Congrats to Stout and his RD250 Street Tracker! Winners of September's BOTM!
Banner to come - in the meantime enjoy the writeup and pics!
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It's an honor to be in the running for BOTM and congrats to the other guys for being nominated! It is always nice to see that other people appreciate all of the hard work put into our projects.
The bike hadn't ran for quite awhile when I got it, but after cleaning the carbs, new fuel line, and some gas she fired right up... to about 10grand. Seems someone had turned the idle screws in all the way somewhere along the line. After freaking out for what seemed like forever trying to get it shut off (since of course the key switch and kill switch were both broken) I grounded out the dangling wire from the kill switch. Yeah, she was a beaut... but eventually I decided to turn it into something I could be proud of.
As for the build, I always try to do as much as I possibly can by myself in order to conserve funds for my other projects. The tail section is a modified CBR 1000RR tail from my buddy's bike, that I saw him wreck while in a wheelie. I stripped her to the bare frame, shaved anything that was unneeded and cut and chopped on the stock electrical brackets to get them to fit where I wanted them. The gas cap I found in the trash at the Buell liquidation sale... cut a big hole in the tank and welded in some sheet metal so it would bolt on. The intake is made of plumbing ABS bought at Lowes (a little tip for everyone: Acetone will melt ABS. So you can use it to blend joints and sanding marks out). I made the pipes using some of the original pipe (mainly the header tube and some internal parts), some sheet metal rolled into cones and chambers, and a couple sections of exhaust pipe from Autozone. The paint is a mixture of duplicolor and some PPG I had laying around for the last 5 years. Sprayed it in my friend's garage (thanks again Rebellion Ind).
I guess those are all the main things; you can check out the build thread for more info.
www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=12857.0
Here are some shots I just took this evening:
http://s860.photobucket.com/albums/ab163/kennethstout/RD%20250/?action=view¤t=DSCN0058.mp4
Thanks again and good luck guys!
~stout
Banner to come - in the meantime enjoy the writeup and pics!
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It's an honor to be in the running for BOTM and congrats to the other guys for being nominated! It is always nice to see that other people appreciate all of the hard work put into our projects.
The bike hadn't ran for quite awhile when I got it, but after cleaning the carbs, new fuel line, and some gas she fired right up... to about 10grand. Seems someone had turned the idle screws in all the way somewhere along the line. After freaking out for what seemed like forever trying to get it shut off (since of course the key switch and kill switch were both broken) I grounded out the dangling wire from the kill switch. Yeah, she was a beaut... but eventually I decided to turn it into something I could be proud of.
As for the build, I always try to do as much as I possibly can by myself in order to conserve funds for my other projects. The tail section is a modified CBR 1000RR tail from my buddy's bike, that I saw him wreck while in a wheelie. I stripped her to the bare frame, shaved anything that was unneeded and cut and chopped on the stock electrical brackets to get them to fit where I wanted them. The gas cap I found in the trash at the Buell liquidation sale... cut a big hole in the tank and welded in some sheet metal so it would bolt on. The intake is made of plumbing ABS bought at Lowes (a little tip for everyone: Acetone will melt ABS. So you can use it to blend joints and sanding marks out). I made the pipes using some of the original pipe (mainly the header tube and some internal parts), some sheet metal rolled into cones and chambers, and a couple sections of exhaust pipe from Autozone. The paint is a mixture of duplicolor and some PPG I had laying around for the last 5 years. Sprayed it in my friend's garage (thanks again Rebellion Ind).
I guess those are all the main things; you can check out the build thread for more info.
www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=12857.0
Here are some shots I just took this evening:
http://s860.photobucket.com/albums/ab163/kennethstout/RD%20250/?action=view¤t=DSCN0058.mp4
Thanks again and good luck guys!
~stout
