CudaChick's Dirt Bike Thread -- '90 Honda XR200

Ever since the bike started going back together James, Trish and I have been giving him a bad time about that orange spring. Pretty much every chance we get.

:-D :-\" :poke: :axe: :violent1:

It looks goofy right there in the middle of all that blue, silver and black and it sticks out like a sore thumb -- you can't miss the damn thing. I know none of you guys did.

"It's not going to show. ... Well, not that much of it shows."

It's gotten to be a running joke the last few days.

Billy: "Hey James, those new Tag-5s came in! You gotta go out to the shop and see 'em."

Me: "Oh yeah, they're cool! Already coated a nice gun metal gray ... nice and shiny. They look good with the rest of the bike too."

Without missing a beat, James says "How they look with that spring?"






He didn't want to take it apart, plain and simple. But when some new bearing kit showed up and had the shock bushings too, I guess he decided to give in to the peer pressure. This was tonight's project. Grab your shades first.

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The new $22 ebay score Tag-5s now installed too ...

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I got the spring / perches / lockers all blasted and propped it up there to see what color it should be. (I'm sure there's technical terms for all of this stuff but I'm a motorhead, not a biker chick. I'm learning. :-D)

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The decision was unanimous, a perfect balance on the bike. I didn't get any 'after' pictures of it yet because it's still cooling off ... probably tomorrow. :-D