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Re: XR400 in pieces Whelan - '02 200exc (x2) & '04 07-21-2008
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Posted by Whelan - '02 200exc (x2) & '04 on July 21, 2008, 8:50 pm


> I took it apart, and it STILL has the best fork action I've ever
> ridden (even though the slider bushings are long since worn out).

really? the best?

>
> I don't exactly know what I'm going to do with the beast. I DO know
> that I'll never ride it again, but I don't know if it's really worth
> selling either.

It's probably worth $2K in Idaho

-Joe

Posted by JayC on July 22, 2008, 12:16 pm


> > I took it apart, and it STILL has the best fork action I've ever
> > ridden (even though the slider bushings are long since worn out).
>
> really? =A0the best?

Without question - best rock-eating suspension ever. Gold Valves.

> It's probably worth $2K in Idaho

It might be worth close to that here too - XR4s are becoming quite the
cult icon these days. I tore off the rear wheel, caliper, swingarm,
sprockets, and carb this morning before hopping into the shower - but
not before chasing my wife around the house with my greeeeezy hands.

The frame was developing a problem with the footpeg rotating up after
impacts such that the kickstart lever wouldn't clear it. I had to
bash it down on the trail a couple of times. I thought my welds were
failing, but it turns out that the problematic peg is on the virgin
side. I was thinking of welding in triangular gussets that would fill
in the open triangles in the frame under the motor (directly below the
swingarm bolt). That would reinforce the footpeg region and make the
frame solid as the rock of Gibraltar again. Then I'd paint it ferrari
red ;).

JayC

Posted by Tiago Rocha on July 22, 2008, 12:29 pm



> =A0I was thinking of welding in triangular gussets that would fill
> in the open triangles in the frame under the motor (directly below the
> swingarm bolt). =A0That would reinforce the footpeg region and make the
> frame solid as the rock of Gibraltar again. =A0Then I'd paint it ferrari
> red ;).

why my XR400 is soooooo heavy?????..... :-)

-- Tiago

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