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JimYZ250 · Jun 14, 2015

Howdy folks, been a while, I have moved to my first place and haven't set up wifi yet!

And FINALLY I have something Dirtbike related to talk about!

So my bro Illy picked up this nasty overpriced YZ125 2004 for £1350 (around $2100) and I took 1 look at it and decided to completely strip for him and rebuild.

Here she is....

The air filter was the dirtiest I've ever seen and the gearbox oil drain bolt was seized on... as was pretty much every bolt on this dam bike. It's never been maintained at all.

So before work begun, get the full english in minus the black pudding and mushrooms:

It begins:

Nasty frame

Updates to follow

Jim

JimYZ250 · Jun 14, 2015

Almost stripped

Bang:

Thumbs up with the oily thumb

Stay tuned for more over the next fortnight

Jim

PALMER84ONE · Jun 14, 2015

Damn sweet Jimmy! I knew you had it in you to be banging it up!
Looks like a good score, but yah, pricy in UK.
I am hoping to get around that for the 01 125 I just almost finished. Hanging out in AZ this weekend, should be back to CA on Tuesday!!!
Keep wrenching.

PALMER84ONE · Jun 14, 2015

Almost done.

SRAD97750 · Jun 14, 2015

Great to see you! Nice work on the YZed! -BIG DAN

AdamRides87 · Jun 15, 2015

PALMER84ONE:
View attachment 26610
Almost done.

Looking much better! That was a nasty frame damn!

kidworx · Jun 15, 2015

Sweet progress, can't wait to see the final beauty.

Mihylo33 · Jun 15, 2015

2strokesteve89 · Jun 15, 2015

Hey Jimbo, nice project, I agree with Gary, a little spendy, however the main thing is you'll have a nice bike when finished. Keep the updates coming.

MikeinFresno · Jun 15, 2015

if you paint it orange and get some KTM stickers it will go faster

PALMER84ONE · Jun 15, 2015

MikeinFresno:
if you paint it orange and get some KTM stickers it will go faster

And it will break more often, cost more to fix, and you'll turn Jenner like 85% of the people that ride orange. But hey, you'll still have a dick, with nice, nice tits...

MikeinFresno · Jun 15, 2015

Life in the fast lane

PALMER84ONE · Jun 16, 2015

MikeinFresno:
Life in the fast lane

Guaranteed to loose your mind.

ossagp · Jun 16, 2015

PALMER84ONE:
And it will break more often, cost more to fix, and you'll turn Jenner like 85% of the people that ride orange. But hey, you'll still have a dick, with nice, nice tits...

You scare me more all the time Palmer.

JimYZ250 · Jun 17, 2015

If the words 'Keep Taking Money' are mentioned in my thread one more time I will hunt you down. That goes for the word 'Orange' to. Bloody wankers :wink:

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