another Honda CR-e build?, nope its a Suzy!

[Jim Beagle]

Hello, I've been reading many great threads here and researching other conversions on YouTube. So I decided to pull the trigger on this roller that I found on Facebook. Drove a couple hours away to pick it up. Took a bit of a chance and hung it on my bike rack, but it was fine.
Anyway got it home and started teardown, but i found something very wrong with this Honda.
Anyone have a guess what it is ?

 

[Jim Beagle]

Ok, no guesses?
Here's a clue, for what is wrong with this "honda" that I bought....

 

[Philip]

A stolen bike? That's probably a fair price then.

 

[Jim Beagle]

Ok, no guesses?
Here's a clue, for what is wrong with this "honda" that I bought....

A stolen bike? That's probably a fair price

 

[Jim Beagle]

No its not stolen, thankfully. But there was something about the frame design that didn't quite match the pics I was seeing online...

So after quite a lot of research on the VIN codes, I figured out that it is a 2015 Suzuki RMZ250. My first motorcycle was an air cooled 1977 RM125, so this project takes me back to wrenching on bikes in high school.

 

[Jim Beagle]

So it is a 2015, but this poor bike had been neglected for sure....

 

[Kurlon]

This is giving me flashbacks to my 92 Yamaha WR250ZD 'eBay Special' project.

 

[Jim Beagle]

Progress pics from the last few weeks, cleaning, polishing aluminum....