Project DR is underway

**kro** · 14th September 2006, 21:02

The post I made a few pages back about have the rear guard mount chopped off, and re-welded about 30 mm higher, so it runs straight off the frame has resulted in the desired effect of raising the overall guard height up, as you can see in the side views. I just have to wait and see how the new plastics I have got, will modify to the old girl.

**cooneyr** · 15th September 2006, 09:00

Bikes looking great Kro. I've been watching since the beginning and seeing how you are getting on. The old beast is gona look better than new by the time your finished. If it was me I'd fear ruinning all the work by riding it - glad that you dont. Keep up the great work.

Cheers
R

**WRT** · 15th September 2006, 11:58

Its a fantastic effort you have put in here Kro, the bike is coming along beautifully. Have you any plans at this stage for the seat? The one on my old XT use to leak, so I wound up stripping off the material and stretching some black vinyl over it by hand (with the old man giving me a hand to hold it in place). Stapled it underneath and it came up looking great. This was years ago, so cant remember the cost, but it was basically next to nothing, and it made the seat look as good as new.

**cheese** · 15th September 2006, 14:17

I can hook you up with seat covers.

**kro** · 15th September 2006, 17:00

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Bikes looking great Kro. I've been watching since the beginning and seeing how you are getting on. The old beast is gona look better than new by the time your finished. If it was me I'd fear ruinning all the work by riding it - glad that you dont. Keep up the great work.

Cheers
R

Thanks matey, it's my only bike, so I am sorta limited in what I can choose to ride, so the old girl is gonna have to get muddy again. I might take it to the Nth vs Sth in Havelock, I will see when the time comes.

**kro** · 15th September 2006, 17:03

Originally Posted by WRT

Its a fantastic effort you have put in here Kro, the bike is coming along beautifully. Have you any plans at this stage for the seat? The one on my old XT use to leak, so I wound up stripping off the material and stretching some black vinyl over it by hand (with the old man giving me a hand to hold it in place). Stapled it underneath and it came up looking great. This was years ago, so cant remember the cost, but it was basically next to nothing, and it made the seat look as good as new.

Thanks to you too, I have appreciated peoples feedback, and suggestions, a couple of which I have used on the bike. As for the seat, it will be recovered, and I am most likely going to do it black, or black/yellow, like the mid 90's DR350's. If i run out of dough, I will use your method, I had thought of something along those lines, and it's nice to know someone else has done it too.
I am off to work on the old girl now.

**kro** · 15th September 2006, 17:04

Originally Posted by cheese

I can hook you up with seat covers.

PM me with details please, just to keep my options open. Thanks for your reply too.

**kro** · 16th September 2006, 20:01

With the help of a very talented man, who is also rather generous, I have some webspace, with a whole heap of the Project DR pics thumbnailed, that are basically in the order that the bike has been restored in. I have downsized all the pics to a lower resolution, so that dial up users can get into it, and not be slowed down by huge images.

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

**kro** · 17th September 2006, 21:00

Arriving tomorrow should be a new set of hand grips, which are blue and grey, which will compliment the colours on the bike very very well, and also, I should get a set of plastics (new), which i was hoping to be able to modify to fit. The plastics are white, but there is only 2 sidcovers, and a rear guard, so i will still need a front guard, and number plate, but they will be a piece of cake to get.

The set of grips at the front of this row, are the ones I'm getting (blue/grey)
http://www.mxdirtrider.com/h-product...rogrip-793.htm

**Coyote** · 20th September 2006, 15:17

Haha, I got some of those progrips for my bicycle a while back

They're really comfy with bare hands. They look pretty abused now with the bike being dropped on it's side several times but otherwise they've held together really well. I've got some road bike progrips for my other bicycle too

Just looked through Repco after school (half day) and saw the Dupli-Color Metalcast paint cans. I got a can of red, more of an impulse buy than a planned purchase but it'll definately be used. And I've noticed on the can it says 'heat resistant up to 500 degrees F' and you can get an undercoat for non-shiny surfaces. So is it possible to paint an engine? I was thinking on the second RG I'm getting to paint the engine matt black with anodised red highlights (like the head of the cylinder)

If no one knows, guess I'll be the first to find out

**Ivan** · 20th September 2006, 19:55

Na youll beable to paint it

Looking good to Kro I just am in the stages of making my DR 350 real nice just got new fork oil for it to put in rear shocks so I can do the MX meet in a few weeks

What are you doing for a exhaust system run the standered one or run a aftermarket muffler, I have a DR350 with a CRF250 header pipe madeof titanium gets quite hot by ya leg and a FMF Powercore 4 Muffler sounds like a beast

**kro** · 20th September 2006, 20:01

Nice work Ivan, I was gonna ask if you had started working on your DR.

**Ivan** · 20th September 2006, 20:06

Originally Posted by kro

Nice work Ivan, I was gonna ask if you had started working on your DR.

Cheers, Its had its pulse coil damaged tho so I am on the look for a new one was going to check around here for one the flywheel or something has hit it and bent it and i have straightened it but is still quite damaged it will not kickstart at all you have to run in 3rd gear and jump on the seat and then it fires up

It has had the head ported exhaust system changed weisco high comp 385 piston after market plastics etc is a nice bike think I am going to have to oil cool it as well

**kro** · 22nd September 2006, 14:05

Sorry bout lack of updates, I have had a monu-freaking-mental family crisis to deal with, and it's far from over. I was hoping to steal some time on the weekend, and might post pics then.