Another few hours spent on my '99 YZ250 today

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Edited Date/Time 12/2/2014 12:12am
Start of the project:
http://dv12.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-new-project.html

Yesterday:
http://dv12.blogspot.com/2010/04/1999-yz250-continued.html

Today:
http://dv12.blogspot.com/2010/04/still-working-on-99-yz250.html

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roguemx 4/2/2010 11:43am
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DV, no Pro Circuit silencer? I thought that was your signature deal. FMF pipe, PC silencer. I can't wait to see it all done.
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BK 4/2/2010 11:46am
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Looking good. I loved my 99 YZ250.
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Wolfman 4/2/2010 11:55am
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Very cool bike DV!


I had one


I now have this little beauty sitting in my garage waiting for a tune-up.

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dv12.com 4/2/2010 11:55am
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roguemx wrote:
DV, no Pro Circuit silencer? I thought that was your signature deal. FMF pipe, PC silencer. I can't wait to see it all done.
in 99 it was FMF/FMF... At Factory Yami in '00 it was FMF/PC... It was the best combo! ;-)

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dv12.com 4/2/2010 11:57am
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Wolfman... Cool! Nice '01 YZ125!! I still have the 98 YZ125 I had when I finished 2nd in the world Championship... That's gonna be next project!
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Rupert X 4/2/2010 12:08pm
4/2/2010 12:08pm Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 9:51pm
dv12.com wrote:
Start of the project:
http://dv12.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-new-project.html

Yesterday:
http://dv12.blogspot.com/2010/04/1999-yz250-continued.html

Today:
http://dv12.blogspot.com/2010/04/still-working-on-99-yz250.html



Looks like someone is getting prepared for a SoCal GP on a two-smoker.

Welcome back, David.

This is gonna be cool as hell.

You heard it here first, folks - DV12 to race Glen & Helen's GP on a Yamaha

2 SMOKE !

The Davalos Twins just did three push-ups in push-up bras at Fredericks Of Bogota.

Voila ! C'eat la vie. Mon Dieux !
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jmc2 4/2/2010 1:35pm
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Bike looks good... and that pipe cleaned up REAL well....
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Tiki 4/2/2010 1:59pm
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That thing looked hammered in the first photos.
Closer inspection the paint has not been warn off the frame. How many rides were on that bike when you parked it? Looks amazingly average. Have bikes gotten that much more trick over the years?

You are doing wonderful work with it.
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mjskier 4/2/2010 2:06pm
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I had one too.
Front brake that year was crap. I finally fixed it by putting a complete Honda brake assembly I got on ebay and an oversized rotor.

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DV - That should be done and tested in plenty of time for -






SmileSmileSmile

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Hank_Thrill 4/2/2010 2:15pm
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nice!

what did you do to get the pipe so clean?

Post pics when its finished Smile
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roguemx wrote:
DV, no Pro Circuit silencer? I thought that was your signature deal. FMF pipe, PC silencer. I can't wait to see it all done.
I remember that. I worked at FMF back then and we had to accept the fact that he liked the PC silencer better.
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dv12.com 4/2/2010 2:20pm
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Hank_Thrill wrote:
nice!

what did you do to get the pipe so clean?

Post pics when its finished Smile
I use a dishwacher rinse product with scotchbrite...

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mjskier wrote:
I had one too. Front brake that year was crap. I finally fixed it by putting a complete Honda brake assembly I got on ebay and...
I had one too.
Front brake that year was crap. I finally fixed it by putting a complete Honda brake assembly I got on ebay and an oversized rotor.

Yep. That Akebono m/c was junk!

And the old brake line routing was far longer than it needed to be. Luckily Honda's patent ran out around 04' or 05' and that was solved from the factory.


My buddy has a 2000 YZ250 and its fast as shit. Totally competitive with anything produced today.

Nice looking bike BTW!
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Rupert X 4/2/2010 3:26pm
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DV @ GH/ GP Avec 2 ST !

Oui.

Magnifique.

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I got a new Vertex piston and my dad put it on... Typical pro, can't work on his own shit..Wink
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DV's YZ250 is a beauty
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mjskier 4/2/2010 7:48pm
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Nice looking bike BTW!

Thanks. That's what it looked like in blue:

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TerryK 4/2/2010 8:01pm
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Very cool DV!

mjskier: That last picture is awesome! Love the look of that bike.
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Kinetic1 4/3/2010 6:19am
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It's coming together nicely. There is a certain calming satisfaction in rebuilding a bike. Glad you are enjoying it.
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Nice bikes guys. Just a little FYI, toilet bowl cleaner works like you would not believe on those works pipes. I used "snowbowl" back in the day. It didn't matter how bad the pipe was, it was instantly like new. Right after I was done washing it, I would spray it with WD-40 to stop the rust from setting in.
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bd 4/3/2010 3:05pm
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That bike is trick. DV... do you have any carbon fiber ignition covers?
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MotoBill51 4/3/2010 4:17pm
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DV, you REALLY DO want to run the GP @ GH on that don't you?

You could you know, all kidding aside. There would probably be 10 or 20 thousand of the 2-stroke faithful losing their minds if you tried.
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sec114 4/3/2010 6:43pm
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i like the reuse of the old 3 digit # on the bike. i myself, love my 04 steel frame yz125.

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