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Offline preddy08

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Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« on: October 20, 2011, 09:31:59 PM »
First off I'd like to thank Chris for trusting me with his new practice bike.

I got the bike Wednesday and on first impressions its a little rough!!!! Pretty much every bearing and bushing is shot. It has some good parts to get a good XC bike going. With a little love it will be a stong runner that should be able to hold its own on any XC course. I did Gunny's bike and thought it turned out great, but this one is with in my realm of XC riding and will have some time to get some seat time on it. I'm really pretty excited to do a XC build. I plan on taking it out for a couple of rides to see how the bike does, then totally take it down and hang some good parts on it. Chris expressed some intrest in doing a motor build on this one. I'm going to get on the horn to see what everyone thinks a good XC motor should be. I think a good port, a mega cycle cam, single exhaust, MAYBE a FCI intake. I'd really like to build a motor that will mellow in the low end, but will scream on the top when needed. My first build of a 105 bore venom 14.1 piston, x-2 cam, Bo's tack head, FCI, single exhaust, and stock stroke. I thought it was PERFECT for the trails and owned everyone in the open fields.

I plan on keeping it simple, hanging the right parts, keeping the weight down, to make a good bike that Chris can hop on and beat on for years!


Few pictues of what I have to work with.

« Last Edit: October 21, 2011, 07:59:47 AM by preddy08 »
Just a little 81hp trail bike.


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Re: Alkerie's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2011, 09:45:50 PM »
I honestly don't think it gets any better than the x-2 in the trails... :thumbs:


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Re: Alkerie's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2011, 07:50:16 AM »
So what's coming off of that and being replaced? Other than the obvious wear and tear items

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Re: Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2011, 08:33:42 AM »
and the blue/red plastics!

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Re: Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2011, 08:39:26 AM »
and the blue/red plastics!


thank you for saying that which I was thinking....the red hood on blue plastic....  :confused: but hey if hes buying it to practice...screw it  :thumbs:
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Re: Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2011, 09:27:52 PM »
black hoods then sell the red ones :lol:

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Re: Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2011, 04:00:28 AM »
I've given Preddy a free pass to do whatever he thinks is right to this one. I only gave him an idea of what I want and let him go with it. So far it's kind of like he is reading my mind. Bo Port, X-cam. I'm liking it all so far. Shawn knows whats up.

Plastics were already going to be sold the second I bought the thing. Nerfs, suspension, grab bar, steering stem, wheels, a-arms, seat, handlebars FC, intake, exhaust, stock head, etc etc etc.......all gone in due time.  :thumbs:

I'm lovin this!  :clap:

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Re: Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2011, 07:29:21 AM »
If you want to donate any of the suspension parts, I'm game :lol:
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Re: Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2011, 07:39:43 AM »
I'd say use a 5050/RJ, you need a big cam nowadays  :thumbs:

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Re: Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2011, 08:28:05 AM »
Is that two stick stabilizers I see? That will never do, puck all the way!

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Re: Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2011, 08:30:32 AM »
Donate them to peelzy? :lol:

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Re: Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2011, 09:15:24 AM »
please do  ;)  :thumbs:
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Re: Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2011, 09:30:39 AM »
the dual stabilizers are a joke! I cant believe someone rode this bike this way.
Just a little 81hp trail bike.


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Re: Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2011, 11:36:49 AM »
Peelzy doesn't ride his, so it'd be perfect  :thumbs:

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Re: Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2011, 12:04:37 PM »
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! Ill take it

in my best storage wars voice :lol:

Hey if you have two, you can hook air lines and valves up to them and drive it remotely with pressure.  :rofl: ultimate old man build....zero fatigue


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