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I am waiting on parts for the savage shown in the previous post, so I have decided to put a little time and money into rebuilding this 96 CR125 motor and putting it up for sale as a shifter kart motor.  The motor came from a bike that I bought and decided to part out.

The bore is stock and the cylinder still had the cross-hatches in it, so I re-honed it and installed a new piston and gasket kit.  These have been going for a lot on ebay so hopefully it will be worth the time, money, and effort I have put into rebuilding and cleaning it.

Update 5/4/10:  I sold the Motor.  Thanks to all who were interested.

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Last weekend I had the opportunity to buy this beauty.  Its a 97 Suzuki Savage with 29k miles and a clear title.  It needs a few things, but for the price I paid for it, I figured it will be a fun build.  I don’t normally have any interest in cruisers whatsoever, but this may be fun to ride around on for a while and then put it up for sale.

First things first, it needs a head gasket.  The previous owner made me aware of this before buying.  I didn’t think that would be a big deal, but when I got a service manual for it, I was disappointed to find out that the motor has to be removed from the frame in order to remove the head.

Also, I was told that it needs a clutch.  Well I assumed that meant it had “worn out” plates or a basket and not “the clutch assembly was stolen off the bike then the cover was put back on”  So I have sourced a used clutch assembly and a few other things that are on the way.

Other items it needs are:

• Gaskets for the clutch cover, stator cover, head, valve cover, and cylinder
• Speedometer cable
• Battery
• Starter solenoid

There are probably a few other things I am forgetting, but ill get to those later.

If anyone is interested in buying it when its complete and restored, contact me.

Edit:  I lost interest in the project and sold it to a friend.  He has finished it and you can see how it looks in the final picture.  I think I will stick to dirt bikes!

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Its been a long time since an update, and I have been having a hard time finding any project bikes.  I think that may change soon, as I have plans to pick up a bike this Friday.

Since I loved the recent 06 yz 250f that I just rebuilt and sold, I decided to try to find one for myself.  I ran a Craigslist ad offering my RMz 450 for trade on a 250f or just as a cash sale.  I had little response for about a week, but I finally got a call from someone offering me a 2009 yz 25of as an even trade for my 450.  Since this was pretty much exactly what I was looking for, I jumped on it and bid farewell to el toro the elbow mangler (my 450).

After looking the bike over, it has some minor cosmetic blemishes, but mechanically its sound.  The chain, sprockets, brake pads and front tire are all original.  This tells me it has low hours.  I’m guessing around 30 since the drive train shows little wear.  This bike is completely stock from the ground up.  Even has the original bars and grips on it.  Here is the list of goodies that I have ordered so far:

• All new blue plastics plus white number plates. (polisport kit)
• 2 sets of one industries graphics.
• Custom printed name/number plates.
• lexx tunable exhaust slip-on with mid-pipe.
• 4.9kg/mm Titanium shock spring.  (standard on 09′s is a steel spring that is 1.5lbs heavier)
• #40 leak jet.  (helps eliminate the bog coming off idle that seems to be standard on 250f’s)
• SenDec hour meter/tach.

And here are the mods I have either done or am planning to do:

• Re-jetting carb to get better throttle response and to match new pipe.
• Re-shimmed valves since they were on the borderline of being too tight.
• Dropping bike off early next week with Dave @ fastbikeindustries.com to suspension serviced, re-sprung, sag set, and tuned.

Here is what it looked like when I brought it home:

More to come soon.  I am anxiously awaiting for my parts to arrive!

Update 2/7/10:

Over the weekend, I stripped the bike down and did some cleaning and installed the new leak jet, hour meter, cleaned the air filter, and just went over everything while doing some cleaning.  I got all new plastics and graphics but I am still waiting on my custom-printed name and number plates to arrive, so I will post up new pics when I get them installed.

That’s it for now.  I’m dropping it off tomorrow morning to get my suspension tuned so I’ll probably post pics of the final build on Tues or Wed.

Update 2/14/2010:

I picked up the bike last Wednesday from Dave @ Fast Bike Industries.  He replaced all the bushings and seals in the forks and also dialed in the suspension for my weight.  He set the static and rider sag for both the front and rear with me on the bike wearing my gear in order to get it as accurate as possible.  His work is top-notch and I recommend him to anyone looking for suspension work for either off-road or street.  His website is www.fastbikeindustries.com

I also got my graphics + custom-printed number plate graphics installed.  Here are a few pics:

I am ready to go ride this thing as soon as the weather gets better.

I installed the new #40 leak jet last night and fired the bike up only to find that it didn’t change anything.  Very frustrating.  So I decided to pull off the rear of the bike and watch the squirt from the accelerator pump.  Turns out, when I twist the throttle, there was absolutely NO squirt.  I Investigated further and pulled the diaphragm out of the bottom of the bowl only to find out that it looked like cauliflower and not a perfect round rubber diaphragm.  As bad as it looked, I am very relieved to finally find the problem.  After a call to a friend who is also a mechanic, I was able to get one today.  I’ll be installing it tonight and hopefully my carb will be squirting some fuel.  Results to follow.

Also,  thanks to all the comments and followers I have been receiving lately.  The site has been growing quickly and every day I check the reports for the site, the hits for that day are a new record.

Update 1/11/10:

The bogging was cured by replacing the diaphragm.  Test rode the bike and it is ready to go.  This bike is already sold and I am delivering it this weekend.  I am currently looking for more project bikes.  I’ll post as soon as I have something to work on.