December 2003...Where it all started

Well what can I say, the first Quad of the Month for YFZcentral. It's an honor to be chosen by my peers for this, and for that I thank you all.

When I first heard about the YFZ in late may I sold my Honda's and decided that this is the bike I wanted. With a total of four Honda's sold and the rest of my money, I laid down the cash to purchase this quad. I then picked up the phone to call my friend Rudy at DFR to place an order for a full set of new rims and MX style tires (which is all I really wanted at the time) so we discussed it and after some negotiations I ended up buying all the parts that are on my bike today. Funny how we are still in early June and I had already spent over twelve thousand dollars on a bike I couldn't even ride until mid July. Needless to say that was the longest month and a half of my life. July 16th I picked up my YFZ and immediately started bolting on parts, and stripping off the stock. About a month later while practicing at PMP motor sports park in Tucson, AZ I crashed my YFZ really hard. It completely destroyed the frame, plastics, steering stem, and radiator. So I could only do one thing….rebuild it. I took it to my parents house is San Diego, CA and we cut the bike apart. For the next month and a half I drove 1000 mile round trip every weekend from where I live in Arizona to my parents in San Diego and worked on it to rebuild, and strengthen the frame so hopefully if I did that again my bike would fair better. By the time I finished with my rebuild the rest of my parts arrived, and I was able to put it back together the way you see it now.

I would really like to thank my dad, and my brother Jason for helping me tear this bike apart thousands of times to we could get the frame just right. I know many of you have seen the pictures of my frame cut in half and know that we replaced quite a few bars, and added a lot of strength to it. I would also like to thank my friend Anthony for putting up with me for every time I said "I can't wait until….." cause I know that said that a million times. Lastly I would like to Thank Rudy at DFR for being such a good sales man, and mostly an up front and honest guy. It's hard to find people like him, so I know he will always have my business.

The mods are:

-The number plate back grounds are Duncan Racing.
-The numbers are ONE IND. fat numbers. The reason they overlap , is because I cut them with a razor knife to fit.
-Duncan Front Bumper
-PEP LT ZPS shocks up front triple rate
-PEP ZPS dual rate stock rebuilt shock (best shock for the money)
-Lonestar DC-4 a-arms.
-GYTR Raptor Hubs
-Rolled edge front rims.(black anodized)
-.190 Douglas Ultimate beadlocks (black anodized)
-Kenda Klaw 20X6X10 MXF fronts
-Kenda Klaw 18X10X8 MXR rears
-Lonestar +1, +1 Steering stem
-Renthal Fat bars - CR-Hi bend
-PEP easy pull clutch arm
-PEP steering stabilizer
-PEP upper chain roller relocator
-PRM .190 full belly Skid plate
-Fully gusseted / rebuilt frame, and PC'd Yamaha Blue
-Curtis Sparks full exhaust
-Cam mod
-Air box lid removed
-JD Jetting kit, and YZF 450 Dirt bike needle
-Lonestar Rear axle +3
-Lonestar Steel braided Front and rear brake lines
-AC Racing Pro pegs, with heel guards ( I cut the heal guard kick ups off)

- Levi (Aka Merriman)