Who needs a new dirt bike?

Very newbie, girl friend, and small child friendly.



#imaneedaminute

@motion I may be your long lost formally ship-wrecked son, left for dead and raised by apes or meth heads(close enough)....you can make up for abandoning me buy purchasing me this fine motor scooter....

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1569745057208206/

 

Not an '82 YZ490J, based on the swing arm and shock linkage. I've got a nice original, and original owner IT490K, with an Iowa street title I'll sell you for slightly less than this, @ChemGuy.

 

Mods: re-title thread to "Who wants their right ankle shattered into pieces?"

 

That thread would feature this:

 

My Dad bought me a used 360 when I was about 12,if I remember right.I never once rode it.I never could kick the bastard over.It looked something like this pic,but yea..It sat in the carport for years

 

Don't forget this one -

 

I have a 1974 DT175 in my collection - all original. I had (a different) one in high school - it was my 16th birthday present. But when I got it, it had a 34mm carb, custom expansion chamber, MX175 close ratio transmission, clubman bars, and a dual leading front brake, I think off of a TD2:



My 1974 DT175, 1983 RX50, and 1963 YG1:



Damn - 49, 41, and 61 years of age.

 

That must have been one cool DT/MX/TD2 175, Rick. Any suspension upgrades from the MX, etc?

 

I stand corrected @ChemGuy
My memory failed me, and I neglected to properly do my homework. The fuel tank and cap do leave me puzzled. Doesn't look like a Clarke tank.

https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1982/5/1/yamaha-yz490j

 

As a previous owner of that motorcycle, I concur

 

Thanks but I am not really looking. This pooped up in my feed and its so clean I had to post it.

Plus big bore 2T should always be posted to remind everyone they're still out here, waiting to send you to hospital with just a tiny extra twit of the wrist.

 

I started a YZ490 once. I was trail riding at gorman way back in the mountain trails. Dude is sitting next to his bike at the side of the trail. "I crashed and broke my ankle. I can ride it back but I cant get it started." I got it started and off he went.

 

Buddy had a 501 Maico that would be happy to kill anyone who cared to straddle it.

 

That DT is sweet Rick. That was my first bike. Same color and everything. It did not survive well… I still have it but it may be beyond restoration.

 

I missed this one a few days ago....
1977 175 for $500...complete not running

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1127314038577525

 

You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.

 

SOLD........

 

The kickstarter on my IT490 has been replaced and repaired a few times. Raced it in both VA MX and VCHSS / enduros. I bought my then GF, now better half an 'engagement' XR200, and discovered I liked riding it in the tight woods way more than the IT.

Never did learn to 'keep time' though.

 

That's all the excuse I need for a 2 stroke purchase

 

I have an SR500 flattracker. Robby Bobby once pushed it roughly 37 miles to get it started in time for my race. As much as he needs the exercise, I relented and outfitted it with an external starter.
But, there is another. When I bought my BMW R90 the kickstart lever was missing. I sourced a replacement and quickly discovered why. That was in 1990, and I've never touched the kickstarter again.