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CrazyPollock
03-29-2012, 10:05 PM
...i forgot to snap a pic before i started >_<
... my hunny bought this machine for me as a birthday present, for a whopping total of $50, bent forks, no rear fenders, not running, and with tires so dry rotted you could push your hand right through the sidewalls... a little carb cleaner, and she was running again. got some used knobbies for 40 at the local mc yard, and turned the fork tubes out- and our first 200x was rideable. (and don't worry i repaid his gift on christmas with his own titled 200x and again this last march with an 86 250r XD )

... Now that we live at the shop, there couldn't be a better opportunity to do 'er right.
here's the progress so far...

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here she is motor out- lookin pretty hollow
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..and the motor, the bike did sit for a long time before we bought it, i'm betting on it needing a new piston
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red scotch brite is your friend, shiny is your enemy.
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I stripped the frame where the chips were to deep to sand out... 320 is also your friend
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started the slow process of stripping the decals of the tank. i'll have to remove the adhesive with laquer thinner later
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and here's the frame still hanging in the booth.... and that crazy painter guy. painted it with ppg, lol it's the same black as on a 1999 toyota landcruizer.... you would not believe how many different kinds of black there are >_<

...and as of this moment my hardware is in a case tumbler, being cleaned and pollished :)
hunny also got me new plastics for this b-day, and i hope to get all the neccicary engine parts this payday
... and send my dg exaust off to get cerama-chromed :)

...anyone else ever used that ceramachrome? i know it works great for headers on cars, anyone ever do it to a bike/trike/quad?

vonlindheim
03-31-2012, 10:32 PM
trike looks great. i tore mine apart and made it an autox for my son. you went farther than i did with the frame. that trike will last forever with your attention :)

CrazyPollock
04-05-2012, 03:26 PM
Done a few more things this week...
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ground the paint out of the dents
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... Ready for pins...
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all mudded up, and ready to be knocked back down

mohadib
04-07-2012, 04:00 AM
That frame looks nice. I think your hubby got the better end of the deal with the 86 250r! Whereabouts in Colorado are y'all. I'm in the Parker/Castle Rock area, always looking for more ATC lovers to ride with.

CrazyPollock
04-08-2012, 09:46 PM
We're up in Conifer, off highway 285. We're hoping to plan a trip to the Walden dunes sometime this summer. It would be way too cool to get a bunch of ATC guys together for it!

mohadib
04-09-2012, 12:03 AM
Please send me a PM or email (jdavis@openactive.org) when you go!

CrazyPollock
04-09-2012, 12:51 PM
....made new logos for it, might use 'em might not....
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