[President Harris]

Hello pocket bike planet, im a newbie from chesterfield va, i go to jamesriver high school and i work at Mcdonalds(only 15 y/o dont judge me lol) and i sometimes help around at my dad shop, i have recently recieved a pay check and i was looking at a x19 pocket bike on craigslist for $150 dollars, it seems to be tooken apart and the fenders are in ok shape, so i have a few qustions, are the frames on these things any good? A guy that works at my dad shop have a 01-02 cr250 that he wrecked and said i can get the whole bike for $235, he even offered to help me work on the swing arm and getting the motor in and ect, i was planning to use this bike as a sang drager to race in the motor cycle class at slades park so if anyone have any ideas please help me out, i suppose to go check out the x19 today or either tommorow after school.

 

[MathieuOuellette]

Welcome to the planet. the X19 frame is not very sturdy, you're going to need to reinforce it and possible fab up a better swing arm. cr250 is probably a better deal if you're looking for something durable, but will cost you way more to rebuild. Good luck!

 

[RepoBike]

Welcome to the planet! Glad to see that you got your acct working and able to post now..

As for a X19 the cr250 wouldnt work in that frame. There has been members trying to fit those motors into the X15/18/19 frames. No one that ive seen has completed it. If you could complete it you would have to re-fab the frame to be able to handle the power out of the cr250 engine and move the fuel tank higher. if you wanna drag bike i would look for a x15 or x18 4speed with clutch then get a 150cc or something for a dirtbike and put that in it. Swheels is a member here on the forum and he has a killer bike. That thing is fast. Tons of mods on his.

 

[President Harris]

You think he will share his engine mods and specs with me?

 

[RepoBike]

Youll need $2K+ to do what he has done.

I have a X18 that im working on now. I got the bike for $200 and ive put another $250-300 into it and 2months of work on it. It still needs alot of work. If you like working on bikes and you have tools and time then i would fixer upper. If you dont have tools then i would buy a good running one and youll need to buy tools to work on it.

"80% work and 20% play" i got that from EPR.

Whatever you get i would read up alot on this forum and get to know how the bikes run and what breaks on them etc.

 

[President Harris]

Youll need $2K+ to do what he has done.

I have a X18 that im working on now. I got the bike for $200 and ive put another $250-300 into it and 2months of work on it. It still needs alot of work. If you like working on bikes and you have tools and time then i would fixer upper. If you dont have tools then i would buy a good running one and youll need to buy tools to work on it.

"80% work and 20% play" i got that from EPR.

Whatever you get i would read up alot on this forum and get to know how the bikes run and what breaks on them etc.

I have the tools but not all the money, prob take me a couple months to get straight but hey, gotta start off somewhere