When I went home I picked up the ol' '93 RMX250. It hadn't been moved in 3 years and the last time it was ridden I went down in a mud hole and called it quits and stuck to street bikes. I got the itch again to get in the dirt and although she's old and abused, I'm not looking to do any triples these days.
So the old 2-stroke woods bike is getting a second chance at life with a lot of work. It's been 3 weeks and she is ALMOST done. I'm waiting on the rear sprocket and a clutch cable and I get to see if she will actually start (PLEASE LET THIS BIKE RUN!!!)
When I brought it home
and a few hours later
And as of yesterday after a good 6 hours of work...
the pile of parts waiting to go back on
Not really sure what happened, but the chain rubbed through part of the case. I flipped the new sprocket around in an attempt to pull the chain outward more. We'll see if the chain lines up once I get the rear sprocket on
After some paint. You can't tell from the pics, but it looks a lot better with paint
It doesn't look much better, but it is. The only things left are the back wheel, the clutch cable, and all the plastics. The original plan was to strip it down to the frame and start from scratch, but I knew that I would get carried away and put entirely too much money in an old dirtbike. The engine and most major parts stayed on. The swingarm could probably use some attention, but I'll leave that to a winter project.
Hopefully next weekend I can get her out on a few trails.
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