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I did some vintage races on my dad's bike last year and finally got a chance to get my own bike. I'm really excited about racing it this year. It feels like I got a good deal at $1400. It basically just needs a once over to make sure everything is tight and a few random nuts and bolts. Has a fresh top end, lots of nee bearings, a powder coated frame, triple clamps, hubs and I'm really liking the gold rims.
That's a great bike for vintage, too (as long as the tracks you will be racing on don't have steep, bumpy downhills!).
Great bike, the 80/81 YZs are my favorite Yamaha of the air cooled motors.
The Shop
Only soft spot on that bike.
My first bike was an 81 YZ80, so I've always had a soft spot for the early 80's YZ's.
You did get a great deal. Your bike is the perfect example of buying a bike restored already is way cheaper than rebuilding a rat.
That's an excellent point about letting someone else do the work. It took me a while but I finally learned that it is cheaper and easier to let someone else do the work and buy the finished product. I takes a little more patience but it's a lot less of a head ache.
John
Pit Row
I am a supporter of Race Tech mods for the forks and they build an awesome rear shock or update your original one. My '81 was night and day different after the RT stuff went on.
Wheels can be a bit brittle so look for cracks on them.
Nice ride. You will love the bike.
I have 84-85 triple clamps on my bike. They work because it moves the bars into a more modern feel instead of back in your lap feel
I did the same thing as you, buying it fully restored. I am putting yellow number plates with black backgrounds and a white "1" on it for more of a stock look.
And I am the one who has the 1980 YZ250G lower end and other parts on Mark's.
And so it begins..... You realize the average vintage enthusiast has 21 bikes, don't you?
Good looking bike sir.
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