All the horse trading paid off

[Hagbard]

It’s been a year of swapping and fixing and swapping and fixing and swapping…. 
Last year I bought a KFX80 mouse condominium for $500,

fixed it and swapped for a Blaster,

fixed that and swapped for a LT230s,

straightened that out and swapped for an ‘07 KX 85,

cleaned THAT up and traded it for a clapped out LTZ400 with OMF bead locks, ELKA shocks, HotCams, ProTaper bars,

and a serious case of “PO had no clue what they were doing”. 

I recently posted about finishing up that LT160/230,

well almost finished - timing was off for some reason, but before I could get it figured out I found someone to swap it with for a 94 XR200R with a strange ticking in the head.

Replaced it’s timing chain and guides, re-tensioned, popped out the valves and cleaned them all up, all back together and the ticking persists.  Flipping thru the Clymer manual that came with it I found a stacked head gasket tucked inside. And saw a green paper one on the bike. 💡 

So anyway, I traded it to someone more inclined toward two-wheeled adventures for an awfully clapped out DVX400 with a lot of Alba’s finest red anodized aluminum ding dongs all over it. And a Houser chromoly stem! AND a big bore kit (JE Piston).

PO couldn’t get it to run, which turned out to be a combination of 4 stripped threads in the cam journals, and a “twist n’ tape” job on the damn stator wires. 😳😝🤣

After a few weeks of wrenching and part swapping and fixing and sweating and swearing and parting out - I nearly have a drivable quad… and a pretty damned nice one for my tastes at least. 

Thinking about sinking a few hundred Kold Kutters into this extra set of tires and having a go at the ice this winter

[gatorschevy]

very nice-looking machine, swapping is the way to go