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Franks 06 CRF250 Conversion
Posted: November 16th, 2009, 9:28 pm
by homenf
Picked this up today. Now to sell my '94 125 and Street legal '90 500 to fund to project.

Posted: November 16th, 2009, 9:59 pm
by AlisoBob
Thats the $600 special?
SWEET!!!
Posted: November 16th, 2009, 10:03 pm
by homenf
yup. It's perfect for my plans.
Posted: November 16th, 2009, 10:56 pm
by britincali
Posted: November 17th, 2009, 12:38 am
by 100hp honda
badass

. is anything in the motor salvagable ? maybe tranny, cylinder/head ? do the cases have a hole ? probly recoup a few bucks on ebay from motor parts.
Posted: November 18th, 2009, 12:25 pm
by homenf
Good idea. I think the bottom end is useable, along with the carb. Cylinder and head were missing. I'll have some time off work for a few weeks so I can try and sell the extras.
Posted: November 20th, 2009, 8:28 am
by MTNielson
I might be interested in the Carburator.
Let me know how much you want or maybe I have something of trade value
I have a Keihin PWK 38mm that I could trade.
Mike
Posted: November 20th, 2009, 10:51 am
by homenf
I pulled it out. It looks good but it did come from a bike that didn't run for awhile. It does have the QS2 on it so that should help. I just want a fair price while giving a fair price also. Ebay seems to have this stuff priced pretty high so I'm not sure what is fair.
I'll post some pics of the carb soon.
Posted: November 20th, 2009, 11:27 am
by MTNielson
I sent you a PM.
Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 5:35 pm
by homenf
Got the thing all cut up and the Y cleaned out.
Also have decided to use my plated 500 for the donor. Got the donor jetted correctly a few days ago and holy crap!

downright scary on the street. The engine is a 90 so the rear will have to be drilled out. Can this be done with a hand drill or should it go to the machine shop?
Using the jig and taking the frame to the welder tomorrow.
Got it apart pretty quick after I actually started. Portable bandsaw worked perfect.
Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 7:53 pm
by caseyracing222
I dont think you need the drill the motor out? I thought that 89+ motors didnt need to be?
Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 8:34 pm
by other
Whats this about drilling stuff on '90 motors ? . . . . my CR5 is a '90, so is there something I need to know ?
Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 10:14 pm
by CR500R7
89-01 CR500 bikes use the 17mm diameter swingarm pivot bolt the same diameter as all the alloy framed bikes there is no need to drill anything out to make it fit. ( motor bushings that is )
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:58 pm
by homenf
Sweet! One less thing to worry about. Thanks guys.
Posted: February 4th, 2010, 11:27 pm
by other
Cheers for that Jack, you're the man with the answers ! Your tip about where to go for stator stuff was good too. Betta Bikes seem very helpful. gotta spend 8 hunj on a new CRE500 kit, then send it to them to modify . . . . money pit . . pit . . . it. . . it. . . t. That's some echo, must be a big pit ! sigh
Posted: February 5th, 2010, 12:16 am
by CR500R7
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 9:07 pm
by homenf
Took frame to welder again. This time with the metal since he couldn't supply the little material I needed.
He said it will be a few weeks. Good sign if he is busy right now. We'll see how it turns out.
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 10:35 pm
by CR500R7
The link NO WORKIE dude.

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 10:44 pm
by 12voltguy
CR500R7 wrote:The link NO WORKIE dude.

copy paste works great
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3 ... 1251137729
Posted: March 9th, 2010, 10:58 pm
by CR500R7
Thanks 12voltguy.

but
I don't understand what you just wrote.

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 6:54 am
by homenf
I'll get the hang of this fancy new internet stuff someday. Thank you Al Gore.

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 5:05 pm
by homenf
Back from welder
the donor

Posted: March 26th, 2010, 11:03 pm
by homenf

Oops... Don't shape your front mounts like this. Will have to grind some.

just a snapshot. Not mounted anywhere yet.
Posted: May 2nd, 2010, 6:12 pm
by homenf
Had to remove the new front mounts. Ordered and had put on the new front mounts from:
East Valley Precision LLC
Robert C. Lyons
5248 S. Delaware Dr. Bldg B.
Apache Junction , Arizona 85220
Phone: 480-288-6601
I'm happy with them and my welder was impressed with them.
I was about to put the engine back together when I grabbed the rod and it seemed to have quite a bit of play in it. I'm going to do the bottom end now also.
Posted: May 10th, 2010, 7:49 pm
by homenf

broke my work stand. Got very lucky and it fell on something else instaed of the concrete floor.
My main list to complete:
Airbox (going to try a loudmouth kit)
radiators (buying new higher capacity units. the old ones were half smashed)
Form fuel tank
Get or make headstay (hope I can just order one)
Coil mount (still researching)