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I'm still here - work and other things just have been kicking my ass. I've cranked the bike up and ran it a few times to keep the gas fresh in the carb but have not done really anything else with it lately. Hard to believe it's been this many months already without any work on it. Hopefully soon...

Well I got to fartin around in the yard a little too hot and heavy a few weeks ago after doing some carburetor dialing and high sided the bike. Luckily it was fairly low speed and in the grass or it coulda been kinda bad. Tweaked my new handlebars and mangled up my rear sets on each side. Tank...

I have had best luck utilizing a tig welder and a aluminum-bronze or silicon-bronze filler rod. These have a much lower heat temperature and don't require you to actually melt the base metal. Oddly enough, they also work better on A/C when working on mild steel instead of the typical D/C...

Re: Building my own two-stroke "Mongrel" - Inspired by CharlieT & TedT Yes it does. As long as your not leaning way over on that side, it's okay. You have to be a little careful on it, but it's not terribly bad. More likely to grt onto it standing up or when starting it.

I've only ridden it in the grass around the house so far trying to shake it down. I think that when it gets on the asphalt it'll be properly mad. There is a GP track not 15 miles from my house I've always wanted to take a 2 stroke to, so eventually I think I'll wind up there making a few laps...

This was one of my favorite bikes I ran across on dtt, it just seemed really pure and did a fantastic job of being a bike that took you places you could have fun with. The riding pics you posted with it were great. I hope the new owner enjoys it as well. I'd like to build something like that...

Yes! Underslung pipe will change it completely when I get to that point. Thanks for the kind words!

Last one for now! Man, I love staring at this thing lol. As always, clicking the photos and loading them up on SmugMug gives you a crisp full screen experience (even on mobile devices)

Good thing about having a nice camera, great photos! Bad thing about having a nice camera, file sizes, editing and uploading time...lol

So I've gotten to ride the thing around the yard a combined time of about half an hour now. I finally got caught up on some other things and ordered a few things (bars, new grips, new front master since the Hayabusa one I bought on ebay wouldn't pump.., clutch perch) and got it all on. Got the...

Hows everyone shakin'? Haven't done much on this beast in the last few months - but hope to pick it up again soon. Gotta rework some of the controls and start working on wiring. Believe I'm gonna go back to the original ATC250R electrical system instead of the CR250 for a bit heavier flywheel...

Some misc pics and of the repair since I never got to post them; (Shows a little bit of how tight everything is on this build...check out the pipe in the background behind the Carb

I just recently saw those! Another company here in the states are making a similar setup, also. It's kind of a funny, I have a friend in Australia that made a crazy aircooled 250r engine several years ago where he welded and machined it to move the cylinder from vertical position to horizontal...

Short runtime video! www.instagram.com/p/BXRVAaDAXM7

lol..I'll get some more pics and maybe a short run vid if I can get it to idle and put it back on the rear wheel stand. I rode it a little bit more, long enough for it to warm up, burnt my leg (that's a never ending prospect on that pipe). Noticed my front fork seals are leaking, leaking...

All welded, re-cut oring groove in cylinder, reassembled, back in the bike and went for a short rip around the shop and house last night about 830pm as it was getting dark....:) A lot of buttoning up and tweaking of changes to do still, but hey, It ran and moved under its own power. It seems...

That shelf above the big Husky toolbox is slick - I like that.

Thats what inspired me to build mine! :) Super cool machine...hope to be able to check it out in person one day.

Well, bit of a set back. Got everything together, gas in the tank, had the beast fired up in the shop even! Then it immediately started pissing water out, and I couldn't figure out from where. So, I saw this; https://wgolightly.smugmug.com/Rotax-250R-build/2-Wheeler-250R/i-8mtDHLh/A (Short...