PROJECTS ??? anyone

[TeamCheap]

Anyone planning any interesting projects this winter on their bikes?

I'm torn between doing some mods to the wifes bike or just parting both of them out and going jap(drz400).

For me I guess it sort of depends on how my 250x-2-300ex conversion works out.

[fatboy250]

I'll be riding mine....we have rather mild winters here

[katoranger]

I plan to fit the DR tank and continue riding all winter too. Might need to make some new side covers and I am also thinking about crash bars to protect the shifter and brake pedal.

[TeamCheap]

It would be nice to be able to ride all year but even as I type this we are getting a little dusting of snow.(a wet 1" or so)
It's still early but for the most part riding on the street on a bike is out.

I have riden out on frozen lakes on my old dt250 and it was a blast, no spikes just rubber tires and my boots holding me up (I doubt I could do it now).

That DR350 tank should be an interesting mod hope it goes well.

[rosrok]

My winter bike project is rebuilding two (one for my daughter and one for me) Kawasaki KZ400 street bikes. I was going to put the two into one good one, but my daughter had other ideas. I bought both bikes for $100. Other than tires, engine gaskets, and exhaust, I have found everything we will need. Of course, the one I wanted is the one that needs the most help. Hers runs and is pretty much all there. Mine isn't running and was missing parts. The Roketa is parked and forgotten until spring. Although, I did go quad hunting on the internet this afternoon. Several family members want to go trail riding, but don't want to tackle a bike. We are expecting several inches of snow and 30+ MPH winds tonight. The only trail riding until April will be on snowmobiles.

[IronFist]

I am working on my 1972 Honda CB350 K4 like a mad man! Still waiting on my points and condenser. It's already running way better. I would have taken it out today, even for 10 minutes, but we have a lot of wet leaves after a cold snap. Looking for a dry day just to do some testing. We didn't get snow till Jan 1 last year. It's already too cold for a long ride, but it's insured year round, and with the mods I've done, even booking up and down the street a couple times would be fun. I miss riding already :oops: and winters are so long in Toronto. Maybe April? :x N2r/

[TeamCheap]

Sounds like some interesting projects going on.

I still have a strong desire to put that extra china 200cc engine I have in a blaster frame or maybe a lt230 frame.
My quad is just about rideable and once I get some brakes on it I'll be able to test ride it.



My wife is laughing at me right now because we just had a guy from a gas supplier at our door at 8:30 at night while were trying to watch a movie and here he is trying to sign us up.
LOL I went off on him, a bit to much maybe but He just came at a bad time and signing up for anything at my front door is a big NO-NO for me.

yeah it may have saved us some money but from what I have heard it doesnt really save anything but I'll have to check into it.

[Q]

I rebuilt my seat. Too cold to go riding so I can't say if it's a big improvement or not. Will probably go down to Death Valley for the 2 weeks around christmas and new years and give it a good test. Looks good though.

Q

[knothead]

I plan on going through my TDM 850. New emulsion tubes, engine and fork seals and a good set of dual sport tires. With luck I can score some luggage too. I'm wanting to take a summer trip either out towards Yellowstone or North into Canada, either one would be a long trip.

[SamM]

My latest project is to finally get my '05 Yamaha TT-R250 streetlegal. I've been riding the bike on the highway, a little! Don't tell! Anyway, the last hurdle is to mount the Trail Tech computer with a permanent odometer, get the inspection done, the inspection papers filled out and the pictures taken of the additions. This will get me a new streetlegal title and a new plate. New Kenda DOT tires have also been ordered. I still need to check to see if those are in and pick them up. This bike will be used both on & off-road, so I decided to go with the more off-road oriented Trail Tech Vector computer. I'd like to ride the complete Trans-America trail with this bike. It will be my main ride this coming year as my KTM 950 is up for sale and now advertised.

My other project is to get my Zongshen X-Ranger 200 turned into an off-road/hunting atv replacement. I'll keep the bike streetlegal so it can be used locally. I may commute a bit on the bike but it will be geared lower for off-road use. This may make commuting tough. New bigger black wheels and a new camo paint job are on the list for that bike, along with fixing the leak and straightening the frame.

[TeamCheap]

We put a vapor on the wifes quad and it works very well you'll like the trail-tech computer.
The one must have addition for us next spring will be the garmin combo radio/GPS units to simplify are offroading adventures.We use radios now and they really help but the GPS would be very helpful out in the woods.

I finally got to ride my 250x-2-300ex frankenatv today.
yes it was a bit rough but I think I can smooth it out enough to make it decent.
I see a lot of little things still left to do on it but it does fire up and run.I was doing tight little donuts in the yard on the snow/ice covered leaves FUN-FUN-FUN.

I wish I had the fenders for it but oh well I'll just have to get them ASAP.The fenders will push the total cost up to about $1300 if I buy them new which is what I'd like.

[ambassador]

Cheap,
There are no pics in your Gallery but ya got one??? We want more pics!!!!

[jdnva]

I ride a Zongshen ZSM 200gy-2

Current mods:

- Have blocked off the secondary air induction device thingie for more back pressure
- Swapped the CDI and battery out after having some minor issues
- Using road tires (mostly riding on road)
- removed mud guard and tank cover, including the air directing fin things under the tank cover
- Drilled holes into he air box to allow more air in and same size whole into the end of the exhaust to allow air out

Planned Mods:

- Building a custom sheet metal or fiberglass tank, want to get 20 - 50 Liters
- Moving the batter to allow an under seat fuel tank (part of the tank any how)
- Having a custom performance exhaust made (under engine exhaust to reduce weight and give a lightly lower center of gravity
- changing to bright LED based indicators and HID lights
- swapping out the front disk brake with a high quality unit
- building a fiberglass Windscreen / front fairing
- hardening the shocks front and back
- considering trying to get a 18" rear wheel in (if I do I will change both front and back to solid rims
- swap out the rear cog to get longer legs (better top end speed, less acceleration)
- add a fuel warning light / gauge while building a new fuel tank (might consider using a fuel pump rather than gravity fed.
- looking for parts I can change to get less weight on the bike overall, and higher quality
- looking for higher quality bearings
- looking for air filter / carb and various other things that might help with to end performance.

Would like to try fit one of those Vapor computers to the bike, though I'm not sure how well it would work as I don't think there is any where to tap onto the engine to read RPM's and so on.

Just to give you an idea I can currently hit 140km p/h in almost all condition (even with my girlfriend on the back) add all the mods and I look to chnage the bike into a long distance super motard style cruising bike

[SamM]

My Zongshen built X-Ranger 200 is going to get a new 18" rear wheel too. My plan is to use an 18" Jetmoto rear wheel on the front (since I already have it) and move the 2.15" Zongshen wheel to the rear of the bike. The rear Jetmoto wheel is 1.85" wide. The stock 15" rear wheel makes tire selection difficult on the bike. These sizes are just too odd. My bike came stock from the dealer with knobbies. I've tried to find replacements knobbies but as far as I can tell none are available. Another thought is to buy a new 19" Jetmoto wheel for the front. The 19" front tires are much easier to find.

My X-Ranger gets terrible fuel mileage. Combined that with the small tank, and a range of only about 75 miles is possible. To extend the range my plan is to remove the stock rear rack and build a bigger rack to carry an extra fuel can on. Since this bike will only be used off-road and for short local trips this will be enough for me.

jdnva,
Your bike sounds great! Can you post some pictures of it? Here's one of mine.

I'll be adding my new Moose Racing handlebars and a set of Moose Racing handguards to the X-Ranger soon. The forks will be swapped for a set of full sized inverted forks from another chinabike. This will raise the front a few inches to level it. I need to get the bike back and start working on it.

[TeamCheap]

jdnva sounds like a serious amount of modding planned and it should be an awesome bike,

I have done a K&N airfilter and rejetted plus an after market pipe for a xr200 and it really added to the low end power and woke my bike up and it is now extremely fun to run offroad even in the sand.

I dont plan to much more for my bike but if we keep them the wifes bike will get a major makeover this winter.

I've already done :
installed a OHC engine just because I wanted to check it out
K&N airfilter
aluminum after market exhaust
aluminum handlebars with barkbusters
a universial headlight
made very durable almost unbreakable nylon side panels
relocated the electrical components and removed the side stock side panels for a more comfortable standing ride(no rubbing on my legs when standing now)
moved the battery so it doesnt get cooked by the exaust pipe anymore

About the only things I still want on it are wider footpegs and a crash bar under the engine to help protect the shift and brake levers.


ambassador so you want a picture of my frankenATV??
rigth now I have no pictures of it in its current state but I suppose I could come home today and snap a couple of pics and post one or two but I got to warn you it isnt a pretty quad.