What has followed me home

[dkupf]

I just got hold of what I was told was a 1990 250exc. The Vin number is "GS250 VBK GSK200LM 400606" and has 3/90 on the plate also. So I think it's a 1990 250gs. Then the engine number is "0-556*04475*" which makes me think it's a 300 motor. The only other numbers I've found besides part numbers is on the side of the cylinder it has "stroke 73". Can anyone please tell me what I have bought. Thanks in advance. Darcy

[Nathan S]

Kick start on the left or the right?
89 and older = on the left.
90+ = on the right.

Compliance date means very little on those Bert Flood KTMs...

[mustanggrahame]

Your right there Nathan. I picked up a 495MX in 1982 for a cousin of mine who lived in NSW. Bert asked if I wanted a compliance plate to go with it. I said yes thinking if it wasn't needed it wouldn't matter. He scribbled on one with the details of the 495 and also gave me a blank one as a spare . He also ground down the carby slide return spring because he said they are too heavy. I remembered this as the throttle stuck in 4th on a near balance point wheelie. I had visions of destroying my cousins bike before he even got to see it.
Cheers, Grahame

[dkupf]

The kick start is on the right hand side. It also has conventional forks with "Cartridge System" sticker on them Darcy

[Nathan S]

What colour are the plastics, seat, frame and hubs?

Pretty sure that some models in 1994 or 95 were the first to go back to RWU forks - but I thought it was only the 4-strokes until 1996. Surely even Bert's compliance dates weren't that whacky?

Pics will be a massive help.

[SUZUKI311]

0.556.****** is definitely 1990 300 motor. sounds like someone has had a play and fitted different motor and forks. Nathan is spot on when he says some 1994/1995 models had conventional forks, majority of Aust models had WP U/S forks though, picture on the front of the spares book shows 250 fitted with conventional forks.

[dkupf]

The plastics are white with a blue almost green and white seat. Black wheel hubs (red brake caliper in the rear) White frame but has got red were your boots rub. I'm starting to think it's a bits a bike. Darcy