another vr 250 ebay

[firko]

It's definitely not legal with those forks. I sure hope they weren't in it when it "Placed 2nd in Aussie Classic Titles awhile back ".. If they were, I'd be a little disapointed if I'd come third! I wonder who passed it in scrutineering, Not me I hope. Going by the back tyre it's been used for Dirt Track.
The severely shortened Preston Petty Tony D front fender and Yamaha seat don't do the bike any favours either.

[E74]

It's definitely not legal with those forks. I sure hope they weren't in it when it "Placed 2nd in Aussie Classic Titles awhile back ".. If they were, I'd be a little disapointed if I'd come third! I wonder who passed it in scrutineering, Not me I hope. Going by the back tyre it's been used for Dirt Track.
The severely shortened Preston Petty Tony D front fender and Yamaha seat don't do the bike any favours either.

Id say its a flat track bike, and what the owner is talking about is classic flat track titles, therefore I don't see how suspension is an advantage  , if anything NO rear suspension and very little front would be more of advantage, I think you blokes are caught up in VMX land and the owner is a flat tracker.....

[JC]

Perhaps.

But the point is that its a real bitza & not much of a 'looker' for a a starting bid of $2500

[mainline]

is that kick stand factory Montesa ?

[E74]

Perhaps.

But the point is that its a real bitza & not much of a 'looker' for a a starting bid of $2500

Couldn't agree more, in fact I think $250 is too much for an old Monty.....

[360DUDE]

I like how complete and original the bike is with only one owner since 197whatever.
it's only on there because of the other genuine VR 250, the owner thinks whoever misses out will buy his

[paul]

 i asked for more pics and they have been add to listing

[paul]

this from the owner


Hi again Paul ! Thankyou for the forum comments . Some guys do rave on !!
Of course the seat and mudguards are not Montesa . The pipe is one I made up myself and is one of the reasons the bike performs like a bullet . If the forks don't suit the purists that is unfortunate . They are from a 360 that Barry sold me later .
I bought this bike from Barry Ryan in 1974 and raced it with his support .
I do remember being T boned once and knocked over in sand and the throttle jammed open with a resulting rod through the cases . Barry gave me another motor so that is probably why the numbers do not match .
The original head was the straight thick finned one.
 The wheels are original .
You would not want to use original rear shocks anyway as they were hopeless .
Hope this anwers some of the sceptics . Please post this on the Forum if you wish .
Any one out there who knows me ( I raced for 47 years ) will know I would not intentionally try to hood wink anyone .
Kind regards - Bob Robertson .

[414VG]

Call me an honest old fool , but i would like all that info on the original listing without having to tease it out bit by bit....God i must have too much of a conscience for the likes of ebay.

Sandy

[firko]

Id say its a flat track bike, and what the owner is talking about is classic flat track titles, therefore I don't see how suspension is an advantage

I agree Darren but "rules is rules" and the dirt trackers run under the same 7" and 4" rule that the motocrossers do so therefore it'd be ilegal on both the travel and the '75/76 era of the forks.

If the forks don't suit the purists that is unfortunate . They are from a 360 that Barry sold me later .

It's unfortunate alright if some poor newbie buys the bike and then gets knocked back in scrutineering for having the wrong forks. He's then up for the expense of righting a wrong that he should have been told about in the original ad.

[JC]

Yeh, good point about the forks Mark.

Despite the explanations, qualifications & corrections eventually extracted it still seems to me to be a rough bitza for a 2.5K starting bid. Home made sidepanels come to light in extra pics. So does non-original (& questionable??) ex header-manifold joint. Had it been 1.5K & more accurately described, no doubt I/we wouldn't be so particular.