I spoke with Troy over at TCR for a good bit before I finally pulled the trigger. I know there's some mixed reviews on turning down the hubs. Also my dad doesn't really know what I'm doing with the bike so I'm excited to show him the finished product on his next visit out to LA. My plan is to have it all put together for the the Wiseco World Two-Stroke Championship race in a few weeks. New Excel spokes on the front and I had replaced the rear spokes as some point in the past, they were in great shape just needed a little cleaning. Going to have the hubs turned down and coated. Took the wheels apart to send off to TCR.
If I do decide to paint it in the future I'll keep the stock pewter color, it has a nice sparkle in the sun and doesn't show as much wear as black IMHO. The paint is in great shape minus the wear on the side, so I decided to leave it as is and give it a good cleaning. I debated for a long time what to do with the frame. Just inspected everything and replaced the crank seals on both sides. Also cleaned up the outside with some green scotch brite pads.Ĭrank was in spec so I didn't split the cases this time around. Went ahead and sent the cylinder off to Eric Gorr to get it replated and the Mo betta porting done. Got to work the motor, here's the piston =x Anyways I had a heck of a time getting the rear axle out, not sure if it was because the bike was run with the bracket like this for who knows how long creating a bind, or maybe the lack of axle grease or combo of the two but it took some PB B'laster, a few hours and many wacks with a rubber a rubber mallet to get it out. I wish I took more pictures, but I did get some pre-tear down pics.Īt some point, someone (me), had taken the rear wheel off and when I put it back on, I didn't slide the the rear brake caliper bracket "groove" into the slot on the swingarm. So I ended up driving the bike from GA to LA in the back of my truck in pieces.
It became pretty clear after a few visits that if I ever really wanted to finish this bike I would need it near me. I figured when I visited my family I could restore it as it would give me something to work on in the evenings. Long story short, he rode it 3 times and hung up his boots.įast forward 13 years - I moved out to Los Angeles and left the bike back home in Georgia. I was 16 at the time ripping around on a 99' YZ125 and thought a 250 two stroke would be an "easy" bike for my pops to hop on and ride with me. Little backstory - around Christmas 2003 I found a brand new RM250 on ebay (from Canada!) and convinced my mom that this would be a worthy Christmas gift for my dad.
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