Well, after lots of hours it is done. Last February I put an ad in the Want Add Digest here locally that said "WTB your wrecked, burnt up blown up or otherwise beat up Yamaha Viper". Well I got a call from a guy whose son had "hit a fire hydrant" and the insurance company told him it would be $1,800 if he wanted to buy the salvage. When he said it had 713 miles on it I figured I'd better go look at it. Turns out he was riding the top of a snow bank in town and a fire hydrant was not dug out. He actually hooked the sway bar on the very top of the hydrant. It went in between the bulk head and the ski and was too low to catch the radius rods. It had torn the sway bar back through the front frame and crushed the front heat exchanger tube right under the primary. I offered him $1,900 and he was happy. Lots of drill bits, rivets and beer and the rest is history. Thanks to all the good TY'er's who sold me the parts to put it back together......especially BTV who had most everything. I have posted a photo of the front frame where the sway bar got ripped back through. I have less than $3k into basically a brand new Viper just as it sits. 
This sled is my daily driver. What do you guys think?
Madmatt
This sled is my daily driver. What do you guys think? Madmatt
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Great job on the rebuild. Looks like new. Here comes the snow..... 
yamvip
New member
Looks good did it already have that ext.and susp.?
yamaholic22
Active member
wow, thats a good story, and a great looking sled. Good job!!!
Extension & expert
The extension and the Expert came out of my old daily driver.....a 2000 SXR700. I took the track and suspension out of this Viper and put it in the SXR right before I traded it in on two dirt bikes for myself and my kid!
Madmatt
The extension and the Expert came out of my old daily driver.....a 2000 SXR700. I took the track and suspension out of this Viper and put it in the SXR right before I traded it in on two dirt bikes for myself and my kid!
Madmatt
Cuzino19
New member
wow sounds like you got some pretty good deals. Great job on the sled, she looks good
That is cool, after working on my own, I wouldn't mind doing the same thing to a RX1 or vector. Nice work!
your head is getting too big, that thing looks like crap, vipers are a girls sled
03viperguy
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looking good, nice job 
seanmurphy26
New member
nice job wish i had a viper
SRX RIDER
New member
Sounds like a heck of a deal and certainly worth the "elbow grease". Looks awesome!
Did you ever sell that 02 Viper with the 780 bb and 136 expert-x?
You mean this one
If you are asking about the Viper pictured here, the answer is no. I took it to Ohio and MRVIPER700 has been wrenching on it for the last two months. Might as well say that it has a brand new motor now.....still a 780. Sheduled for the dyno next thursday. Send me a PM if you are seriously interested in purchasing.
Madmatt
If you are asking about the Viper pictured here, the answer is no. I took it to Ohio and MRVIPER700 has been wrenching on it for the last two months. Might as well say that it has a brand new motor now.....still a 780. Sheduled for the dyno next thursday. Send me a PM if you are seriously interested in purchasing.
Madmatt
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03viperguy
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thats one hot viper. why you selling? and why all the wrenching?
Why not!
I am selling because all my sleds are for sale all the time. Arent yours? ....although I am curious to see how it will run now. All the wrenching is due to two bad crank bearings and all of the damage they caused. This is more than a "freshened" motor. We're talking new case and crank, re-nick'd cylinders, pistons, gaskets, and quite a bit of head work. Don is a great guy.....I highly recommend him to anyone who needs Viper of SRX work done.
Madmatt
I am selling because all my sleds are for sale all the time. Arent yours? ....although I am curious to see how it will run now. All the wrenching is due to two bad crank bearings and all of the damage they caused. This is more than a "freshened" motor. We're talking new case and crank, re-nick'd cylinders, pistons, gaskets, and quite a bit of head work. Don is a great guy.....I highly recommend him to anyone who needs Viper of SRX work done.
Madmatt