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05-04-2009, 10:02 PM
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| PM Newbie Join Date: Jul 2008
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| cheap easy more better z50r build
well got a 95 z50r off a buddy. had a takegawa 88cc bore up kit with head...ran like raped ape but liked to toss my tubby ass off the back when bangin 2nd.....so threw a extended swinger on it from a chappy scooter with some 1971 cb 350 schocks on it....nice upgrade.. nice and stiff for my 250 pound ass....front end was too short....buddy named "FAB NASTY" cut the frame behind head tube supports..extended it with proper sized steel tubing for an extra length of 2 inches...felt just right.....  [/IMG] fun for wheelies and ripping around the hood loud fast and on a z50......but winter time came and decided to save up for a pit bike.....so i bought one from cracks list.......  thought this chonger was gonna be a sweet ride but the turd killed my ass like prison and was just plain uncomfortable.... so i must have been spoiled cause the z50r seat was a freekin lazyboy compared to the pit bike seat that was a meat ball mangler... so i started thinking of getting my z50 up to pit bike statuz cause i loved it and its sweet seat.. always liked the hard old school metal tank...so im now thinking damn im gonna have to get FAB NASTYS take on this here...so we started with the front end of the pitt bike stripped it off the frame and FAB NASTY living up to his name chopped the springs and strut rods down to size....ppopped em on on the cheapass lower tripple tree blew apart...so i headed down to the bike shop and was gonna get a cnced set of trees fer 150$....but the werent the right size fer my schock tubes....so next option was for shocks and trees which were 130$....score....FAB NASTY fired up the cut off wheel and went to town doing his thing....heres what we ended up with...  fired it up to see how the new front end with the 12 incher felt...it was nice...rode like a fat chick....but it needs to be mean lookin.after all its gonna be a pit bike.... so i turned FAB NASTY loose with his cut off wheel...his grinder...torches...and mig welder.....dudes bad ass  chopping and grinding where do you want the shock to mount in? says FAB NASTY  how bout here?...cool..wwere gonna have to put a brace in for strenth tho.....cool with me  schweet... lets get the master cyl fer the rear brakes figured out says FAB NASTY right on....looks like im gonna have to cut up a plate to mout this master cyl....its cool with me i told him....  schweet man that looks great  FAB NASTY looks at me eating a maple cream stick and says you know just to be safe im gonna throw an extra brace in there...i asked hif if he was making fat jokes... but he just started welding away on the fat kid support team   right on FAB NASTY...lets put this pig on the ground and see how it feels...  schweet imma throw the tank and the seat on fer a visual too....  damn this pig turned out sweet!!! go ride it see if you like it and if anything needs tweeked..says FAB NASTY....dude this thing rides and handles like no other z ive ever riddin!! thanks FAB NASTY yer the man!! imma go throw the rear fender on and ill send ya a pick of how it looks..cool says FAB...now get outta here ive got metal to burn and sparks to fly! dweedle dweedle...says fab nastys cell phone.....picture mail received.....  DAMN..says FAB NASTY i do great work..... |
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05-04-2009, 11:33 PM
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| 3rd Gear Member  Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: St.Joe MO
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That looks sick!!! Your jarggin tid bit annoying, sorry. But still sweet Z man thats sick.
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05-05-2009, 01:56 AM
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| 2nd Gear Member  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Posts: 576
| Re: cheap easy more better z50r build
Chinarific! Yet badass! Plans for the old swinger?
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05-05-2009, 09:55 AM
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| "The Steg"  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Castro Valley, CA
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| Re: cheap easy more better z50r build
Everybody needs a friend like fab nasty...
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05-05-2009, 11:58 AM
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| 1st Gear Member  Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Michigan, All over
Posts: 134
| Re: cheap easy more better z50r build
impressive, I actually like that z50 and I usually hate how the white 99 ones look
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05-05-2009, 12:22 PM
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| 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ohio
Posts: 485
| Re: cheap easy more better z50r build
did you consider just swapping the tank and seat on to the Chinker and keeping the z? Just wondering not being a smart ass, just would have been less work.
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