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We've all been there before. Something goes wrong with your bike, you've gotta fix it because it's been nagging you, and if you don't fix it, it'll become very expensive. You know the deal. However, with most of our vintage hardware, another eventuality is also common. How many can relate to...

Hey guys. I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem that popped up not long ago. Going into the heat here, I switched my gas tank out to a newer tank, because the petcock on the older one leaked and I didn't have a spare tap lying around to mount. Here's the symptoms. THe engine starts to break-up...

Storytime. I wanted to post this earlier but we've had SEVERE internet issues due to flooding, and my father has been the only one with internet access due to his government-issued cellular modem. I've mentioned to a couple of you guys that we have a good stock of parts for the DT250s, which...

BIKE IS SOLD! Sorry!

Seems to be a game I'm playing a lot lately, "Will It Fit?" Only I've gotten smart and started asking you knowlegeable folks before breaking out the hammer and the torch. I've found it saves a lot of headache. So here's my question. As it turns out, (who'd'a thunk?) the 247cc Yamaha DT...

Recently I acquired two additional DT250s and literally 200lbs of spare engine parts. I am infatuated with the relative performance potential of such a light, simple 2-stroke, and have been riding my 75 restoration bike since I was 13. THe original plan was to restore a couple of them and try...

Hey, quick question for anyone in the know. I have a 1975 DT250 with a growly bearing. Rather than repair it straight away, I want to take the engine from the 1973 donor bike and drop it in place of the 75 engine. I am concerned however that the exhaust pipe might not be in the right spot...

I figure with all the questions being asked, it's high time I actually put up a thread for this gal. At the present I have no photographs of my latest acquisiton, but that should change tomorrow, pending I can steal find a camera to use. STORYTIME! I've been using the 1975 Yamaha DT250 that's...

I just purchased what is technically my first bike, a 1981 Suzuki GS550T in rough shape. No electrical problems, frame and forks in good shape, a few idiosyncratic flaws and some cosmetic difficulties. The roughness of the bike excites me in terrible ways. However, part of the reason that the...

I've been becoming increasingly enamoured with the stupidly fun '75(I think) Yamaha DT250. However, for practical street use, I think I'd be more comfortable with, among other things, a disc front brake. I was convinced of the magic of discs when I did a conversion in the front-end of my old...

Hey guys! I'm still new to the forums and to the bike culture, hoping to change that in a big way. I recently finished getting my instructional permit for my state, and after what amounts to basically 10 years of tooling around in the cornfields or the forest or public easement around my home...

Hey guys! Name's Catbird, hailing from south and west of Chicago. I've been a greasemonkey since I was old enough to read the numbers on the side of a wrench, but up until now it's been pretty exclusively automotive. I've got buckets and buckets of experience with 4-strokes both modern and...