Curse of a little bike

[pete]

My light bike....
Yamaha TTR250... were Yamaha's enduro bike before the WR250f
came along.... but they still made them up to 2015...
They do have all the road gear... mines been striped & played with..
Rekluse auto/manual clutch.
GYTR pipe & 125mm shorter header pipe.
32mm flat slide carb.
YZF USD forks.

My heavy bikes a Yamaha XT660R...modded to hell & back....





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[Sullybiker]

19F this morning. Bike was fun to start (first time this cold since the carb swap) but ran like a champ. Probably my last ride this week as we're due a surprising amount of snow tonight.

[Azhule]

Got a little snow last night here too... but we will be in the 50's to just shy of 70F all this week... if the wind* cooperates I will go for several rides this week...

* Wind chill this week has been brutal... was 40 degrees outside... then you get hit with a constant 50 mph wind... that dropped the temps a good deal... then you get on a bike and want to ride at another 30 to 60 mph... that equals a frozen 120lb rider in under 30 minutes time

[Bruce's]

-21 here this morning ,not going to get up to even the freezing point until after Friday ,all the bikes in storage are not going anywhere soon ,and I don't feel like doing anything anyway .I think I am going to go to Florida next week ,or to Arizona to visit some of my bikes and do some riding .

[Rail32]

Originally Posted by pistolclass

Rail you are inspiring. I'm soooo jonesing to ride. we have 12-18 inches of the white stuff coming tomorrow night. I used to like the snow but now that I have the Hawk I kinda can do without it.

BTW the WR250 is a very sick and capable machine. Before I found the hawk I was looking for a used one. Then I decided the hawk will be my return to riding bike that will be sent to my NH vacation home once I build it. (Spring 2018) I will get either a KTM or WR (used of course) in 2018 or 2019.

I sort of miss the power up wheelies from my 2 stroke days, I'm hoping the KTM or WR can fill that requirement. I can wheelie on the hawk but not as effortlessly as my old 2 strokes in the 1980s/90's.

I had a yz 490 , wanna talk about wheelie machine . That was one of the small handfuls of bikes that sacred me right up to,the point of selling it .

[Rail32]

Originally Posted by mjstef

Rail, We need to get together to ride. I'm only 120 miles north of you. My uncle used to have a farm in Marshfield. The only thing i remember about it was there was a TINY bar, Maybe seating for 10 about 2 miles south of his farm......

Message sent with all my info . Some good riding up your way indeed .

[timcosby]

Originally Posted by Rail32

I had a yz 490 , wanna talk about wheelie machine . That was one of the small handfuls of bikes that sacred me right up to,the point of selling it .

was it a four stroke or two stroke?

[Sir kayakalot]

Any of those 2 strokes (yz, kx and cr) in the 500cc range were just ridiculously powerful. When you cranked the throttle back on those you better be holding on tight!!

[hertz9753]

Originally Posted by timcosby

was it a four stroke or two stroke?

The YZ490 is a two stroke. It was one of the most evil engines ever made because the power band was so short. Nothing,nothing and then a wide eyed crap your pants look when the front wheel comes off of the ground. Yamaha should have stayed with the YZ465 back at that time.

[2LZ]

Originally Posted by Sir kayakalot

Any of those 2 strokes (yz, kx and cr) in the 500cc range were just ridiculously powerful. When you cranked the throttle back on those you better be holding on tight!!

That's one of the reasons I'm having so much fun with these little 4 stroke, small displacement units now. I'm WAY beyond needing that kind of power. I'll still blast the Husky up and down the street once in a blue moon and get the front end up for some fun but it's way more of a beast than I am now.

[Rail32]

Originally Posted by timcosby

was it a four stroke or two stroke?

2 stoke , but I personally had 4 mini strokes ridng it . It was like either off or on with that big girl.

[Rail32]

750 miles away , freshly rebuilt , licensed , and willing to trade for my KLR
If we can come to terms I may be taking a road trip soon.

[hertz9753]

Originally Posted by Rail32

750 miles away , freshly rebuilt , licensed , and willing to trade for my KLR
If we can come to terms I may be taking a road trip soon.

I see KTM and a 2 stoke engine. Which one is it? I will guess that it is a 250 just by the expansion chamber.

[Rail32]

Originally Posted by hertz9753

I see KTM and a 2 stoke engine. Which one is it? I will guess that it is a 250 just by the expansion chamber.

EXC 250 that he somehow got titled and licensed !!
He is super anal and rebuilt top end after 89 hours lol
Gotta love them guys . We are currently $1000 apart and I gotta drive 1500 miles round trip. We will see.

[pete]

Originally Posted by Rail32

EXC 250 that he somehow got titled and licensed !!
He is super anal and rebuilt top end after 89 hours lol
Gotta love them guys . We are currently $1000 apart and I gotta drive 1500 miles round trip. We will see.

the 250 a good bike ..just a bit dead off the bottom..
more suited to more open flatish terrain...
I would have thought 89 hours is dam good...
I was rebuilding my GasGas's at around 50 hours..
was riding A grade enduro back then so they were
getting a beating....



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