Racers Edge replaced the left half of the case and rebuilt pretty much everything in the motor. The whole thing was fried.
It ran great but after almost 2 years of no riding, I’m quite out of shape. The cactus track at Canyon MX wore me out quick.
The timing chain broke during an easy trail ride just after replacing the head gasket. I was hoping there was no damage since the head and top of the piston looked good but after pulling the flywheel, I found chunks of metal that came off the left case where the front timing chain guide sits.
It hadn’t rained enough to make mud puddles here in over a year… until race day.
I’m not sure if the motor died because of the water but the throttle was sticking on the start line and it hadn’t even got wet yet.
This video is the start of the race up until it died. I kicked it for about 3 minutes after the video stops and finally got it started but it wouldn’t idle on it’s own or rev up past about 2k.
I limped it about half way around the track, trying to get back to the pits but it finally just gave up completely and I had to get towed back in.
Didn’t even complete one lap so it was a DNS. So much for starting the season off with a bang.
Dirt Fiend Racing (DFR) just signed us for 2013!
They do great work and they have a dyno in the shop.
I took the 450R to 2 different shops to have the front end set up and it was never right. DFR could tell it was off just by looking at it. After they made their changes, the quad handles like it never did before. It could take everything so much faster it made me realize how bad the stock rear setup is. The bike is in their shop right now getting a new rear linkage installed. An upgraded shock will have to come later.
If you need any work done, motor, electric, maintenance, whatever, take your stuff to them, they are really good.
Here’s a video from MOPRO
I’m in the first scene, where the atv’s are starting.