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Clubroom => Bike Talk => Topic started by: Digga on July 04, 2015, 08:43:12 pm
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http://www.pulpmx.com/stories/look-back-old-moto-mags/gps-classic-steel/gp%E2%80%99s-classic-steel-105-75-yz250b
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Great article Digga .
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Makes me want to finish mine off
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Iain, that looks like a Yamaha museum line up ;)
Are they all finished, ridden or display only?
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They do get ridden , though the last time in anger was 2011 at the SA Nats . the finished ones are all the 76 yz's the 77 yz 250 and 400 . 81 yz 250 almost done . the DT2MX and RT2MX about another 10 hrs each just reassemble job . pre 70's all race ready . 73 and 74 mx 250 80% 360 95% sc500 still in boxes . YZb 250 about 60% done .
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I use to own a Yz250b,that I bought off Vince Strang,they were pretty rare.It was a big leap ahead of most other MX bikes at the time,and so was the price.I think I paid $1500 for it second hand,more than double the $650 I had paid for a new Dt250 in 1974.it looked trick with the strap on tank,and red and white paint.It had a lot of light weight parts,but was still heavy overall,and as I found out when the chrome stripped out of the barrel,and I smashed an engine case,the parts were dear,luckily DT3 bits fitted,and it still went as fast.I soon learnt how to replace big end bearings,as the bike shop charged me $300 labour,and it was locked solid when I got it back,so I had to split the cases and adjust the crank anyway.I agree they weren't that easy to ride fast,you really had to keep on the gas,to get it to work,we had a 100m stutter section,and the only way was flat out,and hang on,that's where I learn't to hang on to the bike,no matter what happened,and most times you will stay on.
Along with the YZ250b,I had a YZ125D,and a RM125X,3 of the real Motocross game changers back in the day,I wish I had kept them!
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VERY cool!
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one of the best things I like about my B is similar to N22 is a rough straight. Weight back, front wheel just off the ground and then hammer it - the back end makes my last twin shock look positively archaic and handles so well.