check out my Daughters honda!

[sykolincoln]

well after doing a million trades I FINALY got what I wanted for my Daughter 2006 honda 250EX!  My daughter has Juveniel Rhuemetoid Arthritis, but she loves to ride and has been riding since she was just 3 1/2. I failed multipul times at building her a quad that would suit her so after much debate decided on the 250ex since its still sporty yet easy to drive. Things that have to be modded for here are a twist throttle added as her hands and fingers loose strength quickly, and that the foot pedal brake it operating normaly and near perfect.

Mods that I plan on doing to it, banshee front shock for the rear (common thing to do on these to soften the harsh ride, fits perfect) shocks all the way around (needs to be made as plush as possible but usable) FASST flex bars, stearing stabilizer. I allready had some fast treckers to get rid of the stock balloons that where on there, also later would like to widen the suspension front and rear.

once she gets tired of the way it is in a few years then Ill do some engine mods right now its stock and thats just fine also she wants some graphincs for it.

and if anyone has any parts for it let me know I may be interested


here it is!













looking for:

cool front bumper
rear grab bar
fasst flex bars
nerfs
rear wheel spacers
slip on muffler




took it to work today to use the steam washer, I knew the plastic looked dull....well becouse they spray painted it flat black thing is they actually taped up the decals and warning stickers and did a dam good job of it, well I dont dig spraypaint so I blasted it all off except the rear fender where they did sand it prime it and paint it, I had to order some bumper stripper to safely remove that then ill polish the fender back out. I also blew off the oem graphics but I plan on ordering these









also I put some bark busters on it that Ive had for YEARS laying around and never got to put them on anything till now, her hands are fragile so these give me a little peice of mind. I jsut dont know if these will work later when I get some fasst flex bars can you run hand guards with the fasst flex bars?









I had some lower profile wheel and tires that ive been holding on forever just for her quad if and when I got her another quad now I just need to get soem wheel spacers.








and here are they awesome rednecked hillbillied up rear fender paint job, going to clean these things up back original again











still needing any parts I listed in the post above! thanx!

[sykolincoln]

got the motion pro twist throttle in, just got to install it and now she will be able to stay on it longer as she can use more of her wrist to controle the throttle instead of her thumb. Also came with soem thin style waffle grips I will see how well they work Im still a firm beleiver in the super thin renthal grips especialy for her.

[sykolincoln]

I stoped by a new cycle store to check it out this mornign and they gave me a awesome deal on some small adult MSR stuff for her!







now I need to find her some boots, she has a nice older pink hjc helmet but al the paint and decals have cracked up on it? never seen that happen before im looking into the helmet skins for right  now

[sykolincoln]

well it was a good day today got some goodies in!





saaaawweeeet!!!

the roll design antivibe stearing stem is nioce!  also it happens to be a +1 as well! also found out when replacing it that the stock stearing stem was bent pretty damn good. got it all on and tightened and rode it out and I could tell it was taking some vibes away!





next up was the banshee front shock for the rear  It does need to be rode out for a bit though it appears to have been either brand new or ridden no more then a few hours!



I got some more goodies comming for it next week and hopefully I will be able to order her fasst flex bars next week as well.

[sykolincoln]

ok so about cheapp stabilizers

this one is like 50 shipped no brakets you make your own brakets




this ones cheaper at about 43 shipped and you make your own brackets




or this one thats 120 shipped but made for her bike with all the correct brakets?






I thought psshhhht no problem making brakets but the differnt size tubbing makes it hard to do, plus I dont want it to be a hack job and safe for her as well and the few brakets I found it would cost more then just buying one with the brakets...... I guess I settled my own debate lol unless someone has some brakets or can make some cheap becouse im only good at welding and im nto going to weld anything on this bike.

[sykolincoln]

check her out! she can allready tell the difference with the anti vibe stem and loves the twist throttle she rode ti around for a couple of hours today and didnt complain about it a bit!

[z400250]

That is SO awesome of you!!!


I enjoy riding with my lil girl, just went to croom today with her!!!

[Andy9933]

+1 She is a trooper!!!

[sykolincoln]

man so many stabilizers!!! wow!! finaly settled on one that ws a good price by a great brand and it has the features I want full adjustability and rebuildable so this is what I ended up with






also my FASST flex bar order has goen through she is officially now a supported rider by FASST CO.  Should get those bars in next week! I bet this thing is going to feel so smooth!

[sykolincoln]

400ex arms on 250ex


painted up some parts for the front end:




she likes blue


took about 2 hours today to put the front end back together should have been way less but I didnt intend on honda having differnt sizes for parts, I had to use the inside 250 rod ends on the 400ex tie rods as the steering shaft had a bigger mounting hole, also ended up using 400ex spindles becouse the ball joints on the 400ex arms are bigger then the 250 so they would have been sloppy on the 400 ex parts. got it all buttoned up did a decent tow set job and took it for a spin, everything seems to work better up front it steers alittle fast I guess the spindle mounts are slightly differnt and you can immediatly tell the width difference when cornering under speed I think once I get the bars and the stabilizer the front end will be tits then ill work on getting some shock upgrades for her for sure!





pretty tight steering






heres everything up close








I think its well worth the little effort

[sykolincoln]

awesome goodies this week!!!!


got the FASST FLEX bars in and mounted them as soon as I could, I havnt changed the bushings to the lighter ones yet but I will this weekend man they feel awesome!






of course I had to get some fat bar antivibe clamps for them.,.thank god for ebay!:drool:







also got the ALBA stearing stabilizer in, man the difference this thing makes is unreall I wounder why for so many years I never used one?:crazy:









and not installed yet but soon are some 3 inch rear wheel spacers all cleaned up









unfortunatly she wont be able to ride this weekend, shes been out of school with a flareup, hopefully she will get better soon to enjoy all this!

[sykolincoln]

put the rear wheel spacers on today and swaped out the razers agin for the trekkers, not really happy now with the trekkers so there going on the choppin block pm me if interested






the razzrs seem to be a better tire for this machine so I may stick with those or get some holeshots or something like that, or possibly some stock 450R dunlops

[pault]

It looks pretty awsome and the changes should help here enjoy riding. I have a Honda 250 EX for my daughter but I am fixing to give to my son. I see you took off the rear Honda balloon tires which are not that stable in the turns. What size tires did you go to and are those the stock rear Honda rims that came with it. Also, did you change the front tires.
Thanks

[sykolincoln]

well I got some 18inch flat trekkers and Im not to happy with them with spacers so i dont plan on running them again Im going to put the 20 inch razzrs back on since they feel the best I took the stockers off as soon as I brought that thing home.  I also plan on changing the front tires as soon as I can the stock front dosnt grip all that well I want to put some razzers or holeshots on there next and soon.



any way few more peices to the puzzle.

I scored some 250R +2 arms for rediculously cheap, I couldnt pass on them and they are in good shape the ball  joints are tight and there is minimal damage to the arms unkown what brand they are though. But in my haste I didtn think about it I know I got to mod these arms to fit like the 400ex's but their chromoly........ and I have no way to do anythign with them so im going to try to find a weld shop that has threaded bungs so I can put rod ends for the arm to frame mounts and weld them in reasonably cheap any idea how much that may run me?  I can get some of katies mone back out of the extra parts that came with the arms plus I got some peeps interested in the 400ex conversion arms I allready did as well, hopefully that will cover the work and Ill still come out with a awesome deal on a extended front end for her 250!






also got the 1inch front spacers in as well so when everythign is finished she will have a hell of a stable and wide quad! perfect for her shes allready getting pumped for some more riding and hopefully soon some racing!

[sykolincoln]

from her riding this past weekend managed to snag some cool pics!








hardcore

[patches206]

Outstanding looks great! My son has a 2006 250 EX that has a few mods.  I see you changed out the rear shock with a banshee front, was it a direct fit or was there any mods you had to complete?

[sykolincoln]

its a drop in with no mods, fits like the stock honda shock. Thing is  most boards say it lowers the rear about 1 inch, but it raised this one even on the lowest preload but it rides 100% better with it and she can tell the difference. But the shock I did get is a new takeoff so it maybe becouse it hasnt had any use yet.

[patches206]

Thanks!!!!

[svtbolt04]

Looks like its coming together! Good job!

[sykolincoln]

no problem patches! and thanx SVT!! were going this weekend to all the local shops to try to get a shop to sponsor her hopefully one will were it will help the costs getting her to a race shes super stoked about starting racing and so am I !

[sykolincoln]

had to sell her barkbusters becouse they wouldnt work with the fasst bars without the $50 mount so I got her some new mx style guards wich are built way better then I expected and sheap only like $23 shipped, I also picked up a used 450R hood to see how well I can make it fit, I wont do any mods to the 250 (its just sitting on there with two zipties) just got to space the front fenders out a little bit but no cutting, I think it looks awesome plus her light is messed up im thinking later some trail tech lights on the bars but we hardly ever do any night time riding. Also mounted the bling star bumper, I think im going to goto a weld shop and ask if they can add some more to the mounts to drop it down about 2-3 inches I think that will look better, being for a 450r wich is taller is the problem I think.  Now im jst waiting on the nerf bars as well, we are going this weekend to try to get a MC shop sponsor that would maybe help out to get to the races (I dont know what shops will actually do Ive never tried) maybe even $25 per race or more I hope just to help out. Let me know what you guys think!









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[sykolincoln]

oh did a quick mock up of the nerf bars, they fit about what I would expect them to fit, aslo note the stock heel guards will work on this no problem, later i hope to change them out to some pro armour or equivalent brand aluminum heel guard.






you can see where they go directly into the 250ex frame. Normal 250ex nerfs go behind this frame portion making the nerfs short and boxy and im not into that. Also notice honda puts a threaded hole in the reinforcement perfect for making a nerf bar mount bolt up to   so I will take the 300ex nerf front mounts cut and reweld them so they bol onto this portion.  Also turning radius does not come close to the nerfs wich may be a problem with stock armed machines.






now onto the back mounts, not a big problem here I will flatten out the nerf bar mount to foot peg so it fits flush and cut and reweld the inner most net mount as its in the way of the foot peg.






also got the front 450R hood mounted securely, drilled and screwed the front and drilled two new holes on the top and put in longer push pins and called it a day, also reinstalled the key switch and N and R lights. Looks pretty damn tough for a 250ex I might say!