Winter rebuild

[250r rider 88]

Well guys I finally broke down and done it. Got ansy and started tearing it down, got this far in 4 hrs by myself and 1st time tearing a quad apart.

Frame and other parts will go to Pappy for PC and alot of new parts will be coming in over the next few months here are some before pics and current pics,

gonna have all red plastic with whtite "250R" old school logos on it

any ideas for frame color would be appreciated

[250r rider 88]

current status

[250r rider 88]

another pic

[Tom TRX250R]

If your going with the 88 style plastic, I would go with gloss black PC for the frame, swingarm, and lower a-arms. Then have the upper a-arms chromed. That would look sweet!

[TheFontMaster]

You can only powdercoat the upper a arms, because you can remove the ball joints from those. If you powdercoat stock a arms, the heat will dammage the boot for the ball joint. If your going with the stock 88/89 style red plastics, nothin looks better than a honda red frame with those plastics. A white frame and red or black swing arm would also look killer.

[Tom TRX250R]

I was talking about aftermarket a-arms because he said a lot of new parts will coming for it so I figured he would buy new a-arms as well.

[TheFontMaster]

I was saying that more so that he would know that, incase he was planning on getting them P/C.

[250r rider 88]

yeah kinda bummed out i cant podwercoat my stock arms dont really have money for aftermarket either, if anyone has a used aftermarket set they would sell really cheap let me know

frame and other parts will be trans. red

swinger will be this chrome look a like powdercoat
red plastics

[elbine69]

if you want to pc your stock a arms its possible to modify the lower a arm to accept mazda ball joints

[250r rider 88]

well its all apart now I will do a full rebuild thread with a pic for every step along the way for anyone intersted when done gonna enter in the quad of the moth contest yall gotta yote for me alright, also one of my rear hubs wont come of my axle for nothing ive tried everything imiginable any ideas als ois there any way to get those ball joints free from the spindles without a special tool? thanks

[readybeartoe]

I hate to tell you to hit it with a hammer but, If you go to Lowes and buy one of those long pieces of aluminum stock (about 3 foot long or shorter) and make sure it is a solid heavy one about 1/2 inch thick, it will be a valuable tool for prying other things. You can stand the quad up on the rear and use a dead blow hammer and carefully and firmly hold the rod against the ball joint (or what ever it is you're trying to jolt) and wack the end of the rod. Be patient, between strikes and make sure you're lined up. It will keep you from damaging more than one spot and you won't mess up your a-arms nearly as bad... This is what I used to get swingarm pivot bolts loose too. Sometimes just harpooning the damn thing with the weight of the rod alone is enough to get it loose but you have to use the a-arms as a kind or slide guide. Sometimes a heavier hammer (metal to metal) is better than a rubber dead blow hammer. Hope this helps!

[250r rider 88]

ok ive decided on a red translucent frame so here are soem options for the rest of the quad

1.) Red frame/red platics

2.) Red frame/black plastics

3.) Red frame/ white plastics


this is how i would order them by favoritism but i want your opinions

[TheFontMaster]

I would go with the white plastics. I don't like how it looks when you mix defferent variations of the same color, such as honda red, and trans red. The trans red is one of those colors that will match alot of other colors. If it was me I would stay away from red, and black. Yellow, blue, and silver are other colors that would look good. I think that the dark kinda metalic silver that fullbore has would look really good.

[250r rider 88]

well i decided to make a major color change

Frame will be black, plastics will either be red or orange, need a good second color for swingarm and other parts

[250r rider 88]

bump

[Cr85rRida]

well hows it going? any new pics?

[250r rider 88]

try to get some new pics, just a loto of parts i nthe garage waiting on the money then sending to pappy, final choice oncolor is black frame/ orange parts, maier orange plastic, try and get a 265 pv or 310 kit and some new suspension on it

[250r rider 88]

no updates yet but ive decided to call this project THE LEGEND and does anyone have an R with a black frame /orange plastic scheme pics would be great of either

[250r rider 88]

ok everything is in just waiting on frame and other pc parts from pappy then reassembly will start here are some pics of everything

Front fenders

[250r rider 88]

rear fender with factory effex seat

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another front

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tank cover

[250r rider 88]

New UPP chain rioller kit these are alot nicer than plastic much more durable good price too

[250r rider 88]

Shockwears

[250r rider 88]

New chain and sprocket kit form primary drive stell front and alluminum rear with o ring chain

[250r rider 88]

frame in gloss black by Pappy

[250r rider 88]

front hubs

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rear hubs

[250r rider 88]

orange parts they appear to be red but pappy's camera batteries were dying see next pic to see how orange they are

[250r rider 88]

better orange pic

[250r rider 88]

molycoating

[250r rider 88]

other parts in black

[250r rider 88]

more parts

[250r rider 88]

swingarm

[250r rider 88]

well thast all for now let me know what you guys think more pics when things come together

Will be getting all new suspension this summer as well as a 265 PV from ESR
:devil: cant wait

[Eddiesanders250]

looks sweet. whats molycoating?

[250r rider 88]

thanks
as far as i know it stregthens parts like the pivot bolt, case saver etc, you can puit it on anyting i think ask pappy about that one hes the man that did mine

[250r rider 88]

Finally got frame back from Pappy and started putting this thing together very happy with the powdercoating i reccommend Pappy to anyone

Heres a few new pics more come

also heres whats been added:

Zest Orange and black Maier plastics
Powermadd Handgaurds with RoxFX billet mounts
ESR TRX 6 Pipe and silencer (thank you Slowpoke 250r for the hook up)
ESR Exhaust flange
Primary Drive Sprocket/Chain kit
UPP rollers and sliders,
Outerwear shock covers
Factory FX seat cover

much more to come including ESr 265 PV in July and update all suspension:devil:

heres a pic from the front

[250r rider 88]

side view the sticker you cant read say "The Legend" as thats what i named this beast

[250r rider 88]

Oh Yeah:devil: :D

[250r rider 88]

silencer thsi thing is nice once again thanks slowpoke 250r for the deal of a lifetime on this:D

[250r rider 88]

rear end setup
stock shock with cover
the linkage dogbone caliper stay and caliper mount were done in mirror orange
thats a RAD locknut on there as well very trick piece extended axle durablue i think:( oh well cmae with the quad when i bought it and new chain and sprocket

[250r rider 88]

well thats all for now should be running next week sometime cant wait to ride this thing again let me know what you guys think and no this isnt a pumkin quad as mosty people will call it because ofthe colors i just really like those colors