Picked up a ’99 2wd 300 that’s been sitting for a while, no compression, not exactly sure what or how deep this project will go but..this is what I’m starting with:

The good: Don’t look like it’s ever been sunk TOO bad, a lot less caked on mud than the others I’ve picked up! Tank is in great shape, all the plastic bits and pieces are there, nothing appears to be hacked up too bad. Pretty much complete except for a few odds and ends that were taken off and probably used on another bike. Exhaust looks decent. Swingarm bearings feel good.

The bad: Mud guards are trash, may not be able to salvage the front fenders, missing the front rack (but I have a few), back rack was trash (have a few of those too), missing coil, no compression, tires dry rotted, tie rod ends are trash, rear end needs bearings, seat needs a cover. Needs steering bushing.

Got the plastic off, wheels off, tore the top end down, cam chain had a ton of slack which caused it to jump time and bend the intake valve. It looks like it was bored .5mm not terribly long before it bent a valve, bore still looks good, got to get time to finish taking the jug off and measure it and the piston to find out for sure..inside of the engine is very clean.
No idea where this little build is going to go just yet..got to get some engine parts coming, get it running, and go from there.

Picked up a ’99 2wd 300 that’s been sitting for a while, no compression, not exactly sure what or how deep this project will go but..this is what I’m starting with:

The good: Don’t look like it’s ever been sunk TOO bad, a lot less caked on mud than the others I’ve picked up! Tank is in great shape, all the plastic bits and pieces are there, nothing appears to be hacked up too bad. Pretty much complete except for a few odds and ends that were taken off and probably used on another bike. Exhaust looks decent. Swingarm bearings feel good.

The bad: Mud guards are trash, may not be able to salvage the front fenders, missing the front rack (but I have a few), back rack was trash (have a few of those too), missing coil, no compression, tires dry rotted, tie rod ends are trash, rear end needs bearings, seat needs a cover. Needs steering bushing.

Got the plastic off, wheels off, tore the top end down, cam chain had a ton of slack which caused it to jump time and bend the intake valve. It looks like it was bored .5mm not terribly long before it bent a valve, bore still looks good, got to get time to finish taking the jug off and measure it and the piston to find out for sure..inside of the engine is very clean.
No idea where this little build is going to go just yet..got to get some engine parts coming, get it running, and go from there.