What do I get for the next bike?

[Gravy]

Here's a quick video of the Knolls Novice start. Fun!

[video]https://youtu.be/e_xdSmw3n3g[/video]

[video]https://youtu.be/e_xdSmw3n3g[/video]

 

[Gravy]

New stuff.
Disassembled my fuel pump and cleaned the fuel filter.

Broke a tab off that holds the silencer on
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Trials bike?

New hand guards

Manual timing chain tensioner to replace the often faulty stock auto one

Oooooooh anodized.

 

[Gravy]

I had my friend weld up my subframe. Easy stuff. Just welded the tab back on.


I replaced the timing chain. The stock auto tensioner got too tight and wore the new one out in 20 hours. This new Hot Cams one is supposed to be a slight upgrade in strength over the stock Yamaha one.


Here's a quick how to video I made on cam chains and cam chain tensioners.

[video=youtube;T5QGofhdHTw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5QGofhdHTw[/video]

While I had the top end apart I decided to do a valve leak down test and take a look a the piston at 20hrs. Everything looks perfect and the valve lash is spot on. Additionally the crank end play is perfect.




Also I smashed the stock rear brake pedal yanking my bike out of the snow,


I was able to bend it back into shape, but the Al was fatigued.
So I finally swapped to the spare Tusk one I've had sitting around in the garage for a while.
I was pretty impressed with it, and the safety strap is reassuring.





I also swapped in a new UFO chain slider. I'm impressed with the quality.

I'm glad I did the maintenance: I was able to pull down a 3rd place finish at the Sugarloafers Cherry Creek Race last Saturday.

 

[Gravy]

Here is a vid I made to show how to change the timing chain and set the timing with a new chain.

[video]https://youtu.be/f6Uz8FU5sYg[/video]

 

[Gravy]

Here is a vid I made to show how to change the timing chain and set the timing with a new chain.

[video=youtube;f6Uz8FU5sYg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Uz8FU5sYg&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[Gravy]

New EBC red brake pads. Yamaha pads wore out and I wanted to see if they were worth the hype.

 

[Tonkaman]

That's a lifetime supply of brake pads!

EDIT: you fixed the picture, now my post doesn't make sense

 

[Gravy]

That's a lifetime supply of brake pads!

EDIT: you fixed the picture, now my post doesn't make sense

Ya it uploaded the picture like 5 times haha

 

[Gravy]

New plastics from Acerbis

 

[Gravy]

For Sale.
$4995


2010 YZ450F Desert Racer/ Trail Rider's dream

All the go fast and hard parts already installed.
High flow air filter every other ride.
New oil every 3rd ride.
This is my baby and I treat it like that

IMS Desert Tank (stock tank included)
DrD full stainless exhaust (Stock included)
DrD motor relocation brackets
Works Connection radiator brakes

Rekluse EXP 3.0 auto clutch
Tusk unbreakable rear brake lever
Baja designs offroad lighting kit (street legal wiring harness included)
Tusk 1.2 radiator cap
MSR shifter
Hyde Skid Plate
Additional Ricochet Offroad Aluminum skid plate
ASV unbreakable levers
Cycra CRM hand guards
Gripper G3 pleated seat cover
Extra black plastics included
Manual timing chain tensioner
High Flow fuel pump
Talon Billet black hubs
Michelin Super Heavy duty tubes
EBC brake pads
New fork Seals
Galfer Stainless steel braided front brake cable.

Sunstar Works Z stainless steel sprockets and )-ring chain.
Trail Tech kickstand

100% new top end at 40hrs
Hot Cams timing chain
GYTR OEM compression piston
Stainless steel valves and valve springs
port match

Will include GPR4 steering stablizer for $300
Will include Yamaha GYTR power tuner handheld tuning computer for $100

 

[Caleb]

What's next?

 

[anderson750]

Do I smell some pre-mix in your future?

 

[Gravy]

What's next?

Electric start at the very least

Do I smell some pre-mix in your future?

quite possibly.

 

[jeeper]

Ha. Stratton is gong to smell like a weed eater..

 

[Tonkaman]

This is an awesome bike. Someone will be super happy to pick it up

 

[rockreligious]

I rode a 2015 beta 300 cross trainer yesterday and I thought of you Stratton. sweet bike, electic start, mix injected, ready to race, and almost street worthy too with a headlight, taillight and horn. light and peppy.

 

[Gravy]

that would be cool. I thought they weren't ready to race? aren't they smaller with some different ergo?

 

[rockreligious]

that would be cool. I thought they weren't ready to race? aren't they smaller with some different ergo?

they have a race version... RR, but they are about $1500 more and I might would do some different things with the $1500 I saved getting the trainer.

 

[rholbrook]

they have a race version... RR, but they are about $1500 more and I might would do some different things with the $1500 I saved getting the trainer.

I have three friends with these. One of them rides his all the time except when he races or rides the track. He is telling me that he will desert race it possibly. Other that that, he is on his XTrainer. The other two just ride them for fun. They are closer to a real dirtbike than the KTM Freeride. I have two friends with Freerides. One of them loved his Freeride so much he bought a second one. Personally, after throwing a leg over the Freeride and the XTrainer. I like the XTrainer. Not only are they less expensive than a XTrainer, I perfer the power difference, suspension setup is for a bigger rider compared to a Freeride. Imagine riding a KTM 200 with electric start, more power, more bottom end torgue, less weight and a lower seat height without losing ground clearance. Its a riot.

 

[Gravy]

Well the Yamaha is gone, sold ect.

It looks like either I get a TE300/ 300XC or a FE350 or 350XC-f.

The revs on the 350 sound sweet and the 300 sounds like less work if I keep if for a while.

I'm pretty tired of working on bikes instead of riding them.