2-stroke IT490 motor swap

[YAMAHAULER]

All I need is some good ol AC-DC and I'm a happy camper

 

[Gen1Pat]

True, but good music is good music. Other than listening to some jaz on occasion. Can't stand that rap crap.

 

[YAMAHAULER]

definitely Gen Rap is crap I personally like the 70's and 80's rock and of course some of the new **** too

 

[Gen1Pat]

60s 70s and a good bit of the 80s for me. Beetles are the ****. Changed the face of rock music.

 

[buzzy613]

i hate the beetles, but sonme csny, iron maiden, metallica

 

[Gen1Pat]

It's not everybodies cup of tea. How bout CKY?

 

[Mathius]

Ok.. So heres my modded kicker. I works great!
I kicked it over a few times, and no problems.... Well cept one.
My heel hits the fender still.

This is how much I need to cut out for my heel to clear when I kick it over.

What do you guys think? Would it look real stupid if I cut that heel relief out like that, or should I just go for function over form?

 

[Gen1Pat]

It may not look too bad. Maybe if you did the other side to match. Glad the kicker worked. Looks good.

 

['00 WO-YA!]

Dude, you do nice work, I'm certain that you can find a way to tastefully cut & trim that fender to be functional. Make it work bro. I'll bet you could even find a way to heat it and shape it for clearance w/o the cut. Either way, It won't look bad man, besides, you have a friggin 490 Warrior!!!!!!

 

['00 WO-YA!]

Btw, that kicker support is custom! Totally badass, I love that!

 

[bones]

looks good

 

[Mathius]

Dude, you do nice work, I'm certain that you can find a way to tastefully cut & trim that fender to be functional. Make it work bro. I'll bet you could even find a way to heat it and shape it for clearance w/o the cut. Either way, It won't look bad man, besides, you have a friggin 490 Warrior!!!!!!

Thanx man (about my work) I out do myself sometimes.. lol

I was wondering if that cut would look kinda weird? But I'm just gonna cut it anyway. Theres no way I could bend it enuf for my heel to clear it.

But yah.. Just a few more tweeks. I should have her going.
Big bore Yami all the way baby!! :evilface:

 

[Mathius]

Btw, that kicker support is custom! Totally badass, I love that!

BTW.. Custom is what this whole quads about.. It's to bad your not in my area.. We could have a 465/490 shootout. :tup:

 

[Gen1Pat]

I think it will look okay. I would try to match the new inside cut with the curve of the outside cut. Probably look good.

 

[Mathius]

I think it will look okay. I would try to match the new inside cut with the curve of the outside cut. Probably look good.

Well I could do that..
But I guarantee that I'll be riding it in running shoes, and shorts most the time.
I want good clearance, and no sharp edges. So theres no way it'll really match the fender cut.

 

[YAMAHAULER]

looks great man!!

 

[DeadLastRacing]

The kicker extension looks nice.

Function over form!

 

['00 WO-YA!]

BTW.. Custom is what this whole quads about.. It's to bad your not in my area.. We could have a 465/490 shootout. :tup:

Dude, I don't have a Warrior465 but I'd be happy to bust your ass on the dirtbike, Lol! J/K, this wouldn't be much fun if I couldn't bust your balls a lil bit, haha!
Seriously though, I've thought about trying a 465 conversion in the spare frame I have, I just have too nice of an old vintage bike to tear it apart for that. I'd be happy to do a mid 80's YZ250 conversion with a TRI-Z forward kick conversion in the clutch cover. A newer 450 engine would be cool too but they're just soooo expensive, ugh! I think with 40hp+ the YZ250 would run great in a Warrior. I love custom stuff but I believe that the trick is doing it tastefully enough that it appears to have come that way from the factory. Personally I think the radiator would be challenging to make look right.

 

[Mathius]

Dude, I don't have a Warrior465 but I'd be happy to bust your ass on the dirtbike, Lol! J/K, this wouldn't be much fun if I couldn't bust your balls a lil bit, haha!
Seriously though, I've thought about trying a 465 conversion in the spare frame I have, I just have too nice of an old vintage bike to tear it apart for that. I'd be happy to do a mid 80's YZ250 conversion with a TRI-Z forward kick conversion in the clutch cover. A newer 450 engine would be cool too but they're just soooo expensive, ugh! I think with 40hp+ the YZ250 would run great in a Warrior. I love custom stuff but I believe that the trick is doing it tastefully enough that it appears to have come that way from the factory. Personally I think the radiator would be challenging to make look right.

Wheres the like button..
Oh yah wrong site. lmao

But I bet with the right gearing, and the fact I have the 5 speed over you 465's 4 speed.. It would be a good race.
(I did a few mods to my motor as well):evilface:

And I would love to see someone put a YZ250 into a YFM frame. It's like I had mentioned earlier in the thread, the 250 was my original choice.
But it was the rad that backed me off. I bet a banshee rad would work though?

 

['00 WO-YA!]

Not so fast my boy, the YZ465 is not a 4 speed, we were blessed with 5 gears! Maybe you're thinking of the big bore 400, pretty sure it was a 4 speed.