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Well it's not completely done but I was able to get to where I can ride it this weekend. Pretty happy with how it's turning out. Sounds pretty healthy this go around as well

No doubt. And it sucks. Because I like to lift heavy weights. But with my current caloric intake that ain't happening. So it's cardio and hi rep weight machines for now. Ugh Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Iss coming. Should have everything besides case bolts and internals. The weight loss in bolts is so minimal the cost is hard to justify. I could lose 60# off myself and be way further ahead. But once you buy one Ti bolt, it makes all the others you didn't buy look like shit

Back on the ground. Still a ways to go. Put the old swing arm and a arms on so I could see what it's going to look like. Should look better with new swing arm and front end. Still need to powder coat or anodize axle hubs. Still have a few bolts I want to replace. And I'm still not 100% sure what I want to do for a good. It'll be white, just not sure what style I want to go with

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Test fit some plastics and a seat last night. Got the plastics to fit ok. Not great but ok. I don't like how the seat wiggles around with no back plastics and I can't stand the gap between the seat and the tank. Hoping it all blends together when it's all the same color

you ain't lyin. and once you start theres really no stopping

Chassis back from powder coat. Now I can start putting stuff on. Love the white So far I have titanium bolts for everything from the motor forward. Probably a total waste of money for me, but it looks cool as shit Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Chassis didn't get done so I figured I'd leak the motor down since I didn't when I first built it. Yeah I know "you're stupid!" Yeah, I know. Whatever Also found both intakes leaking. Gooped everything up and let it sit over night and now it's held 6psi for an hour or so. Should be good to go

Got this badass piece in from ATVJoe (Joes ATV Performance and Fabrication) the other day. Sent him my busted trans from last year and told him I wanted something cool and this is what I got back. Ultralight n-1-5 with undercut 1srt gear and back cut 2,3,4. I'm not going to claim to know anything about transmissions, but I know a little about machine work and there's some cool stuff going on here. New carbs and head Carbon fiber lower motor mount struts from carbon race parts Frame is suppose to be finished at powder coat tomorrow so maybe get to start assembling some of this thing this weekend

Starting to rebuild. Was going to just cut mine up and make it nice again but as I started pulling it apart, I went to pull the gas tank out and it wasn't coming. The bar the steering stem attaches to was bent back into the tank during the crash. Had to cut it to get the tank out. Which really isn't a big deal I guess. Could have just bent welded a new bar on. So instead, I found a chassis that'd been cut down and extended a little, paid WAY too much for it, and had it shipped here. Now our shop fab guy is fixing some cracks and stripped bolt holes and putting in a new rear shock mount. The color is so ugly I can't hardly stand it. That's why the pics are black and white lol. I'll be delivering to powder as soon as he's finished with repairs. Won't be changing anything to the bottom end really. It only has 5 passes or so on it. I did however buy some new carburetors and a new head. I originally purchased some 39mm PWK off the facebook page that supposedly had been converted to alky and ran on a 4mm cub before I built this motor. I put them on and thought the bike felt fast as fuck (compared to my old setup), however the plugs didn't agree. It was super lean even with the power jets turned all the way out. I remember feeling it lay over in high gear on the pass that I crashed. Pulled the plugs when I pulled the motor and found I burned a strap off one of the plugs. So figured I'd pull the head to see what the domes and pistons looked like. Few little nicks on the piston but the dome looks untouched. Sent my carbs off to F.A.S.T. to be gone through and proper adjustments made for my setup. After inspecting, and going off their recommendation, we decided to just go with some new carbs. So, new 39pwk alky carbs and a F.A.S.T. branded head on the way. I'll be ditching the CPI inframes in favor of some Shearer oof this time. New front end and swingarm will be supplied by DMS Powersports. Prolly cut up some factory plastics and paint them white if they aren't already white. All 4 of my wheels and tires made it through the crash unbent amazingly enough so I'll prolly just run them. All of the suspension made it through unbent as well. One a arm got the powder coat scuffed up, but that's it. I'll be selling everything off the old bike if anyone is interested in anything. Just a waiting game on everything to show up so I can assemble at this point. Hopefully be ready to ride towards the end of the summer

Well, still not sure what happened, but I crashed it. All I really remember is grabbing the clutch at the end of the pass and then beginning to fall off towards the right side. Then I remember waking up with the wind knocked out of me and eyes full of sand. Only thing I can think of is the tire came off the bead, made a hard move to the left when the wheel dug into the sand, threw me off and then started tumbling. But I really don't know and can't find any video of it. It felt like it ran really good on the 5 passes I got to make on the new build though. The heim end on the right tie rod is broke, but I'm guessing by how those threads are bent, it happened in the tumble The damage doesn't look horrible. The rear subframe is definitely trashed. And the bar the steering stem is attached to has some paint chipping off of it. I still haven't got it out of the trailer to really go over it. My back is pretty messed up from the crash and has my mobility limited. No idea what cut my leg but it did a pretty effective job of it lol. I also apparently hit my head pretty hard as well. Glad I put my helmet on beforehand I had actually made a couple passes on the raptor earlier in the day with no helmet. Never again. Neither my leg nor head bother me near as much as my back though. I probably should have went and got checked out on that deal.

The DRW is kinda ugly and kinda expensive...but now my cases are super ugly because I didn't have one soooo.... lol

Well got the motor in. Fired it up the first time with my old gas carbs just because I knew they would work. Fired off in a couple kicks idled and revved great. Gave it a couple heat cycles then put the new alky carbs on. Gave it a couple kicks and it fired off for the first time on alky. Was idling kind of high so I chopped the throttle to try and get it to come down. It didn't come down. It ran the fuck away lol. Scared the shit out of me. Turned the key off, cut fuel lines, pulled spark plug wires, and it just wouldn't shut off until it sucked the bowls dry. Super scary (to me anyways). Finally shut off and I rolled it back in the garage to look things over. Pistons and bores looked fine so I put the gas carbs back on to fire it up and make sure everything sounded ok again. It did. So I began to inspect and compare the alky carbs to the gas ones and decided that the slides were just opened too far. Adjusted them and put them back on the bike. Fired up and sounds like it should. Took it to my local river bed to see what this cub on alky was all about...Apparently it's too much for my eBay chain lol. I seen the bad spot in the chain when I put it back on the back. But, I'm stupid and really wanted to ride so I said screw it and slapped it on. Shit happens. New chain, guide, and a DRW case saver and it's good to go again I did get to stick it once from a roll before it broke and there is definitely considerably more power now. This thing has me wanting to sell the raptor and put more money into the banshee. It's a serious dilemma I'm dealing with currently lol

What a fun machine. I can't explain how much I enjoyed this bike last year. I beat on it mercilessly for the last half off the year and didn't miss a beat until I finally broke the transmission at the the Fall King of the River race. No complaints though. It definitely didn't owe me anything. I decided since I was going to have to split the cases to figure out exactly what was wrong, that I would just go ahead and build a new motor while I was in there. That way I know exactly everything that's in there. I gave Jeff at F.AS.T. a call and he was more than helpful with getting me setup with a new 4mil crank and some cub cylinders. I knew the old motor was a 4mil setup but I didn't know if it had a long rod or what so I just decided to start fresh so I did know. I also got a new ATVJoe trans and some 39mm PWK alky carbs. The end of my 2016 was super busy so I didn't get a chance to even touch this thing until just a couple weeks ago. Finally got it tore down and discovered I could have reused my old crank (oh well). Also confirmed my suspicions of a broke trans. (I had already cleaned one piston) I prolly shoulda sent this thing off to someone to be built because I'm not the most mechanically inclined person but I like learning new things soooo I put it together myself. Really wasn't that hard. Everything just kinda drops in And that's where I'm at with it for now. I had fun putting it together and I can now add another engine to my list of assemblies. Hoping to drop it in the chassis this weekend before I head out to Cali for a couple weeks