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This bike belongs to Marc Throne from Minneapolis. He bought the bike off someone on e-bay and was my first insight to what other people do to their bikes when I'm not around. This is not to say that I'm infallible or perfect or whatever, I'm just saying that the motor was sitting in the chassis with no clamping force on any of the motor mounts. Each time the bike started the engine was "floating" inside the frame. It was constantly breaking the frame, in a different spot, in the same spot, nearly every time it was run. The vibration was unbelievable.
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When Marc received the bike it was laying on it's side, banded to a pallet, and when they unloaded the bike from the freight truck, it got dropped. The bodywork was crushed, the forks got bent, the list was long and distinguished. So to make a bad situation worse, the trucking company didn't hold up their end of the claim very well and what was once a decent deal had suddenly turned into a nightmare of money spending. The motor was only partial too. The power valve had a bunch of parts missing, controls were damaged, wiring was spliced together with tape, it was not good.
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When we got the engine mounted and the frame shored up in the appropriate spot and Marc got the power valve working correctly, the bike was fast. It uses a 1989 YZ125 engine, so it's no slouch! Marc's riding came a long way last year and he's improving every time he goes out. And he needs to improve, his new ride demands it, a 1999 CR250 powered YSR!
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