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My latest two stroke dirt bike

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Here's a blast from the past....... I bet we all rode one of these as kids.
250 two stroke.

I just finished putting this bike together from an old beater and some spare parts that I had laying around.

It's running pretty good, but with the stock spark arrestor attached...... man is it slow.
The stock exhaust is very restrictive.
If I remove the muffler it wakes right up and will pull a wheelie, problem is, it will also wake the neighbors.
I'm gonna have to take it over to the dirtbike trails before I can really open it up and let it rip. :crosso

1974 dt250 yamaha enduro:
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Re: My latest two stroke dirt bike

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:crosso Me likey that bike. You did a great job with a bunch of parts as it looks really quite clean and ready to roll. :-D
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Frist bike was a big bear yamha 250 with all the speed parts about 70 HP got me a lot of tickes, 73
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Good for you in getting it back running. My first dirt bike was the RT360 then a SC500 Then an IT400, liked them all.
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Wow,memories...my first bike was a 74 or 75 mx360 Yamaha. It'd scare the dickens outta me every ride. Had those thermoflow shocks with gas cylinders on the backs. My neighbors hated me. They got over it...until I got a '74 cb750k with a 4 into 1 Mac pipe...lol....
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My big dirt toy!

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1979 GL1000
2001 DRZ400
1983 CR480
And a few late '60's - early '70's British thumpers
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OB 1 Quixote,cr500? How gloriously SICK!
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CR480, with head work done back in the day. A vicious beast!
The guy I got it from said every owner had had a hospital trip because of it.
I had my accident as well, but didnt bother with the hospital, they dont do squat for a broken foot.
Traded it away some years later to a friend.
When he finally got it running and went around the neighborhood, he immediately demanded I take it back in return for painting his VW bus. Got his attention, and a paint job!

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1979 GL1000
2001 DRZ400
1983 CR480
And a few late '60's - early '70's British thumpers
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Dang. I would truly love to have you paint my VW van. If you were closer, we would be having a chat.
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Sadly, my business profile is dealership work, used car trades and auction buys. I can be working 7 days a week when the work is there. Retail work has to wait...

My buddy did almost all the body work {with my help where itwas needed}. I primed it over a weekend, and he sanded it out.
Had to wait a couple months before 3 days of availability opened up in my schedule!

Would you believe that that is the first all-over paint job I have done? Too busy doing panel work for dealers, frankly a whole different skill set.
1979 GL1000
2001 DRZ400
1983 CR480
And a few late '60's - early '70's British thumpers
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