'88 E30
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Crank bolt holding up the show.
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Haha. I was only going about 25-30ish. I was riding with another buddy who has a grom and we were just practicing around on some wide industrial roads. I was honestly more worried about the bike so I white knuckled that thing when I slid. I'm going to buy a 12 bar and crash cage for this thing shortly. Because I will crash it some more for sure.
I've heard the thing to do with dirt bikes is to take the original plastics off as soon as you buy it and put some aftermarket ones on. Then when you go to sell it you can clean the bike up and put the original plastics back on and the it will look like it's hardly been ridden...
no offense, but, it would have been faster, and more fun, to ride my bike (read: bicycle) across that field than whatever that was.
Yeah, he looked like he was struggling a bit, and the field looks like a terrible place to ride. Plus the Grom isn't really intended to be ridden off-road... The point was that he thought he was too cool for the toys-r-us bike, but had fun on it anyway.
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Took crap off in preparation for the making of a removable core support and engine swop and overall phuckery of this thing
And got stuck at the white bumper bullshit. One of the torx bolts has a snapped head and the other one is larger than the torx bits I have. I have a t50. I think that's a t55.
I'm tempted to just cut the shit off and hack it up and just buy new/used stuff that doesn't have a million years of rust on it.
Since I will be making a removable core support anyways, I was thinking that cutting everything off the front of the car wouldn't be a bad idea....?
Any thoughts?
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Pic for size comparison
I don't think the grom would do much lol. And plus I just put new parts on it on Friday. Have to keep them looking nice for at least another week until I crash it again
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Went insane looking at that white fiberglass bumper bullshit.
Found my room mates cut off wheel.....
Dust everywhere
Gone forever
Wiring & fan were next
Car was involved in a skirmish at one point
Rotted core support
Fronts basically off now.
Next up is grind the old core support off.
Then make something to hold the radiator. Plans are a brewing
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I have an aftermarket core support that you can buy cheap if you want all of the nifty mounting points and other odds and ends of sheetmetal off of it.
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Text you in a bit
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Radiator is out. Got home from riding later last night so I couldn't do much grinding (neighbors) but today the core support will come off
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This took like 30 minutes. Everyone should do it.
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This is where I'm currently at
Before pulling out
-starter wires
-driveshaft
-slave cylinder line
-throttle cable
-heater core lines
-trans mounts
-engine mounts
-move fuel lines outa the way and get gas everywhere
-try to remember where everything goes
-remove anything else??
-don't suck
I think that's it
Oh. And get an engine hoist
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Bought my stand off craigslist for $50
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Bought my stand off craigslist for $50
Good deal
I'll search around for a bit, Craigslist in this are isn't the most lively.
May just end up buying one from harbor freight. Granted I may only use it once or twice, but having one is nice.
Plus it's like a guaranteed six pack of "insert beer here" for when someone wants to borrow it.
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If you are driving through wausau my engine stand is at my parents house, you are welcome to use it.
Sent from my potato phone
The s50 is currently on the stand when the m50 comes out I'm swapping the e34 pan and other stuff off of it. Then dress the s50, put m50 on tires, then put s50 in. M50 going to a buddy who is gonna give me driveshaft/clutch and some help over a weekend
At least that's the plan
I have yet to order any parts haha
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Harbor freight strikes again!!
No hoists in stock
But I got a super cool rain check
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