If you could...............

[mboddy]

What the bloody hell is that thing?

It is a 1988 Yamaha TDR250 'Ultimate Dual' with modifications for Road Racing and Dirt Track.
Twin cylinder liquid cooled crankcase reed powervalve engine.
The seat, tank and plastics are original. The side covers have been replaced with black rubber sheet.
Wheels are SRX600 2.5"x17" front and FZR250 3.5"x17" rear with Bridgstone 125GP slicks for road race.
Or TZR250 2.15"x17" front and FZR250 3.5"x17" rear with Bridgstone wets or trials tyre front and supermotard rear for dirt track.
Swingarm is alloy deltabox FZR250 3LN with stainless steel 4 way adjustable dog bones (2 for road race and 2 for dirt track).
http://tdr250.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3204
Race Tech Gold Valve emulators in the forks. http://tdr250.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=233
Brembo 08 caliper with EBC gold sintered pads.
Close ratio R1Z gearbox.
Skimmed head.
DEP Sport alloy silencers.
32mm Lectron flat slide carbies with HTG adjustable powerjets.

Will out drag Suzuki RGV250 VJ22s. 209kmh and 1:54s at Eastern Creek.

[asasin]

In Fantasy land , Kent Howertons last 250 werks twin shock, in real world 85 cr500

[mike1948]

If I wanted to ride to the shops as well, a BSA 441 Victor special. If just for the dirt, can't go past  the looks & feel of an Ossa Stiletto 250 - though my VB360 is certainly growing on me.

[pancho]

I'm fickle, I change from week to week. At the moment I'm 'locked in' to finishing the Monty VB360. Effectively I have put all other bikes 'out of contention' at the moment.

It shouldn't be too much longer before I'll have something looking like....

                                                                                                                                                                 ....im with you ....fickle..... when i was at the canberra meet i rather fancied the idea of riding a rigid T100 triumph circa 1950 [the one with the machined alloy barrel]. it would need bonneville cams and about 1''@1/8 carby. that would stir up the pre '65 class! ...cheers wally.  

[NR555]

Dave Thorpe's 85 HRC CR500 (for trick factor)

or

McGrath's 1993-framed '96 CR250

[Graeme M]

That guy mboddy, he's weird. Who'd ride a TDR at a dirt track race? But I have ridden with him round Wakefield and that thing is seriously quick, and must be more so now with all the mods. And Mark is a good rider too, how he can get the corner speed he carries with that thing is anyone's guess...

As for my one and only, Geez. Too hard.

To race 'vintage', probably a Pre 85 Honda CR. I am not a Honda fan, but those things seem to be pretty good. Otherwise a YZ250G. This is being practical of course. If I could have any 'old' bike, I'm with asasin, I love the looks of Howerton's Suzuki.

Mind you, if I didn't want to race and just need an old dirtbike to haul out and look at and go for a ride, I'll have my 79 TT500F back please.

[suzuki27]

Yer, Kent's twin shock 79/80 250 or Everts water cooled twin shock RM125- circa 1980. CCM is right up there-like Banks and Airds rode with such grit- And a 77 AW,77 RC 500. But the RH250 of MR Robert from 1973/4 ,to me anyway, is very important and very beautiful to boot.

[T250K]

 A ' 77 AW 250 with 326 conversion I reckon.  Mildly upgraded forks, adjustable shocks, the larger of the two fuel tanks and tidy paint job based around the red, black and orange off the German flag.

[eno]

Yeah DJ, thats something to think about, without hesistation it's my type 981.4  CZ400. I wouldn't even trade her for some fancy ol' works bike either, that bike of mine is a good workhorse of a racer & looks IMHO good doing it. I can go forth this day with the satisfaction of I all need vmx wise exists here & now and in my shed.

"Traveling light...is the only way to fly"

[vandy010]

i gotta agree Eno,
i know stuff~all about CZeds but they just sceam classic/vintage.
one day maybe...

[grouty]

For me it would be another one of these ......

[zorroz]

Or a complianced YZ250L like Brett Smith used to have.

I saw only a few years ago a complianced YZ250S 86 on Ebay. It was one of 6 ever complianced by some mob in QLD and raced by not sure who back then.

[Tahitian_Red]

The late Gaston Rahier's 1975-76 World Championship 125. 


http://community.webshots.com/photo/fullsize/2197563530100380284CTVvne


The second choice would be Johnny O'Mara's 1979 Mugen ME125.  The one that was run out of Al Baker's shop.

[Nathan S]

All of you guys who want a works bike as your only bike must be mad.

Sure it'd be great if you don't ride, or if you only ride National events, but the rest of the time it'd be torture....

"Nah, can come riding with you guys next weekend, the RH is too special for that".
"No, I'm giving Connondale a miss 'acuse I've been putting too many hours on the RC".
"Mate, I'd love to come riding with you, but the YZM's rod has only got a few hours life left in it, and I can't get get another one".
"Last race meet I dropped the CCM and the tank cost me $800 to fix".
Etc.

[paul]

thanks nathan
now i dont get a ccm for the lounge room  ,great were am i going to put the pizza