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Originally Posted by gscx  why wouldnt you do that to a bike like a 450 instead, that would be a bad looking bike |
Why the XR?
The XR is a proven long distance runner that needs minimal maintainence to keep the thing running.
Yes the XR has faults, I new that going in!
I can jump on the XR and run 250 miles on Saturday and turn around and do it on Sunday without changing the oil and shimming the valves.
The CRF line needs maintenance every 12 hours of operation unlike the XR which can go 40 hours with only an oil change.
I can go out and buy any new bike I want, but I wanted to get my hands dirty on this build and it was simple economics.
I build the bike to run without having to wrench on it after every ride.
I bought the bike for $300, I sold both rims, forks and triple for just under $1000.00 on ebay and this was the starting cash for the motor build.
Here is what she looked like when I got the XR, it did run but had a bad rod so I pulled the motor and shipped out the crank for a rebuild.
I turned around and put that money into performance mods for the engine.
426cc wiesco piston set, X-Rods Crank, Stage 2 Hot Cam, Edelbrock Pumper carb, FMF Power Core Header, Kibble White Valves and Springs, 3 angle valve job, ported and polished head, 200 watt Ricky stator and a High Rev CDI.
Here is what the motor looked like after my first build, all powder coated and pretty.
I performed all the engine work myself except the crank build, porting and valve cutting.
I have been buying bikes and parting them out on ebay to pay for the Sumo project which has gotten quite expensive towards the end of the build.
Over the past year I have been doing a whole bunch of reading on the XR400, finding out what works and what does not and I tried to put the best of the best in the motor and suspension.
The bike is still a work in progress and I thank you for all of the kind words on the build, I have a few more tricks up my sleave for this bike and I will show them to you when there done.
Thanks again!