I've had parts on order and at the chromers forever and finally am able to start getting it back together. This is an Arens frame that I had to have re-powdercoated because the way it came was crap! Flaking off etc etc
Had Powder 1 in El Cajon redo it and they did an awesome job in 3 days!

Got this together tonight and now have to wait on the chromer before I can do much more.

makings of a very sweet ride

looks good mike.....thats what my quad will be doing this winter

Cery very nice,1 question though, i thaught those quad tech carbon fiber shock guards only fit on PEP shocks?

Mike that is going to look awesome. Keep posting pic, I like seeing build ups in progress...

Shocker--correct, good eye
I had then adapted to fit the TCS.

Will post a few more when I add more goodies

That thing is going to be sweet Mike

That's a great looking base! The CF guards really look trick. Whoever put the cardboard over the radiator fins was smart. Keeps the odd dink from a tool from bending a fin. You gotta get some magazine pics before you tweak the rad.

Nice Mike. New powdercoat looks much better than the original.

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hopefully this wont become a trailer queen...

nice bike!!!

It wil be a trailer queen until after Sept 17-19

lookin good! cant wait to see it with the sub!!!

Here is the sub-frame just as it came out of the chrome dip. After a quick was it's chrome



This is the front motor mount. He makes it 1 piece:



And the bottom side of the swingarm:



Should have it almost complete this weekend!

LETS SEE NEW PICS!!!!!

if this took forever, i dont even want to know what description you're going to use for RW Little return. LOL

How much was your chroming?? And is it very durable?? My chroming on my front a-arms/swingarm is flaking off..

Still working on it:

I almost stopped at this point due to the upper shock inserts being to large for the10mm bolt. I decided to slap it together while waiting for the new inserts:


Finally able to roll it out of the garage!





My most valuable tool has been the rubber mallet. It has many uses! Tapping in parts that fit to tight, dropping it on your toe, tapping in stubborn bolts, slamming it on the work bench in fustration.....and tons more uses

Also learned that very rarely does aftermarket parts fit perfect

Chrome seems durable. I have been rough on it and it held up (dropped parts, hit metal on metal etc etc). It is much better than the last chrome job. Equality Plating in La Mesa did great prep work and that's where a good chrome job shines.



***must sleep***

Looks great!!! My favorite tool is the dremel..

looks freakin awesome!!!!!!!!! thats going to look a lot better than i thought it was. thought of doing anything to dress up that battery box and the wiring?

where was that rubber mallet when we were looking for those sockets to take off your old swing arm.

EDIT: nice San Diego Chargers rear brake rotor.

Yes the dremel was a good friend also Used it quite a bit to scrape paint and adapt a CR rear brake rez/cylinder to this.

The battery and wiring will not show as much as it does now once I get plastic on.

where is the rear brake resivoir going to be mounted?

The rez/cylinder is all one unit.
Took me forever to get it to fit right (grinding) and the linkage to work right.

i meant shock. sorry.

Shock rez mounts under the gas tank.

Very, very, very.....nice!

This work for you?

O duh HEAD stay not steering stem stay

You will have to wait till I get home for that

It's chrome toooooo!
I think I have AFTERMARKET syndrome with all this chrome

i was wondering what the hell we were looking at.

Few More. These pic's suck but give the idea:


Polished caliper and Hard-Kor Engineering hubs:


Polished front brake rez and chopped lever:

looks good mike cant wait to see the finished product

Looks awesome!! Can't wait to see the finished product.

THAT IS LOOKING PRETTY BEAUIFLUS!! HOPING ON SEEIN THAT BIKE OUT IN GLAMIS A FEW TIMES THIS YEAR....

ok my rebuild is shameful compared to that. even though i have 2 less wheels, that looks imaculate. ill post eventually, but man good job.

Looking great, couple questions, why did ya cut the front brake lever? and have ya though of reloacating the battery behind the filter towards the rear, up in the subframe, or will it get in the way, i know people have done it on ex's for better side to side balance and looks, other wise looking great cant wait to see it finsihed

Downright slapptacious Mike, downright beautimus...Make sure you take good care of Slap's bike while you are building it...

Real close now!
Just need plastic and brake lines.



Here's my rear brake set-up. Used a rez/master cylinder from a CRF.


New radiator shrouds. The flames are inserts and the main part is laser cut

Tail lights mounted where the seat latch lever would be mounted (I have a different latch that doesn't use this hole) and that is the EXTRA long silencer in the background. No effin sound tickets this season!




Got the lights mounted. The mounts are from hand guards and are kinda cheesy but they work. They are for the tappered section of the bars so that's why they look crooked

They allowed me to mount them on the bars which is what I really wanted. New Hella 200 HID's.





Stop by the Sand Addiction booth at SSSS to see the finished product!

Wow can't wait to see it Mike.

looks real nice mike....


and that silencer is HUGE!

hope i can make it to the show to check that bad boy out.

baaahh, what a pile.

Gee thanks

Please make me one that looks good!

all that pretty stuff and you're just going to blind people by mounting the sun on your handlebars.

MY OFFER IS STILL GOOD FOR THE EX TRADE

ok...looks like an ex frame, but thats not an ex motor, or a trx 450. is that a crf450 motor? or bigger? looks sweet, like the powder on the frame.

when are we riding?