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  1. #121
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Bunghole View Post
    People say i`m lazy and crazy as a loon.........cause i get stoned in da morning............i get a drunk in dee afternoon...........and i ain`t askin no body fer nuthin .....if you don`t like the way i`m livin ya just leave this long haired .....ATC King alone !........just rip the carb off it and piss on it.........piss on it !
    The long hair may end soon. Always had a high hair line because of head shape, and it ain't getting no better with age. It's been peeled before, but if I go that route again, I'll compensate with more piercings or head ink. Can't be looking like a politician.

    Pissing in a carb may work, after a night of Wild Turkey Rare Breed.
    The story of three wheels and a man...

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    Fortunately, air cooled engines run on the hotter side and stuck rings are less of a problem, because the engines tend to stay cleaner. Short trips and cold engines let more junk build up in the piston grooves and after sitting, the rings don't want to boogey like they should.

    Still a possibility on any engine, especially with the weaker oil control rings.
    The story of three wheels and a man...

  3. #123
    patriot1 is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    Looks awesome. What all did you have to buy? Replace?

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    I cant keep doing this.
    I dragged home a 200 and a 185s today.
    I stripped the 200 and the was riding the 185 in just a few minutes. I going to flip it as is. I stole all the good parts off the 200 for my Junkyard Dog 200es build.
    Imagine a 1984 200es, stripped down with a 200s front end. the perfect hard tail. I will post up picks of the ultimate hard tail tonight.
    MrC.
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  5. #125
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    185s- got a detail, carb, seat wrap, brakes adjusted and all the stupid stuff taken off its awaiting sale now.
    200- got stripped, gave up the goods for the 200es build. ( more on that in a minute) the 200 had some crazy hacked up mods, I took what I needed, and will part out the rest, I kept it a roller, for move-ability.
    MrC.
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    So, using what I had laying around the shop, I wanted to build the ultimate hard tail, since thats what I have the most of. It had to be a 1984, I wanted reverse, it had to have a good shock type front end, and the 200 I just brought in had a lot of good parts, so starting with the locked up 84 junkyard dog parts bike, I grafted on the 200 front end, fenders and tank, I had to use the trunk and seat from a 200m, I made brackets for the fenders and reused the triangle shaped supports for the rear. The grab bar is from another 200es build and the rack is from the 200, I will need to move the mounts to line up with the wholes already in the fenders and then extend attachment point to meet up. Over all I think it looks factory. The only part missing from this build to truly be the Ultimate is a 200x engine, but may be I can get a 200x cam for it. I also want to get two round LED lights for the front, kind of an off-road baja style. Once I get the rack on, I will blow it apart for paint and detail. The wheels and tires came from the 200, your not going to believe this, the P.O. RVT'ed the 2 piece wheels together mounted them to the axle and aired them up, when I unbolted the wheel from the axle it semi exploded letting all the air out as the RVT let go, there were no bolts holding the two halves together. jeesh some people should never be allowed to hold a wrench.

    MrC.
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    Well the Ultimate hard tail (JYD) is coming along nicely,
    I have really tried to keep this on the cheap
    I found an ignition switch with key in the boneyard from a 84 125m fit the 84 200es dash perfect. I found a brake lever from an old 200m and cable also from the 125m still worked, actually I took the brake shoes too, the 200 front end did not have any.
    As you can see in the pics, I am just about finished with mock up, I have had the fenders on and adjusted, the truck shaved down and fit perfect then it was time for the rack, I liked the smaller rack from the donor 200 instead of the larger 200es rack, I had to cut off off the mounts and lower the 200 rack to fit good with the 200m seat. I think it is a success. Tomorrow, tear it down I will wire wheel finish weld and paint the chassis, the wheels had rust through holes, I have already welded them up ground down and painted them. The 25in tires are way under sized closer to 22'', that's OK I like the shorter tire anyway. You can see I had to break down and buy a muffler its another TS tractor muffler, I weld a washer on the end to finish it off and give it some back pressure. I may put the Big Red front rack on it, I am not sure. I have some round 7 inch L. E. D. lights coming for it. I may just use one like the OG three wheeler's from the 70's

    I may have made a mistake, I have been getting a lot of people asking for some"cheaper" three wheeler's, so I did not "completely redo" the 185s, just got it up and running, fixed the pull rope and set the valves, new carb and wrapped the seat. Its been 2 weeks now and the same people who wanted a cheaper 3 wheeler now want something nicer, jeesh, I guess they want my nice bikes for cheap. That's not going to happen, I will redo the 185 my way and then they can buy it for more or I will keep it, its a blast to ride.

    MrC.
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  8. #128
    patriot1 is offline At The Back Of The Pack Arm chair racerAt the back of the pack
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    You lost me with all the bikes you have involved in this one lol. I got my first stepson today, a Yamaha 225DR. Kinda excited that he joined the fam but I have some raising to do with him.

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    my easy flip, bought a 200x frame with suspension, motor, seat pan for 100 bucks. sold the frame/parts for $150 sold the mystery motor (kicked over) for $150. too bad they aren't all that easy. jim
    81 185s
    82 185s with 85 200s motor
    suspended 185s
    85 atc70
    1984 200s
    85 350x 3rd owner
    and a 72 ct70

    projects coming along

    85 200s
    81 suspended 185s (can't believe I came across 2)
    1982? 185s

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    Yeah the junkyard Dog is quite the mutt, but coming along nicely, Tonight I rewired a new square CDI from Beatrice ATV, mounted the wheels and tires together, started detailing the engine and frame, finish welded the rack and mounts for it. Since these fenders and tank are already painted, I and thinking about repainting them a red I like, then ordering up a set of decals for it. I have never painted fenders so we will see how that goes.

    I got side tracked tonight mounting my new kenda front tire on the new gold rim for the 200x, and the 400ex hubs and gold wheels, tires will be here next week. bling bling, All I can saw is WOW, check that out, Pimp gold wheels on the 200x. Over all with the 400ex hubs and new offset wheels I gain almost 5 inches total width. Also note the new to me chrome headlight guard and matching front brake fluid guard. They both came off the parts bike 200x from the trailer load I got back in January. free bling. I sold that 200x roller for what I paid for the whole load. I am seriously thinking about putting stock 200x wheels on the back of my 250sx, those steel wheels don't do much for the looks department.

    MrC.
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    The only prob with sport atv rims on the 250sx is the drum clearance. If it's off set enough to clear the drum, run em!

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    Working hard.
    Install all balls headset bearings, new L.E.D head light, cleaned up some wiring, final assembled the fenders and rack. And went for a ride in the cool night air.

    Mrc.
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    This could be a big weekend, I just sold the 185s, this was a test, I bought it not running, only made the necessary repairs to get it riding and running proper. I had been asked for less expensive bikes, even some fixer uppers, this was that test, took me 4 weeks to move that unit. not bad considering the state of the world these days. Its off to a good home. I don't think I will do that again. I will finish them my way, they can buy them that way or not.

    The 200m may be going to a new home as well, I have a man driving 2 hrs to get it tomorrow. Lets hope so. not counting my chickens yet. PS2fixr- just for you i put on a new pair of hand grips. lol, that was your first comment to me when I started this thread.

    That will leave only the Ultimate Hardtail Junkyard dog in the "to be sold stable", seems like a good place to take a break, in the second week of school now, things are ramping up. Its been a blast finding and fixing these, I will certainly continue, but not at this break neck pace. As for the JYD retro fitting the 200 fenders and rack was a lot harder to get it right than I thought, I have may be 4 hours into just that part of the build, even with the high cost of fenders, it would have been wiser to source a pair, than to repair these and make then fit. Live and learn.

    And only After 4 months I finally figured out how to change my avatar. ha!
    MrC.
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    Haha, you have to love the feeling of the new Honda handlebar grips =). Not to suggest being miss leading, but hand grip wear is kind of a way to guesstimate the hours on the machine, if it has new grips, then the person has to look at the overall condition more. Your machines seem to always turn out looking good, so that should be a nice little value increaser. Kind of the same logic of looking at the brake pedal of a car to judge if the speedometer rolled over or not (5 number, not the modern 6 number ones). Kind of funny, over 100k miles was a big deal long ago, now every vehicle I buy seems to have 200-300k miles xD.

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    Well good news, It was a busy weekend, Friday I sold the 185 and Saturday I sold the 200m very happy to say the JYD build is almost finished, It should be ready to post for sale by next weekend. I used a set of 200 fenders and front end and tank, they had all been painted, I tried to pressure wash the paint off, but it didn't budge. So I resorted to painting them again, not my first chose but I was committed after working so hard to make them fit.

    What a pain in the butt, restorers have it so much easier than customizer, cars/atv/atc whatever, they are moving puzzles, if you make one change in the chain of parts everything beyond that changed part must be altered. The 200 tank no issue, the 200 forks front fender no issue other than modify the steering stops, but those dang rear fenders, new mounts, different trunk, completely rework the rack, remove all the mounts off the frame/ make new frame mounts, spread the inner most bars of the rack so the trunk will open, raise the seat to match the fenders, I reused the triangle fender supports ( I like those ) just a bunch of work.

    Bottom line
    I would have been money ahead buying the correct fenders, I will not make that mistake again.

    Sh rides great, really could be the best runner yet. I still have some detail work but I think she will bring a good profit, I don't have a lot of cost in parts in this one but close to 15 hours most of which was the rear fenders.
    MrC.
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