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Marketplace => eBay Finds => Topic started by: evo550 on March 10, 2014, 07:43:57 pm
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http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/YZ250-1984-/400673989422?pt=AU_Motorcycles&hash=item5d4a07e32e
No mention forks.... ::)
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Remember seeing those forks on Steve Dinsdales 87 88 Honda CR250 race bikes
which has got me thinking that this bike cannot be raced in the Pre 85 division ??
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Correct. But as long as the fork leg has not been tampered with to accept a drum brake it would be deemed legal in Evo under a recent ruling. Go figure.
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All the best with the sale, top dollar.
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Seller says they come from a '84 ktm, so all legit for pre'84, a bit beyond my budget though.
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Personally, I'd be a lot more impressed if it had an 84 Honda front end with cartridge emulators.
Looks like a great bike. The tall seat even means that non-jockeys would be able to ride it. Be interesting to see if it sells.
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....there's something very Neil Hudson/Hakan Calqvist about it
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The forks and wheel do look like 84 KTM ( I have a set ) Apart from being different , you would be better off with the standard YZ set up. Interesting bike I wonder if it makes that kind of money.
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Don't remember KTM having black forks in 1984, all the ones that I have seen on 84's were silver, super easy to check, just get the stamped numbers from the top fork cap and the front wheel appears to be a Z spoke Yamaha unit that has been grafted in. I have had these forks in 2 of my pre85 bikes and there not a patch on the 43mm conventional forks that were originally in place. Forks aside, the big issue that KTM had with the USD fork with a drum brake (and the same issue I've got) is that you can't get a "safe" routing of the brake cable. Come of a decent jump and the freek'n brake cable gets caught in the front wheel. Have a look where the last stay is on this bike, it's attached to a flimsy fork guard and it's way down on the fork. It's a a country mile up to the first guide on the front plate. Plenty of room for the cable to bend and head towards a rapidly approaching knobby tyre!
Bloody nice bike, although I'd expect a sprocket guard for the expected $'s ;)