Projects

I have Been bobbered to death now so putting some apes and sorting out the rear soon. Going to lose the indicators for an easy rider look She is pretty clean though and oh so comfy on the ol apes.

Bought the bike towards the end of the riding season this year for 750. Had 6000 or so miles on it (odometer was not on the bike had broken off) rode about 1000 miles and now its time to fix it up and do some modifications. List of mods and work for the winter: Fork seals Oil change Fix leak on bottom of pan new valve cover gasket clean everything french rear tail light and relocate license plate paint fenders, tank, wheels gloss black paint motor wrinkle black powdercoating all chrome, aluminum and some other parts bronze black clubman bars bar end mirrors black and bronze grips wrap exhaust digital speedo new turn signals led pods for headlights …

Hi guys. Posted on the welcome page and just thought id start off my post today. This morning me and some friends drove up to Nottingham to pick up my new bike. I got her off an ebay add last week. Here she stands - 1999 (first regged 03) Yamaha WR400 As you can see theres quite a few missing parts (mainly the barrel and cylinder head), However she has YZF450 Cams and ive been told was over 52hp when she blew. (the barrel cracked so the guy started to break her) Box of engine parts and boots and tyres the previous owner gave me with the bike Came with a spare set of black plastics too. So current plan is to rebuild engine check gearbox (f…

Very impressed with some projects on here with the LC`s. Sure most you guys know about it..thought would just let everyone know anyway. http://rdlccrazy.proboards.com/

Hi I'm Paul, new here from Ripon North Yorks. My Thunderace was bog standard when I bought it First job polished the rims and fit a stubby can Then disaster..knocked off by an old bloke and insurance declared bike a right off (paint damage) so bought it back, bought another frame and decided to do some modifications Got an R1 5PW rear Which will require subframe alteration So the cutting bending and head scratching started TIG welded Mock up getting ready for paint And a new shock off a ZX12R with Ducati dog bones Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have had the Suzi for a couple of months now and did contemplate starting a thread here when the option appeared but didn't want to upset the purist Yami fan's. That said I thought s0d it. It is a bike after all

hi bought a jog r for work and back just to find out it needs a top end ive ripped engine out and head and got to the barrel but now I cant remove it anyone know any tricks its proper stuck lol

Call me crazy but my 3rd DT is on the way...arrives tomorrow. Has no compression. Will see what happening once motor is out.

This is my first bike, bought it 18 months ago, real beauty, use it for work commute in London. After a year, felt it was time to change a few things, total newb to rebuilds. No skills so no chance to replicate some of the amazing mods dedicated people in this forum are doing on their bikes... My bike must have been running lean(?) as the temp was enough to eat away at the exhaust in the back pot, clutch needed changing (difficult to find neutral) and a few other things. Was I correct to assume it was running lean? Here are a few photos with some of the parts and compare to original. Not worried about resale value and original condition... Much... Cha…

Yes peeps, it's been a few months since I had something new to play with, this FJ1100 was actually a freebie from the same guy I bought my FJ1200 from, story goes that it had its running gear pinched for a trike project and the rest was stored until I was given it many years later. I have already sourced an engine and most of the missing parts from a donor FJ I split for parts last month, I do like the smaller front fairing though

I have a couple of projects running simultaneously but the RaZoR is the main show. Other projects are mainly to relieve the frustration when this build is stalled. Back in the day I was seduced from the four-stroke mainstream by LC and then RZ Yamahas. I followed on with later iterations of Yamaha's two-stroke, twin cylinder offerings but the '83 RZeds are my alltime favourite bike. Exciting to ride, simple to work on - what more does anyone need? It turns out that what you want can become more important than needs. To that end I have started to build my ultimate homage to the RZ. Same looks, but tidied up some, and more horsepower. The starting point:…

Hello and welcome to my build thread of my DT125 Ive actually jumped in a little late to be putting this up as the project is close to being finished as in a good day on her and shell be done now Right the bike when i first bought it The first thing i noticed which i am still very curious about is what was ground off the frame under the tank ? The frame is a 2004 Whatever it was it looks like he was very hasty to get rid of it as hed also cut into the oil tank abit. Hopefully wasnt much important if he thought he didnt need it Second of all i thought i best check out the frame number as you couldnt really see it under th…

Well, here goes... my first rebuild project. She's in a sad state as illustrated by the photos. I've had this bike over ten years, and (with the help of my dad) had taken the engine off the frame to fix the clutch because it was seized... plus I took the head off (don't remember why as I've slept since then, but it does look like there's some scoring on the piston). That was a long time ago and as you can see it's still in pieces... so I'm now picking up where I left off. I'm a complete newbie bike mechanic, but I figure what better way to get to know my bike? Hopefully you all don't mind me pestering you for help along the way since my pops can't help me because I don't …

Hi guys a friends work mate had a crash on his dt125r and bent the forks so I went and had a look it sounded all good looked rough but sounded good would tick over tho but I took the gamble and brought it:) it's a 1998 dt125r 3bn 8months m.o.t and 8months tax £450 got it home have it a clean and ordered some new forks off flea bay witch the left fork leg witch came was shagged :/ so had to use the bent forks internals got it all up and running still couldn't get it to tick over tho (air mix screw was sized) so I went for a ride and it rode like a bag off shiiiite got home whipped off the exhaust it was fully restricted and had been for a long long time had to take the po…

I have an '87 RZ350 that I've had since 1987. I have a long build thread on another forum, so I'm not going to repeat everything. Sorry, just too much to repeat the 35 pages that I've already typed in. I'm the second owner of the bike. The first owner of the bike was a squid that had no respect for motorcycling. I think he was pissed up when he side swiped a tree with the bike. I bought it as a partial basket case. The frame had a missing section (where the kickstand used to be). The engine didn't work - the stator and rotor were screwed. The front bodywork was all smashed. It was a mess. I didn't even know if the front of the frame was straight. …

Well here is my first ever project, bought myself a 1990 DTR frame. My plan is to convert it into a supermoto (may not happen considering DTX wheels are hard to find) have it with a white powdercoated frame, swingarm and fork legs. then maybe have a secondary colour of red or blue, undecided yet. Well here goes Starting off with a poorly painted frame by the previous owner, apparently it was one of his projects which he gave up with after being unable to find a wiring loom and needing money to get a new engine for his car as his current one had shat itself. Amazing how you can post something so large from London to South East Wales for only £15!!! Even got the frame…

I'm am looking for advice on what exhaust to get for the XT I looked at the arrow exhaust but I don't like the size of the end can does anyone know where I might get a more modern looking exhaust.

Hi I'm a recent buyer of a 05 xt 660 x, they're very jumpy at the bottom end! Anyone have any mods/upgrades to remedy this, or any good mods in general? Any help would be greatly appreciated from this supermoto newbie!! Live to ride - Ride to live

Hi all This is going to be my DT LC thread. Let me introduce you the bike. Model: Yamaha DT LC 50 CC YEAR: 1997 Currently have: Cylinder Italkit 100cc Carburetor oko 28 PowerJet Wheels 17" SuperMotard Exhaust Firebox / DTR e.t.c Hope you like my bike

i ordered cobra drag pipes for my 1300 v star what do i need to do next,since its fuel injected how do i jett or fix the fuel ratio