Adapt and overcome!

With the KX gone, I still have my wee 2001 YZ250F.  Its been a great bike for the past few years and has yet to let me down.  With the few bucks I have left over from KX I am going to breath new life into the trusty old bike.  While not a desert legend like the KX, the YZ still has a place out there.  I mean come on, guys are racing these races on 125s!  So I won't be the fastest, or the coolest, but I am just out to finish.  I got to adapt to what life throws at me and overcome the obstacles, cause it's not going to be any easier 400 miles in the desert with a flat tire!
So here is the break down of the bike.
2001 YZ250F
- Vortex dual CDI
- DRD full exhaust
- 3 and a halfish gallon desert tank
- YZ426F front springs/ YZ450F titanium rear spring (just happen to be perfect match for my weight on this bike)
- Factory R&D accelerator pump
- BBR Billet kick lever
- Pro Taper bars, Higher bend than stock
- Works connection skid plate, frame guards, and caliper guards
- 13/48 gearing
and probably a few other little things I am missing.


And over the past week and next week the bike will get
- Brand new OEM piston kit (who knows the last time this bike got a piston)
- 14 tooth front sprocket
- new cam chain
- Hot Cams stage 2 intake and exhaust cams (will be great to get rid of the compression release lever!)
- and a deep clean and inspection

should be a hopped up desert machine when it all comes together.  With the Vortex CDI, changed gearing, and the stage 2 hot cams setup for mid to top end power, the ol YZ should scream threw the desert!

Here are some pics of the bike, one setup for the track and one for the desert.

And here is where it stands in the garage tonight.  New piston in, one of the cams waiting to go in, and starting to nit pick threw all the little things.

And everything about the KX500 I loved is haunting me in this one.  yup it's a 4 stroke, and way more parts in the motor, a lot more maintenance, and VALVES!  I can take a 2 stroke apart and swap top ends in just an hour or 2.  This one has taken me half the day!  Oh well, its what I've got so I'm going to run with it.

bumps in the road

Well everyone, and by everyone I mean the 3 people who will read this, I have some sad news.  I had to sell the KX500 :(  It was a sad day.  I had some issues with the house that turned into a HUGE issue, and good ol Murphy showed up.  So now what am I going to do you ask????  Well I still got a YZ!