Time To Let Us See YOUR Winter Projects !

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Edited Date/Time 2/3/2021 2:53pm
What you got working on in the garage this long, cold, silly winter ? *After months of searching, I finally located a PeeDub worthy of restoration for my grandkids. $400 ! I don’t know about where you live, but any ancient PW50 commands, generally- twice that now, in any condition, whether it be an ‘83 or newer.... Brand new about $1800 if you can locate....





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Press516 12/3/2020 6:07am
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My winter project is this... Oh hell, it has nothing to do with winter, it's always the project.


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JBlain619 12/3/2020 6:14am
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Rupert X wrote:
What you got working on in the garage this long, cold, silly winter ? *After months of searching, I finally located a PeeDub worthy of restoration...
What you got working on in the garage this long, cold, silly winter ? *After months of searching, I finally located a PeeDub worthy of restoration for my grandkids. $400 ! I don’t know about where you live, but any ancient PW50 commands, generally- twice that now, in any condition, whether it be an ‘83 or newer.... Brand new about $1800 if you can locate....





Same project Rup...yours is in waaaaay better condition that the one I have though.
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Rupert X 12/3/2020 6:24am
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Rupert X wrote:
What you got working on in the garage this long, cold, silly winter ? *After months of searching, I finally located a PeeDub worthy of restoration...
What you got working on in the garage this long, cold, silly winter ? *After months of searching, I finally located a PeeDub worthy of restoration for my grandkids. $400 ! I don’t know about where you live, but any ancient PW50 commands, generally- twice that now, in any condition, whether it be an ‘83 or newer.... Brand new about $1800 if you can locate....





JBlain619 wrote:
Same project Rup...yours is in waaaaay better condition that the one I have though.
Pics, dammit, Jon !
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yak651 12/3/2020 6:41am
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I brought this home, not sure if it’s with the time/$$ to bring back to life
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I had this as a project about 8 years ago and sold it to a friend. I recently bought it back for $1250. It is an ‘83 XR350. Mods include 2001 CR250 front end with oversized rotor, Polispiort headlight and 2004 CRF250 fenders in the proper orangish color, 2000 CR250 foot pegs, SuperTrapp slip on, and a few other things. It is amazing how good this 37 year old motorcycle is as a woods bike.


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Waiting on work to pick up a bit more. Wanting to take my 01 a few steps further in the upcoming months. Here’s how it sits now.
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Nice work, i'm currently putting the finishes touches to a project i've had on the go for a while... Almost completed.. Replica of my first Brand New bike .. Tried to source as many original new OEM parts as possible..








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Dang, you guys have some good projects. Mine is going to be "put the empty Christmas light boxes back into the storage bins so they GTFO of my garage." Grinning
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CBird81 wrote:
Nice work, i'm currently putting the finishes touches to a project i've had on the go for a while... Almost completed.. Replica of my first Brand...
Nice work, i'm currently putting the finishes touches to a project i've had on the go for a while... Almost completed.. Replica of my first Brand New bike .. Tried to source as many original new OEM parts as possible..








Good job!! I remember that bike well!!
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1938 Motormaster



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Suicidal_Tendencies 12/3/2020 11:42am
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lostboy819 wrote:
1938 Motormaster [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/03/463237/s1200_20201002_151147.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/03/463238/s1200_DSC01334.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/03/463239/s1200_DSC01338.jpg[/img]
1938 Motormaster



That right there is pretty cool. Would love to see how this turns out.
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Rupert X 12/3/2020 11:47am
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1974 TS250. My son picked this up at a storage auction in Oregon. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/03/463207/s1200_F43CB767_261A_4EA3_9FBE_7F57FAF52F18.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/03/463206/s1200_2814E32C_CE14_4604_BA9C_E82B58938617.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/03/463205/s1200_173711BA_4C19_4CFB_AA0B_8F013966A6A6.jpg[/img]
1974 TS250. My son picked this up at a storage auction in Oregon.


Does that feature the dual -range 8 speed transmission- or was the 185 that had that oddity ?
Suicidal_Tendencies 12/3/2020 11:52am
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Red66 wrote:
I had this as a project about 8 years ago and sold it to a friend. I recently bought it back for $1250. It is an...
I had this as a project about 8 years ago and sold it to a friend. I recently bought it back for $1250. It is an ‘83 XR350. Mods include 2001 CR250 front end with oversized rotor, Polispiort headlight and 2004 CRF250 fenders in the proper orangish color, 2000 CR250 foot pegs, SuperTrapp slip on, and a few other things. It is amazing how good this 37 year old motorcycle is as a woods bike.


That's a sweet bike. 350 is perfect for the trails. When I get some extra cash, I'll be looking for either a mid 80s XR, or later 80s YZ.
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Brad460 12/3/2020 11:55am
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Started restoring a 1988 Ski Doo Formula Plus..will be a complete tear down and restore to “new” ..











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AHRMA361 12/3/2020 12:20pm
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Rupert X wrote:
Does that feature the dual -range 8 speed transmission- or was the 185 that had that oddity ?
The TC185, TC125 and TC100 had the dual range trans Rup
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AHRMA361 12/3/2020 12:24pm
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My winter project...have a few 2 wheel projects to mess with as well.


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Just bought this, mainly a go through and make my own rather than a big project (hopefully!). Was looking at TC125’s but nostalgia got the better of me and ended up with another zook.
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miketherider 12/3/2020 12:33pm
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I bought this last winter (if there is such a thing in Florida) and worked on it the past couple months after the summer weather subsided.

I also have a 73 Husky 250 rat bike I've been rebuilding for quite some time. Someone at some point went into the engine and cracked a case, so finding a good set of cases to use has been an adventure, but recently found a really good set from a low hour bike that had suffered top end abuse from no oil.



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Rupert X 12/3/2020 12:34pm
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Teejay wrote:
Just bought this, mainly a go through and make my own rather than a big project (hopefully!). Was looking at TC125’s but nostalgia got the better...
Just bought this, mainly a go through and make my own rather than a big project (hopefully!). Was looking at TC125’s but nostalgia got the better of me and ended up with another zook.
Generally I prefer the black rims, but I think that Zook needs the yellow-golden hoops, TJ......
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mwssquad827 12/3/2020 12:50pm
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Fixing this up for my little guy.. was looking at PW’s but thought this was cooler and I’m a Suzuki guy and it was $125 🤙🏻🤙🏻

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Just bought this, mainly a go through and make my own rather than a big project (hopefully!). Was looking at TC125’s but nostalgia got the better...
Just bought this, mainly a go through and make my own rather than a big project (hopefully!). Was looking at TC125’s but nostalgia got the better of me and ended up with another zook.
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Generally I prefer the black rims, but I think that Zook needs the yellow-golden hoops, TJ......
If you look close enough you’ll see the guy I bought it off has painted the rims! 🤦🏻‍♂️ So they will be sorted just not sure what colour they’ll be yet.
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Red66 12/3/2020 1:13pm
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That's a sweet bike. 350 is perfect for the trails. When I get some extra cash, I'll be looking for either a mid 80s XR, or...
That's a sweet bike. 350 is perfect for the trails. When I get some extra cash, I'll be looking for either a mid 80s XR, or later 80s YZ.
Thanks!
I originally bought this from this guy for $500.
https://share.icloud.com/photos/0gN5dC1ulEOL3ST9J0UQsPaXA#Dawsonville
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smashingpumpkins167 12/3/2020 1:16pm
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I finished one project last week.

But I was already working on getting another one going for the last couple months. My wife and I have a pretty good agreement where she doesn't really care what I spend on motorcycles or other projects as long as the bills are paid.....if she only knew.

I bought a blown 85 xr600 motor that seems like it was maybe starved of oil, the cam broken half and there was some damage to the head so I got a new head. I have a frame and everything to get the motor running. Maybe one day in 18 years when my kid grows up I'll finish it.




I hope to end up with something like this

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Red66 12/3/2020 1:27pm
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smashingpumpkins167 wrote:
I finished one project last week. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/12/03/463277/s1200_20201127_085615.jpg[/img] But I was already working on getting another one going for the last couple months. My wife and I...
I finished one project last week.

But I was already working on getting another one going for the last couple months. My wife and I have a pretty good agreement where she doesn't really care what I spend on motorcycles or other projects as long as the bills are paid.....if she only knew.

I bought a blown 85 xr600 motor that seems like it was maybe starved of oil, the cam broken half and there was some damage to the head so I got a new head. I have a frame and everything to get the motor running. Maybe one day in 18 years when my kid grows up I'll finish it.




I hope to end up with something like this

I like that style bike too. I might build something like this with the XR350 later on. I just saw replica Elsinore gas tanks on ebay for like $200.

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dtl210 12/3/2020 1:51pm
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Winter is when I log the most hours.
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smashingpumpkins167 12/3/2020 2:37pm
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Red66 wrote:
I like that style bike too. I might build something like this with the XR350 later on. I just saw replica Elsinore gas tanks on ebay...
I like that style bike too. I might build something like this with the XR350 later on. I just saw replica Elsinore gas tanks on ebay for like $200.

I've seen some Xr projects where they used a CG 125 tank. one thing online said it will fit later model XRs. My frame is a 96 so I hope it will work.
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MXBen711 12/3/2020 3:01pm
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2001 YZ125 - Rinaldi kit, Ohlins front and rear, full ti, ceramic bearings, Emig clamps, pretty much a dream build. Had one in 2001 and always said I’d build my ultimate one



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Kinda non-moto, bought a house with my fiancee, moving in this weekend and i have a shitload of walls to paint lol, covid has shut down all tracks in sweden anyway so i might aswell get to work!
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