FS: 1974 Yamaha DT 250

[SPARKPLUG]

New ultra low, I need this out of my garage price. $500 for everything


1974 Yamaha DT 250

Bike is stripped down to the bare minimums. I have been using it as a vintage MX bike. Raced twice last year and a few trail rides.

Bike has a PDV lower end with a Webco top end, Bassanni (Might be a knock off) pipe, YZ clutch actuator (Makes sprocket changes much quicker).

Good tires with heavy duty tube in the front.

Foot peg mounts modded to accept KTM pegs instead of the stock rubber units.

I recently rebuilt the front forks to make them more MX friendly. New seals, heavy fork oil, pre loaded springs and I welded up the damper holes and re-drilled them .020" smaller to increase compression dampening.

Spare Parts include:

Complete Yamaha lower end
Spare Tansmission
Airbox, cable, carb, clutch, original tach and speedo, original oil tank, shifters, sprockets, kicker arm, 2 cylinders (One is ported, one is stock), pistons, 4 heads, and a bunch of other stuff.

Runs great and starts easy hot or cold.

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Located in the DFW area.

[ed29]

Dang man..... My first number 29 race bike was a 75 DT that I set up as a flat track racer. If I painted that one red and white, drop the front just a bit, and put smoother tires on her it would be déjà vu all over again.

All I need now is a lot more disposable money and tons of motorcycle parking space.

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Originally Posted by ed29

Dang man..... My first number 29 race bike was a 75 DT that I set up as a flat track racer. If I painted that one red and white, drop the front just a bit, and put smoother tires on her it would be déjà vu all over again.

All I need now is a lot more disposable money and tons of motorcycle parking space.

I can throw in 2 cans of paint, one red and one white and probably come up with some new numbers too.

[SPARKPLUG]

New updated price $800 for everything obo.

It doesn't look like I'm going to be able to race this year, I have some traveling plans that are taking priority.

I promise this thing is a blast to ride, a little ugly, but a great runner.

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Bump for new low price.

[zzzonk]

That looks like a Banke pipe.

[SPARKPLUG]

Originally Posted by zzzonk

That looks like a Banke pipe.

Could be, there is no markings on it (that I have found).

[Wolverine]

Are you sure thats a 74? Looks to be a ealier model. 74 on had a different pipe that went over the top of the motor. Front hub looks bigger too.

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Originally Posted by Wolverine

Are you sure thats a 74? Looks to be a ealier model. 74 on had a different pipe that went over the top of the motor. Front hub looks bigger too.

Title I have said 74 and it matches the frame. But with the mods done there is no way to tell. I got it from a Flat Tracker in Kansas.

[Wolverine]

Frames don't lie....I remember my 74 being much better than my 71. It had the same frame as the MXer and the new radical rear shocks. The 74 was almost as fast as the earlier 360s. Good luck selling it.

[dualsportrider]

I had one of these also, along with two DT 175's (they were 73's). Brings back lots of memories. I used my 250 as a desert sled in California and tried to do the Baja 500 with it (got lost and did not finish). Great bike for the day. Speaking of the 360 my riding buddy used that as his desert sled. Like I said fond, fond memories.

[themacway]

Originally Posted by ed29

Dang man..... My first number 29 race bike was a 75 DT that I set up as a flat track racer. If I painted that one red and white, drop the front just a bit, and put smoother tires on her it would be déjà vu all over again.

All I need now is a lot more disposable money and tons of motorcycle parking space.

Say ed, what the heck? You're in big bend and 'need space?' LOL. Just messin' with ya... hey, how's the little BDA holding up? jack b in midland, tx.

Okay, back to the subject at hand:

On the Yamaha, I' m kicking this thread over to my brother - he lives just south of ft. worth. It'd be a nice stalemate for ed's former elsie 250 down @ our san angelo ranch.