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650ex finally finished (well, almost)
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Posted by: tayyo789

so ive been building my hybrid for 2 years now, and i finally got to take it on its maiden voyage. i only have action shots for now, but someday when i actually get all the bugs worked out i'll take some real pictures. but for now here she is. its the blue framed one with the carbon plastics

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Posted by: tayyo789

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Posted by: tayyo789

all i have left is to get my new carb dialed in and it needs another swingarm. im actually having some issues finding more places that will make me a +6 for a 400ex with 450r chain slide mounts. if you guys know of a place that would do that it would be much appreciated.

Posted by: dehner47

have you spoken to lonestar? there all about making desert bikes. i'm sure they will make you whatever your mind can come up with.

Posted by: 250Renvy

Mike at HRE can build one for you I'm sure. Very reasonable prices compared to others as well. You can choose between round tube or square tube.

He also does flip top subframe conversions if you need if for the kicker.

www.HREatv.com

Check my sig for pics of some of the stuff he's built me.

Posted by: tayyo789

im not very fond of lonestars prices, but hre seems like it would work, unless i can find someone closer to the west coast. i dont need anything special as far as appearance goes, because i am going to do my own powdercoating so its a gauranteed match for color, and i build my own chain sliders. i just need the 450r slider mounts for my sliders. i would also like a slider in the rear of the swingarm as well. one of those ones that are often seen on mx bikes by tm designs. the one i have now is a +2 and i can pull the front end up at 1/4 throttle coming down banshee hill. kinda dangerous if you ask me

Posted by: tayyo789

and as far as the kickstart goes, i have everything worked out now, except for my brake lever, but i have some ideas for it. the problem with that is that the kickstart on the xr650 is soo long, that it swings down and hits the lever right after it comes off the caliper. im thinking about flipping the lever inside of the frame and coming out in front of the footpeg

Posted by: boosted3g

Have you tried using a shorter kicker or off another bike like a crf.

Posted by: audioworks04

have you tried a kicker extention? Sounds like it might sound most of your problems until you kick hits your peg, then like boosted said a shorter kicker maybe in order. Had alot of kicker/brake lever issues with my CRF450 ATC conversion.

Posted by: tayyo789

i like the setup i have now, and i actually built the kickstart. my old one broke so i had to build one with only a couple hours til dunefest lol. but it works great and i like the travel of it. plus the brake lever fab will make it so i have one more custom piece to talk about

Posted by: tayyo789

im going to be going to the dunes sometime in the next month. i usually go to winchester bay. if anybody else is going pm the weekend and maybe i'll see you there. im also going to glamis for christmas if anybody is interested

Posted by: quadpornstar

Hey, we're heading to winchester or Coos sometime in the next month as well. Also heading to Glamis for Thanksgiving. You from Medford? My girlfriend is from Medford. She is getting rid of her Raptor 350 because she just bought a trx450r. Small world.

Anywho. the xr looks good, hopefully you get all the bugs worked out.

Posted by: tayyo789

ya im from "methford". born and raised. but now im in corvallis for school :/

do you know what weekend your going to the coast?

Posted by: tayyo789

Stumbled across some pics from somewhere mid-build
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Posted by: Pipeless416

this is my dream hybrid.

Posted by: tayyo789

this motor dwarfs the 400 frame. it feels like your'e riding a motor with wheels. not too bad for my senior project

Posted by: tayyo789

headed to hauser over thanksgiving. gunna be there tuesday through saturday. pm me if anybody is going to be there, i'll be riding the hybrid

Posted by: tayyo789

make that tuesday through sunday