TwentyThreeMX
PR Founding Father
you can get a bills that "looks" like a cone pipe when purchasing a new one for an xtra $120 I believe.. just saw it somewhere.. not sure if this is new or if they've been doing it for a while. def look sweet.
The return... With a twist.
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TwentyThreeMX
PR Founding Father
Alex186
PR Member
Wrong and Wrong and Wrong... get this. It's a bone stock, black painted, KX250 pipe that was dented and beat up. I bought it off ebay for $25.
The company pipe repair out of Oregon, stripped the paint, cut the pipe and gave it the works look for like $125. I had to pay for shipping.
These guys do art. http://www.piperepair.com/ Don't tell anyone my secret.
The company pipe repair out of Oregon, stripped the paint, cut the pipe and gave it the works look for like $125. I had to pay for shipping.
These guys do art. http://www.piperepair.com/ Don't tell anyone my secret.
TwentyThreeMX
PR Founding Father
i stripped down a stock YZ pipe, can make them look cool.. finish held up fine. not as cool as the cone look though but cost me about $10 to do it!
GeorgiePorgie
PR Founding Father
That pipe did look sick. I wanted it but he sold the bike so fast I couldn't get it.
Nice emig replica Alex. Can't wait to see the RC replica.
Nice emig replica Alex. Can't wait to see the RC replica.
Phillips421
Noob
What did you use to strip down the stock Yz pipe?i stripped down a stock YZ pipe, can make them look cool.. finish held up fine. not as cool as the cone look though but cost me about $10 to do it!
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hershey
PR Elite
2 drinks and a mickey
k01
PR Elite
'06 with '09 450 suspension. I've since gone back to the stock triple clamps as the 450 clamps made the front too busy for me. And all my sponsors on the plastic. At first I thought the plastic update was just for looks but the rear fender and side plates make for a nice grab/hold and the radiator shrouds are more narrow and comfortable.
MX099
PR Addict
Is it front and rear?
'06 with '09 450 suspension. I've since gone back to the stock triple clamps as the 450 clamps made the front too busy for me. And all my sponsors on the plastic. At first I thought the plastic update was just for looks but the rear fender and side plates make for a nice grab/hold and the radiator shrouds are more narrow and comfortable.
TwentyThreeMX
PR Founding Father
Aircraft stripper from auto parts store, its some pretty strong s**t. coated it onto the pipe, let it sit a while and presssure washed it off. then hit the pipe with a wire wheel on a drill and it came off pretty easy. after that some scotch brite pads, and then mothers metal polish. after that i wiped everything down, soaked it pretty good in WD 40 and then heated it up with a little propane torch along the seams. at that point, be careful it goes non colored to colored really quick. mine spread a little faster than i would have preferred it to. rumor is you can use toilet bowl cleaner to undo the blue effect? no clue if that works or not. i left mine and just tried to re heat it and even it out.
sounds like a lot of work but it wasnt bad and i was happy with the results.
ktrop251
PR Member
And 40 hours of labor.i stripped down a stock YZ pipe, can make them look cool.. finish held up fine. not as cool as the cone look though but cost me about $10 to do it!
That looks good. I'm digging the sponsors. You're going to have to sell the lens on your goggles for more advertising space. Which kit is that? I've been searching around. I found the UFO and Rtech kits. The Rtech actually seems to be what I'm looking for. I'd do the Vlaad racing kit if I had $2,000 to spare but.... I don't. lol
'06 with '09 450 suspension. I've since gone back to the stock triple clamps as the 450 clamps made the front too busy for me. And all my sponsors on the plastic. At first I thought the plastic update was just for looks but the rear fender and side plates make for a nice grab/hold and the radiator shrouds are more narrow and comfortable.
ck1racerx
PR Addict
OK, ran into an issue. The bike has a "platinum" pro circuit pipe and these is no way in hell I am riding a bike with a chrome pipe. I tried blasting it off and after 30 min I only managed to dull it out a little. (which is better, but still...) anyone have any tricks on getting that chrome crap off?
Ron505
PR Founding Father
'06 with '09 450 suspension. I've since gone back to the stock triple clamps as the 450 clamps made the front too busy for me. And all my sponsors on the plastic. At first I thought the plastic update was just for looks but the rear fender and side plates make for a nice grab/hold and the radiator shrouds are more narrow and comfortable.
Ha, we're on the same team...
MX099
PR Addict
Acid dip. Go to a plating shop. It will be in expensive.
k01
PR Elite
I've had this bike twice. It's had blue yellow and now white plastic. I sold it to jeffro667 and he did all the mods. I thought he would do his magic and quickly be on to another project like usual but he kept this one for a time before I could get it back. It has 450 suspension front and rear with 450 footpegs too. A modified carb slide and head, UFO plastic, wheels, rotors and a Honda front brake. I just put the white fenders back on. I had some blue ones on before I redrilled the 450 front fender to fit the 250 triple clamps. The 450 front number plate is shaped differently at the base and shorter so I went back to the 250 plate.