08 CRF 4fiddy R Project


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  • tundrat3

Posted 29 March 2012 - 12:09 PM

#1

I picked up an 08 for dirt cheap.  Needs some TLC...so away we go...


day i got it:
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did the water in pipe throw in freezer trick  (THANK YOU!!!!)

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how it came out!!!!

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SDG seat, all new plastics, new custom decals, grips, sprockets, and a clarke bigger tank all on its way!


thanks for those that helped!

to be continued.....

Edited by tundrat3, 29 March 2012 - 12:10 PM.


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  • Wyomingite

Posted 29 March 2012 - 02:30 PM

#2

So how cheap is dirt cheap?

  • tundrat3

Posted 29 March 2012 - 03:16 PM

#3

Wyomingite, on 29 March 2012 - 02:30 PM, said:

So how cheap is dirt cheap?

traded it for my sled deck....which is a 2009.  great shape but worth $2500 MAX.  thats CDN.  bike has around 30 or so hours on it.  but wasnt really taken care of.  has been sitting for just over a year too.  owner was scared shitless of it.  this bike will easily bring $4500 here...

some peoples kids....LOL

  • DrDuke

Posted 29 March 2012 - 06:50 PM

#4

That thing is mint, mine had a little more wear on the clutch cover and I payed 5 for it...Small end ended up over spec, so maybe you should do a top end to be safe?

  • MELK-MAN

Posted 29 March 2012 - 06:56 PM

#5

the ol water in the freezer trick has worked awesome for me too. 5 years of riding racing 20hrs a month (yes, i ride alot) and have yet to buy another head pipe (knock on WOOD). LOVE my 08.. LIKE my 04.

  • tundrat3

Posted 29 March 2012 - 08:24 PM

#6

DrDuke, on 29 March 2012 - 06:50 PM, said:

That thing is mint, mine had a little more wear on the clutch cover and I payed 5 for it...Small end ended up over spec, so maybe you should do a top end to be safe?

this thing hasnt been ridden hard at ALL. 2 big spills he said.  i dont know what he considers big for its all original plastic.
when i took off  the header it was sooty as fawk.  like i said my buddy who had it was terrified of the bike.  he bought it new, first bike..lol.  he is a big boy 6'4" 230lbs so he figured he needed a bigger bike.  i doubt it was ever WOT.  im not gonna open it up.  gonna check valves and thats it.  it needs to be ridden hard...lol.  ive been on a few of them and have had bikes all my life.  its still too much for me.  but i will try and ring her out...lmao.


so...i ordered the metal mulisha skull decals...back ordered till june!  any other wraps you guys can suggest??  i went with all white plastics.  gonna go with a white and black theme....

any links to websites that make custom decals?

thanks guys!

  • kskyles

Posted 30 March 2012 - 09:40 AM

#7

freezing the dents out of these pipes works really well....it's saved me a bunch of money.

  • wiskytango

Posted 30 March 2012 - 12:23 PM

#8

Got these for my white 08 on ebay
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  • MrDieselTwitch

Posted 30 March 2012 - 02:31 PM

#9

isn't buying parts is fun? you must not be married!!! Im doing the same thing, I picked up an 06' for 2600$ and loading it up with parts! lol I like your plastics!! I have a red rocket but I love the white look!

  • tundrat3

Posted 30 March 2012 - 10:31 PM

#10

Haha....getting married this summer.  Not single.  She is into the toys too...well a little bit.  She does like the bikes better than the street bikes but not as much as the sleds....lol
parts are fun!

  • MrDieselTwitch

Posted 31 March 2012 - 04:34 AM

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tundrat3, on 30 March 2012 - 10:31 PM, said:

Haha....getting married this summer.  Not single.  She is into the toys too...well a little bit.  She does like the bikes better than the street bikes but not as much as the sleds....lol
parts are fun!
Thats Awesome!... she got a sister.... best friend? lol I would kill for a girl that rode sleds! If she likes sleds and dirt bikes you need to get her on a Mtn Horse!
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http://www.youtube.c...bed/rOXkK77-bI4

  • tundrat3

Posted 31 March 2012 - 07:14 AM

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MrDieselTwitch, on 31 March 2012 - 04:34 AM, said:

Thats Awesome!... she got a sister.... best friend? lol I would kill for a girl that rode sleds! If she likes sleds and dirt bikes you need to get her on a Mtn Horse!
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fawk, Timbersled makes some nice shit!!!!

that thing is SAWEET!

haha...nope, she is an only child....

doesnt hurt that she isnt too hard on the eyes either.....lol



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  • MrDieselTwitch

Posted 31 March 2012 - 08:39 AM

#13

Please either clone her or send her best friend my way!!!

  • MrDieselTwitch

Posted 31 March 2012 - 08:41 AM

#14

Oh and you need to try these things to really understand how awesome these kits are! people are always talking how they don't think they are replacements for sleds, but then after they are wiping up and down and across mtns and through trees while you snowmobile buddies are digging them selfs out all the time they quickly change their mind!! lol

  • tundrat3

Posted 02 April 2012 - 12:24 PM

#15

MrDieselTwitch, on 31 March 2012 - 08:41 AM, said:

Oh and you need to try these things to really understand how awesome these kits are! people are always talking how they don't think they are replacements for sleds, but then after they are wiping up and down and across mtns and through trees while you snowmobile buddies are digging them selfs out all the time they quickly change their mind!! lol


hmmmm....you have me thinking......hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

  • MrDieselTwitch

Posted 02 April 2012 - 12:25 PM

#16

tundrat3, on 02 April 2012 - 12:24 PM, said:

hmmmm....you have me thinking......hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Watch these. I made a playlist of the best video I find

http://www.youtube.c...2D8FED7C6D7D4EE

  • tundrat3

Posted 03 April 2012 - 09:47 PM

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MrDieselTwitch, on 02 April 2012 - 12:25 PM, said:

Watch these. I made a playlist of the best video I find

http://www.youtube.c...2D8FED7C6D7D4EE

those are sweet...but 6G's??!!  holy fack.  i can throw a turbo on and there is no way those bikes are going where i am goin.  and way too slow.  but really cool.  if i had 6 g's to throw away id have one of these kits.

im a true sled head.  its my true passion

lots of vids here:

http://www.youtube.c...tundrat3/videos

gonna go check out the sleddin section on here that i just realize existed...lol

  • MrDieselTwitch

Posted 04 April 2012 - 07:00 AM

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tundrat3, on 03 April 2012 - 09:47 PM, said:

those are sweet...but 6G's??!!  holy fack.  i can throw a turbo on and there is no way those bikes are going where i am goin.  and way too slow.  but really cool.  if i had 6 g's to throw away id have one of these kits.

im a true sled head.  its my true passion

lots of vids here:

http://www.youtube.c...tundrat3/videos

gonna go check out the sleddin section on here that i just realize existed...lol

Actually these things can easily go where sleds can, the only thing they can't do it point strait up a hill and rocket to the top but they kick @$$ as side hilling, boon docking, there so much more nimble, weight a boat load less at 300 lbs fully loaded they are amazing! I know Reagan Sieg Lives in BC and he is all about these things! This winter I rode up in Western WY with about 12 sleds (ProRMK's Turbo & Stocks and Some 800 Arctic Cats also turbo and stockers) and 1 KX450 with a 122" TImbersled. about 3 weeks after the trip five of the sled owners (2 turbo guys) put their sled up for sale and put money down on the kits. 6K may seam like a lot but how much can you get a GOOD long track sled for? I haven't found any thing short of 9K that wasn't a piece of crap so you pay 9K for a good sled that you can ride a few months out of the year, then you shell out another 7K for a new bike. now you're up to $17,000 just so you can play all year around. and that doesn't even count all the little add ons you want to put on both your bike and your sled, In short order you can rack up quickly to $20,000 in toys! where if you buy a track with that new bike, you'd only up to $13,000 and what ever add on you do to your bike does double duty all year round. so for the cost of a bike and a sled new you can have an AWESOME bike and kick ass boon docker / sidehiller. Plus its almost impossible to wrap one of these around a tree! if you fall of the bike it just lays over. Getting em unstuck is amazing easy!!! they don't trench like sleds do and don't have running boards to get hung up on.

And side hilling is truly amazing on these things! its effortless.

Heres a video and just by the title you can tell what its about "The Never Ending Side Hill" Its funny because you see Sieg stop on the side of the mtn and the sled can't even get to him! I grew up riding sleds also and will never go back! lol When people think of track kits they think of the dumb explorer kits or the SX track kits that can do any thing but trail. where the timbersled kits actually don't do well on the trail because the ski hunts other tracks.

Gotta Try it Buddy!!! You will never regret it! - Oh and these are NOTHING like the snowjokes (snow hawks)



  • tundrat3

Posted 04 April 2012 - 12:24 PM

#19

did some research...not for me.  it cant do everything a sled can do and thats what i need.  im always breaking trail in 2-4ft of fresh pow, i pull a skimmer into my cabin, some of the areas i ride have huge steep climbs to get into the good bowls.  i have 2 sleds and a bike already  im good.  cool idea though but dont see it ever taking over or even putting a dent in the sledding world.  its SLOW.  i mean what is it putting out for hp at 8000ft? maybe 40hp?  whats the weight of the kit with the bike and spare fuel?  300+
my HCR is running just over 500 with 165hp.  way bigger foot print for the climbs yet, on its side through the trees not even the width of 2 of those bikes...
plus i jump and drop.  im not goin off a 30+ ft drop on that thing.  endo city.

like i said, cool machines for sure.  would love to try one.  but until i see a vid of one breaking trail and not poaching tracks in 2'+ of fresh pow in the mtns...not a meadow...which not one vid out of the 20 i watched...shows....

  • tundrat3

Posted 14 April 2012 - 10:28 PM

#20

update...just waiting on seat and tank!  full tune up and oils changed!

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should i grab some black Excel rims and finish it off?   hmmmmm




 
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