It's been a looooooong time * UPDATED 2nd page *

[AJ RAPTOR]

lol thats the same polish we used on this cr 250

http://www.raptorsource.com/forum/index.php?topic=6086.0

after 10 mins of each we seen a way bigger difference with the autosol and yes we did just as the tub of mothers told us to lol my friend even went over the bike a 2nd time for 2 hours after and it didnt make a difference but i went over it for 2 mins with autosol after and it turned the frame into a mirror lol he was pissed im gonna try and polish a few things on my raptor well i have it apart i donno if i will be able to do the swing arm or not as its VERY dirty and staind and the way i look at it the things just gonna get covered in oil soon as i go and lube the chain again anyways lol

[AJ RAPTOR]

well I got some more work done on the raptor today

the head all welded up and only cost me $20    beats paying the $890 yamaha wanted for a new one


looks much better and is gonna look alot better batter yet once is gets glassbeaded and painted


all glassbeaded ready for paint


all painted pics just dont do anythign for it this paint looks SICK








the pipe off and cleaned up some before glassbeading


no more wheels lol getting cleaned up aswell


headers ...not hard to tell what part was cleaned off some


headers cleaned off and ready to be glassbeaded


old cam gear....seems to be missing a few parts



all the new parts..the stupid litttle springs cost me 70 bucks even


of all the parts i forgot to get the side cover gasget guess ill have to get one ordered up on monday


i love my atv jack stand

[Krandall]

man, every time I see one of these jack stands, it makes me want one more and more!

is there a way to drainthe oil from the case?

[AJ RAPTOR]

lol your gonna hate me then cause I got that stand given to me for free
and no its like a jackable table top its about 4 ft long and 2 ft wide or so and the raptor just sits on its belly on the table. its great for doing work on tho as you have top left over on the sides of the quad to work on parts or place things right there and not lose them. I find it works great tho for putting the front wheels of the raptor on it then just jack it up till the raptor is standing on the back end, then just crack the drain plug loose and put it back down on all 4. Then drain the oil and pull the front wheels over the rest of the way and jack it up an go to work. the best part of it tho is how high it can raise up I can get my handlebars really close to the 8ft high mark so you have it set for any high to work at if your standing or sitting in a chair.

[Krandall]

Thats awesome. And you suck,. you should just drill a hole in the bottom so you can drain oil through it. that'd be sweeeeeeeet!

[AJ RAPTOR]

yeah oh well i got my last part in now i can start putting the raptor back together tonight all i need to do now is wait for a nice day its not raining or snowing so i can finishe glassbeading the pipe and the header so i can get them painted and back on too

[AJ RAPTOR]

well I got the raptor fired up today she breathes fire once again (my GERD its loud) now the only problem I had with the paint on this project is that the headers bubbled up and then flaked off to bare metal again soon as I fired the bike up now i gotta repaint the dam headers again 2nd problem i had was the blue turned green in 2 places would anyone know why these problems may have happended? I lost as to why since I did it all other then bake it in the oven since it wont fit in my oven I baked it over night over a wood stove all night and went over it with a heat gun as best I could then I remebered someone on here had bakeed it by running the motor so I tryed that and as soon as the motor fired up and idled for about 5 sec the paint was blistering on the header  anyways any help would be great.

what a nice matching paint


looks so much better then it did before


oops striped the threads in the head had to make a stud to weld in


Better pic


pipe after glassbeading and before the paint


pipe after paint


headers all painted






this is going to look really good




on the raptor


looking great

[Peelz]

very cool aj 

[AJ RAPTOR]

very cool aj 

thanks bucky she just needs some tuning and for somereason the paint messed up so ill have to take that off and redo it  but other then that she runs and just needs a good cleaning

[dragonz]

Must be time to ride the beast!

[Krandall]

SHE LIVES?!!!

[AJ RAPTOR]

yeah she got fired up and the runs again just need to get the new batt set up for it sometime then tune the carbs some shes running a bit lean (even burnt off some of the 2000F paint off the headers so i had to touch them up) were now working on the atv lift againmaking it a bit better and gonna make some new atv ramps for to load it ono the new tacoma and take it to toyota to finish cleaing it then i can put it back together and go riding once the snow is gone

[Krandall]

Awesome news AJ!!!!

It's about freaking time too!

[AJ RAPTOR]

hmmmm i think its running a bit hot the question is would it be the timing be lazy by a tooth? or the jetting maybe a bit to much fuel?

gets kinda warm kinda fast lol after about 45 sec of running


yep im not putting my finger on that


glad i got paint thats good for temps of 2000F to bad it gets so hot it still just bakes and flakes the paint off

[Mad Dog]

It's more likely to be lean than rich if it's running hot.  Timing may be an issue, hard to say.