250Renvy
09-12-2012, 02:42 PM
This is going to be my build thread for my super long time in the making custom Laeger dual 250R/Z400.
The History
Back a few years ago I started building a nice trail quad from a Laeger 250X frame. I started getting into it and decided the power would never be enough so I took a hit and scrapped the project.
I decided I wanted a bigger liquid cooled motor and set out to find a 250R frame that someone converted into a fourstroke so I wouldn't have to wreck a good frame.
I found this:
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The guy told me it was a Laeger narrow front stock link 250R converted to a YZ426. I drove 8 hours to get everything but the motor and plastic. I wanted to put a 250R motor back in and ride for a while then do a refurb/conversion.
However:
The reason I'm calling it Identity crisis is because I found out it was made originally for a 350X motor, then poorly converted to a YZ426. Now I converted it to a Z400/250R based machine. So it doesn't know what it wants to be
I parted everything out and ended up with just a frame. It sat for a couple years as I found parts and money to build it the way I wanted.
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This is where it started going together but should also be called, "I'll get to it tomorrow/next week build"
Last summer I took it to a welder/fab guy to get the refurb done. I needed to add a headstay mount, remove the propegs and add footpeg mounts (All from Laeger) as well as new nubs for the front fenders and threaded bosses for the fender stays as well as radiator mounts for a liquid cooled motor.
It took him 10 weeks because he kept promising it would get done next week. Finally I picked it up and took it somewhere else and got it done in 4 days. Brought it back early this spring to get some welding and machining done which took 2 months because someone else kept giving the same promises. Took it to a powdercoater and after 3 weeks of not doing it and then changing the color, I took it to someone else to get done the right color, which I really like.
The History
Back a few years ago I started building a nice trail quad from a Laeger 250X frame. I started getting into it and decided the power would never be enough so I took a hit and scrapped the project.
I decided I wanted a bigger liquid cooled motor and set out to find a 250R frame that someone converted into a fourstroke so I wouldn't have to wreck a good frame.
I found this:
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<a href="http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/250Renvy/Laeger%20IDC/?action=view&current=Picture009.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/250Renvy/Laeger%20IDC/Picture009.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br/><br/>
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The guy told me it was a Laeger narrow front stock link 250R converted to a YZ426. I drove 8 hours to get everything but the motor and plastic. I wanted to put a 250R motor back in and ride for a while then do a refurb/conversion.
However:
The reason I'm calling it Identity crisis is because I found out it was made originally for a 350X motor, then poorly converted to a YZ426. Now I converted it to a Z400/250R based machine. So it doesn't know what it wants to be
I parted everything out and ended up with just a frame. It sat for a couple years as I found parts and money to build it the way I wanted.
<a href="http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/250Renvy/Laeger%20IDC/?action=view&current=Frame.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i289/250Renvy/Laeger%20IDC/Frame.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
This is where it started going together but should also be called, "I'll get to it tomorrow/next week build"
Last summer I took it to a welder/fab guy to get the refurb done. I needed to add a headstay mount, remove the propegs and add footpeg mounts (All from Laeger) as well as new nubs for the front fenders and threaded bosses for the fender stays as well as radiator mounts for a liquid cooled motor.
It took him 10 weeks because he kept promising it would get done next week. Finally I picked it up and took it somewhere else and got it done in 4 days. Brought it back early this spring to get some welding and machining done which took 2 months because someone else kept giving the same promises. Took it to a powdercoater and after 3 weeks of not doing it and then changing the color, I took it to someone else to get done the right color, which I really like.