125 New to me 06 YZ125 lowered?
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Is this the house building compressor thread, or was it about a Lowered Yamaha? 
So far so good. I think it helps that it is knows as an active shooting range. We get the steel targets ringing pretty loud a strong. It is about 2 miles past the Kenai city limit, so not "deepest darkest" Nikiski.
Hey Fellas... Little update here... I had a wrestling match on my back porch with a tire, a rim, tire spoons and myself. As usual I ask all women and children to vacate the area as numerous curse words will uncontrollably fly from my mouth... Anyway, the tire spoons and myself won (as usual) but the tire and rim did put up a valiant fight. Before I put the new tire on I did my best to true the rim. It's not perfect but it appears any run out is less than 3mm. I think I can live with that. I also mocked up the chain. Just waiting for then rear shock before I button everything up.
I also received a new Tusk clutch with heavy duty springs. I'll do that when the bike has all the wheels and when I change the oil...
I also received a new Tusk clutch with heavy duty springs. I'll do that when the bike has all the wheels and when I change the oil...
Hey Fellas... Little update here... I had a wrestling match on my back porch with a tire, a rim, tire spoons and myself. As usual I ask all women and children to vacate the area as numerous curse words will uncontrollably fly from my mouth... Anyway, the tire spoons and myself won (as usual) but the tire and rim did put up a valiant fight. Before I put the new tire on I did my best to true the rim. It's not perfect but it appears any run out is less than 3mm. I think I can live with that. I also mocked up the chain. Just waiting for then rear shock before I button everything up.
I also received a new Tusk clutch with heavy duty springs. I'll do that when the bike has all the wheels and when I change the oil...
You won't like the HD springs especially on the 125. Keep the stockers or get a hydro clutch.
No it creates a lot of resistance on the clutch lever. 125's required a lot of clutch slipping to keep it screaming. Your hand will be tired by the first lap.
I think what I'll do is leave them out and see how the stockers do. I may end up selling the HD springs on eBay.
I think you will be happier with the stock numbers.
Yep, once the shock is bake and the bike is on the stand you can get the good two finger reading right in front of the mud flap. That is about where I do it. Your finger results may vary.
Hi Fellas... Tomorrow is my birthday! I turn 42! Holy shit! Where have the years gone?? My dad always told me... One day you are going to wake up.. and your 50 years old. Then he always added, I hope... Just to snap me back to reality as I thought, 50 is a long ways away... A life long dream of mine has been to have a riding/Motocross relationship with my son. I got a later start in life with kids than I wanted but I am fortunate to have two normal (pains in the ass), healthy kids. I remain healthy enough to be able to ride as well. I'm just a lot more sore than I used to be. Anyway... To turn this post back to my motorcycle.... I received a gift today from my wife. In the mail came a box addressed to me. So I opened it. In the box was coolant hoses.. Silicone and blue. I remembered browsing this but I didn't remember purchasing them. My wife saw me with them and said those are for your birthday tomorrow... Nice surprise... I couldn't wait though so I drained the coolant and installed them.
My kids are getting me a Hammerhead shifter and a Tusk axle tightener. So I thought I would remove the shifter so when I get the new one all I have to do is put it on. Well... once I did it appeared the shift shaft is bent out side the case. It appears to have a slight bend towards the rear of the bike. The shifting is operating fine so I don't feel the immediate need to put in a new one. The job itself looks pretty easy. I think it can be done by just removing the clutch cover and the clutch basket. Worst case would be having to remove the outer cover. Again... not a big deal.... My question is though... Will that slight bend make it impossible to pull out? I'm thinking I may have to use a cut off wheel and cut it as close to the case as possible. That scares me though. I'm just going to leave it alone I think...
I also removed the rear brake foot pedal and cleaned and greased the articulation point. [emoji1303]
My kids are getting me a Hammerhead shifter and a Tusk axle tightener. So I thought I would remove the shifter so when I get the new one all I have to do is put it on. Well... once I did it appeared the shift shaft is bent out side the case. It appears to have a slight bend towards the rear of the bike. The shifting is operating fine so I don't feel the immediate need to put in a new one. The job itself looks pretty easy. I think it can be done by just removing the clutch cover and the clutch basket. Worst case would be having to remove the outer cover. Again... not a big deal.... My question is though... Will that slight bend make it impossible to pull out? I'm thinking I may have to use a cut off wheel and cut it as close to the case as possible. That scares me though. I'm just going to leave it alone I think...
I also removed the rear brake foot pedal and cleaned and greased the articulation point. [emoji1303]
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