My first race quad build!

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Ok here goes my first attempt at getting my 8yr old daughter (Taylor) into the beloved sport of quad racing!

Most of the donor parts came from her
2000 Monsoon Motorsports 90cc cvt Quad
Dubbed Pinky for obvious reasons

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As you can tell by pictures my little girl seems to be drawn to mud holes!

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Here frame had some issues so I got a Polaris scrambler/sportsman frame and started from there. Here is a list of new additions to the parts pile.
+2 / +1 single a-arms
extended tie rods
+4 rear axle
10.25" Works copycat shocks (JUNK!)
+3 extended rear swing arm
AC nerfs
Kasea Skyhawk plastics,seat,gas tank

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Looks like it still has a few more parts left to put on and she will be ready!

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Welding tabs and brackets to fit the kasea plastic!

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Well Taylor can't weld but at least she looks cool!

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Well it looks like a Kasea anyway

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Here is Taylor in pj's actually thinking I would let her sleep in the garage with her quad.

Not a freakin chance. But I gotta give her an "E" for effort.

[leadsled01]

Very cool, keep us posted.

[ww228king]

yeah what he said ^^^^

[etondaddy]

Your hooked.....your one of us now. It takes a lot of time and money...just make sure she's there the whole way...they have so much more pride in it when there involved in the build and maintenance. I'll help you anyway I can. It's all worth it when they get back to the pits after a race with that big smile in the helmet. Like I always told Kyle ..."you'll always be my favorite horse if you never win a race.

Mike Kozura

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Yeah my life has pretty much started to revolve around getting her ready for next year. And yes I am figuring out it is extremley
expensive. I am just stressing about not being able to afford to get her set up right and safe. Its a dad thing I geuss. I just want her to have every oppourtunity to succede and enjoy life.

I really want to thank everyone on hear for all your help and advise so far! The main reason this project will get done is all you guys (and gals)!
Especially you Etondaddy, you are my hero! LOL

Oh the fat guy with the cancer stick in the pic is me. Kid says I need to quit cause they will kill me but I think she wants me to quit so I can buy her more cool stuff!

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Ok I just realized we both have cigarettes. I am the bald one.

[wvspeedfreak]

Man I love these build threads :) I think everyone I have built is documented on here somewhere lol.

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Yeah its pretty cool watching these things come together. Just wish things moved along faster!

Anybody have or know of anyone that has
some good used shocks?
(Elka,Works,Fox,or similar quality)

front
10.25" to 10.50" eye to eye
and
rear
10.50" to 11.00" eye to eye


These are the ones off Ebay
(JUNK!JUNK!JUNK!)

[jetta75]

Originally posted by fasttimes
As you can tell by pictures my little girl seems to be drawn to mud holes!

Tell me about it I have an 8 year old son that I cant even let ride in the back yard anymore unless its totally dry out. She going to be racing MX or XC? We'll have to go riding at St. Joe or finger lakes when its done and warm. Have 4 kids (7-11) and parents we go riding with. -Bill

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She really seems to like mx so thats the route we are going. Yeah it would be great after its done to let her just get out
with kids her age and ride. She used to go with me and some of my buddies but it wasn't as much fun for her with all adults.
I will just be watching for a while, I sold my quad to help fund her quad build.
I Was pretty damn depressed until I saw
her face all lit up while we were tearing hers down and going over everything we are doing to hers. Definitly worth it!

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Ok so I was checking out all the pics Taylor took while me and her Uncle Jon worked on her quad this weekend, and realized Jon was sleeping while I was welding! Huh little brothers are such a big help!

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But I got even! I made him use the cut off wheel and grinder. HaHa

[airmobile101]

Looks like its coming together pretty good.

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Yeah we were truckin right along til we ran into the shock issues. No big deal FOX
is sending me a free set because of my boyish good lucks so everything is great!
LOL, Yeah right.
I am taking everything apart now to start getting parts powdercoated, so hopefully Santa will bring me that winning lottery ticket I keep asking for.
I have now decided that after I find some good used shocks for now I will later be getting FOX shocks for her! Everyone should check out the thread by DCARTER
on here about what Mark at FOX did!
Thread name is
physically challanged update

[dirttrack86]

I think I have the Elkas you need , I'll look in the shop tomorrow.:)

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Ok let me know. Thanks

[leadsled01]

[i] Whats wrong with the shocks? Are they from Arizona? PS when should I expect my big bore kit? (just curiuos, no rush) Jerry
These are the ones off Ebay
(JUNK!JUNK!JUNK!) [/B]

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You should see the big bore kit today if I remember right.

The shocks are the ones that are sold on ebay by West Coast Quads. I weigh about 220lbs and I can jump up and down
on the front end and only get it to comrpress about 1 inch.
They are way way to hard for a 65-90 lbs rider. But thats what
they claim the shocks are set up for.

[Whitfield]

Sounds like they are way too stiff for your set up.

I'm still learning about the little quads, but building IFS 4wds and Rock buggys I've learned a little about shock geometry. You probally already know this but some may not.

The angle of the shocks and mounting points will make a BIG change to the leverage. This will effect the ratio (a-arm movement to shock travel).

Mounting the lower shock closer to the frame will require stiffer shocks / more PPI. Mounting further away from the frame /closer to the wheel will require less PPI. Unless everyone is running the same Frame geometry and the same A-arm geometry, shock set ups will not be a one size fits all.

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Good point. The longer arms are set up for longer than stock length shock to keep geometry similar. The shocks I ordered are the correct length for this set up. I was thinking maybe I might be able to find softer springs in the same size. I am going to do some measuring on the springs tonight. I just can't get specs for the stiffness of these springs, No one I have talked to about these shocks have that information.
Hey when Santa brings the lottery ticket I will custom order
fox shocks for her anyway:p

[leadsled01]

I bought a rear shock from WCQuads and I agree, they are alittle on the stiff side for 65 lbs rider.I wonder if the rear shocks and the front shocks are actually the same thing? Not sure because my front shocks are a different brand, but they do look identical from your picture.

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I talked to a guy the other day that bought all three at the same time frome them and they are exactly the same except the length.
And he said they are also hard as hell. He runs flat track /tt
and said they work out great for that.

[airmobile101]

Im assuming those are the shocks off the Apex Pro Shark?

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I am not sure I have never paid any attention to stock apex shocks. I doubt it these things are extremely stiff.

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Ok got home and had some boxes waiting for me! Its great when you are all excited opening the boxes and then depressing when you realize its parts you don't need yet!:D then:(

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Ok so I am back in the dog house. So I decided it was too cold and I was too tired
to do anything in the garage tonight, but my mind was changed for me by a spoiled brat. Her front tires came in today and she had to see what it would look like on her quad. I normally mount tires at work since I do not have a compressor at home, but I know a few old school tricks and have a little roadside compressor you plug in to cig lighter. Ok you fill in the blanks
Prybar , wheel , tire , ether , lighter , kaboom , tire seated on bead , and wife running down the stairs screaming with phone in hand getting ready to call 911!

Hope everyone enjoyed that. I am going to have to use Taylor's sleeping bag and sleep in garage now. Cause after she calmed down and went back upstairs I did it again! Well I couldn't just do the one side.

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There on and I still have all my hair and fingers. LOL

[qcitytile]

Thats funny stuff. Lookin good Randy

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Ok so I am not sure just how the quad is going to turn out but I can gaurantee the build is going to be comical all the way to the end.:eek2: :p :blah:

[kylie'spitcrew]

Thats funny. I'm sure your wife didn't think so. The quad is looking good.

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Thanks, Yeah she was pretty pissed. But hey after 10 years she was getting pretty numb to my shenanigans so sometimes I have to step it up a notch. LOL

[qcitytile]

The thing that matters most is your little girl will love it. There's nothing like making your kid smile. Keep up the good work

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I want to thank everyone on here for all there help and advise! I would be up s**t creek without a paddle if it wasn't for everyone on here.

Thank you to all and to all a good night.

Randy

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Ok need some advise on which do you want wider front or rear or same?
right now
rear is 42 inches wide
front 40 1/2

I have always thought you would want front to be wider.
Here are my options with stuff I have
front 38 1/2 or 40 1/2 inches

rear 38 or 42 inches

I do plan to make changes way down the road when her ability and my check book grow but I am looking for the best set up with what we have to work with.

[airmobile101]

That could be a toss up either way on how she rides it. I would suggest you try to even the front and back as much as possible.

[etondaddy]

When I send you the 1" spacers put them on the front and you'll have your 42"........ I plan on coating the stem Saturday morning and shipping the stem, jug, and spacers Saturday afternoon or Sunday UPS so you should have them middle to the end of next week. The front should be wider or the same as the rear.......



Mike Kozura

[etondaddy]

Originally posted by fasttimes
Ok so I am back in the dog house. So I decided it was too cold and I was too tired
to do anything in the garage tonight, but my mind was changed for me by a spoiled brat. Her front tires came in today and she had to see what it would look like on her quad. I normally mount tires at work since I do not have a compressor at home, but I know a few old school tricks and have a little roadside compressor you plug in to cig lighter. Ok you fill in the blanks
Prybar , wheel , tire , ether , lighter , kaboom , tire seated on bead , and wife running down the stairs screaming with phone in hand getting ready to call 911!

Hope everyone enjoyed that. I am going to have to use Taylor's sleeping bag and sleep in garage now. Cause after she calmed down and went back upstairs I did it again! Well I couldn't just do the one side.

That is funny sh*t...........


Mike Kozura

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It is going to be just over 40 inches wide with the spacers. Right now without them it is just over 38.

[etondaddy]

You could turn the tire around and make the 3+2 wheels 2+3.......and that will get it. I don't think the valve stems will hit.



Mike Kozura

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yep already did. I am thinking that for now I will go with the
40 inch up front and just over 38 in the back. Then later after I
become a famous singer I will go dual arm and have it wider. I think 40 inches wide should be a pretty stable start for her.
What you guys think?

[kylie'spitcrew]

Hey fasttimes, if Mike does any powder coating for you, you will be very happy with it. He did Kylie's hubs, kick stater, and the frame. We were very happy with everything and Kylie really loves her frame (Kozura Blue). Kevin Smitley (BAK Motorsports) stayed up allnight and put Kylies quad together so she could race that weekend. Kevin and Mike are great guys and we can't thank them enough for all they have done for Kylie.

[etondaddy]

I think you'll be fine......you just need to work with what you got to work with......:huh


Mike Kozura

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Yeah Mike is my hero and he know's it! I was even going to sing him a song, nobody wanted to hear it! LOL

[etondaddy]

OK Randy just got the stem done...... I'm going to get the spacers off the hubs....they look bad I'm going to glass bead them and see how they come out.......... polish......we'll see. The bar clamp came out OK.....not worthy of the Caswell Plating and Polishing Forum........ but OK... the marks are still in from when it was made and my scratches.....that sh*t takes time and patience. Face shield or not it still glues your eyes together. I'll get it all to UPS tonight or tomorrow....either way it's not going out untill Monday. The pics suck but it looks pretty good. Of course you have a one of a kind...... I rolled the crome base on the edges...... Kyle or Kevin weren't here to tell me to stop putting powder on it..... or pull the air hose off the gun.

Mike Kozura

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[Reimer Racing]

Is it just me or if mike grows a beard he could be santa. LOL

Looks like you got a little snow down your way. I am sick of snow already. Local paper says we have gotten 110 inchs or little over 10 feet so far. And xmas is still 2 weeks away.

[etondaddy]

HoHoHo............ I know same old story I was at the Doctor the other day.....stop smoking, stop drinking, and loss 80Lbs that would but me at my 200lb fighting wieght....lol

Hey Paul I'm going to check on that spacer......not really sure if I'll see my stock one again.......I'll tell yea later.

First snow of the year Paul......1 to 2 just how we like it.......just enough to make the trees look cool.

OK here's a better pic of the bar clamp....


Mike Kozura

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[ww228king]

Originally posted by Reimer Racing
Is it just me or if mike grows a beard he could be santa. LOL

Looks like you got a little snow down your way. I am sick of snow already. Local paper says we have gotten 110 inchs or little over 10 feet so far. And xmas is still 2 weeks away.


i was thinking the same thing..lol

[ww228king]

the snow does look nice...

[etondaddy]

Originally posted by ww228king
the snow does look nice...

That's just enough for me........

OK the wheel spacers are done ......I but a quicky polish job on the outside....... just for you Taylor........;)


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[etondaddy]

OK cylinder's done..........all I got to do is pack it all up and get it to UPS........ tonight or tomorrow....for sure... I would never lie to you I hate a liar..............:devil: if something comes up and I can't get it shipped I'll let you know......... but I'm sure it will be on it's way Monday.....UPS's next pick up at the Staples store in Belle Vernon, PA is 4:30 pm Monday.

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[fasttimes]

Ok so first
Beard or no beard you are Santa Claus to
Taylor!
The stem looks almost as beautiful if not
more beautiful than the scenery there.
You have really gone far and beyond for us and could never express how thankful we are!

Thanks for everything Santa Claus!

[etondaddy]

HoHoHo..........I'm glad she likes it.........wait until you see in person.

The promblem is I live in the hood........ if you turn the other way it's not so nice..........lol

It's all boxed up and ready to go...... I'll be at Staples first thing in the morning......and then I'm going to Harbor Frieght.....I got some new coupons in the mail yesterday......there's nothing like coming home with a big bag of junk tools.

When your ready to put the jug on call me and we'll go over a few things.


Mike Kozura

Hey Santa how much you charge to powder coat our steering stem a arms and swinger let me know if your interested. pm me the price man that looks good. what did you use to clean the spacers? everything looks great. Great job.

[etondaddy]

I used glass bead to clean everything up........I thought I got the jug finns a little better than that...that must be the bad side..... pictures don't lie........that's why I like them....:devil:


Picked up a small blasting cabinet at Harbor Freight for $75.00......got some glass for it......wow I love it.


The pics are when we had white sand in it.....I got glass now and lovin it.


PM sent.


Mike Kozura

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[etondaddy]

Ok pm sent with tracking numbers. Pick up at staples in Belle Vernon, PA is 4:30pm Monday and the terminal is in New Stanton, PA witch is only about a half hour away so the numbers will be good about 5:00pm EST Monday.

Got to go to Harbor Frieght.......got out of there with $30.00..... I was proud of myself.........I wanted to get home to watch the Steeler game.

There used to be a dude on here that was a big Baltimore fan....... I can't remember his name or screen name............ but wow would I be hammering him about now........here we go Steelers....here we go.

Mike Kozura

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[wvspeedfreak]

Originally posted by etondaddy


There used to be a dude on her that was a big Baltimore fan....... I can't remember his name or screen name............ but wow would I be hammering him about now........here we go Steelers....here we go.



Mike that is Adam aka MXDAD.He still comes on here from time to time.If you make a post about the game I am sure he will come out of the wood work :D :devil:

[etondaddy]

Thanks Jason......yea that's the dude.


Mike Kozura

[airmobile101]

Fast times, I know you said you pretty much setting that bike up for MX, but I noticed your from Columbia , MO. We would love to have your daughter run the OXC . There a few races coming up within a six month period that are outside of Jeff City. Jump over to oxcracing.com and jump on the forum. Its a harescramble,but it would definately improve her skills. The trees keep even the fastest riders honest:devil:

[fasttimes]

I think she would love it! I will check it out.
Thanks

[airmobile101]

LOL, Harbor freight !!!! To be honest, I think they are the best place to go when it comes to speciality tools.

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Ok anybody have or know where I can find the eyebrow/headlight filler peice for the front of the kasea plastics?

[wvspeedfreak]

Originally posted by fasttimes
Ok anybody have or know where I can find the eyebrow/headlight filler peice for the front of the kasea plastics?

I found you one!

[etondaddy]

Old Jason's a Kasea guy from way back.......old school as the kids say today.......lol


Mike Kozura

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yey Jason! Thanks

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Santa's elf (UPS man) dropped of some packages from Santa(etondaddy) tonight and HOLY CRAP!!!! this stuff looks awesome!!!
Powdercoating is beautiful and some great polish work!

Thanks Mike

Ok just realized I never tracked down a carrier and caliper mounting bracket for a eton. If anyone has one let me know.
I have found somebody with a eton carrier but I would still need a bracket or both if you got em.

Thanks everyone.

Your faithful understudy (Randy)

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Ok forgot I also need rotor and rotor hub.

Wow when will it end?

[etondaddy]

Thanks Randy....glad you guys like the stuff.

It never ends.......your just gettin started.

The carrier you need has the caliper mount on it......I sold the one I had.

This is what it has to look like......

Mike Kozura

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[etondaddy]

Try PM'n Brad Loomis about a carrier.


Mike Kozura

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Thanks for the info. Yeah it would be way too much of a headache to make a mount.
I will just need to track down eton set up for rear.

So a buddy sent me this pic of me from a quad trip last year and it was just dumb enough to post! So if you guys sometimes think I am not playing with a full deck, YOUR RIGHT. LOL

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Ok the first one was not bad enough so I had to top it! lol:D

[etondaddy]

Hey I used to race........ Wolfmanns MX used to have a utility quad class.......wow was that blast....you had to be over 30 years old and have beer on your breath.....lol. I'd always get the holeshot on my 750 and pull over in the first bowl turn and let the dudes that were really trying go.....I'd wait for Wolf the owner and we'd ride around and BS.....until we were about to get lapped then we'd pick it up a bit......lol.

That's old Wolf....the owner on the right with the hat.....good dude
Mike Kozura

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[ww228king]

lol... well, just like the kids, .. you had a smile on your face and that is all that matters....:macho

[ww228king]

Guess what....
I was just at my friend's shop at lunch just shooting the bull and picking up a quad frame to take back to work to get stretched and a lady came in and asked how much her quad was worth because she needs some money for xmas. Me and my freind walked out side and it was a 90cc Monsoon... My freind looked at me asked... how much do you think it is work? I said prolly about $200 if it runs. The lady said that it does run, but not right and she will take $200 for it.... soooo
I have a project quad for $200 that will need some minor work. Tires are slack, plastics are good, but are ugly, steering has some play, and it does run but needs a carb cleaning and maybe a freash topend. Are you going to use your engine? If so, what specs did you find out about it... I am assuming that it is like a stock Polaris 90cc Scrambler/Sportsman... Something for my son to rag out and keep the ours off the DRX...
Thought it was a quinky dinky...

[fasttimes]

Hey sounds like a pretty good deal man. Yeah I am still using the engine for hers. They are pretty standard from what I can tell. It has 42mm crank. I have researched a bunch of the specs so if you need any info or stock parts let me know.

Randy

[ww228king]

i havn't really looked it over that much, i had to get back to work.... i paid her and my friend pushed it in his shop....

so it is a normal jog engine, 52mm bore with 42mm crank...cool... i have so good ideas for this toy...

[fasttimes]

Yeah engine is standard jog.
Have fun with it. Just holler if you need anything.

Randy

[ww228king]

ok thanks...

[ww228king]

I do have another question... what was the deal with the Monsoon frame? It the geometry same as the other Taiwainese quad like the one that you are working on now. I am thinking of getting some more plastics and seat... I know that the tabs will need work, that will not be much of a problem, but i was wanting to know that the frame itself was the same...

[fasttimes]

Yeah frame is same basic design as polaris etc. I can see from brand to brand crossbars and bodymounts do vary. We had to move to cross bars and make all new mounting to put the kasea plastic on for Taylor.

[QuadCobbler]

Dose the rear axle on the monsoon have two peices of pipe that slide over the axle on each side helt on by the hubs?

[fasttimes]

just one piece of pipe on each side held on by the hubs.

[fasttimes]

yerfdog used to sell the same quad and used to have a complete manual on there site if that will help you any.

[fasttimes]

Update

coming back apart now. Hopefully going back together in a couple weeks covered in powdercoat (chrome is what she has decided on).
Taylor wanted me to make sure I didn't let them change the color of the stem because she thinks it looks pretty.LOL

So frame,arms,and swingarm will be powdercoated chrome. Anybody have any pics of one done that way? Or opinions?:huh

[etondaddy]

Sounds cool.........used chrome a lot as a base for candys........ and always said one day I'm going to leave it that color......

Nice stem....smart Girl.....:devil: :devil:



Mike Kozura

[fasttimes]

Yeah I think it will turn out pretty cool.
But not as cool as Kyle's
sssshhhh I can't tell Taylor that but he's gonna have my favorite colors!

[etondaddy]

Hey I forgot about your bearing yesterday.....me and Kyle worked in the shop most of the day. I build a 10x20 concrete patio with a room under it 10 years ago.......and never did nothing with it untill now. It was sapposed to be my mans room.....with a poker table and beer mister........ but it looks like it's going to be Kyle's quad shop. We got the second light up and got the gas line almost done.


Mike Kozura

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[fasttimes]

Awesome more space for more toys!

Yeah earlier this year I went from a house with a 2 car garage and a 30x40 shop to just a house with 2 car garage under house. So every other night I get yelled at about the smell of gas,brake kleen, ether, exhaust fumes, etc, etc, etc.
I used to own my own shop but this economy has kicked me in the nuts really hard so now I am a service manager and
do side work when I can in the garage.
Wow how times are changing!
Ok so hurry up and get Kyles done so I can come ride it.LOL

[jetta75]

[i]So frame,arms,and swingarm will be powdercoated chrome. Anybody have any pics of one done that way? Or opinions?:huh [/B]

I think it would look better if the colors were broken up. Like chrome frame, then red (same as stem) or black a arms and swinger.

[fasttimes]

Ok so I think you might be on to something there.
Ok maybe chrome frame with red arms and swingarm?

[fasttimes]

amazing the difference shocks make!

[airmobile101]

Slowly coming together. Lookin good!

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Ok so sunday's task will be disassemble, gusset, and drop off to buddy for some blast,prep,and powder!

Hey airmobile101, hopefully Taylor and I will be meeting you guys at some oxc
this spring. Taylor is excited about the idea of getting to race through the woods. So we will se when its done.

Randy

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Ok so my younger daughter Paige who is turning 6yrs old next month is heart broken. She had a little break down tonight and really thought that I don't like her because I am spending all my time working on Taylor's quad. So now that I feel like the worlds largest jackass
I need to find a cheap 50-70cc that I can pick up for her so I can get back in her good graces. I will be looking for something that may be able to upgrade later if she does get into it like her sister and can just ride around to be apart of the group for now. Wow little girls are so complicated!:confused:

[airmobile101]

Originally posted by fasttimes
Ok so sunday's task will be disassemble, gusset, and drop off to buddy for some blast,prep,and powder!

Hey airmobile101, hopefully Taylor and I will be meeting you guys at some oxc
this spring. Taylor is excited about the idea of getting to race through the woods. So we will se when its done.

Randy

That would be great to meet yea. Jetta75 will be out there also with his boy. Trust me, she's gonna be hooked !!!
Tim

[etondaddy]

If you do the a-arms and swing-arm candy red he'll already have the chrome base coat on. You could always do it all chrome and see and then top coat the other stuff if you want.



Mike Kozura

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I think thats how we are going to try it. Then Taylor can decide if she wants to leave it chrome or not.

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Ok so here is a pic of my little brat (Taylor)
on x-mas day. She tried on some of her gear and wore the stuff all day and even tried to sleep in it. I just want to show everyone the little girl that they have been helping through this build and wish
you all could meet her in person to get one of the biggest hugs like the one I got on christmas cause you guys played a huge! part in her happiness. Thanks everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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so freakin cute!

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Ok last one

[weld_13]

Originally posted by fasttimes
Ok so my younger daughter Paige who is turning 6yrs old next month is heart broken. She had a little break down tonight and really thought that I don't like her because I am spending all my time working on Taylor's quad. So now that I feel like the worlds largest jackass
I need to find a cheap 50-70cc that I can pick up for her so I can get back in her good graces. I will be looking for something that may be able to upgrade later if she does get into it like her sister and can just ride around to be apart of the group for now. Wow little girls are so complicated!:confused: Aww well at least your youngest daughter wants to be envovled. I race and my parents aren't too invovled financially or mechanically so it's good your getting your daughter into it, I've tried to get my younger sister to try it out but I guess she just thinks it's a guy thing:ermm:

[airmobile101]

Cute kid. I noticed those are "over the boot" type pants. Make sure you have sometype of heat sheild if the exhaust is gonna be near her legs. You don't want to be buying another pair. Trust me on that!!

[Bill Lemans]

Sweet thread fellas. :D

Went thru my first time race build last season and feel your pain Randy. Same kind of budget , too;)

These guys are like a little support group for mini quad newbie junkies:D

[XXX -rider]

haha "my spoiled brat " lol reminds me of myself .. we all can see you love your daughter :) ..keep up the good work !!..but as a dad of a girl racer ...the fun,the $$'s , the time , the frustration,the memories, oh & did I mention the $$'s is just beginning !!..
it all started with a $500.00 50cc "fun" bike for us..over 125 trophies & 3 1/2 years later she has went thru 8 bikes ,5 quads ...
2 trailers & 2 motorhomes ;) .. & she 's only 10 yrs old !!
she currently runs/races modded 70 & 90 cc mini quads (when we have time ) & mostly races 65 & 85 KTM MX bikes!!...& has a recently aquired atc 70 as a pit bike :eek2:
who knows where it will end ..actually I hope it never does ..
girl racers are a unique breed to say the least .. good luck &
I just hope you are younger than me !! :D

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Well looks like I am going to be down for a bit. Amanda brought me a buddies laptop to use. The doctors are not sure whats wrong with me yet. So far I have had 3 cat scans on my abdomen area, 4 blood tests, 3 urine tests, and I am going to get a colonoscomy tomorrow at 1 30. I have just started drinking this crap that makes me **** my brains out. The last couple weeks have pretty much consisted of massive painkillers and sleep. They put demerall in my iv for a while but I just culdn't hang with that stuff. They did morphine but that made me puke a lot so now its vicaden and I just sleep. I have been having unbeleivable abdomen pain that has me rolling around on the floor crying and wishing I would just die. Just can't eat any food. The worst part is they havn't figured out what the cause is. My white blood count is off the charts somedays and smedays its low. Now that I have a laptop I will try and get everbody up to speed. Taylors quad is still a pile of parts waiting to weld tubes for nerfs and then blast and powdercoat. Unfortunatly it is on temporary hold til I am alive
again. Thanks for the over the boot pants advise I didn't think about that! If my daughter does 125 trophies and loves the sport I will figure out a way to afford it too!

Randy

[leadsled01]

Wow, praying for you. Get well soon.

[etondaddy]

Originally posted by leadsled01
Wow, praying for you. Get well soon.
Same here ol' buddy....... I'm not a real religious person but we're praying for yea.


Mike Kozura

[ww228king]

Get well man!!!

[airmobile101]

Randy, man, I hope you get going again and get well. Let me know if they can't figure it out. Ill call DR. HOUSE:D

[Whitfield]

Take the time to get your health back right.

We'll be sending up a prayer for you and your family.

Let me know if yall need some one to talk to. I just whet thru somthing similar with my wife. She's never been sick before and was in the hospital for abdominal (They thought it was an ulcer) Sept 28th thru Nov 3rd. My wife had Mesenteric Ischemia (Make certin you don't have that / it is often overlooked).

I don't want to bore you or scare you but if I can help in any way just let me know. I'll pm you my #.

Please, if you can look for an advcocate, someone with medical knowledge / experience to help keep an eye on what is going on.
This person could be family / friend / church member ect... An extra set of eyes with a different perspective to ask questions is a wonderful thing. Don't over look moving to a teaching hospital if necessary, For us my wife's life depended on it. If not for our advocates I would not have known. Hospitals are very similar to auto repair facilities, some are much better then others.

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Ok so I am starting to feel alive again !
I had a colonoscopy done friday and found out there was an infection eating into the wall of my small intestine. After the cleaning and tons of medications I am almost feeling human again. Wow what a relief!!!!!!!
I really want to thank everyone for all there prayers and thoughts. Thanks

So I guess its back to work on Taylors quad. Now I just need a winning lottery ticket to get everything paid for! So if anybody has a winning lottery ticket they want to give me I will gladly take it

[Whitfield]

Great news that they have a diagnosis and have begun treatment.


Prayers for a Speedy Recovery!


I'm sure your girls cant wait to get their Daddy back!

[airmobile101]

Good deal !!!

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Thanks everybody!

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Found this picture when I was digging through my tool box. I had just gotten Taylor this Monsoon 90 and had a buddy paint the plastic pink. It was miserably cold and we had just gotten 19 inches of snow but nothing was going to stop her from riding!

[leadsled01]

Is that rattle can paint? My daughter wants me to paint her quad hot pink, but that Krylon paint is more of a pastel pink (in my daughters words..I don't say pastel..lol ) Any info would be great. Jerry

[fasttimes]

My buddy is a painter at a body shop. Its automotive paint. He did the pink base coat with flex in it. They use flex in paint for bumpers etc so the paint will give a little and not crack or flake as easy. Then he clear coated it I think with some flex in it to. If you need any more info or details about the process just ask and I will get ahold of him for you.

[leadsled01]

Thanks for the offer, but that won't be neccassary. I may just buy the peel and stick vinyl and cover the quad in that.Thanks Jerry
Originally posted by fasttimes
My buddy is a painter at a body shop. Its automotive paint. He did the pink base coat with flex in it. They use flex in paint for bumpers etc so the paint will give a little and not crack or flake as easy. Then he clear coated it I think with some flex in it to. If you need any more info or details about the process just ask and I will get ahold of him for you.

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Ok made a major change to this now!

Now to add some pink and she will be ready!

[Nichols Atvs]

new project or different quad from before

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Its another quad so now we will have 2 of them. I am going to take the one on here that I have been building for Taylor and find a 50cc motor to put on it for my younger daughter. This new one I am just changing plastic to black kasea and powdercoat metal pink. I am going to try to get her up to hwy 65 in sedalia missouri next month

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Ok got the all the plastics mounted on her new quad

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Of course now I need to track down another set of polished front wheels since this quad has 4/144 pattern and her old one was 4/110.

Taylor says it looks funny with the drr steel wheels on the front!

Anybody got a pair of front wheels layin around?

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Well almost done! If the weather permits Taylor will be taking her first test ride saturday!

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Well she got to test it out saturday so hopefully sunday we will be at hwy65 in sedalia to see how she does.

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[etondaddy]

Cool good deal.....now it looks like a race quad......that's a great shade of mud. How wide is the front ...that thing looks sick cool. Tell her good luck from all of us here at KMK Motorsports.



Mike Kozura

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Yeah I think it looks better muddy too.
Its almost 48 inches wide and holy crap does it handle well! It has rath dual arm set up with elka rezzies and a roundhouse swing arm with elka rezzie out back. Rath gusseted frame, rath nerfs and heels, rath antivibe stem, 400ex hubs,spindles,calipers up front,koso exhaust, durablue axle, sms built 90 aircooled motor and trans with green gears, and the list goes on and on. Oh yeah of course I had to make all new mounts to put the Kasea plastic on cause she had to have it look like a 400ex! I also have a wild ported and polished l/c motor built by stroke it with a crazy looking clutch set up and a didgital pvl ignition for when she gets a little better. Thanks for all your help!

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ready for sedalia hwy 65 mx on sunday

[coffing918]

what a cute little girl,

[coffing918]

what a cute little girl,

[etondaddy]

Good luck at the track......just ride and have fun. Let us know how it goes.



Mike Kozura

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Well we had an awesome time in Sedalia!!!
Taylor had the time of her life so I'm happy.
She was really learning in leaps and bounds all day. I don't think it will take her long to become a competitive rider with how fast she is picking up on stuff! She made it through two practice runs and her first race, but when she came off the track the quad went to a strange solid smooth fast idle and wouldn't shut off. We pulled the tether, coil wire and I got the snot zapped out of me pulling off all the cdi wires and well it kept running. I finally used my boot to smother the exhaust to kill it. Never heard of that one before. So after about 5 mechanics looked at it with me we came to the conclusion that either the pick up coil or stator shorted out to the motor. Anybody seen this before?
So I will be digging in to see what happened tonight. All and all I still couldn't be happier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :p :)

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If anyone is within driving distance of Sedalia
Missouri, you would not regret the trip to this track!

Here is there site

www.hwy65mx.com

[weld_13]

I've heard about this happening on two strokes before but it was always different things, I know before it was coils and tors units.

[weld_13]

I've heard about this happening on two strokes before but it was always different things, I know before it was coils and tors units.

[fasttimes]

Ok so I am sad to say a lot of hard work has gone to waste! My daughters race quad only made it to three races on it and some weekend practice , trail rides. And now she has lost interest so we have decided to sell, part out or trade to pay off some debts and or get a boat or some waverunners. This is a professionally done race quad that rips and handles like no other!
2004 dinli frame that has been fully gussetted and pro-pegged by Rath Racing (pc'd red) w/mounts changed to accept kasea fenders,tank,seat $450
DC - Roundhouse rear extended swing arm with billet carrier and chain tensioner $200 (only for Dinli)
Duralue xtended rear axle $150
rear billet wheel spacers $50
Quad is right between 48-49 inches wide
Rath Racing dual A-arms(pc'd black)$800 or $1000 with the spindles and brakes
400ex front hyd. disc brake and hub/spindle conversion (new pads) 4/144
Elka triple shocks w/ remote rezzies inc. clickers $450 for fronts , $200 for rear or $600 for all three
footbrake rear hyd. disc brake conversion (new pads)
Rath Racing anti-vibe extended steering stem $200
Rath Racing pro-peg nerfs with heel gaurds $200
Powermadd hand gaurds $25
Renthal Bars
Kill switch
Made new mounts and installed Black Kasea plastics because she wanted quad to look like a 400ex
Hetrick Racing graphics
Hetrick Racing gripper seat cover
extra set of red Kasea plastics,stock seat,and spare fuel tank
New grips
Front douglas wheels w/ maxxis razr mx 19/6-10 tires (95% tread) $125 (4/144)
Front steel wheels w/Kenda Klaw mx 20/6-10 (100% tread) $100 (4/144)
Rear douglas wheels w/ 18x6.5-8 maxxis razr cross(100% tread) $100 (4x110)
Rear douglas wheels w/ 16x6.5-8 holeshots (80% tread) $75 (4/110)
Rear stock Eton wheels w/maxxis 18x9-8 (50-60% tread)
loose turf tamer rear tires 18-9.50-8 (100% tread)
Quad has two motors included

Motor 1- on the quad now $1250
Team Sims Racing Built Trans w/ Double Green Gears(unbreakable)
Sims custom race ported and polished air cooled 90cc top end (only has about 3-5 hrs on fresh rings,bearings,cyl hone
Has low compression head on it now but will include 2 new FRC high comp. heads for race fuel
Light weight 42mm race crank and rod
30mm Race port oko carb
Malossi kevlar belt
High speed/high ramp variators
light weight adj. hit clutch
light weight clutch bell w/ aluminum cooling fins
Race coil and race cdi
also comes with 2 new in boxes 52mm piston's , rings , etc




Motor 2 Water Cooled big bucks! $1500 (includes Digital PVL ignition)
Stroke it Imports Built water cooled race motor
New bidalot water cooled ported and polshed(cylinder and head) top end (has break in and basic tune only
comes with spare 46.7mm race piston and rings new in box
42 mm full circle race crank
Team Sims Racing Built Trans w/ Double Green Gears(unbreakable)
New bearings in tranny
Double green gear race tranny gears

-like new koso race pipe polished w/carbon muffler $150
-Full Digtal Pvl ignition system w/ battery and electric water pump $400
-2 extra pipes koso 1 koso 2 with hectic silencer both need some work
-2 radiators
-New water hoses
-New gas cock and gas line
-extra clutch and misc. parts
-extra belts all different
-extra gears front and rear
-Koso Boost bottle
-New digital (rpm hour meter) still in box w directions
-spare hot race coils
-extra DC anti-vibe stem w/billet bar mount w/ tether mount(beautiful candy red pc'd needs bushings $175
-spare new tether kill switchs
I know I am forgeting a bunch of stuff so I will add as I find the stuff but everything I have for racing will be included
Also can include for the right deal or price
-New in box Black and pink FOX V2 helmet $100
-EVS EVO neck brace (youth) grey and pink - only worn once-we like it better than the leatt braces $150
-Oneal Black w/pink buckles and logo youth boots $50
-numerous pairs of mx gloves -some new some used 2-3 times
-new scott blue goggles
-Fox main blk/pink goggles worn twice

*All part prices are best offer and Do Not Include shipping price

*Make me an offer if interested in the whole package

*Would trade for a nice open bow 21ft or longer , higher end bass/fish n ski boat , or possibly a pair of wave runners.

Thanks
Randy
fasttimes@mchsi.com
573-442-4125 or 573-639-2564

[etondaddy]

Cleaned inbox Randy


Mike Kozura