YFZ winter rebuild

[jlhughes750]

After a year of racing and riding I figured it was time to tear down the YFZ and hook it up..... Over the course of the year I had added complete frt. and rear suspension from GIBSON and Custom Axis including a Gibson Long Travel XC frt. end with 18.5 inch shocks and a beefy chromoly swing arm with R style brakes!!

After nearly 30 district 6 Harescrambles, the 6 hour at Rausch and alot of riding and testing the bike was lookin pretty beat.. I had run the entire year with no problems so I wanted to go over everything and make like new again.

I'll start tonight by posting some pics of my freshly PC'd parts and I gotta get some pics of the black fenders with a blue flamed out graphics kit!!!!! It should look pretty sweet when its done, i'll post pics as I go and you guys let me know what u think!!

thanks, J

[jlhughes750]

Heres what she looked like last year for the Rausch 6 hour race!!

[jlhughes750]

later in the 6 Hours of Rausch

[jlhughes750]

most of the year was spent under a coat of DIstrict 6 slime and grit!!!

Here a shot from the Flying Dutchmen Harescramble

[jlhughes750]

A nice coating of PA coal slime form the Rausch Creek Fall Harescramble 2004........ This stuff really takes its toll on PC and chrome!!! .......and tires for that matter (right rear going down)!

[SRH]

did your motor need a rebuild or did you just upgrade it to do it

[Kilabanshee]

Awesome pics Jay... Hope to see you at dutchman on the 8th!

[jlhughes750]

Originally posted by SRH
did your motor need a rebuild or did you just upgrade it to do it


just routine, i had not had it apart all year!!! A few gears looked a lil worn, so I replaced them but other than that it was great.....Of course I freshened up the top end, although it was still lookin great after over 100 hours!!!

[jlhughes750]

picked up the rest of the PC'd parts yesterday.... Time to install some fresh bearings for the stem and the swingarm, then it'll be time to start posting some pics of the assembly!!!!! Oh yeah I never did post those pics of the parts, I'll have them up tonight!!!

The basics:
frame is trans blue...............everything else is black!!!!;)

[jlhughes750]

found a few more pics form the past season of racing the YFZ.

Thanks to Harlen for this pic!!! Powerline Park GNCC I ended up 3rd in Open A!!! This is a shot coming trhough the pits!!

[jlhughes750]

I love to post the holeshot pics!!:D

[jlhughes750]

I guess I get alot of traction????

[jlhughes750]

The other YFZ thats next to me is Jarred McLure from Pa. He was right with me all season for points and finished just 10-12 points back.... He'll be on a Honda next year in the Stock class at the GNCC's.... Watch for him, it should be exciting!!!!

[CTmxyfz]

wheres the new freshly pc'd pics and stuff? We don't want to see old pics... new pics!

[vasura450]

Originally posted by jlhughes750
The other YFZ thats next to me is Jarred McLure from Pa. He was right with me all season for points and finished just 10-12 points back.... He'll be on a Honda next year in the Stock class at the GNCC's.... Watch for him, it should be exciting!!!!

Yeah I know Jarrod, he works at Bowers Motorcycle Supplies which is my local shop. Hes real fast, him and John are goin to all the GNCC's this year they told me. Sounds like alot of fun.

Tony

[jlhughes750]

I got yer pics comin!!!! Don't worry.................................

Matt from East Coast just called and said the shocks are done!!!!!

Wait till u see what I did, Pappy will be proud!!! or pissed???

I will be taking and posting all the pics tonight from home!!! I promise!!! Man I wish I had my quadshop here at work, then i could really take advantage of my employer!!:D

[jlhughes750]

The shocks!!!!!! I've always wanted to do this to my shocks!

[jlhughes750]

the big bumper

PRM summit

[Kilabanshee]

For some reason I cant see the top picture it may just be my computer. I was so surprised on reaction/ecatv's job on my suspension rebuild. The next day I got a call saying the revalve and service was finished. I got the suspension revalve done very fast less then 24 hours! also for a great price! Jay do these guys service your shocks? Isn't that the same bumper you ran last year?

[jlhughes750]

the subframe: no powdercoat here, base coat black with clear, i was worried about the heating of the cast alum. so I stuck with paint on this part!!

[blasterkid]

im surprised ur still running the stock sub frame supposedly the break real easy and with the way u ride im surprised its not in half

[jlhughes750]

Originally posted by blasterkid
im surprised ur still running the stock sub frame supposedly the break real easy and with the way u ride im surprised its not in half

I had a small crack in the frt. cross member (useless area)....other than that I have not destroyed one yet!!!! I'm not that hard on my machine though, and its never been wrecked!!!

Originally posted by blasterkid
im surprised ur still running the stock sub frame supposedly the break real easy and with the way u ride im surprised its not in half

Mine has lasted almost a year and a half!

[jlhughes750]

I went with the black plastic with a blue flame graphics kit.

[jlhughes750]

installed the new bearings and sleeves today in the Gibson swingarm......

check out how wasted the old parts are!!!!

[jlhughes750]

I used all new Yamaha parts for the rebuild. The swing arm has 2 bearings on each side, seals on the inside (engine side) and cap seals on the outsides.

[jlhughes750]

the Gibson YFZ swing arm with 250R caliper setup.

This is a shot of the bottom of the shock mount/linkage mount. Check out the beefy gussets and the round tube in the center....

[jlhughes750]

another shot of the swing arm.

in this shot you can see the round tude!! I wish my camera could pick up the welds real close so you can see the art in this swing arm!!!!! The Gibson YFZ swing arm is a real nice part!!

[jlhughes750]

Here the frame, so far I have the lower Gibson XC arms installed and the Gibson +2 steering stem.....

Like the custom quad stand??:D

[OUEL#41]

what is the color of that frame??

[Dave400ex]

Looks real nice. Are those bottom arms chromed?

[Splatter Matter]

wow after seeing this pic i see why you are only running a certain number of races

[Freestylemxr]

what color is that frame?! it looks sick! :eek2:

[jlhughes750]

I guess its called trans blue???
East Coast ATV did all the powdercoating!!!

[jlhughes750]

the a arms are chrome, they have some time on them but still look great, so I left them alone....now that everything is going together I kinda wish I would have got them redone!!

later,J

[jlhughes750]

more pics tonight!!! Its almost done!:)

[WhiteBros400ex]

That things is sick i really like the pc color on the frame.

Are u from Pa also i do the dutchmen harescambles, on a mx 450r lol mayb ill see you up there sometime i also ride rausch alot.

[Kilabanshee]

Yeah I believe that is the trans blue powdercoat. My friend alex just got his beadlock rings powdercoated at eca the exact same color. This looks even nicer in person! Jay will you be racing on march,13th at flying dutchmen?

[Kilabanshee]

Originally posted by WhiteBros400ex
That things is sick i really like the pc color on the frame.

Are u from Pa also i do the dutchmen harescambles, on a mx 450r lol mayb ill see you up there sometime i also ride rausch alot.

Haha I'll also be running most of the dutchmen hairescambles on my +3 mx 450r. I'll be heading up to rausch today on my 400ex and alittle later when my 450r is done. My im is headpin900 send me a message.

[SRH]

let me know how the translucent blue holds up, everyone around here who has a translucent color has it flake off...i also saw one of the old eca yz/ex quads all flaked off...might be a coincidence or something but it sure looks good

[jlhughes750]

Sorry I have not posted on here for a week or so!!! I got wrapped up in some other projects..

I May be at the Dutchmen race on the 14th??? we'll see..

I got most of the quad together, I'll get some more pics soon!

[jlhughes750]

its been a while sorry...

heres what I've got done so far!!

[jlhughes750]

my GIBSON frt. end...

It uses 18.5 inch shocks on this Gibson long travel Cross country frt. end....

[jlhughes750]

a little closer shot of the rear end and the East Coast ATV YFZ relocator and guard for the rear master cylinder

[jlhughes750]

my IMS dry break quick fill tank


check out the graphics........too bad the graphics bubbled from all the gas fumes...I guess no matter how clean u think it is?????

[jlhughes750]

i had a small problem with the peg mounts last year...I did not want to reconstruct the entire area of the frame so we simply removed the stock "nubs" and made our own, threaded them and tig'd them back on!!

[jlhughes750]

the seat i used last year.
It had alot of racing on it before it wore through.

It was modified with extra foam on the top and sides.
The ECATV seat cover had material added to the sides to accomodate the extra padding.

[jlhughes750]

this year Matt at East Coast ATV set me up with a new cover from Quad Tech!!!!!!!!!!!


check out the workmanship!!!;)

[jlhughes750]

The cover from Quad tech has thin foam sewn into it already...its intended to go right over the stock foam.

[jlhughes750]

I went with a new airbox there really cheap. The old box went most of last year with one mount tab broken off.


I use both the Pro Design and the Sparks airbox rings....

They both work nice and are easy to install.

[jlhughes750]

I guess I'll show everyone around the shop just a lil...

Heres my ole R!!!!!!!:p gotta have one of these around at all times!!

[jlhughes750]

Its always good to have a trail bike around for a daily driver!!!

Just while the YFZ's apart!!;)

[jlhughes750]

its hard to pressure wash when its 20 degrees out, so I keep a clean one around just to look at!!:huh

[jlhughes750]

my heating problem!!!!!!!!!!!! any HVAC guys want to figure this one out??? It always seems drafty, and i just don't understand where all the heat goes????

[jlhughes750]

heres two of the reasons my YFZ handles so great for me!!

the steering block is from Gibson and corrects the YFZ stock bumpsteer.......also the tierod ends you see are Gibson...They hold up great and making steering precise!

When the block is installed it lowers the mount point on the inner tie rods and allows the tie rods to follow the arms on a more level plain as they go through the travel.... I added my own steering stops.

[jlhughes750]

another shot

[Kilabanshee]

Originally posted by jlhughes750
Its always good to have a trail bike around for a daily driver!!!

Just while the YFZ's apart!!;)

What is the quad behind the 450r in the picture? How many quads do you have?:eek2: Have you ever gotten to ride Borich's quad or another race 450r in the woods? Which do you like more?

[jlhughes750]

Originally posted by Kilabanshee
What is the quad behind the 450r in the picture? How many quads do you have?:eek2: Have you ever gotten to ride Borich's quad or another race 450r in the woods? Which do you like more?


rode a full on woods 450R for 12hours last fall...axis,gibson,sparks motor and pipe!!

[ex kid]

Originally posted by jlhughes750
its hard to pressure wash when its 20 degrees out, so I keep a clean one around just to look at!!:huh

clear a spot on your trailer for my quad after the next race. i want it nice and clean and gas'd up!

[Kilabanshee]

Jay, it almost looks like you were made to ride a honda in that picture.:eek2:

[jlhughes750]

Originally posted by Kilabanshee
Jay, it almost looks like you were made to ride a honda in that picture.:eek2:


how bout it!!!


anyone wanna buy a real nice YFZ???

[ex kid]

Originally posted by ex kid
clear a spot on your trailer for my quad after the next race. i want it nice and clean and gas'd up!


guess that's a no, how much for the Yammi?

[jlhughes750]

Originally posted by ex kid
guess that's a no, how much for the Yammi?


alot.;)

[jlhughes750]

know anyone interested?

[ex kid]

Originally posted by jlhughes750
know anyone interested?


YEA! i might be. how much?

[jlhughes750]

12K:D

[jlhughes750]

everything is fresh......motor is new beside the cases....all gears, crank, new cylinder etc.etc.etc.!!!!

[muddy400EX]

dang dude, you have a souped up yfz, 250r, and 2 450r's? that would be so awesome!:eek2:

[ex kid]

that's a deal J, too much for me empty pocket though. you building a Honda?

[jlhughes750]

just to clarify, the 250R is my race bike fron 2 years ago, my friend bought it and keeps it at my shop..

One 450R is a good friend of mine that lets me ride it in exchange for storage and wrenching!! the other is a friend/customer.......

I am thinking of selling the yfz when its done..??

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by jlhughes750
Its always good to have a trail bike around for a daily driver!!!

Just while the YFZ's apart!!;)

Is that another 250r I see in the background ... a red one ??? :eek2:

[jlhughes750]

400ex with quadtech hood and renthals....otherwisw all stock, thats my "wife's quad" ;)

[jlhughes750]

not a great pic....just a preview, I'll pull it out in the sun this weekend and get some real pics!!

[jlhughes750]

don't know why, but i thought this would make a cool pic!!!

[ex kid]

:eek2:

very nice

[jlhughes750]

alright lets start the bidding!!!

[ex kid]

$1.00

you know anybody selling an R?

[metalmellinium]

Does your kicker hit your header at all? I got sparks also, and mine does..

[jlhughes750]

Originally posted by ex kid
$12,750.00

you know anybody selling an R?

R with stock frame or a/m?????

[jlhughes750]

Originally posted by metalmellinium
Does your kicker hit your header at all? I got sparks also, and mine does..


yes it does, i used a cutting tool and shaped the kicker in a little to help... now it closes the entire way and does not hit!!

[jlhughes750]

By the way this bike really is going to be for sale if anyone is seriously interested PM me.....!;)

[ex kid]

Originally posted by jlhughes750
R with stock frame or a/m?????


aftermarket... looking around the bastured might not make it through another season.

[jlhughes750]

I know where theres is a sweet red w/red frame R with Laeger stock replacement frame and all laeger components..LRD engine, pipe and silencer...w/ full beadlocks......@$6500....oh and PEP's all the way around!

anyhow...........anyone wanna real nice YFZ???

[sampleez]

i think there was a pretty nice r on here in the for sale section for pretty cheap. i think it has a arens frame.

[ex kid]

Originally posted by jlhughes750
I know where theres is a sweet red w/red frame R with Laeger stock replacement frame and all laeger components..LRD engine, pipe and silencer...w/ full beadlocks......@$6500....oh and PEP's all the way around!

anyhow...........anyone wanna real nice YFZ???


who's quad? you know how long ago it was built?

[jlhughes750]

2002? Mark Walters

[ex kid]

cool, thanks for the info. if i see him at the track i'll talk to him.

[jlhughes750]

SOLD!!!!:D

[Dave400ex]

Time to build a 450R?