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97 Xr400 with a 440 kit, and BSR42 carb, revalved suspension by the previous owner. More than enough power and it’s smooth and linear. Some days I have a crisis and want to sell it and get a yz250fx, but this XR never lets me down.

Bought an 18 Beta 430 in April 22 and loving it! All stock with minor emissions delete stuff. Want to get it resprung for my weight and riding eventually but haven't really felt the need with the trails in Santa Barbara. I have pretty must lost my motivation to drive 2 hours to the track when I can rip out of my garage at sea level and be at 4200' in 45 minutes.

2021 yz250x

01 CR 250 Devol suspension. 13/51 gearing IMS 3.7 tank FMF Fatty ( just ordered a Gnarly) Steahly 12 oz flywheel weight. It’s a work in progress. Since I’ll be down awhile, I figured I might as well dive in head first and, go a bit further with it. I mainly ride single track in the PNW. I’ll post more pics as it progresses. cool thread btw.

You'd be surprised where this 460 lb beast will take you. Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro

As a kid in the 70's in the Southeast, we didn't see many Euro bikes other than an occasional Ossa or Bultaco. 1974 was the year I fully moved from Mini's to big bikes and I was tied to a Honda dealer so I had all the Elsinores of the day. Secretly, I loved the Spanish bikes of 1974...in particular the 1974 Ossa Phantom. By the time I got into vintage racing back in 2000 there weren't many Phantoms around and Maicos were plentiful and had great support so that's what I picked up. I moved from San Antonio back...

Yamaha YZM 500 👍

Great to see these and it mirrors my experiences from the '80s and '90s - thanks for sharing. Skip Norfolk was the best. Every time I'd show up at a national or SX I'd search out the Honda truck. At one point I was just watching him do his thing and he looked up and engaged me in conversation. We chatted for a while, I asked some technical questions, had some small talk and he invited me into the area where they were working. I was always respectful, stayed out of the way and knew when to move back. After...

My 89 320 Maico. Std, it was a truly great bike. But, when the SEM ignition self destructed - the Magnets would part from the aluminium Flywheel - we only had a Motoplat Internal Rotor ignition available. The Tiny rotor, with the red plastic stator set up. So, absolutely bugger all flywheel effect. It made it damned near unrideable. I cured it by machining up a Dirty Great BIG Brass 'Top Hat' type flywheel , that keyed over the tiny rotors hex / spanner flats, with other bolts through it into the rotor. A case spacer allowed it to fit...

My 96 500.

This TMR “spare no expense” engine build 96 Cr250 with CrankWorks built crank, flat top piston setup. Full HRC ignition, is probably the fastest, longest pulling engine I have ever ridden. I routinely go back & forth between this bike and my lightly modded 23 KtM 300SX…. KTM is slightly better off idle but once the CR hits midrange/top end, it’s game over, the top end overrev is simply amazing. I am 100% certain I could race this bike against modern bikes and finish exactly where I would on my modern bike…… I would also be working harder…

Carla beer stop 1988 @ Namur