I snagged this little dirtbike the other day after a bit of Facebook marketplace searching. Mr.E proved his xr200 affectionately named meatwad as a more than capable little trail bike after trying to keep up with him on the Georgia single tracks on my big boned dr650. Irk also got one, and since I'm an easily swayed youth, I had to get on the xr200 train.
This bike will be a race -to- spring beak low budget build, as once completed, it will be hauled from my home in Ohio to its new home on my brother in laws place on his farm in Georgia. It will provide a way to get him riding dirtbikes, as well as being there for me to tool around while I'm there.
The bike came to me from the p.o. not shifting from whatever gear it's in, so exploratory surgery will be in the near future, but I'm guessing a bent shift fork is the culprit, but she is running, on the second kick at that.
The next part will be addressing the under sprung and under damped suspension. In stock form they are well known to be pretty ok for any rider, as long as said rider weighs less than 125 lbs. Out front I'm planning on throwing the xr500r forks and disc brake wheel that I have laying around, and the jury is still out on the rear shock.
So pull up a chair and watch ol Hurcos garage muddle through another project.
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This bike will be a race -to- spring beak low budget build, as once completed, it will be hauled from my home in Ohio to its new home on my brother in laws place on his farm in Georgia. It will provide a way to get him riding dirtbikes, as well as being there for me to tool around while I'm there.
The bike came to me from the p.o. not shifting from whatever gear it's in, so exploratory surgery will be in the near future, but I'm guessing a bent shift fork is the culprit, but she is running, on the second kick at that.
The next part will be addressing the under sprung and under damped suspension. In stock form they are well known to be pretty ok for any rider, as long as said rider weighs less than 125 lbs. Out front I'm planning on throwing the xr500r forks and disc brake wheel that I have laying around, and the jury is still out on the rear shock.
So pull up a chair and watch ol Hurcos garage muddle through another project.
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