Take a look: Jamie McCanney's stunning Black Edition YZ125
By TMX Contributor on 27th Nov 20
How many times have you known something to spiral completely out of control?
For most of us, its when we nip to the pub for just a quick one and then come home hours later totally sloshed, with an empty wallet in our pockets and a road cone under our arm?
Or it might be that you go to an autojumble to try and find a tiny, missing piece to that antique bike build youve been working on for three years but come back with two twinshock CZs in boxes, a Fantic 305 and 46 copies of Motor Cycle Weekly instead.
Oh, is that just us? Anyway, one man who recently suffered a case of spiralling-out-of-control-syndrome or SOOCS if you prefer is enduro ace turned rally warrior Jamie McCanney.
As the 26-year-old Manxman prepares his mind, body and soul for the torture that lies ahead of him in next Januarys Dakar, he felt he needed a little distraction and, just maybe, something that might keep him out of trouble.
And so when he came across what he describes as a cheap bike he decided to buy it and put his mark on it maybe not to the extent he eventually did but thats what happens if youre a SOOCS sufferer.
Not that were sure hes had a full diagnosis
The plan wasnt to do a mega build, he claims with a laugh. I just bought a cheap bike and wanted to do an affordable rebuild in black and then ride it.
And Ive kind of managed it with my connection to Yamaha and my team.
It actually hasnt cost that much most of the stuff on it is original but coated. The suspension, clamps and tank were the most expensive parts.
Having been fully stripped, the YZ125 went through a beautifying process and performance upgrade that included polished gearbox internals from Lazermaster, GYTR clutch and ignition covers, hard anodised linkage, brakes, hubs and engine casings courtesy of the Outsiders Yamaha team.
The frame, subframe, swinging arm and rims were all powder-coated, the stock suspension was worked on by DP Suspension and then a plethora of high-performance aftermarket products were thrown into the mix including
a CRM carbon tank, Doma exhaust system from DragonATV, DID Gold non-o-ring chain, Talon sprockets, Neken handlebars, Xtrig triple clamps, Selle Dalla Valle seat cover, Scar Racing titanium footpegs and small anodised parts.
If you read all that without salivating then youre a better person than us.
Merge Decals finished off the final look with an awesome set of graphics that include Jamies signature race number.
It has to be said that the bike looks amazing and the only downside is that since were locked down we cant watch the former Youth and Junior World Champion wring its neck we bet it sounds just as sweet as it looks.
Nice work Jamie.
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