Alkire's Practice Bike................In The Works

[Colorado700R]

First off I'd like to thank Chris for trusting me with his new practice bike.

I got the bike Wednesday and on first impressions its a little rough!!!! Pretty much every bearing and bushing is shot. It has some good parts to get a good XC bike going. With a little love it will be a stong runner that should be able to hold its own on any XC course. I did Gunny's bike and thought it turned out great, but this one is with in my realm of XC riding and will have some time to get some seat time on it. I'm really pretty excited to do a XC build. I plan on taking it out for a couple of rides to see how the bike does, then totally take it down and hang some good parts on it. Chris expressed some intrest in doing a motor build on this one. I'm going to get on the horn to see what everyone thinks a good XC motor should be. I think a good port, a mega cycle cam, single exhaust, MAYBE a FCI intake. I'd really like to build a motor that will mellow in the low end, but will scream on the top when needed. My first build of a 105 bore venom 14.1 piston, x-2 cam, Bo's tack head, FCI, single exhaust, and stock stroke. I thought it was PERFECT for the trails and owned everyone in the open fields.

I plan on keeping it simple, hanging the right parts, keeping the weight down, to make a good bike that Chris can hop on and beat on for years

My 12-1, +2 head, FCI 727 stroker was puuuuuurfect...and handed you your ass if I remember right

[racinjason68]

He let you win Aaron...

[Colorado700R]

He let you win Aaron...

You must have to then...Thanks for inflating my ego

[Troy]

lmao!  Everyone is fast til the fast guys show up 

[Spartan]

I think he forgot to mention it was a field of TRX400s...

[Troy]

Field of Dreams, wasn't that a movie?

[Peelz]

if you build it, he will come.

[funyun]

Rear skid

http://www.quadzoneforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44323

[Alkire193]

I love that piece. Similar to the BRAAP TEC piece that they are still working on. They don't think they make it for the 700 though. I know the 450 sprocket guards fit the 700, but I don't know if that will.

[Alkire193]

There's this one, made for the 700, almost identical. http://www.lsracing.com/yamaha-raptor-700-stainless-steel-skid-plate-yamaha-raptor-700.309.13.atv-utv-racing

[Spartan]

So what's wrong with the stock rear skid again? It's light, doesn't hang low, and takes a beating

[funyun]

It takes a beating along with your rotor and sprockets

[Spartan]

It takes the impact away from the rotor and sprockets...if you bend a plastic skid, you can bend it back easy on the trails. Bend an aluminum skid and you're kinda fucked.

[Alkire193]

There is no plastic rear skid out there. I still like the Blingstar rotor guard and LSR outer sprocket guard for simplicity. Check them out on HSDRacing.com

[Colorado700R]

http://www.utahsportcycle.com/store/page4.html

If I were running XC, I'd probably try these ricochet plates..