Before and After thread

[yameeha225dx]

OK guys,..... lets see those before and after photos of your builds !,......i thought others might be interested to see how far some of you have gone to save these machines from the junkyard and bring them back to their former glory !!........the worse the BEFORE photos, the BETTER !:D................OK....Who's First :naughty:???

[MattDragontamer]

Taurus 650 1985-87

Before

188704188705188706188707

After

188708188709188710188711188712188713188714

The battle was to get her running, not so much the cleaning up. :)

[MattDragontamer]

1973 ATC 70 Chrome Custom

This is not my picture, but the reference is the same to what I basically started with...

188717

To this...

188718188719

...aaand an empty wallet later.

[The_Steve_Man]

Before
188715

After
188716

[JasonB]

Here's my 86. Not a real bad 'before' but still needed love

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/sleepin-mr2/D3CDD0E8-9E98-4B10-A503-FFB49E4D86FF_zpskgtodiyp.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/sleepin-mr2/media/D3CDD0E8-9E98-4B10-A503-FFB49E4D86FF_zpskgtodiyp.jpg.html)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/sleepin-mr2/D95EA60E-F86F-4479-8531-884D01781F6B-6948-00000673A137FBBB_zpsf0846ce4.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/sleepin-mr2/media/D95EA60E-F86F-4479-8531-884D01781F6B-6948-00000673A137FBBB_zpsf0846ce4.jpg.html)

[jb2wheels]

There are others but these are the ones I already uploaded pictures of.

This was a $100 200X. Replaced damn near everything. The rear wheels are actually on the 350X below. Sold now.
188736 188738

This X wasn't even as good as it looks in the before picture. I paid too much for it. It ran at least. Keeper but I have another in work.
188739 188740

I bought this for parts and ended up restoring it. Sold now but I have another in the queue.
188743 188744

This was a bunch of parts but the deal was too good to pass up. Came out real nice. Sold now but I also have another in the queue.
188742 188745

[ezmoney1979]

Here's my 87-
Before-
http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/ezmoney1979/tecate019.jpg (http://s975.photobucket.com/user/ezmoney1979/media/tecate019.jpg.html)
After-
http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/ezmoney1979/Tecategastank001-1.jpg (http://s975.photobucket.com/user/ezmoney1979/media/Tecategastank001-1.jpg.html)

[Vealmonkey]

188792188793188794188795188796188797Let's see

[90guy]

Before:
188800 188801
After:
188802188803

[yameeha225dx]

AMAZING JOB on ALL of these bikes !!.......MAN !, we've got ALOT of TALENT here in the forums !.heres my DX BEFORE...basically a POS ! (needed everything !)..188804...and AFTER......188805...replaced practically everything !, designed and made my own graphics, and did lots of powdercoating.....................188806...188807. ..188808

[90crazy]

This thing was rough!

[DohcBikes]

183967

188832

[RIDE-RED 250r]

still a work in progress....

[hippyplz]

188908188909not finished, but getting close.

[El Camexican]

I love these threads.
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y434/lucky1366/YTM%20200%20VENT%20HOSE%20ROUTING/Disassembly001_zpse797bd0d.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/lucky1366/media/YTM%20200%20VENT%20HOSE%20ROUTING/Disassembly001_zpse797bd0d.jpg.html)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y434/lucky1366/YTM%20200%20VENT%20HOSE%20ROUTING/StartingPoint003_zps2a72fcc8.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/lucky1366/media/YTM%20200%20VENT%20HOSE%20ROUTING/StartingPoint003_zps2a72fcc8.jpg.html)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y434/lucky1366/YTM%20200%20VENT%20HOSE%20ROUTING/Assembly011_zpsfdc15036.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/lucky1366/media/YTM%20200%20VENT%20HOSE%20ROUTING/Assembly011_zpsfdc15036.jpg.html)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y434/lucky1366/YTM%20200%20VENT%20HOSE%20ROUTING/Assembly_013_zps213f69fa.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/lucky1366/media/YTM%20200%20VENT%20HOSE%20ROUTING/Assembly_013_zps213f69fa.jpg.html)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y434/lucky1366/YTM%20200%20VENT%20HOSE%20ROUTING/YamahaYTM200withracks003_zpsce6a6aae.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/lucky1366/media/YTM%20200%20VENT%20HOSE%20ROUTING/YamahaYTM200withracks003_zpsce6a6aae.jpg.html)

[El Camexican]

And...
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y434/lucky1366/TRI%20Z%20Storage%20Compartment/SHOPMTY008_zps9f09511b.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/lucky1366/media/TRI%20Z%20Storage%20Compartment/SHOPMTY008_zps9f09511b.jpg.html)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y434/lucky1366/TRI%20Z%20Storage%20Compartment/SHOPMTY006_zps959718cb.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/lucky1366/media/TRI%20Z%20Storage%20Compartment/SHOPMTY006_zps959718cb.jpg.html)
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y434/lucky1366/KTM%20THREE%20WHEELER/KTMTRIKE11_zpsdb6b734d.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/lucky1366/media/KTM%20THREE%20WHEELER/KTMTRIKE11_zpsdb6b734d.jpg.html)

[yameeha225dx]

188908188909not finished, but getting close.
...............WOW !.......looks like you pulled that frame out of a SWAMP !.....NICE JOB bringing it back to life !.................like i said before,.......AMAZING JOB on ALL of these machines !!................................................ .... you ALL deserve the OUTLAWED BIKER AWARD for a JOB WELL DONE !.........188924.....:beer

[greenhuman]

188976188977

[MRSOUND]

My 86 BR
from this
188979
to this
188981

[bigdaddyvw185]

Still a work in progress but here is the before
188985188986

Here is the progress Nowadays.
188987188988188989

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Camexican, your builds are among the best I have seen.. And that says alot considering the company here on this board!

[effort=results]

189051
189056
189057
189055
189052

got new fly handlebars the other day and shortline is sending me a new race cam. also put a cobra pipe on her.

[El Camexican]

Camexican, your builds are among the best I have seen.. And that says alot considering the company here on this board!

I'm going to just blush and tell you to get your eyes checked:lol: I have seen stuff on here that blows my mind. What I like most about it is that this site isn't full of pimps and dealers that have spent 100K on a Busa or tuner car, but can't even change their own oil. The builds I see on here seem to all be from the heart. I love seeing this stuff! whether its a young kid polishing out old plastic, or Kasey or ZMP building a master piece,(AND MANY, MANY OTHERS) it's all AWESOME!!!! Keep posting guys!

[tanks350x]

here's my clapped out before pic of my X
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/71815a89.jpg (http://s287.photobucket.com/user/tankispmaximus/media/71815a89.jpg.html)
Here it is all redone
http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/tankispmaximus/089.jpg (http://s287.photobucket.com/user/tankispmaximus/media/089.jpg.html)

[tommerp]

Before..
189132
After..
189133

[Dirtweed]

I ended up selling this one so I never finished it, but it was pretty nice.

Before
http://www.pbase.com/dirtweed/image/145268032/large.jpg

After
http://www.pbase.com/dirtweed/image/145683466/large.jpg

[Stonewall]

This one is completely documented over in Top Tier Builds. Sadly it wasn't for me, but done for someone else.

Before:

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Stonewall387/85%20Honda%20Big%20Red%20Restoration/IMG_0041.jpg (http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/Stonewall387/media/85%20Honda%20Big%20Red%20Restoration/IMG_0041.jpg.html)

After:

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Stonewall387/85%20Honda%20Big%20Red%20Restoration/IMG_0296.jpg (http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/Stonewall387/media/85%20Honda%20Big%20Red%20Restoration/IMG_0296.jpg.html)

And this I did over the last week:

Before:

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Stonewall387/1986%20Big%20Red/IMG_1517_zpsc7b5b48f.jpg (http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/Stonewall387/media/1986%20Big%20Red/IMG_1517_zpsc7b5b48f.jpg.html)

After:

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Stonewall387/1986%20Big%20Red/IMG_1707_zps65cb9b47.jpg (http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/Stonewall387/media/1986%20Big%20Red/IMG_1707_zps65cb9b47.jpg.html)

And I know it's not a 3 wheeler, but it's got 3 wheels on each side, so thats OK right?

Before:

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Stonewall387/1983%20Hustler%20950%206x6%20AATV/Hustler001.jpg (http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/Stonewall387/media/1983%20Hustler%20950%206x6%20AATV/Hustler001.jpg.html)

After:

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Stonewall387/1983%20Hustler%20950%206x6%20AATV/IMG_0613.jpg (http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/Stonewall387/media/1983%20Hustler%20950%206x6%20AATV/IMG_0613.jpg.html)
http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff507/Stonewall387/1983%20Hustler%20950%206x6%20AATV/IMG_0804.jpg (http://s1239.photobucket.com/user/Stonewall387/media/1983%20Hustler%20950%206x6%20AATV/IMG_0804.jpg.html)

[Outlaw #24]

We bought this little 3 wheeler hauler just prior to Rampage last year and this is what it looked like then :)189283 until this past weekend When I finished bringing it back to it's former glory 189284 :D