how's it going guys today is gonna be an exciting day gonna
finish up another one of my projects this time around it is the 2001 XR 80
this back here is my girlfriend's bike we've been working on it over the past
couple months - it's a powder coat cerakote work just going through
rebuilding everything so she has a nice bike to ride not gonna lie this thing is
pretty rad I wish I had a pit like this nice but today I've got some cool parts
the bolt up on it to finish it up and then when Haley gets home from school
I'm gonna surprise her with it should be pretty cool let's jump into it
alright alright here's what we got set of tusk aluminum handlebars the stock
ones were steel and a little bit tweaked so we'll be nice to replace those we
have a tusk aluminum gas cap cnc anodized a tusk shifter tusk clutch
lever some IMS foot pegs these will be super nice when I decided to go and take
a burn on that bike and a new front brake cable the one on there was pretty
crusty by the way all these parts were from Rocky Mountain and I'll make it
easy on you guys and link everything down below in the description let's get
to work now I'm comparing the new handlebars to the old set the new ones
are a little bit wider Haley's a pretty small girl so I don't want anything too
wide on there so I'm gonna have to trim the new handlebars down to match the old
ones
once you're done trimming you want to take a file and clean up the burrs on
the end of the handlebar by the way the bend on these handlebars is the ATV
sport Bend it's the only thing I could find that was close to the stock XR Bend
but these were about four inches wider so got them all trimmed down let's see
how they look on the bike
got the bars all centered up and tightened down but man that is looking
good with those black bars black triple clamp and the bronze port cap really
liking that next step is going to be to get these controls mounted up on to the
handlebars
see works so much better with the new cable so I've got the cable adjusted to
where you can barely hear the shoes start to hit the drum and that's where
you have the brakes the most responsive and then whenever I replace the cable I
like to throw lube in it this is the cable lube or I'm using as well as the
cable loop I'm excited to see how the clutch pull is with this tusk lever I
think it should smooth it out quite a bit give it a try
ooh it's a little bit smoother not quite as smooth as I would have hoped so I
think I'm going to try the lever off my 125 so the lever off to 125 didn't
really make too big of a difference so I dug into it and found a couple things
that made a pretty big difference so now it's pretty smooth you can one-finger it
pretty happy with that so what I ended up doing was lubing the cable even
though it's a brand-new cable and then I made sure is routed nice and straight
and then down here at the clutch arm I adjusted the cable up here so that way
it puts this arm at a better angle and then I ended up taking the clutch cover
off and greasing up right here where the arm goes into the clutch cover and then
I pulled two other clutch Springs off and trim two coil off of them so all
that combined made quite a big difference
couple setup tips with the clutch when you pull the lever you don't want it
sticking out past the bar I need to move this one in a little bit the reason
behind that is when you tip over and your lever hits the ground first that is
the first thing that'll break and then something I did with this lever Haley
has pretty small hands so I ended up bending the lever in a little bit so
it's easier for her to pull it in and then you don't want to tighten these
bolts all the way notice there's a little plastic sleeve in there that
prevents the ports from breaking so when you crash the perch is gonna pivot on
the bar like this I need to tighten that up a little bit more and then for clutch
cable slack you want to have about the width of a quarter in between the lever
and the perch so right there is about good and one
more thing the further you go in with a perch on the handlebars the easier the
lever will be to pull because you have more leverage now all that's left for
this side the handlebars is the kill switch the grip and there's a little
boot that goes on the lever
check out what we got next these are going to be a huge improvement over the
stock shifter and pegs check out the difference between old crusty rusty here
and the new IMS peg that's a big upgrade I know Hayley will be excited because
she said it felt like she was standing on toothpicks with these stock pegs now
we are ready for the gas tank and this thing looks brand-new
thanks to that seracote trim code I used on it stuff works magic
all right now for the fun part let's get this old crusty cap off of here and see
how the red tusk cap looks fits good and I think it looks pretty good too I'm
diggin that on there I think it adds a lot so now we are pretty much just
missing plastics now normally I would replace all the plastics on the bike but
with this bike being a 2001 plastics are getting a little bit hard to find now
and besides that these plastics are decent shape they're not all cracked up
or anything just got scratches and whatnot so I'll be covering all that up
with graphics anyways but before I do that I'm gonna knock off some of the
tops and the scratches with 600 grit sandpaper that way they don't show
through the graphics I love VBR but we got to make room for
the new graphics sometimes all the glue doesn't like to come off with graphics
so we all do us take the old graphic dab it on top that glue and I'll peel it
right off after a bit of sanding we are now ready for graphics and I've always
found it easier to apply the graphics with the plastics on the bike
looking pretty fresh but this thing is way too plain so I'm gonna start with
the front end first the number plate graphic as well as the front fender we
wiping everything down with isopropyl alcohol before applying the graphics
for an end is looking pretty sweet everything lined up great on there good
thing they didn't put Halley's a last name on there you know what I mean so
now it is on to the shroud I like to rip off a little piece of the
backing to handle the graphic with that way I'm not touching the graphic
directly with my skin
everything lined up great with the shroud love how that's looking on there
and now it is on to the funnest graphic of all the right side plate this thing
is tough because it's got so many curves in it but the heat gun will be our
friend on this one so I'll start by lining up the hole first make sure it's
gonna line up up top here this one's gonna fit crispy so we're the highest
point on the side plate is I'll check that down right there just kind of split
the side plate in half all the way up I'm gonna give this thing some heat
dear those turned out so sweet laid down really nicely either I'm
getting better at graphics or these ones are just super easy to install to finish
up this side we've just got the swingarm graphic along with the rear fender
all righty let's finish her up
we're all wrapped up with graphics and I couldn't be happier with how these
things laid out and how they look on the bike I know hey leaves me pretty excited
about them too so these were done by attack graphics and this company right
here I will link them down below in the description now the very last thing we
have to bolt on the bike is this beautiful seat get this thing up on
there and I really love the hole in the cover there I think it completes the
look of this bike so what do you guys think now I'm just messing I got a new
cover for it let's get that thing all set up on there got an all black seat
cover also from attack I'm gonna get this old BB our cover off of here and
get stapling just notice that whoever did this cover use like really narrow
staples and they all pull through the cover so this thing was pretty much just
hanging on there with a few staples so you want to use something wider like
these ones here
ah man this foam is in pretty rough shape not something I want to use but
Haley was hoping to ride the bike this weekend so I'm just gonna have to make
it work for now
the sink turned out quite a bit better than I expected considering how crappy
that foam was when we started can't really even tell that the phone was that
deformed so yeah it looks pretty good let's get it on the bike and get
everything all finished up really love and how that black seat looks on there
it goes good with the graphic theme and just the overall appearance of the bike
but didn't really fit the best up here due to the foam I'm gonna fix that later
down the road but overall yeah the bike looks awesome love how it turned out
definitely the coolest XR 80 you've ever seen I grew up riding these bikes so it
was pretty awesome to bring back the memories with a build like this I think
Haley would be equally excited about it so let's go grab her and see what she
thinks
babe come here for a second I know isn't that crazy you want to go rip it
tomorrow and get it dirty alright let's hit it
okay
it's safe to say role really excited with how the XR turned out and I would
recommend you guys stay tuned for the next video you see on the channel we've
got something really really special coming with the XR so that pretty much
wraps up the 80 project we had a ton of fun with it
Haley's pretty pumped with it she's got something nice to ride now and now we're
on to the next project which you guys will see in the coming weeks so till
then keep it Prime
you