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Title: This is a Cool looking thing. Wonder how it rides? Cagiva WMX 250
Post by: Kenneth S (222) on September 24, 2012, 09:27:44 am: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Cagiva-WMX250-VMX-motocross-bike-/271066552843?pt=AU_Motorcycles&hash=item3f1cd35a0b#ht_500wt_1414
Title: Re: This is a Cool looking thing. Wonder how it rides? Cagiva WMX 250
Post by: Slakewell on September 24, 2012, 04:59:52 pm: I was thinking it didnt look like a 250 and I was right its a 190?
Title: Re: This is a Cool looking thing. Wonder how it rides? Cagiva WMX 250
Post by: JohnnyO on September 24, 2012, 05:41:07 pm: Marty Smith raced one of them for the Cagiva factory for a short stint in '83 before retiring.
Title: Re: This is a Cool looking thing. Wonder how it rides? Cagiva WMX 250
Post by: Nathan S on September 24, 2012, 07:29:57 pm: Funnily enough, I was just reading the late-1985 ADB test on the one Chris Cater was racing in 1985.

Verdict was that it made far more sense as an enduro bike, because it was a 190 in the 200 class. In that context, it was peaky and over-suspended (which made me wonder whether it really made more sense to be an enduro bike). Apparently Cater loved his.
Title: Re: This is a Cool looking thing. Wonder how it rides? Cagiva WMX 250
Post by: Ando on September 24, 2012, 08:23:55 pm: Quote from: KJ222 on September 24, 2012, 09:27:44 am
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Cagiva-WMX250-VMX-motocross-bike-/271066552843?pt=AU_Motorcycles&hash=item3f1cd35a0b#ht_500wt_1414

You only like the colour Kenneth! Any other colour & it wouldn't of got a second look :o
Title: Re: This is a Cool looking thing. Wonder how it rides? Cagiva WMX 250
Post by: Kenneth S (222) on September 24, 2012, 08:33:04 pm: Quote from: Ando on September 24, 2012, 08:23:55 pm
Quote from: KJ222 on September 24, 2012, 09:27:44 am
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Cagiva-WMX250-VMX-motocross-bike-/271066552843?pt=AU_Motorcycles&hash=item3f1cd35a0b#ht_500wt_1414

You only like the colour Kenneth! Any other colour & it wouldn't of got a second look :o

There could be some truth to that statement. ;D
Title: Re: This is a Cool looking thing. Wonder how it rides? Cagiva WMX 250
Post by: vmxcozza on September 24, 2012, 08:47:28 pm: I owned one of these around 1989, went like a rat up a rope but was as peaky as a race ported 80. Also had a shit front brake . Sold it to a workmate for like $200 and was glad to see the back of it. That said looking at it now i think its a good looking bike and would love to have it in the shed.
Title: Re: This is a Cool looking thing. Wonder how it rides? Cagiva WMX 250
Post by: Tony T on September 24, 2012, 08:54:02 pm: Cozza, I reckon your first post is the perfect summary of what we love about old dirt bikes. ;D

I love how you said the old Cagiva was a bit of a piece of crap but how you'd love to have one in the shed today!
I think we all have bikes in our past that we remember the same way. :D

Welcome aboard. I reckon you'll fit in just fine............. ;)