what is going on everyone it is officially showtime the 2021 bike build contest the broke
to build contest is officially wrapped up all the entries are in and today we're going to be picking
out the top builds in each class and handing out some cash so essentially this contest is fixing up
your old hunk of junk bike and transforming into something nice and rideable or if you just want to
hang it up on the wall as a decoration piece so it will be judged on the biggest transformation
now a little refresher on how this contest works there are four different classes
we have two-stroke four-stroke vintage and mini and we're going to be picking out the top
five builds from each class 10 from the two stroke class because honestly
the majority of the entries were from the two-stroke class it is very competitive every year
and so each judge we have five judges total they're gonna be picking out their favorite
build from each class and two from the two stroke class we have 25 total winners
each of those winners is gonna get 200 each for a total of five grand we're handing out today
pretty sweet deal and then once we hand out the cash it will go to a voting style format so
each of the classes you can be put into a poll to figure out the winner the public you guys will be
able to vote on it and then from there the winner of each class will be determined those will be put
into a poll to determine the overall winner of the contest so it's like a playoff style format
and we're gonna hand out some prizes once all those guys are
determined so what we're doing today is getting all the judges together getting their picks and
handing out some cash so i'm excited to get going let's call up our first judge cole sealy
yoho what's up yo cole how's it going oh pretty good i'm just out here in mammoth right now nice
doing some riding or what oh no actually up here for uh one of my good buddies bachelor parties
oh no [ __ ] yeah i got i got mine this weekend party down yeah thank you yeah thanks for being
a part of this man i think people will be really stoked on it and obviously i mean you've ridden
some of the best bikes in the world and built some pretty badass bikes yourself so obviously you got
a a pretty good eye for it and uh but would you what do you think of all the builds yeah dude i
mean it was overwhelming like like i was like oh it'll be cool like like it'll probably be pretty
obvious which ones i like which ones i don't but like it was pretty much like every one of them
was like dang these are all pretty pretty awesome like it was it was tough to pick just one in some
of the categories and then the two and the two strips so yeah it was uh yeah it was cool though
man that like like kind of brought me right back to me building my own stuff where i'm like man
like you kind of forget how much work and like time and effort goes into these these
project bikes yeah the guys killed it this year i made two stroke classes unreal like the guys
killed it hands down the hardest to pick even that was like even to pick two and that was hard
yeah yeah let's jump into it uh first up who'd you pick for for vintage um for vintage um the
i picked jake baldwin's 1995 cr250 yeah i just like that there was some again there's amazing
builds throughout the whole category but i just thought that was like the most clean
like it was the bike that like i saw and i was like i want to ride there i want to own that and
i want to ride that bike so yeah yeah definitely sick i like that build too that was good
uh for for mini class who'd you have um oh sorry uh dan and noah peters their
1985 cr uh cr-80 yeah i didn't like when i saw that that capper uh title i was like oh yeah
like i didn't really think of a cr80 as like a mini bike i guess because i was thinking more
110s and 50s and there were a lot of good you know good mini bikes in that but i like just like the
attention to detail and that restoration just looked like pretty unreal like that's like a
bike you want to just like put in your living room and not ever ride it just like yeah pretty dialed
yeah that bike looked like it just rolled off the showroom floor is it was pretty done done proper
and then for uh for four stroke who'd you have four stroke i had maximum fortin uh o2 cr450d um
if i it's hard for me to remember every detail because i looked through so many bikes but yeah
uh i remember it was it was just kind of stealth looking like pretty um kind of like
a build like i do i'm kind of known for for adding a lot of black to a lot of my builds
um but in kind of a tasteful way and i like the way that he kind of i don't know there's something
about that that generation of 452 that just kind of like sticks out to me i don't know what it is i
think it was maybe like the windham or carmichael era or something like that but i just like that
kind of like ergonomics of the whole bike and the way that he did it i thought was really
like he didn't go too overboard it kind of did because he touched everything but at the same
time it was really tasteful so i kind of like walk in that fine line of like that's kind of how i do
my builds where it's like i definitely touch everything and i definitely like add a lot of
personality to every part but i try not to go too overboard yeah the detail was unreal on that bike
definitely deserving and then dude two stroke class i know this was gonna be tough but uh yeah
who'd you who'd you end up with um i went with matt burger's 2005 uh yz250 um i just thought like
again this was one of those things where again everything's touched but like the way you put it
back together and the everything he um added to it was like something that i would do like everything
was just so meticulous and like the attention to detail was all there um and i don't know that i
felt like that would again though it was it was so hard to pick just two out of this category because
every bike kind of what i'm saying right now like the attention to detail that applies to so many
of them yeah and um but i i really really like the way that he put that thing together it was
it was really a really tasteful build yeah the bradshaw deal was it was pretty it was pretty
speedy sweet it was spelled on like i don't think anyone could have done it much better
i know i love that that style too like the colors and those graphics just like takes me back to
being a kid and like watching like fried shopping all those guys yeah it's cool with a what a proper
build well it'll make you remember like the old school days of you know carmichael or bradshaw
whoever it's cool and then the other the other pick you had for two stroke the other two stroke
i picked was uh rich rummers k kx 250 converted to 500. dude because i thought like i was like
like when i saw that i was like something is weird about this bike i couldn't like something's
different and then like when he panned around to show the pipe i was like holy crap it's a 500
like and then he's talking about it and he talked about i was like in all when he talks about um
learning how to cerakote learning how to anodize like all these different um you know customization
like like to learn that is incredible in itself and to learn based around this build and it was
just it was a pretty beautiful bike and i would love to ride that thing too it was like it was
sick like i haven't ridden a 500 ever so really kind of like a newer chassis is pretty badass
yeah to do all that in six months especially on your own like what he did that's impressive so
that's definitely deserving as well but yeah that's those were but again like those two
bikes were amazing but they weren't the only two it made like all the bikes pretty much
especially the two-stroke category everything was like like insane i didn't think people were
gonna step up that like even like the most modest build it was like wow they like they had a really
good eye for it and they put a lot of thought and effort into their build so it was it was
that was definitely hard just to pick two out of that category i think a lot of people just watched
so much content on bike building and like see what everyone else is doing it's it's so accessible to
like know how to do a clean build now and you see that like last year the builds were good but this
year they're on a completely different level it's pretty sweet to see and next year we'll
probably step it up even more so i think uh it's it's crazy to see but yeah thanks again
for being a part of this i think people will be pretty hyped to see your your picks on it and uh
thanks again appreciate it yeah no problem have a good day i'll talk to you soon all right have
a good time at that bachelor party don't get it don't have too much fun all right let's review
cole's picks and uh check out these builds the before and after videos and see all the hard work
that went into them so first up is the vintage class 1995 and older this is james baldwin's 95
cr250 this is the before video see she's a little little crusty got some corrosion going on there
all spray painted up swing arm definitely in need of some love he barely squeezed into the vintage
class with a 95 but looked like it uh it was a good platform for a build so that's the before
and here is the after
looks like he upgraded the tail section side plates 296
looks super clean though definitely an awesome build
one with the satin vapor blast finish on cylinder this time something new high gloss on the cases
all that black paint is gone off the swing arm
every bit and piece polished up as good as we can get it
96 for your shock to put on here the high speed adjustment so that's james's cr-250 love how that
build came out definitely deserving of a win there and next up we have the mini class this
is dan and noah peter's 84 cr-80 so the mini class was 110cc and smaller looks like it's all in parts
obviously needs a need some help it's cool to see old bikes like this get a new life
just stripped all the way down to the frame
definitely showing its age from from 84 though
so that's the b4 of the cr-80 and check this out this is the after
looks brand new looks like i rolled off the showroom floor
man i don't even know how you find some of these plastics and seat cover anymore
they haven't spot on down to like the swingarm decals gas tank decal looks spot-on
really good attention to detail on this bike
so that's the 84 cr-80 very deserving of a win as well and the four-stroke class maxime fortins o2
crf450 this is the before a lot of these bikes looks like they just came in a pile of parts
definitely a little crusty got some rust on some of the hardware oh man that engine looks destroyed
the cylinder has snapped off rod broken in half cases have a hole blown through them
she definitely needed a little bit of help to get back on the road that's for sure so that's the
before of the o2c or f450 and you guys will not believe this this is the after hard to believe
it's the same bike let's turn the quality up a little bit on it it looks a little grainy
yeah really clean look
dig the uh the black and and red thing he went with and definitely went through every little
detail on this bike i think this is a bike where you could just sit there and stare at it for
hours on end checking out all the the work that went into it even just had it nailed down to the
graphics and pays off when you go go all the way in on your builds though they look this clean
so that is the after man that header looks really cool looks like a titanium header
that's the after of maxine fortin's o2 crf450 definitely a really good build and
here we have now we're getting into the two-stroke class this is matt burger's 05 yz-250
look at that thing looks like he found it in a swamp
i picked it up
and cracking off we got zip ties the levers are whooped this pipe is not doing too hot and overall
this engine area is just disgusting so what makes my build different is we're going to be doing it
on a budget we're not going to be spending a whole bunch of money because we still got to flip this
thing and make a profit i'm doing a full build series along with this bike you guys can head over
my channel check it out there and i can so that's before of the yz250 one of the crestier bikes in
this contest and here we have the after you guys will not believe how much you flip this one around
2005 yz250 this bike is exactly what broke the build means this thing was in such rough shape
when we got it took a ton of work but look at it now and i could not be more proud of how it turned
out starting with the motor we went ahead and got the cases vapor honed and we threw a new weiss
go bottom and top end in here pair that up with this electron carburetor and this bike runs crisp
every single time we've got this pro circuit works pipe and shorty silencer we powder coated the
stock rims black vapor honed the hubs and we just refinished the original spokes finishing it off
with some kenda tires and to pull the whole look together we went with this polysport restyle kit
and this white clark gas tank core moto absolutely knocked it out of the park with these graphics
and we've got this awesome purple moto seat seat cover what makes my build special is we did it on
a budget full retail pricing without any discounts including the cost of the bike we have a total of
4 37 and 51 cents if you guys want to see more on this bike i've got the full build series over
on my channel i hope so i think matt wrapped it up best it goes to show like you can build these
bikes for pretty reasonable i mean that bike is much less than buying a new one and you're able to
customize it and build it to your liking so that's what the whole contest is about is building a bike
to exactly what you want fixing up old bikes and you end up with less money into it and then along
the way you'll learn a bunch of skills which i think you'll uh you'll see in this next build for
the two stroke so this is rich drummers kx250f to 500 conversion here's the before video check this
out welcome to my build 2007 kawasaki kx250f 500 conversion picked this up last month on facebook
marketplace as your previous owner started the conversion as you can see cut the front cradle off
and left it as spider webs debris check out the condition of this head concerns me that plugs this
hopefully there's no water damage in that jug but rear bearings swing arm bearings or toast
not even sure if this is correct where wheel those bearings are toe spokes are loose
you know just overall condition of this bike this thing was just left for dead check out a
good shot of the side but excited to get going and uh starting the project thanks definitely
a rough bike to start with and to consider the fact that he had to finish up that conversion
and get all the other details wrapped up you'll be blown away with how good this build turned out
in the end and uh you gotta listen to what he said as well here in this video pretty cool final night
final hours and i'm shocked that i got her done she is a beauty i think it came out stunning wow
it's been a long ride and that time flew by a lot of sleepless nights burning the candles at
both ends i tell you what this bike it was roached it is probably the worst bike i've ever purchased
in my life even internal shock components were just trashed and thrashed but anyways i got it
back together got the conversion done i learned how to cerakote i learned how to anodize i learned
how to cad plate a whole bunch of stuff i didn't know how to do before and uh learned it on this
build so i had a great time i hope you enjoy my build good luck to everybody but it's been a blast
yeah i think rich said it the best once again like showing uh what's capable with that um with these
builds and be able to learn a lot of these skills yourself and apply it and the fact that he did
that in six months is pretty mind-blowing finish up the conversion doing all those different types
of coatings learning all that stuff definitely a great build there props to rich for for finishing
this one up and uh definitely very very deserving of a win so those were cole's picks it's really
cool to hear his perspective on it i think he made some great choices so next in line we are going to
call up jade dungey let's get his opinion on all these builds you'll see that in the next video