Hello to all you guys and girls here wether you're a rider,racer,builder,or spectator,looking forward to sharing info/ideas,getting info for upcoming vmx races,maybe even meeting up with some of you at these events.At the moment I'm into restoring older models,and for some unknown reason I've got too bloody many DTs for resto work.Don't know how I've gotten myself into this model.Bikes I own,some resto'd some not are;Yamahas: 1983 IT490 big balls for this beast just raw power.The dreaded DTs, 1972 DT250A, 1972 DT100, 1976? DT100, LT2 100 (got this bike given to me,owner was going to take it to the tip,is really rough,missing,tank and cosmetics,never seen one like it before,thought it was a either a DT or CT100,took a week to identify it.After searching the net,the bike,and picking peoples brains guess what?The bloody engine number starts off with the id for the bike: LT2,duh!!). Hondas: 1988 CR500,bigger balls for this monster although power is more refined than the 490, 1973 MR50 (this bike given to me as owner found out I was into playing with bikes, said it was taking up space and his kids had outgrown it), 1981 XL250S,great old chugger. Suzuki 1984 TS 250,(for a trail bike this bike goes really well,blows me away how it loves to climb gnarly hills,and handle the rough stuff).Yamoto 200.Why?Bought it off a friends son for $200 to stop him from commiting suicide,he's never learnt to ride,and wanted to ride it on the road. Got a new engine,and goes extremely well,but handles like a bush pig with its nuts banded.Finally,a Husqvarna CR125 1972 vintage(first year of the 125 Huskies).This has been a nightmare to restore,costwise as well getting parts.Sometimes trying to restore a 1st year of production build model,isn't such a good idea.Bought it way back in 1994 as a rolling wreck for $800,and only recently decided to finish this project off,still got a fair bit to do in tidying up.Well people thats all for now,looking forward to this forum and perhaps we'll meet up somewhere out on the track,or maybe even the pub! Cheers.
