HadesOmega's WR250E Trail Attack Bike Build

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Sooo I got another electric bike. It's become clear to me that we're not going to be winning hare scrambles with the Light Bee's travel challenged suspension. It's just too punishing riding that bike on rough trails. I wanted a Ultra Bee or Arctic Leopard EXE880 but don't have the monies. So I thought about doing an electric conversion would be more cost efficient. I was going to find a roller and convert it to electric but I found this bike! A 2008 Yamaha WR250R conversion bike! I'm going to turn this bike into my trail weapon. It's going to be an electric bike to gobble up the trails and put up a fight with the next generation of electric bikes in the Virginia City Grand Prix!

 

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First ride at Honolulu Hills. It made a great pit bike and it survives a easy ride around the MX track. It definitely needs work though.

 

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How much does WR250E weight? First weigh in after I took it home.

 

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It needed A LOT of tidying up of fasteners and other bits...

 

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In this video we take the WR250E for a neighbor hood test ride after tiding up the bike to see if all the rattles and loose stuff are gone. This is also my first time riding it on the street. We gotta be real quiet so we don't wake up those homeless folks.

 

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Took the bike to Fabrications Unlimited in Alviso, California and had Rob reinforce the motormount and battery tray

 

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Suspension Adjustments at Evolution Motorcycles

 

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Dunlop Geomax Tire Install time!

Front

Rear - the is a pain to install. Must be the way they made this rim.

 

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Tightening that loose headset + Gauge cluster delete

 

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Removing Reflectors + Seat Bandage

 

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Tusk D-Flex Handguards

 

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Here it is all the prep was to test it out in the HHORA Hare Ball. This is the WR250E's debut race.

HHORA Hare Ball 2024

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Parts Acquired on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace

Title Madness Part 1 - Find out the shady past of the WR250E and me quest to clean it up

 

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Loctite Front Fork Guard Bolts + Front Wheel Alignment Caliper Bracket Interference

 

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JFG Racing Axle Adjustment Block

 

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Time to find out what gearing this bike is running

 

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Installed the Yamalink to get more of my feet on the ground because this bike is TALL even for me at 5'10"

Amorge 84V 32AH Battery tis the battery that came with this bike

 

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Last ride of 2024 the WR250E is the bike I bought in 2024. I look to the past, present, and future with this bike.

 

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And so the re-engineering begins!

Part 2 - QS138 Removal

Part 3 - Remove, Skid Plate, Clearance, and Mount

 

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Part 4: Welding + Grinding + New Fasteners