Write-ups to go with the videos — what worked, what didn't, and what it cost.
A little maintenance, a first start with little effort, and a trail up the hill.
A $200 engine from California, driven across the country with the yard tools.
Every red flag, a cylinder full of rust, and a replacement engine dropped in shipping.
The most start attempts I've ever needed, a bike back together in hours, and a fouled plug.
A full reseal kit, and painting the whole engine assembled — hung from a heavy bag stand.
A melted piston, a frame bent to fit, a line of broken bolts, and the clutch lever that gave it away.
Two slides and two mains on one carb, and re-jetting a bike set up for Colorado.
A stripped oil filter drain bolt hole, a Helicoil, and plugging the drain.
A soldered-in breaker, a flasher relay, a tail light bulb, and a homemade horn button.
Breaking it in, big-bore torque, a noisy top end, and a landing airplane the camera missed.
The police station, meeting the seller as a buyer, and taking my YZ400 home.
A tire rubbing the exhaust, new chain and sprockets, and the skid plate and airbox it was missing.
How my YZ400 was stolen, two years of silence, and the day it turned up on Marketplace.
The yellow and black YZs I grew up around, and the YZ400 that finally came up for $975.
An afternoon of kicking, a homemade decompression cable, and setting the cam chain with the engine running.
A rebuild kit, the original jets, and a slide that stuck wide open.
Engine rebuild 3 of 4: a cooked head, a replacement that never came, and a bent stud.
Engine rebuild 2 of 4: measuring the bore, and a high-compression Wiseco piston.
Engine rebuild 1 of 4: the teardown, and the bottom end back together.
Finding the JB Weld, and getting the engine apart without breaking anything.
Listings, the trip, the inspection, and reading the seller.