Basically I'll be taking the E series engine from my first hybrid
and putting it into this 2003 cr125 frame, just back from the powder coaters (welding is already done)
I've already found a crf250x shock, swingarm and linkage for it and am waiting for a set of the showa twinchambers from a 250x or 450x to come down the ebay highway at a reasonable price, then i'll send them out for a revalve/respring.
I've decided to bite the bullet and go with new aftermarket wheels, but the Talons I have on the first hybrid won't be in the budget unless I stumble on a real deal. Going with an 18" rear with a trials tire for sure. Does anyone have any experience with other aftermarket wheels, good or bad? I'd like to keep the wheel budget around $750 if possible, but don't want stock hubs or junk. Any suggestions?
Other then that i'll post whenever some progress is made. Spent a few hours today cleaning the old engine before I pull it next week. It's been running fine but i'll probably do the top end while it's out. And maybe try the soda blasting to give it a little bit of a face lift. We'll see once it's out how the finish is holding up.
The kx forks, scotts sharkfin and braided brake lines from the "old" hybrid will find new homes on my klx. And i'm hoping to reuse the carbon sparky on the new one as it has sliding, universal type clamps on the body (It's light and very stealthy, my friends say they can't hear me at all on their 4 strokes!) It may be a bit long but i'll find out when I get to putting the exhaust together. That'll be my contribution to recycling
It seems that all the cr wheels I see advertised are either beat to death, repaired, or overpriced. There's a pair of very nice crf450x wheels on ebay taken off a nearly new bike i'm considering, but at $700 i'm still thinking. The speedo drive would be nice and the crfx's already have an 18" instead of the 19". We'll see. Where we ride in Colorado it's all red dirt that tends to stain the factory finishes over time. I keep my bike at a friends place in the mountains all summer and we sometimes ride into the night so the bikes don't get properly cleaned after each ride, but the aftermarket hubs always clean up nice. That's also one reason I went with powder coating instead of painting or polishing the frame. I have a klx that's been coated for 10 years and still cleans up like new.
) Bottom line is he says it'll be a piece of cake, we'll see.