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ENGINE BBR Motorsports 170cc Big Bore Kit BBRMotorsports Carb Kit BBR Motorsports CRF150F/23 0F Exhaust System BBR Motorsports High Performance Camshaft BBRMotorsports High Performance Valve Springs $ 169.95 $299.95 $299.95 $199.95 $59.95 CHA SSIS BBR Motorsports Aluminum Frame Kit BBR Motorsports Heavy Duty Fork Springs BBR Motorsports Heavy Duty Shock Springs BBR Motorsports Suspension Revalve Service RaceTech Gold Valves (Front) Race Tech Gold Valve (Rear) $2995.95 $79.95 $89.95 $300.00 $ 169.95 $ 199.95 Note: EX haust system listed separately in Eng ine list but is included in BBR Aluminum FrameKiL It starts like th is: A stock CRF150F (ab ove) awaits the BBR t re a tm e nt , while a helping of the company's trick parts lies at the ready (ri ght ). The bike's owner, Ted "Baker' s Square" Scruggs (be low ) begins the process of removing the stock 150F engine to init iat e the mods. w ith sma ll wh eel s to pla y aro und wi th o n the a c reag e beh ind hi s N evad a C ity hom est ead. Hi s plan was to mak e t h e ulti mat e m ini out of a CRFI50F, Honda' s new big-wheel ed four -stroke mini; Scruggs is a bi g gu y , so h e c o u ld use th e extra leg ro o m that the 15 0 F offers. Scrugg s got o n the ph on e a n d ca lled up BBR Motorsp orts lnc., on e o f t he oldes t a nd m os t r e spe c te d fo ur-stroke mini hop -up firms aro und. A fter co ns u lting with BBR ' s Du a ne B rown , Sc rugg s o rdered up a bo atload of BBR ' s trickery , in clu din g a B i g B o re K it, Fra m e Kit, Ca m K it , Carb K it and oth er bits. Being a former factory Co o per motocros s te am rid er , Sc ru g g s kne w how to do his ow n work ( i f you'r e f am ili a r with Coopers, then yo u k no w that he had to), so all that he left to the BB R guys w a s h i s sus p ens ion wo rk . Sc rugg s sen t th e BBR g uys h i s weig ht (6 ' 3" and thr ee Doubl e-D oubl es a d ay) , and his ri d ing st y le (pa ssive- ag gres sive) and then sent off the sus pens ion bi t s, wh ich were pirated fr om a CR80 . BBR in turn sh ipped off all th e pa rt s that Scru ggs woul d nee d to get st art ed . It's some prett y im pre ssive stuff. Th e BB R B i g B ore Kit up s th e CR F' s displ ace me nt fr om 15 0cc t o 170 cc while ret ain ing the stock c y lin d er lin er. BBR say s that i t is th e quickest way to a d d powe r to the stock m otor (as you know , there's no re place ment for displa c ement) . Th e kit comes with a 6 5 .5mm p iston tha t ups the compression rat io from 9 : 1 to 10.75: I , piston pin , rings, clip s and a new head and base gasket. BBR rec o m m e n d s that t h e kit be in st a ll ed w ith its Rev -Bo x ig niti on system and Free-Flow air filter fo r m aximum ben efi t. This kit alone is worth over half a horsep ow er, according to BBR 's dyn o figures. It m ay not so und like much , but it all adds up. Of cou rse , the bigger m otor need s to br eathe m o re efficientl y , so Sc ruggs also went for the Fr ee-Flow Air Filt er Kit , Carb K it and Exh aust System . Th e Carb Ki t is actuall y m o re t han j ust a carburetor. It includes a p rej et te d 26 m m K e ih in round b ore c arb wi th a c ustom CNC -m ach in ed B B R m anifold adaptor, throttle and ca bl es. T he E xh au st Syste m is a t h ing o f beauty, featu rin g a ce ra mi c -coated , t a pe re d h ead e r an d aluminum heat sh ield. T he header mates to a beauti fu lly an odized muffl e r w i th a bi ll et a l u m i n u m e n dca p . Th e syste m co mes with a r em ov ab l e US F S ap proved spa rk arrestor. For q u iete r o peration , the hea de r ca n be fitted up to the st ock CRF 150 F muffl e r. BBR also sell s a q uiet ex ha ust in sert for an additio nal $39.9 5. T he BB R Cam Ki t is a big power adder. Th e ca m features h igh er lift and du rati on specs (B BR wo n' t rev eal th os e specs ) to get th e 17 0 reall y ch urn ing . On a full y m od ified m otor th e cam shaft is worth over on e horsepower, but as aggressive as it is , it still ret ains th e stocker's st art -up and id l e c h a rac t eris ti c s. Th e ca m does requ ire th e use of BB R's high perform anc e valve sp rin gs to gu ard aga ins t va lve float and th us ser ious metal -tom etal co nta ct between the p iston and th e val ves at high rp m . W ith the mo to r se w n ba ck up , Scruggs turned h is attention t o the chas sis and th e big -ticket item o f the lot, the BB R Mo to r sports A luminum F ra me K it. T he kit in clud es a BBR co m p ute r -des ig ned, CNC -crafted alu m inum p erimete r frame , moto r m oun t s , brake p e d a l , footpeg m o unts, plastic g as tank , air- boot, exhaust sys te m (see no te in side ba r) , ra di ator w in g s , g raphi cs kit, seat cover and BB R billet a lu m inu m gas ca p . T he kit requ ires the use of chas sis components from any 1996 -2003 Honda CR80/85 or CR8 0/8 5 E xpert (Scruggs pi cked his up off of eB ay ) . B BR also sent back Scruggs ' rev alved suspensio n (also CR item s) , addi ng it s own Heavy Du t y Fork Sp ri ngs and Heavy Duty Sh oc k Sprin g , whi ch are des igned to be 30-percent stiffer for adult pla y -riding and aggressive mini riding . It w as wh il e Sc ru g g s was putting th e chassis together that he says he really began t o ap preciate the quality of the BBR Mot orsports components. " The bi g thing that im p ressed me i s t h at ev ery t hi n g fit p erf e c t l y , " Sc ruggs sai d. "T he bolt ho les and th e spacing on eve ry t hi ng we re rig ht on the m on ey . I've wo rked wi t h other ki t bikes in the past, and usuall y wi th a fram e kit nothing lines up . B ut they rea lly paid atte ntio n t o the d et ail s. T he qual it y was ex ce lle nt. " Finis h i n g th e c h a ssis w ith t he require d CR80 bra k es, DID ri ms with Talon hubs and an aft ermarket trip le cla mp and h andl ebar - a l so e B ay it em s - Scruggs fi red th e bike up and too k it fo r a sp in . "Every thing worked gre at right off th e bat ," Scru ggs said . " I ha rdly had cu e I e to make any adj ustments. Th e motor started real easy an d ran great. You co ul d feel a h ug e power differe nce thro ug ho ut the powerba nd. Th e suspensio n was perfect. " Th at type of t est imonia l fr om the owne r is fi ne and dandy , but we wa nted to e xpe rie n c e th e BBR 17 0 f o r oursel ves, so we t oo k possessio n of th e bi k e for a weeke n d, electing t o fl o g it at Per ri s Race w ay. If yo u' ve been to Perri s, then yo u know th at it's not exactly a beginner's track . Seve ral of the to p p ro s trai n th ere during the week , and the tra ck is fi lled with lo ng, aggressive ta bl et o p s, doubles and up hill jumps. So we sent ano ther former sp eedw a y a ce and ve teran motocross ra cer . M a r k Dwy er, out o n to th e Pe r r i s t ra ck a board t he m a ch in e . W ith in j u s t a few l a p s, Dw ye r w as sky in g every t hi ng in the pla c e, j ust as if he was on his ow n big b ik e. Dwyer had to shift the BBR 170 like an 8 0 and k eep his momentum up , but the BBR m ot or ri p ped , and it was cle arly making eno ugh power to l a unc h him o ff th e bigg est j umps . Better yet, Dwyer never bottomed the susp ens i o n o nce , mak i ng qu ali ty landing s a breeze. Afterwa rd , Cy cle News ad guy and part-ti m e test p ilo t Dan o Leg ere climbed aboard th e bike a nd re peated Dwy er's efforts over one of the big ta bletops, whipping the bike wildly but failing to hurt it in any way. It was clea r that the BB R guys kn ow how to bu ild an awesome fo ur stroke m in i. As you may ha ve already guess ed , building such a bike is hardl y inex pensive , b ut with BB R Motorsports , you get what yo u pa y for. It s co m po nents are t o p- not ch ; easy t o fit and do everything that BBR claim s. As BBR says , it's not t echnol ogy for the sake of technology . Its stuff just plain wo rks . What more co u l d an adu lt m ini rid er ask fo r? I k no w , how about a r em at ch w ith b eee e y y ya a aaa, b ee eeyyyaa aa , bee ey aaaahaaaharup ... CN BBR M otorsports Inc . 19632 70th Avenue South. Bay 3 Kent. WA 98032 Phone: 253/631 -8233 Fax: 253/631 -4260 E -m a il: sa les@bbrmotorspo rts.co m W eb site : w w w .bbrrnot o rsport s.c orn n e vv s O CTO BER 22 , 2003 41

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