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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 1:03pm
Sucks to think what coulda been by now..

http://www.motodacross.com/yamaha/yz250.htm?a
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JW381 8/6/2010 12:20am
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Keep scrolling down btw. It's like a time line.
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wardy 8/6/2010 12:24am
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as long as they keep making them thats fine with me if they stay exactly the same. they work.
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JW381 8/6/2010 12:27am
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wardy wrote:
as long as they keep making them thats fine with me if they stay exactly the same. they work.
True that.

No doubt they could benefit from some new technology tho. I will say I'm at least happy they stopped after '06. That bike, which is obviously the same platform as now, is one helluva dirtbike.

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bd 8/6/2010 12:38am
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The best bike I've owned
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Fat Fingers 8/6/2010 12:55am
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Very cool.

Has there ever been a bigger transformation than from the 1995 to 1996 bikes? The 1995 bike was fugly.
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JW381 8/6/2010 1:04am
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bd wrote:
[img]http://www.motodacross.com/yamaha/yz250/2006.jpg[/img] The best bike I've owned

The best bike I've owned
Same for me! Even tho mine's a "2009" same damn thing, and i wouldn't trade it for any other stock choice out there.
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JW381 8/6/2010 1:05am
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Fat Fingers wrote:
Very cool.

Has there ever been a bigger transformation than from the 1995 to 1996 bikes? The 1995 bike was fugly.
Yeah for sure. That was when they started to look more 90's cool.

I think the '92 is actually pretty bitchin lookin.
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fullfloater 8/6/2010 1:48am
8/6/2010 1:48am Edited Date/Time 8/6/2010 1:57am

I've only owned two YZ250s (86 & 02). The '86 was terrible and the '02 was one of the best bikes ever built. IMO of course.
Funny thing is I remember selling it at the end of '03 thinking, "there is definitely a plastic update coming next year and I don't want to be stuck with the old roach that nobody will buy." It's still the same almost 10 years later! Should have just kept her.
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fullfloater wrote:
I've only owned two YZ250s (86 & 02). The '86 was terrible and the '02 was one of the best bikes ever built. IMO of course...

I've only owned two YZ250s (86 & 02). The '86 was terrible and the '02 was one of the best bikes ever built. IMO of course.
Funny thing is I remember selling it at the end of '03 thinking, "there is definitely a plastic update coming next year and I don't want to be stuck with the old roach that nobody will buy." It's still the same almost 10 years later! Should have just kept her.
All but ths chasis and suspension. Engine is pretty much the same too
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mxr102 8/8/2010 7:24pm
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Im trying to find a 2010 YZ250F chassis to put this motor into. I have an 09 sitting here. I have a project up my sleeve if I find one.
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Ooops wrong topic...
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fullfloater wrote:
I've only owned two YZ250s (86 & 02). The '86 was terrible and the '02 was one of the best bikes ever built. IMO of course...

I've only owned two YZ250s (86 & 02). The '86 was terrible and the '02 was one of the best bikes ever built. IMO of course.
Funny thing is I remember selling it at the end of '03 thinking, "there is definitely a plastic update coming next year and I don't want to be stuck with the old roach that nobody will buy." It's still the same almost 10 years later! Should have just kept her.
Why would they update the plastic in 2003 when they did some pretty major plastic updating in 2002?
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edgo897 8/9/2010 3:47am
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My brother had a '79. It was a beast. He could smoke my '79 RM250 in a drag race. On the track we were pretty even.

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BKiller 8/9/2010 6:34am
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I love the 92. I wish I had one just like this in the garage.

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FastEddy 8/9/2010 6:41am
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BKiller wrote:
I love the 92. I wish I had one just like this in the garage. [img]http://www.motodacross.com/yamaha/yz250/1992.jpg[/img]
I love the 92. I wish I had one just like this in the garage.

Slap a Noleen-360 kit in that bad boy and you would be styling big time. Smile
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I had one of these. Installed a Noleen base valve kit and some different springs up front and chopped 100mm out of the silencer. Fucker ripped. Bottom end and midrange monster. Once it signed off though it felt like someone tossed an anchor. No overrev. RaceTech made a linkage roadrace type shifter that was supposed to help with the 2nd-3rd gear upshift but it didn't help. Had to use full clutch or back off the throttle for that one.

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Lightning78 8/9/2010 9:31am
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BKiller wrote:
I love the 92. I wish I had one just like this in the garage. [img]http://www.motodacross.com/yamaha/yz250/1992.jpg[/img]
I love the 92. I wish I had one just like this in the garage.

I saw a 92 in this EXACT same shape .....still on its original tires for sale on a local craigslist about a month ago, seriously it was like new and he wnted like 1200 ofr it....forgot to post the ad.

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