my stomping grounds! I grew up on Cap Sante..(downtown Anacortes). Somewhere I have a picture of my 84 V65 Magna in that same spot!
How old is your oldest motorcycle?
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Usually when I take that bike out and stop to fill up I get someone who tells me stories about that bike. A lot of people had that as their first real bike to bad on.
Nice bike, it really gets up and scoots. I noticed you're on and off the throttle in top gear when cruising. I've not had a two-stroke in a long time, is that helpful to keep fresh mixture with lubrication going through the engine and not run at steady throttle that could result in lean running?
Yes.
EDIT: Whether or not it's real or an old wives tale doesn't matter to me. I've been riding 2T like that for so long it's just a second nature thing. Because of that I also ride the street bikes like that too when ripping around
The video is the first time I've see that done, made me curious. Thanks for answering the question. Definitely a nice bike, you've got it running well.
Best tip I can give anyone with this stuff is OEM parts. Don't bother with aftermarket float valves ("needles") and aftermarket jets (including the jet needle). Rebuild kits are terrible in quality and always cause funny running. I don't waste time with aftermarket electronic ignition kits either. That's still points and all I did was put a new OEM set on it a couple of years ago and timed it. Just put a dab of grease on the cam every now and again and they stay in time for quite a while. Not that hard to do.
1976 RD400C ... had it since 1978. Bought it when I worked at a Yamaha dealership and someone traded it in with low miles. Think I paid around $950 back then for it from the dealership before they put it up for sale.
It's kind of a cult bike, and worth quite a bit of money these days. Might sell it, and I have a ton of new OEM Yamaha parts for it because I could get them for dealer cost when I worked at the shop.
It's kind of a cult bike, and worth quite a bit of money these days. Might sell it, and I have a ton of new OEM Yamaha parts for it because I could get them for dealer cost when I worked at the shop.
one and only,, 96
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1996 YZ250, I bought it used in 2005 from the second owner. Kind of an interesting history on it, it was a race/practice bike of Marty Burr from southern ontario, who raced some AMA in the 1990's https://racerxonline.com/mx/1996/budds-creek-motocross/250mx
Who knows if this bike actually raced there, or parts of it, but the set of number plates that came with it have AMA stickers on the back, so maybe this bike did eat some roost from Jeremey McGrath?
His Dad started motor and suspension tuning early in Marty's career, and eventually started tuning other peoples bikes too. The cylinder and suspension is marked by him and the engine hits pretty hard in the mid range! Not a ton of hours on it by me, and my son just opened it up this winter to track down the mysterious extra clinking noise... These motors are not quiet, but with a new noise developing, it was a good time to put it away in the fall.
My sons buddy got a 2021 crf450r and this bike still keeps up on the road, until it runs out of gears at 60mph, but the wide rpm range on torque on the 450 makes it easy/scary to accumulate speed at a rapid rate at any rpm above a fast idle....
A bit of self clearance going was on with the powervalve, but not a mark on the rings or piston on that side? I guess the powervalve is aluminum, which helped. The stops of the valve and on the cylinder insert have worn out allowing the valve to rotate too far, so I think we'll try just getting a dab of aluminum welded to each and do some dremel machining to get the stops stopping again before piston ring contact! New parts are near $500, if you can find them at all. Crank and rod bearing are tight and quiet so I think we'll just do a new set of rings, upper rod bearings and maybe piston if the clearances warrant it?
1974 Yamaha Enduro 125 trail bike (but with a 5 speed instead of the normal 6 speed) blue
1983 Yamaha CV80.. technically probably considered a 84 but the tag says 10/83. Put it up last year since wasn’t running right but fired it up few days ago and put 100 miles on it.
My oldest bike is a 1974 Moto Guzzi Stornello 160...I bought it brand new in 1978. Of 8 bikes only 2 had been sold in that time and one used for spares, we bought the other 5 for $3000 cash. So I've had it for awhile and never got around to selling it, it's just part of my life. Broke a crank in 1981, had a new one made. After sitting for over 20 years I got it going again, but haven't had it running for a couple of years...maybe soon.
My first bigger ride on it after getting it running again, it broke the 40 year old chain on a gravel road, so had to call out the tow truck...
My first bigger ride on it after getting it running again, it broke the 40 year old chain on a gravel road, so had to call out the tow truck...
2025
You must! Cool bike!
1974 Harley FX. I bought it new at the end of '73. Currently 96" with a Softail 5 speed. Also have a 2001 FXDXT and a 2006 FLTCUI.
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