what I did on my break, or what the hell have you done Bruce?

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    Bruce Curtis
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    I have owned this for many years…

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    really I came to realise it was the

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    cause we used to follow one of these on our rides

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    #251149

    Bruce Curtis
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    then I rode one of these

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    and while I hated the whole 4 wheeler thing, the engine was like…. OMFG this thing is a torquemonster… what is going on here?

    so I did some searching and found a bloke who had thought the same, and decided to mix some bits and cast some parts…. like these

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    and one of these

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    #251152

    Bruce Curtis
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    So I sent the man a whole lot of these

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    and he sent me

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    but they were too big so I had to

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    and then

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    #251153

    Bruce Curtis
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    then I

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    balanced one of these

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    hog out these to enable the new big powerplant to bolt down

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    and admire the beauty I have laid in front of me

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    end of part I or as I called it
    “how to blow your LS3 money for the yoot rebuild”

    #251154

    Bruce Curtis
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    some more pure 2T porn, yes that is what you think it is

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    but I decided the drive was going to be insufficient so I swapped these close ratio sets

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    for these custom sets CR123 WR 45

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    #251155

    Greg
    Member

    More Bruce more come on mate :woohoo:

    Was great chatting today will catch you up for lunch soon enough

    Now back to the built :woohoo:

    TB

    #251156

    Bruce Curtis
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    I WAS TOLD THIS WOULD NEVER WORK

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    But some of you blokes know I am a determined old bustard so I invested in one of these

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    meanwhile back at the ranch I was still doing this

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    and some

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    so onto this

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    and

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    #251150

    carl henley
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    LOOKs IMPRESSIVE!!! :woohoo: 👿 :woohoo: 👿
    I’ve owned as standard one myself, and i have had the fortunate opportunity to ride a Peter Cambell built ex-Len Norris YZ250 on methanol, a proper 2 st is sure hard to beat for thrills :woohoo:

    #251159

    Bruce Curtis
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    then I fitted this with the tune I was after by the book and from advice off experienced automiesters

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    which turned into

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    End of part II or as I call it, my wallet has been emptied somehow…

    #251160

    pete
    Member

    Hands down the best build thread ever, not just your content but your style B)
    Need more of this mate, can’t wait to see some video of you firing it up :woohoo:

    Top notch mate.

    PTW

    #251161

    Bruce Curtis
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    So next I spoke to a bit of a Guru bloke in mexico Dave from TSP, and he sold me his very own blueprinted 38mm 90mm bodied one of these..

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    being a bit funny l reckon l might try this too, and it ain’t paper

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    but this has never been done and again was told it would be a no-go
    but…..

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    success again

    #251164

    Bruce Curtis
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    I nose what he’s up to, he’s spending all our money on Motoringbicycles, not doggy treats…. not happy Janice

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    during my roasdriding and giving up the smokes period I had porked on a few pounds… say around 50 or so……
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    so I fitted up some new
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    and stripped some other stuff off added a new light
    and a custom gearlever for my hoofs
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    #251166

    Bruce Curtis
    Member

    unfortunately there were some glitches, the head design was not compatible with our Bass strait wateroil, and the compression was over 1750kpa, a 270 lb man standing on it barely moved the kicker, it was not a practical bike, even though it ran and sounded tough as. so the head was pulled and sent to Dave at TSP for major surgery, Dave did well on the first one outside of ther USA with no specs except those we came up with.
    so the head returned looking like a naturalised fair dinks Aussie.
    custom gearlever and LED headlight are last touch along with some stripping unnecessary bits from rego

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    so Frankenbike is birthed. an original 2003 Adr’d YZ250wr built originally by YZ engineering, now a hybrid
    YZ325 (little bit of TRX 300 DNA) true WR, automatic, dual rear brake controlled, weighing in under 100kilos without fuel.

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    #251168

    Bruce Curtis
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    Let forth the Frankenbike, gentle as a lamb, exactly what I envisaged and was after….

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    #251151

    Aaron Wilde
    Member

    Wow that build is incredible and the front on shot makes it look like a predator for sure. :) but if it does collapse under its own gravity or go supernova. You have a back up with a 98 WR 250 for sale at bikes and bits. But seriously well done. ! Would love to see it in the flesh in action one day. B)

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