More cleaning out the sand blast media in the frame. I put the garden hose down the top and just let it run a while. In fact we went and got some dinn...

Rear swing axel installed. At least it's rolling again. Now the dreaded part... flushing the oil reservoir. Again. There was no way the quick co...

Decided to pour some gas through the frame oil reservoir to see if anything came out. Yes, it did. So I strained the gas and poured it back throug...

Well...it's not always glamourous. 70% of this project is just this... I don't NEED to...but might replace the old master cylinder. I purchase...

I blasted and Cerakoted the larger bracket the caliper mounts to. That part was dirty as well. Mounted the master cylinder and reservoir. I think ...

Next task is to get the front forks ready. Honestly- I'm not going to do much more than give them a good cleaning. For whatever reason I cannot set a ...

I have had a heck of a time get just about every bearing on this build so far out. I did finally get this one out, but boy it took some hammering and ...

I decided to remove the helmet lock. They key didn't work and it was just dead weight. I cut it off with a reciprocating saw and grinded smooth. ...

The frame came back from powder coating. Looks great. I don't have pictures, but I redid all the bearings in the swing arm. The kit was about $80,...

Might as well also make an oil filter cover too for the DRZ400. Made up a set of soft jaws for the job. If I decide to crank a bunch of these out ...

Now for something kinda fun. I actually did this up two weeks ago (before the accident) but I'm just finally getting to share it. While I was blowin...

The frame was off to the powder coaters. In the mean time there were plenty of parts to clean and Cerakote. Next it's off to the blast cab...

The progress continued. It didn't take too long to get the motor and the frame separated. Shortly after I had the frame completely disassembled. ...

During tear down I ran into my first hang up. The button heads holding on the brake master cylinder immediately stripped out, despite using my freshes...