The current Yamaha 200 project *Update 1-08-06*

[YTM200BOY]

VERY VERY nice work Fox you know i have a similar bike the EK "crank shaft" i have run into some problems but hay ill figure em out soon i think its the carb.. i dont have a choke anymore. It broke so it wont start in the cold.. i am pretty sure thats my prob.. Well congrats on the great looking bike!!1 Ohh yeah and about the carb advise you gave me a while back thank you again it stopped leaking :} thanks again Fox and congrats.

[thefox]

Wow mate,congrats on the bike....
I am looking purchasing a trike similar to this(YTM200es..).

I have some questions:
Are the wheels galvanised or painted??If galvinised,how much $ was this to get done...

Also,was the frame sandblasted?

Cheers mate.

The wheels and frame were wire brushed and painted, the frame was done in Rust-Oleum black by brush and the wheels were done with Rust-Oleum spray paint. Since I started the project I now have access to a sandblaster and automotive paint so I will go that route on my next project. lol I keep looking at it and thinking I can do a better job and am tempted to tare it down and redo it (ok, maybe not that tempted).

[350x'inNY]

As for the ERN I was thinking of doing a YTM summer swap, I leave mine at your place and bring your's back, I am not planning on getting my own project this summer so I will need something to work on.


You just know that my project trike is nicer then your's now . Go buy yourself some brakes .

Yeah.... that sounds cool.... I also have enough parts form that 200ERN I got from MIK6 to build a second one.

Hey Joe.... don't forget to get a new chain/sprockets to go with those brakes! hahaha

[sideshow_bob]

Hey mate,that frame and those wheels look sweet to me.....So do you get a nice finish with brush paint??I have some barbecue paint,but I don't know if that would do the job....

Cheers.

[thefox]

Hey mate,that frame and those wheels look sweet to me.....So do you get a nice finish with brush paint??I have some barbecue paint,but I don't know if that would do the job....

Cheers.

I am happy with how the frame turned out, you can tell it has been painted it you look at it closely but it seems to hold up well. For the wheels the rears were rusted up pretty good so they have some pitting under the paint so I am curious as to how they will hold up.

Yeah.... that sounds cool.... I also have enough parts form that 200ERN I got from MIK6 to build a second one.

Yeah then I could just hop on the motocycle and ride over to go riding, save on some gas money and not have to borrow my dads car. And I could get more done on your Yami if I work on it more then a couple of hours every few months lol.

[350x'inNY]

Sweet..... guess I'll have to wait til TF'07 for the "Cool Yellow Banana" to debut. hehhehe

Thanks man!
Bruce

[edog]

Very nice!
How much time and money did you spend on the 200e?

[sideshow_bob]

Thanks for the speedy answers..

The engine side covers,did you paint those,or did they come painted...

Cheers

[thefox]

The side covers came black and they cleaned up well so I don't bother repainting them, the head was black but had a lot of chips in the paint so I repainted it. For the head and cylinder I cleaned them as well as I could and then let the cylinder soak in some degreaser and then power washed them both. After they were cleaned I scrubbed them with some steel wool and wiped them down and painted with some high temp. engine paint.
In the process of finding the noise it was making I ended up using another cylinder which isn't as clean so I will have to do something to it now that it is on the trike.