordered a new front end for the PW. Going to tard her out. Going from a 14 inch front to a 12 inch front. Now she'll have a 12 front and rear.
Part 9
I am not friggin happy I bought a front end kit for a CRF50 from PCC Motors on Ebay. I expected the forks to be at least as simple as the USD's on my Mid. Hell no! They're sealed! I at least thought I could play with the fork oil levels and add a spacer. I can add oil but only after flushing out the crap they have in there and then guessing at the level. They'll just have to do for now but they are crap! I'm working now but when I get home I'll take so photo's of this crap
Part 10
Made progress. A little welding, drilling, and tapping for a bolt and it feels better turning and braking. The handlebars are out of alignment but I'll get that figured out. It has stopped trying to tuck on me that had to be the lack of play in the steering. I didn't get the bearings right. But I got it now with a lot of riggin. I can touch my knee down with th knobbies on the bike still? I tried the leg out motard style and didn't like it one bit! So far this bike is the best d**n investment I've made in a long time. The front end not so much but I'll just over ride it til I crash.
Part 11
All I need are tires. Well for now. A couple of more Go-Fast and it'll be done for a while. Here are a few photo's. To put the CRF50 front end on I had to use both sets of bearing races and weld them together back to back. But it works very well. It's almost impossible to see in the photo but I tried. I didn't take photo's with it apart and I don't want to do it now. Maybe later. With one disc it doesn't brake like I want but it will do. For those who think one disc is enough I for one will never be a believer. Too much brake makes life so much easier.
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