Vintage motorsports first resto finished out of the new shop !!

[honda200x1987]

Mike, hope you have healed up since your accident, do you have a latest resto for us to drool over?

[vintagemotorsports]

Thanks yup im all healed up and back at it full bore. still have very little hearing in my right ear but I have gotten used to it plus when my wife is yapping at me i can just turn to that ear and all is good (LOL). yes lots and lots of projects going right now in the shop alot of vintage MX stuff and some really rare one off bikes like a factory HRC rs600 flat track bike 1 of 10 built by HRC. and a ultra rare 68 Suzuki RH67 MX bike one of 6 known to exist. I do have some three wheelers going a 86 250r , a 74 ATC90 and a tiger 500, here are some bikes on the lifts now 86 cr125 and a 1980 CR80, I will get some pics of the 3 wheelers when they progress. Thanks for checking in . Mike

[atc007]

Truly just amazing. That was no joke what you went through. Most would be thanking their lucky stars to be alive,or able to speak. Too mention walk,,,too mention build these perfect masterpieces! Great to see you back at full song Mike !

[Darius1502]

Thanks yup im all healed up and back at it full bore. still have very little hearing in my right ear but I have gotten used to it plus when my wife is yapping at me i can just turn to that ear and all is good (LOL). yes lots and lots of projects going right now in the shop alot of vintage MX stuff and some really rare one off bikes like a factory HRC rs600 flat track bike 1 of 10 built by HRC. and a ultra rare 68 Suzuki RH67 MX bike one of 6 known to exist. I do have some three wheelers going a 86 250r , a 74 ATC90 and a tiger 500, here are some bikes on the lifts now 86 cr125 and a 1980 CR80, I will get some pics of the 3 wheelers when they progress. Thanks for checking in . Mike

Mike glad to see you are back and doing well. Those are some amazing CR's are you are working and everything you do is just flat out incredible. I'd love to spend days looking at those photos...

Great stuff!!

What are some of newest projects?

[Dirtcrasher]

Great to hear your AOK Mike!!

As usual, your work you do is shocking, it is simply amazing; What talent!!

[Rigaman]

When you restore a bike like one of those CRs, do you use mostly nos parts? Restoring some parts are pretty hard to get looking perfect. The airbox.. Swingarms usually have dents or dings. Also, lots of hardware usually gets marred up on some of these old bikes.

[vintagemotorsports]

the only thing on the crs that we replaced with new is the plastic everything else is factory original parts that i reworked to new , things like that swingarm on the 86 cr125 that was all chipped and dinged up I literally have 5-6 hours of sandng putting the correct brushed finish back on it , same with the lower fork legs , all of the hardware is original just cleaned polished and replated , you cany buy much of anything nos for these bikes so everything needs to be reworked . Lots and lots of labor thats all.

[honda200x1987]

Those CR's look truly amazing and the 86 250R restorations never get old, I look forward to seeing more. Glad to see you back on the forum.

[Taiser]

Truly, truly impressive! LOVE your shop! You have the same compressor I have! I also love your metal lathe! How much use do you get out of it? I'm debating whether it's worth getting one for myself.

[Rigaman]

That 125 swingarm looks amazing. It looks better than new from the factory. To me.. One of the most important things to a restoration is the hardware. It has to be right. Its hard cause alot of bikes have different hardware mixed up all over. Or the hardware is all stripped and beat up. I have been having a rough time finding a place to plate my hardware. Not many people will do it.

What about the rims and spokes? Those cr125 rims look perfect too. It all looks perfect, but rims are so hard to get right.

[ONEBAD350X]

That is very nice work.. Congrats on the new shop, I hope many more builds are to come!

[jsmay]

Just wondering where you got that number plate? Looks similar to the dc plastics tecate one.. Thanks Jason