welcome back guys got a really interesting video for you today so
something a lot of you have been wondering myself included is how much
did the cr250 cost the build so I'm gonna be breaking all that down piece by
piece throughout this video and I've also got something really interesting to
share with you guys as well so make sure you stay tuned for the entire video so I
originally started with a pretty beat-up 2003 cr250 that I paid $400 for it
didn't run it was missing a bunch of parts I ended up throwing a lot of stuff
away but I was able to salvage the frame Forks triple clamps shock hubs linkage
cases transmission cylinder that's pretty much the majority of it a lot of
that stuff was repaired gone through and fixed up so I'll actually put a picture
on the screen right now of what the bike looked like when I started let's start
at the very bottom so that would be the wheels and tires the tires are Dunlop
and x3s so both rear and front were $150 from Rocky Mountain the hubs are stock
Honda that I cleaned up and powder coated the rims and spokes are tusk
brand so those were 250 for both the front and rear now the anodizing on the
spoke nipples was $100 and then we've got brakes so both the rear and front
rotor are from a 2019 CRF 250r owes were $200 the brake pads were $50 front and
rear brake lines $80 front and rear those are tusk brand from Rocky Mountain
and the banjo bolts he's cool Lumina machine ones were $80 for all four so
we've got one on the caliper and one of the master cylinder both front rear
those are from nihilo concepts so the rear caliper and rear master cylinder
are both om I just had them sarah coded burnt bronze for the front this is a
2019 CRF front master cylinder pick that up for $80 front caliper is om just
Sarah coated again now in order to seracote the master cylinders I had
to get the site windows welded up that was $100 for both front and rear and
then we've got the brake pedal this is obviously tusk brand along with the
clevis clevis was 15 pedal was 60 and then to top it all off
we've got master cylinder caps from works connection both rear and front
those things look really trick on there those were $50 for both and actually I
do have a discount code for anything works connection use the code cam 20 to
save yourself 20% now for suspension the forks in shock are stocked from the O 3
I had the fork uppers Sarah coated as well as a shock body and then the lowers
are tied nitride coated from sgb Racing the cost for me on that was 500 for the
fork lowers and also for the shock shaft those things look absolutely incredible
now other things we have done to the suspension are these fork bleeders up on
top those are $25 from works connection once again use my code to save some
money on those the internals are basically stock just went through and
replace the oil and bushings the only other thing we have is a black shock
bumper and those are $20 from my website prime MX now something a lot of you I'm
sure are curious about is all the carbon fiber most notably the carbon fiber tank
from CMT so once you import that it ends up being around 750 and we've also got
carbon fiber fork guards down here those are 40 and a rear master cylinder guard
that is 40 as well and the caliper guard is another 40 and this guard is 60
something else that was really interesting to add up was the cost
involved with the engine so I ended up doing a wrench rabbet complete engine
rebuild kit that included the crank piston all bearings seals and gaskets
and the cost on that was 500 and when I bought this bike the cylinder was
damaged I had to have that repaired and the cost to get one of those repaired
through Power Steel USA is around $300 now another thing I did internally was
to send off the transmission and ship ten components out to trick engineering
at Texas for a process they call it super finishing or like an is F treating
it basically polishes all the components and makes everything work a lot smoother
this thing actually shifts really really good because of it and the charge on all
that is 350 you can see I've got a pretty cool looking head on there that
is from Fathead racing it allows you to change out the domes for higher or lower
compression the cost of those is 250 I've got another discount code for you
guys to save 10% on these fat heads use the code cam 10 and then coming back
over to this side for the clutch components I am running Tusk clutch
plates along with their Springs and I also replaced the inner hub and pressure
plate to the cost on those parts was 125 for the clutch cover and ignition cover
those were 160 dollars from Boysen I also used their reed cage that was $180
and we've also got their exhaust flange that is 100 ask for the things
surrounding the engine we have electron carb that is 450 all the vent hoses and
fuel line was around $50 and then we have a tusk shifter that is $20 and the
red radiator hoses from Mishimoto are $80 and then for the airbox
I use a reseal kit that fixes the ceiling issue with them that kit is $70
and the air filter from pro filter was 20 so that's it for the engine coming
back to this side the pipe from DPR was 375 I imported that from the Netherlands
silencer is pro-circuit that was around 100 and then of course we got the
plastics graphics and seat cover the plastics are paula sport the V style kit
bought those from rocky mountain for 150 the graphics are from Rocky Mountain as
well attack graphics those were 150 as well
seat cover is a moto seat cost on that is 60 and then to mount the newer style
front plate got a bracket from my company prime MX the cost on those is 25
for the swingarm I didn't use the array
Oh three swingarm I swapped it out for one from a 2009 and CRF 250 pound this
one on eBay for 150 and I've got that paired up with a steel horse swing arm
pivot kit so this allows you to grease the smart pivot bearings just with a
grease gun you don't have to take anything apart and I do have a discount
code on those as well use the code cam ten to save yourself 10% on those I
would definitely recommend those kits they are a huge huge help for
maintaining your bike and we've got a couple random things here let's see
you've got the axle nut that is tusk brand from Rocky Mountain those are
around ten dollars I want to say the axle blocks from bolt those are 55 and
then the steering stem nut is from Rocky Mountain tusk brand that is around $12
and as I'm sure you guys know I used a lot of my own products on this bike so
to clean up the aluminum including the frame swimming arm the linkage the stuff
turned out really cool engine cases cylinder clutch covers that kind of
thing I use the prime MX cleaning pads and I want to say I used about $80 worth
of pads in total and of course when I bought the bike all the original bolts
and hardware were really corroded and rusted so I used a plating kit from
Caswell to replate a lot of the bigger bolts like the linkage bolts the axles
motor mount bolts all that kind of thing and the cost on that kit was 500
obviously that seems a little steep just for a couple bolts but down the road
that kit will really pay off the foot pegs and foot peg mounts are not
original for this bike they're from a 2015 CRF and I got those on eBay for
around 60 and then to protect the underside of the bike I've got this
works connection skid plate don't mind all the crap in there my track is full
of weeds right now so that skid plate runs $80 and actually I've got a
discount code on that too for more connection use the code camp 20 to save
20% and then coming up to the top of the bike we've got all the controls
handlebars and grips and starting out the handlebars those are rental twin wal
999 Bend I believe those are a hundred and ten dollars from Rocky Mountain
Varma our ProTaper those are 35 for the
oversized bars and then over on this side we've got one of my favorite parts
on the bike the works connection clutch lever and perch they call that the elite
perch makes your clutch pole super easy these things are really handy to have
the price point on that is 160 and again use my discount code camp 20 to save
yourself some cash there the grips are ODI lock on those are a staple on all my
bikes can't do without them they are from Rocky Mountain and the cost is only
25 bucks you get both grips obviously you can see they bolt on like that and
you get the throttle tube as well and I've actually got the kill switch
mounted up on the front brake I like having it on this side just nice and
clean and that is from Rocky Mountain as well the cost on that Tusk kill switch
is 15 dollars and the last thing for the controls is the cables got om throttle
and clutch cables nothing but the best cost on those is 35 man we're getting
close to being done here so one thing I haven't covered yet is the chain and
sprockets both the rear and front sprockets are from dirt tricks
absolutely love the design of this one in the color looks super cool the cost
of the rear sprocket along with the front sprocket is 150 and I snagged
those at Rocky Mountain the chain is a primary drive X ring and the cost on
that is $65 from Rocky Mountain and of course we've got all new chain sliders
guides and rollers price on all that was 50 and of course to do the build right I
replaced every single bushing bearing seal and gasket
I used either om Honda pivot works or Pro X and the price on all that was 450
and to get the bike looking like it is I used quite a bit of seracote so I did
the fork uppers calipers the fork lugs I did the clutch cover as well water pump
triple clamps the shock body and a few other odds and ends like the chain guide
I did the power valve cover the petcock and there's probably some other stuff
I'm missing too but I want to say I used about $300 worth of seracote
materials there's a few things that are powder coated as well the beautiful
shock spring tucked up in there the hubs and I think that's it so powder is
pretty cheap I used about $50 worth of powder and obviously to bolt the whole
thing together I needed some fresh hardware so I used a bolt Hardware kit
that ran me 75 and I've also got some titanium bolts on here as well from tusk
the cost on those was 150 and finally that brings us to our grand total of
around $9,500 and that includes the original purchase of the bike too so say
if you do all the work yourself you have all the tools the equipment you can
build a bike just like this one for under $10,000 honestly if that number
surprises me quite a bit I was guessing it was gonna be around 15,000 and all
said and done but in the grand scheme of things 10 grand to build a bike like
this really isn't too bad and make it easy on you guys I put together a list
of all the parts I use throughout the build along with where you can find the
parts and I'll put the link to that parts list down below in the description
now there's something I want to share with you guys and the only reason why
I'm telling you this is hopefully inspire you and kind of show you what's
possible here so my total cost my personal investment into this bike is
only around $1000 so the only things I really paid for were the bike itself I
paid for the suspension coatings the swingarm the pipe and silencer and I
believe there's a few more small things that I paid for out of my own pocket as
well and again the only reason why I shared that in both you guys is to show
you that literally anything is possible my goal at the start of this project was
to spend $0 on the whole build I came pretty close obviously I had to pay for
a few things out of my own pocket but for the most part everything was
provided by sponsors so this is my full-time career I've been working at it
for about the last 12 or 13 years but man I love waking up every day being
able to work on bikes pretty much be able to do whatever I want and hopefully
through the videos you guys are inspired to do the same honestly you could turn
anything you're passionate about into a full-time career on social media
say if you're into landscaping or woodworking or barbecuing no matter what
it is there's always going to be a lot of people out there that share the same
passion and would love to see what you're doing
so if you commit yourself to year after year of honing your craft spending day
in and day out trying to improve and you provide people with some sort of value
whether that's information or entertainment or whatever it is you can
turn that passion into a full-time career pretty cool stuff and to be
completely transparent with you guys just because that's the type of person I
am and again the only reason why I'm going to share this tidbit of info with
you guys is to hopefully inspire you and show you what's possible social media so
in the last 20 or 21 months since I've been working on this 250 I've made about
$150,000 from social media that would include my business prime MX ad revenue
from YouTube sponsorship affiliate commissions and there's a few other
small streams of income as well the majority of that revenue is from prime
which is completely reliant on YouTube traffic so thank you very much guys that
means the world to me and that's the majority of my revenue and then YouTube
is about 30% of the total and then the affiliates and sponsorship make up the
rest I'm very blessed to have this platform to share my passion with you
guys and hopefully help you all out with the videos someday would be a lot of fun
to help some of you guys get started with doing something similar to what I'm
doing maybe I'll open up a workshop or do some online coaching some sort of
training to get you guys going deep down I just love helping people out that's
where this whole thing started and so if you're ever gonna do social media you
got to start with the intention of helping people out honestly the first 10
or so years I didn't make squat with social media well I'm gonna wrap it up
right here hopefully you guys took some sort of inspiration from this video or
at least it fulfilled your curiosity of how much the t-50 cost
well it's freaking cold out here think my nuts are frozen you guys can see
we've got some snow back in the mountains there winter's coming but
anyways thank you for watching the video and I will see you all in a bit
coming soon take care
you