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5/25/2018 4:51pm
I always wanted to do a bike build, but certainly don't have the resources that some of these posters do, either way there is something entertaining in watching a crusty dirk bike turn clean. So I found (what I thought) was a good deal, and the process goes as follows. Guy I bought it from said it sat, in the garage unused for 6 years, registration showed it's last year in 2012.
2006 CRF450R $1000. "ran great before the piston wore out, all it needs is a new piston and cylinder" As I have, and you will now find out, that was far from all it needed, but I was determined to do this.
Ill try to keep this short.
tore it all down to the frame and cleaned a bunch of stuff, in no particular order this is what we have...
hungry chain damage
this bolt was toast, had to get creative to remove it
the exhaust was unusually light, a quick tap on it revealed it had its packing completely removed. I can imagine myself not being friends with this bikes previous owner
the amount of missing and/or wrongly used bolts and fasteners on this bike was unreal! Here is a non matching bolt for the cam.
you could do this, or just buy the $3 replacement part. Luckily the head wasn't the damaged part.
They used that new sanded grease for the bearings here I guess, but surprisingly they cleaned right up
Chromed out frame before and cleaned up brushed look after
Before and after carb stuff
new cylinder, piston, intake valves, and its all back together
some random cleaned parts
broken rear brake cylinder
and the ultimate sign of negligence, the lone grip on the bars was a Yamaha grip...
After all my parts I had to order I am at about $1000 for the bike and $1000 in parts, there were so many missing parts, got tons from Partzilla, and a few from ebay, even a full Yosh RS2 exhaust with titanium header for only $100.
Here I am putting it all back together, started right up, ran great should need some minor carb adjustments, I didn't want to spend more money on plastics and graphics till I could break it in and knew it was a solid bike.
Enjoy
2006 CRF450R $1000. "ran great before the piston wore out, all it needs is a new piston and cylinder" As I have, and you will now find out, that was far from all it needed, but I was determined to do this.
Ill try to keep this short.
tore it all down to the frame and cleaned a bunch of stuff, in no particular order this is what we have...
hungry chain damage
this bolt was toast, had to get creative to remove it
the exhaust was unusually light, a quick tap on it revealed it had its packing completely removed. I can imagine myself not being friends with this bikes previous owner
the amount of missing and/or wrongly used bolts and fasteners on this bike was unreal! Here is a non matching bolt for the cam.
you could do this, or just buy the $3 replacement part. Luckily the head wasn't the damaged part.
They used that new sanded grease for the bearings here I guess, but surprisingly they cleaned right up
Chromed out frame before and cleaned up brushed look after
Before and after carb stuff
new cylinder, piston, intake valves, and its all back together
some random cleaned parts
broken rear brake cylinder
and the ultimate sign of negligence, the lone grip on the bars was a Yamaha grip...
After all my parts I had to order I am at about $1000 for the bike and $1000 in parts, there were so many missing parts, got tons from Partzilla, and a few from ebay, even a full Yosh RS2 exhaust with titanium header for only $100.
Here I am putting it all back together, started right up, ran great should need some minor carb adjustments, I didn't want to spend more money on plastics and graphics till I could break it in and knew it was a solid bike.
Enjoy
owner for being such and idiot.
The Shop
One bit of advice that could go a long way and prevent possible future headaches and this would apply to most CRF owners is to swap out the 2 oil filter cover bolts for titanium. The soft stock bolts especially the long one loves to twist off and snap inside case threads. I did the same with my engine and tranny drain bolts, but that's more preference.
Took it out for a test and the forks leak like crazy, so I should have just done them before like I intended, I guess haste does make waste. I think its solid enough I can get some red plastic back on and a decent graphics kit!
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