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| ROCKET Rex Staten if you dont know already is probably one of the few if not the hardest riders in professional motocross history. Names like Joel Robert, Tommy Croft and Jimmy Weinert also conjure up memories of breaking and destroying bikes for breakfast without batting an eye! When we received this 1978 YZ250E and looked over the frame we said, thats Rex's bike for sure. It has at least a half a dozen cracks right where he said they would be. You see, this machine is one of Rex's Saddleback bikes he used to pilot to numerous pro wins to the delight of many local fans in SoCal. The bike is still registered in Rex's name, we have the original untouched title!.....So begins the task of reviving a lost but found piece of MX history in hopes of making Rex proud. We think he'll like it and just might want it back! EJ... |
| As found in a garage sitting neglected for years! |
| LQQK at all those NOS parts ready for final assembly! |
| More rusty and neglected parts of the YZ. |
| Dry rott and cracked! |
| The YZ was fitted with a LUFT shock system. |
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| NOS K&N mesh filter for originality of the day. |
| Years rusted and frozen up. A week of soaking in wintergreen broke the swing-bolt loose! |
| Swingarm painted with Honda silver lacquer and top-coated with clear lacquer. |
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| Sun dried and faded badly! |
| NOS R/H plate, re-furbished L/H plate. Hard to tell the diff. |
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| NOS parts from Yamaha take care of the weathered rubber! |
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| Chassis is painted, no PC on this one! |
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| No before pic unfortunately, but here's the finished tank. Believe us, its much better now! |
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| LUFT reservoir will be re-anodized gold and decals reproduced. This is not a stock set-up. |
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| Rex liked the OURY grip in whatever color but his favorite was red for DANGER! |
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| Typical problem when one doesnt drain the fuel before parking for a long time. |
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| 1 star = INT, 2 stars = Expert, 3 stars a PRO! This was Rex's system of ID'ing his riders. |
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| Copyright (c) 2007=08, OLD S'CooL Restorations - BULTACOWEST All rights reserved |
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| Fork chrome was polished, sliders heavily sanded and buffed. Lacquer clear coated. |
| Intake all cleaned up, new jets installed. Good compression, spark, shifts good. Its ready. |
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| Brand new OURY's, NOS Answer bars, a NOS 1979 DG numberplate, the works! |
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| LUFT shock completely renewed including the decals. How about those rims! |
| Pics highlighting some of the finer points of the build and just in general |
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| Re-annoed rims turned out nice! A Staten signature style for 1978. |
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| Sliders are hand sanded, radially textured and clearcoated. Bridgestone M22's per Rex's spec. |
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| Chain tensioner is all NOS parts. Funky spring design but its correct. |
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| NOS Answer gold bars, NOS cables and ties. |
| Aluminum numberplate clip fabricated from scratch. Snaps in place. |
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| A stock shock was used by Rex with a soft adjustment and the LUFT reservoir mod. |
| Click for next page of complete machine pics >>> |
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| Everything you see here is NOS Yamaha parts. Chain is a D.I.D. unit driving the NOS sprockets. |
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