Scrapyard 929 - My Spring Project
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Scrapyard 929 - My Spring Project - 3/16/2008 6:13:49 PM
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vwmaniacvr6
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I've been riding a 1982 Yamaha Maxim for quite a while and came across a great opportunity to upgrade this winter. A friend of mine bought a 929 for cheap that was forced to do stunts and tumbled across a parking lot at relatively high speed. He sold a few bits and the frame was trashed. The bike still ran and he rode it up and down the road a few times to see how the motor delt with the wreck. Eventually he got lazy and didn't want to try and sell things so I traded him $100 cash and 4 months of storage/air compressor use for his truck for all the things seen below:
I then decided since it had brand new tires it would be best to give him another $175 for both wheels:
The front is bent up in 3-4 spots so I will probably just buy a new one, but it came with the rotors, calipers, lines, and lever.
Lastly here is the damage from the crash:
Also a broken off bolt in the front mounting flange. I'll have no problem getting those repaired at a machine shop I use for custom work. I waited all winter to find a frame and finally got one about a week ago on ebay. The guy didn't advertise that it came with a clean title, but responded to my question about it that it did. It is scheduled to arrive this Thursday so I will know for sure then. In the meantime I have a car I promised myself I would sell before buying everything else for the bike, but I will update this thread as things come together.
In the meantime, I've been reading a lot of forums trying to gather as much info as I can for the build, so any tips or things to do while it's apart are more than welcome. I'm not into flashy/shiny things and am planning on keeping the bike naked and dark/flat colors, maybe dirtbike bars solely because I like a more upright position and do a lot of miles. I'm not interested in doing stunts, but would like to attend a few lapping days at a track sometime.
Edit - Whoops, you guys don't to img tags, I'll get those proper in a minute. (Fixed)
< Message edited by vwmaniacvr6 -- 3/16/2008 6:26:37 PM >
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RE: Scrapyard 929 - My Spring Project - 3/17/2008 6:13:17 AM
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BigMike0147
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Looks like you got quite a bit of stuff for what you traded. Hope everything goes well for you!
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RE: Scrapyard 929 - My Spring Project - 3/17/2008 6:04:41 PM
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seldon929rr
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good luck man. I love stories like this. take your time on ebay and you could have the whole thing for less than a grand. so far I've got an upper ($30), tail ($25), and tank ($8) on ebay all included shipping
< Message edited by seldon929rr -- 3/17/2008 6:12:13 PM >
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RE: Scrapyard 929 - My Spring Project - 3/17/2008 8:12:12 PM
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RCR
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You werent kidding when you said PROJECT.
Good luck bro just put it together right and keep her safe these are some fast machines.
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