Project DR is underway

[kro]

Thanks Ghosty, I can use DR 82-85, GN - any year, and LT250 82-85. (quad)

[kro]

I'm managing to hang onto the DR by a thread, but its a thin thread, and a bit frayed. I hope like crazy that I can keep her to see her finished.

[far queue]

I'm managing to hang onto the DR by a thread, but its a thin thread, and a bit frayed. I hope like crazy that I can keep her to see her finished.Well done, and good luck.

[cheese]

Let us know if you need some sponsors

[Ivan]

anythng new here

[kro]

No sorry, I still have no available cash to complete it. I am only a hairs width off selling the whole thing right now.

[kro]

Oh well, I gave it a shot. The bike is being viewed by a serious prospective buyer in 2 weeks, I'm guessing this guy will buy it, as he is a DR enthusiast.

Sorry you don't get to see the finished product.

[kro]

STOP THE PRESS

Through a series of events bordering on the miraculous, Project DR has been ressurected from the dead. On or around Thursday, I will be receiving a whole DR 250, which I got for a bargain, and it has a fully functioning powerplant.

My prospective buyer refused to purchase the bike after viewing it, stating that he could not possibly take it off me, after I had obviously spent so much time making it look that good, which was a nice shot in the arm for me. Instead, he offered to keep an eye out for the necessary hardware I needed to finish it, and he did exactly that.

Soooooo..........sometime in the next couple of weeks, you will start seeing a few more updates, and not long after that, hopefully within 3-4 weeks, a finished bike.

[Coyote]

Hahaha, excellent! Brilliant news!

[NordieBoy]

START THE PRESS

Fixed the speeling mistake there.

[cheese]

Mate this is fucking awesome news!!

[kro]

damn right it is, and I will have a whole other DR left over, that I can do another project with !!!!!!

OMG, I'm having a bike-gasm !!

[barty5]

good to here as we all said people are willing to help just dont give up

[cheese]

Hey is that family shit sorted yet?

[kro]

Not fully, but as a large number of KB'ers own firearms, I'm sure I could end it pretty quickly. :P Screw the stupid cow I say, I've been looking after my immediate flock, and she can go get jumped on.

I have arranged for the DR to be picked up tomorrow, and I should see the old girl on Friday, which will mean lots of weekend fun !!!!. If I am crafty, I might end up with 2 working DR's, and lots, and I mean LOTS of spares.

If you know someone who needs DR spares, I have made a fair bit of dough selling parts online, but still have lots left, so get them in touch with me, and I'll do them a sharp deal.

[kro]

Freightlines collected the bike from our Albany branch yesterday at about 1pm, so I am on target to get the bike Friday. If it made it onto the right units, I could even see it tomorrow.

I feel like a 7 year at Christmas time....... so much anticipation.

[WRT]

Nice one Kro, good to see it coming together again for you.

[eastlight]

Kro, I have been reading your progress, I did the same to a XL250 some years ago and the whole thing can be quite consuming. I hope it all goes well for you. I just got my hands on a mint DR350, so if it's photos you like, I'll post some soon.

[kro]

I love bike photos mate, post them up in here. Thanks for the feedback.

[far queue]

I just spotted this thread got going again, I haven't been round KB much lately - long story. Anyway, great news that you'll get to finish your baby. I look forward to reading more of your updates :rockon:

[oldguy]

Good to hear that kro, looking forward to seeing the finished project

[kro]

I have the second bike, and can now start stripping it to get the bits I need for this bike, and at the same time, I have started a second edition thread for the other DR, which I can make a runner out of, albeit a bit of a patchy one.

[NordieBoy]

"I'll just remove all the rusty bits first"
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"Well, I've got some rim tape left, it's a start."

:Punk:

[takitimu]

I have the second bike, and can now start stripping it to get the bits I need for this bike, and at the same time, I have started a second edition thread for the other DR, which I can make a runner out of, albeit a bit of a patchy one.

Looking forward to the pic's, though I'm mildly curious what will be left of the 2nd one as delivered by the time you've got it finished :).

I reckon we should do a ride once this is all done, I figure I can't be the only one who thinks you deserve a good ride & getting shouted a beer afterwards.

[kro]

Thanks Taki, although with you in Paihia, I'm thinking our ride together is going to be difficult :P

[kro]

I've updated my little picture collection a bit to include the second bike.

http://kro.nzfortress.co.nz/filebrowser/

[eastlight]

I just checked out your little photo collection, that 'new' bike is going to take some work!! I will still post some photos of my new DR, but having trouble getting it from Hamilton to Napier, hopefully this week!

[Coyote]

Wow, the second bike looks nice (figuratively speaking)

The RG project is going slow cause of lack of money and time due to school. Eventually I'll have the money for sandblasting and powdercoating and the project will be back running :D

[eastlight]

Kro,
I finally got it home, these pics were taken today, 30mins before getting bloody filthy at the local river! life is good!

[kro]

Dude, I want a DR350 so bad, I just love them, that looks awesome !!!!!!!!

The damn thing looks near new, it's in outstanding condition.

[eastlight]

Yeah, and my challenge is to keep it in that condition!

[oldguy]

Kro,
I finally got it home, these pics were taken today, 30mins before getting bloody filthy at the local river! life is good!

Mate that looks nice, does looks like new, mines got a leeking fork seal, picked up a set of front forks on trade me that were in exc, cond, but can't get around to swapping them over, its been sitting like this for 3 months now



http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=52871&d=1170714299

[kro]

The mighty DR has had a heart transplant.

I woke up this morning, and thought "f*ck it", I am not waiting to fiddle around with swapping good top ends onto my original good bottom end, and all that drama, I am going to make a damn side cover gasket, to replace the leaky one that the running motor has, and just jam the damn thing into my good DR frame.

So, I did just that............... still got a couple of hours work to get it to where I could start it, hopefully I get a chance to do that today as well.

Completion date is nigh.........watch this space.

[barty5]

been watchin whats the deal finished yet ot not???

[Ivan]

Whats going down Kro?

[kneescraper]

Any update mate?

[cheese]

20 pages now.....

You taken teh beast out or what?

[mattwood]

ohhh come on.

i hav read 20pages of this, almost 3 hours worth after opening all the pictures..

and it ends like this?:(

[cheese]

LOL it was a bit of a sad story aye.

[mattwood]

farr wot happened?!

i was really getting into it as well!

:lol:

[liljegren]

Just bought one- what happened to this build??