new guy, with the bike named "second chance"

[CRFX528]

What's up guys? I've heard alotta good things about this forum, figured i'd join up.. here's the story, the bike you see was completely submerged under muddy, sandy, water.. and left to die apparently. I bought the bike off craigslist, the guy said it may need a starter i might get lucky and it only need a battery? Pull the valve cover and the motor 80% full of mud and water... luckily i got the bike way cheap.. long story short, after many many hours of making it right, and some money.. alot of money, this bike is back to new condition. Its not completly done, but should be soon. Any comments well appreciated, thanks guys.

The day i bought it;
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Afterwards;
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Polished frame;
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Here's what i came off of;
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[CRFX528]

Forgot to add, total cost in bike including the bike is relativly close to 2700$. Not too shabby, eh?

[NHRider]

Great job on it, looks awesome... I love the graphics. Do you polish your frames? The crf and kfx frames look great!

[ononewheel]

Score!nice job dude!

[CRFX528]

Thanks guys. Yes i polish the frames on my bikes, well if they're aluminum.. i always wanted to be a factory rider, never was good enough never had the time or money, but one thing i noticed about all factory race atv's and dirtbikes was that they were meticulously clean shined and maintained so atleast i can do that much haha actually just polished the shock resevoirs on it tonight. Ononewheel, how do you like that houser setup for the front? Being that i am low cost on this bike i was thinking of upgrading to those houser a arms.