[TuckerHardRide]

Step one: Cut off original rear shock mount.

Step two: Clean up crappy cut.

 

[Mikeb3119]

lol i thought you would of been further along with it

 

[TuckerHardRide]

Me too but I've been waiting to see if somebody would do a frame swap for one that was already set up for a crf motor but it hasn't gone through yet so I've been accumulating parts and tonight i thought i would start.

 

[Mikeb3119]

not a bad idea. are you doing the welding and cutting yourself?

 

[TuckerHardRide]

Cutting only for me and matching up pieces of metal for brackets, i have some people that can weld so i should be set.

 

[Mikeb3119]

Yep sounds like you should be good. How long do you think itll take to finish?

 

[711streetfighter]

Its the hot setup these days in the hybrid world. Walsh is charging a fortune for his frames with ltr geometry and mounts for a CRF motor. First one was done in France if I recall correctly. It takes some major surgery in the rear to get it all to work.
Before you start cutting and especially before you start welding make sure you put that frame in a jig or else it can tweak quite a bit from all the heating and cooling. You could possibly pull it out of square by alot if you don't. I would use square tubing for the jig and tack weld the frame to it in at least 4 or 6 places.

Hey I see a harbor fright ATV lift in that photo lol. Man I love that place.

 

[TuckerHardRide]

Yep sounds like you should be good. How long do you think itll take to finish?

Honestly i can't put a time frame on it, either once school starts i'll be working on it more or less.

Its the hot setup these days in the hybrid world. Walsh is charging a fortune for his frames with ltr geometry and mounts for a CRF motor. First one was done in France if I recall correctly. It takes some major surgery in the rear to get it all to work.
Before you start cutting and especially before you start welding make sure you put that frame in a jig or else it can tweak quite a bit from all the heating and cooling. You could possibly pull it out of square by alot if you don't. I would use square tubing for the jig and tack weld the frame to it in at least 4 or 6 places.

Hey I see a harbor fright ATV lift in that photo lol. Man I love that place.

I'll have to make sure it doesn't tweak, thanks for the heads up!

Yep my girlfriend got that for me for Christmas sure does come in handy, i needed to modify it a bit because it cant reach across my quad with the nerf bars on it. Also what i need is a HF stool because i'm tired of using a tire.

 

[Mikeb3119]

When is your next race? Or no races until its finished?

 

[tylerltz400]

When is your next race? Or no races until its finished?

the next race is august 16th i think. then the 29th

 

[Mikeb3119]

Might make the 29th if you hurry up Tuck lol

 

[crz400]

kik ass man......................

last month dirt wheels had in issue in it with joe byrd this is what he races now the walsh race craft made from a crf honda 450r dirtbike engine,well the new one has that crazy new motor,but his older one is like this a ltr frmae n subframe with that engine!!!!! awesome good luck with this build!!!!!

 

[TuckerHardRide]

Step 3: Cut off old front motor mount tab's and clean up.

Step 4: Make new rear shock mounting bracket

Step 5; Cut 3/4" pipe to length.

 

[yOGi420™]

Nice, making progress.

 

[Mikeb3119]

Like the new avatar yogi:lol

 

[yOGi420™]

Like the new avatar yogi:lol

It's not obvious but the message is awesome.

 

[Mikeb3119]

Im guessing you tried it yesterday and loved it LMAO

 

[jake47]

Comin along!

 

[Chuckie25]

Lookin good Tuck! Can't wait to see this beast running. What are you building it for? Dunes, track, dirt oval?

 

[TuckerHardRide]

Trail riding and maybe a few hare scrambles.

Made a little more progress.

Step 6: Modify coolant return to point towards intake on LTR450 radiator.