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Zombie thread alert!!! Got a PM from someone asking for information... he site got moved, yet again... this time to a permanent address. https://projectyz.wordpress.com All the same information can still be found. Hopefully it is helpful to someone... All the best. John

WOW!! I can't believe this thread resurfaced after all this time. Unfortunately, The bike has been sold, for quite some time actually. The bike now lives in Madrid Spain! The restoration web site is still up as a resource to anyone that might find it helpful, although in now lives at a new address http://projectyz.jfn3.com Thanks for the compliments Zook!

Hey Maxpower Yes the track was Evansville Raceway in Berwick, PA it's about a three hour drive from my house. It was a fun track. As for how many bikes are in each of the classes, that changes based on so many different things. When I started restoring my bike the EVO 200 class (which my 125 fits into) was...

Oh my god I totally forgot to write about what the pinging was caused by!! I guess that's what happens when your three year old interupts you twenty five times while your trying to write! If you look closly at the "dirty" picture of my bike you will probably guess the cause. It was leaking at the junction of the...

Hey KL120 You know I never really gave the plumbing a second thought. I would imagine it could be a huge problem. As for the best air-cooled YZ250 Dirt Bike's very own Super Hunky has said time after time that the 1980 YZ250 was one of the very best. Here is a quote from Off Road.com "Actually, the 1980 YZ...

[quote="KL120":d5c32]John, Just checked out your site, very cool with a ton of good links and info. I can't get over how sweet that bike turned out, and my wife's gonna be pissed cause now i'm gonna have to build another H in the spirit of your G (racer). At least I have a few parts left over to start with...[/quote:d5c32]...

Hi Chrissi613 Yup I'm local! I've seen you race D34 quite a few times. I have some video of you racing in 2003. Drop me a line if you want to get some copies. Cost $0 Where should I send the list of parts that I'd like you to look for? I promise that it won't be more than two...

[quote:40b6c]ThePipe wrote: Nice Job on the bike and site If it were me... I wouldn't ride it[/quote:40b6c] Thanks for the compliment on the bike Lee! It means a lot coming from someone that does such awesome restorations. I have a link to your site on my links page. [quote:40b6c]CamP wrote: Ah yes, yellow and black Scott's. Mine are long gone...

Yup it's a 1982 YZ490 front end with triples and double leading shoe front brake. A scotch brite pad, some metal polish, some sweat and you have nice forks! The pipe was purchased from Vintage Iron in California. Not sure who made it but it was built after I ordered it. So somewhere someone has plans on how to build...

Justpinit One project was more than enough for me! LOL I still plan to race the bike, it's just that some of my friends have been trying to talk me out of it. The bike was built to race so that's what I'm going to do. Since you mentioned that you would take a few photos if you saw the...

Thanks guys! I did my best. But now my friends are trying to talk me out of riding it! What do you think? Should I keep it as a "garage queen" or ride it and race it? John

Man oh man do I wish I still had those babies, but they were sold way back then. I did see a pair on E-bay a few years ago and they did not go for as much money as I thought they would. I looked around your site a little bit, how many months of the year can you actually...