chad.bakken
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Hello. I put up an introduction post a while ago and got nothing soooo... Here's my build thread.
It started with a phone call. A buddy said he had bought a 2009 CRF450 and stole the engine for him J&M framer. I asked about the roller and he all but gave it to me. So there I was, with a complete 450 roller and no reason to have it.
I have raced hare scrambles since I was 4 years old and always had a dirt bike around. About three years ago I caught the flat track bug and bought a XR100 set up for the Maddog class. I out grew that quickly and moved to a '74 Rickman framer with a '73 CR250 Elsinore engine. There isn't much racing here in Va and I decided to sell the Rickman and get another regular dirt bike.
Then this roller showed up.
I raced the XR in the Maddog class along with the 0-200cc class. I like the 0-200 so decided to still with that class. I found a 1995 CR125 that was blown up and picked it up for a song.
I stripped out the engine and put the rest out back behind the shed
Once I had the engine out it and knew what I needed to do I needed to work on the suspension done before I could figure out the engine. I found a set of '87 gxsr750 forks for cheap and got to work.
I took the 450 triple clamps and 750 clamps. I pressed both stems out and had to machine the clamps. After machining and honing I pressed the 450 stem into the 750 clamps.
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It started with a phone call. A buddy said he had bought a 2009 CRF450 and stole the engine for him J&M framer. I asked about the roller and he all but gave it to me. So there I was, with a complete 450 roller and no reason to have it.
I have raced hare scrambles since I was 4 years old and always had a dirt bike around. About three years ago I caught the flat track bug and bought a XR100 set up for the Maddog class. I out grew that quickly and moved to a '74 Rickman framer with a '73 CR250 Elsinore engine. There isn't much racing here in Va and I decided to sell the Rickman and get another regular dirt bike.
Then this roller showed up.
I raced the XR in the Maddog class along with the 0-200cc class. I like the 0-200 so decided to still with that class. I found a 1995 CR125 that was blown up and picked it up for a song.
I stripped out the engine and put the rest out back behind the shed
Once I had the engine out it and knew what I needed to do I needed to work on the suspension done before I could figure out the engine. I found a set of '87 gxsr750 forks for cheap and got to work.
I took the 450 triple clamps and 750 clamps. I pressed both stems out and had to machine the clamps. After machining and honing I pressed the 450 stem into the 750 clamps.
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