VOL. 53 ISSUE 11 MARCH 22, 2016 P85
Y
ou'd never guess this
CRF250R was lying in
pieces, divided amongst
four boxes when Jay Clark
purchased it at a fraction of
its original cost. Jay has a
knack/obsession for resur-
recting basket-case motor-
cycles purchased off the
internet, (aka Craigslist). His
goal was to turn a CRF250R
into a trail bike, loving the
benefits of fuel-injection over
carburation. He also likes the
newer chassis of the 2010
CRF250R when compared
to an older CRF250X. The
downside to the CRF250R
is lack of electric start. So if
you have an older MX bike
that doesn't have much resale
value, maybe transforming it
into a big-bore off-road bike
like this, what we dubbed
Frankenstein CRF270R-X,
could be an option. If you go
the route of Jay, it won't be a
cheap path, he likes his bikes
completely decked out! To
make a build like this even
close to worth it, you need to
do a lot spinning wrenches
yourself; paying shop rates
for a rebuild along these lines
would be astronomical. Hope-
fully a few key modifications
from this CRF270R-X could
transform your motocrosser
into a worthy trail machine.
OFF-ROAD
FRANKENSTEIN
FROM RAGS TO RICHES
(AND WE MEAN RICHES)
