Progress on bike.

[MPTonyT]

as many of you know i was looking for some parts for my 2003 raptor. my brother wrecked my bike into a tree and managed to bend both of the a arms (see pics below)







so i order the a arms off ebay and get them shipped to my door ($110.00)along with my radiator fan ($60.00)which went out that weekend as well. so i jack the bike up and start working on the bike.

get wheel, shock, caliper and a arms off and start to replace parts. the upper a arm goes on and the ball joint goes in easier than it came off (luckily) and I'm smooth sailing. get the lower a arm on and ball joint goes is even easier than the first one. the caliper goes on with ease so not I'm thinking, cool, shock and wheel and I'm good to go. well when i put the shock back on I'm realizing that its bent too..... a couple of bad words and thrown tools later I'm trying to bend the mount on the shock back to its origional location........ not working........ so i think to my self well YFZ shock here i come. i go and talk it over with the old lady and because of Christmas and the abundance of money we spent were a little low in the pocket book. ok so next option is to replace it with a stock shock for the time being. its now 11:00 o clock at night and i shoot charlie at CDBMotorsports.com an email asking and hoping he has a shock so that my bike will be ready for my planned ride on the 17th of December. he tells me hes got one and for 62.60 total shipped to my door it would be here tomorrow. wow tomorrow thats like over night. cool i say and transfer him the money through paypal and i await the delivery of my new (used) shock.

one bad thing..... its not the right color. oh well one black on one red one is OK for a month till i get my YFZ450 shocks. so guys I'm trying like heII to get my bike back together so it will be a good ride. ill see y'all out there and i hope the brown truck shows up tomorrow (OR ELSE!!!!)   Wish me luck.

[xr100racer]

one red, one black will probably look cool, im making some progress on mine too....hotcams stage 1, 11:1 wiesco 102mm, new one way. probably be done this weekend, im sure you have seen my topic on raptorforum. been thinking about the yfz shocks too, ill let you tell me how you like them. good luck 

[MPTonyT]

yeah ill start building the motor once we get a second bike. the girl friend wont ride it if i make it any faster so soon. how much of a PITA was the one way? did you take any pics of the progress?

[MPTonyT]

read your entire post on RaptorForum.com looks like a pretty extensive project. wow let me know how that bad boy rides after that. i might want to do all of that but i would want to port my self. i have a way of doing it where its time consuming but very affective. let me know how much everything cost ya as well.

[lugnuts]

mine has one red and one black do you want to trade so we both have the same color shocks up front?
lmk

steve

[MPTonyT]

heII yeah ill let you know when the new one comes in. joining us at croom next weekend?

[lugnuts]

what day ? sat or sun ? maybe I can go for a day ride

[MPTonyT]

will be sunday. ill give you more specifics when i meet up with you mid week. i need another yamaha out there the Z400's are taking over.

[lugnuts]

ok so your saying I should bring my rappy not the z 

[MPTonyT]

oh yes most deffinately the Rappy

[lugnuts]

ok rappy it is   lol

[MPTonyT]

you better bring it.........

[MPTonyT]

so its now monday at 12:45 and still no brown truck...... starting to get upset. 

[MPTonyT]

2:25pm Brown Truck shows up and brings me the shock ive been waiting for.......... now 7:00 pm cant come soon enough..... now i need meet up with LUGNUTZ to trade so we both have matching shocks and then its home to put it together. im like a kid in a candy store. again:

Great job by CDB motorsports for all your help and fast and reliable shipping..... Charlie is the Man.

[lugnuts]

now you got the shock and we traded so you have all the same color put it on fire it up and ride 
lol it was good to meet ya tony and look forward to riding with you

[MPTonyT]

went and met up with lugnuts tonight... great guy i might add.... got what i needed and went home to shove down food and put the bike back together. got it all back together in no time and decided to take it for a ride.... very nice and even quieter now that i greased all the pivot points while i had it apart. cant wait for Sunday ......(((((((( Its gonna be a good day tater)))))))