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Edited Date/Time 12/18/2014 7:16am
on MXAs front page they have the invention of the day the last pic is of my 490, its my 15 seconds of fame!, they probably found it on the interweb, but humor me
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vmx3 12/16/2014 1:43pm
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That's cool, good for you getting a 490 on MXA, I think those guys hated 490's haha
Speaking of scoops I had a bunch made out of carbon fibre, look just like stock, i wonder if anyone would be interested in having one.
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Uncle Tony 12/16/2014 2:24pm
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vmx3 wrote:
That's cool, good for you getting a 490 on MXA, I think those guys hated 490's haha Speaking of scoops I had a bunch made out...
That's cool, good for you getting a 490 on MXA, I think those guys hated 490's haha
Speaking of scoops I had a bunch made out of carbon fibre, look just like stock, i wonder if anyone would be interested in having one.
Yes I would how much?

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Shawbridge Husky 12/16/2014 2:38pm
12/16/2014 2:38pm Edited Date/Time 12/16/2014 2:39pm
For some reason I'm attracted to the 490, just like I am to attractive women with unusual features or big noses. I think they are great bikes if done up right, kind of offbeat but cool. Someday I may have one.
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pete24 12/16/2014 4:33pm
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Lol. I meant a pic of the mxa page damnit
why cant you read?
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pete24 12/16/2014 4:35pm
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vmx3 wrote:
That's cool, good for you getting a 490 on MXA, I think those guys hated 490's haha Speaking of scoops I had a bunch made out...
That's cool, good for you getting a 490 on MXA, I think those guys hated 490's haha
Speaking of scoops I had a bunch made out of carbon fibre, look just like stock, i wonder if anyone would be interested in having one.
put up a pik of that wing my buddy has a 490, as well as Uncle Tony and they ride them and when your old cool paaaats are just cool dammit
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docrick 12/17/2014 12:07am
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Shawbridge Husky wrote:
For some reason I'm attracted to the 490, just like I am to attractive women with unusual features or big noses. I think they are great...
For some reason I'm attracted to the 490, just like I am to attractive women with unusual features or big noses. I think they are great bikes if done up right, kind of offbeat but cool. Someday I may have one.
Classic, Big nose chicks are like YZ490s, too perfect!! And when you say usual features do you mean like a woman who is "sane"? I am highly attracted to the sane female but its like the unicorn. Highly desirable but almost impossible to find!!
Shawbridge Husky 12/17/2014 6:39am
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hahaha ! Yeah a sane attractive feminine balanced cool empathetic woman with a good work ethic is like a YZ360 factory bike, once you find one they are a keeper. So yeah a unicorn for sure. I see the odd one but they are either taken or 20 -30 years younger than I am..
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AHRMA361 12/17/2014 9:18am
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Shawbridge Husky wrote:
For some reason I'm attracted to the 490, just like I am to attractive women with unusual features or big noses. I think they are great...
For some reason I'm attracted to the 490, just like I am to attractive women with unusual features or big noses. I think they are great bikes if done up right, kind of offbeat but cool. Someday I may have one.
Here is a decent YZ490 for you.

https://akroncanton.craigslist.org/mcy/4802799023.html
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pete24 12/17/2014 9:20am
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Shawbridge Husky wrote:
For some reason I'm attracted to the 490, just like I am to attractive women with unusual features or big noses. I think they are great...
For some reason I'm attracted to the 490, just like I am to attractive women with unusual features or big noses. I think they are great bikes if done up right, kind of offbeat but cool. Someday I may have one.
AHRMA361 wrote:
Here is a decent YZ490 for you.

https://akroncanton.craigslist.org/mcy/4802799023.html
nice spray paint job on that one its nothing 5 or 6000 dollars cant fix
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vmx3 12/17/2014 9:25am
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That thing must be a flat track model as there is absolutely no front brake stuff apart from a disc
Shawbridge Husky 12/17/2014 9:29am
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There's an '86 local to me for 600 but without title which is a real pain in Qc, almost impossible to get a plate to make it usable, even off road or for hauling out in the open. The frame is red however, so yeah this one was rattle canned it seems. Is that your 490 in your avatar pete24 ?

5 or 6 K, seems to be a common statement round here lol !

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pete24 12/17/2014 10:29am
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thats my 87 250 in my avatar here is the line up of some of my rubbish, dont go by the 2002 date on the pik i took these last year and they are here in my shop exactly like that, Hubbard throws up because i dont ride them, but you have to remember they are Yamahas from the 80s, they are shit boxes, they aint old Hondas




Shawbridge Husky 12/17/2014 10:46am
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Nice bikes man, lots of work right there ! Do you ever get tempted to take one out and show it who's the boss ?
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vmx3 12/17/2014 12:31pm
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Here is one of the scoops, they are a bit expensive, $140, but I have seen NOS stock ones go for up to $200 on ebay so I guess it's all relevant. I wanted something cool but stock looking for our Team International Air Hammer bikes, so I had them made, I have a couple left but I can also get more done if there is a need.
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Tdub13 12/17/2014 1:02pm
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I can't ride my 490 fast enough for the scoop to make a difference. But I keep it on there "for looks" hahaha
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vmx3 12/17/2014 1:30pm
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I dunno if a scoop makes any differnce, I know on Bradshaw's WR500 that he rode in '91 that they didn't run one, and that was probably the hardest ridden 490 motor ever. But a scoop looks cool and is how they left the factory but NOS ones seem to be unobtainium, so I figured getting carbon fiber ones would look stock but with a subtle modern twist.
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pete24 12/17/2014 2:49pm
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its well worth 140 i paid 250 for a NOS one for my carcass that i look at,
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Tdub13 12/17/2014 4:40pm
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Agreed, $140 is a screamin deal for a trick scoop. I wonder how durable it is. More than the plastic stocker?

I've dumped my 490 on the left side more times than I can count, but the scoop hasn't gotten torn off like I expected.
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vmx3 12/18/2014 5:33am
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I thought they were worth it based on what NOS ones were going for, also the fact that we were going racing the bikes would have made it a bit silly to find a new NOS scoop and then use it when they are so expensive and rare. But not everyone thinks that way so I'm sure some people will think that the price was hi but it was worth it to us.
They seem durable enough, the bikes only did 8 motos each at Farleigh so its not like they have a ton of time on them, I would think that plastic was probably more durable than carbon fiber just because carbon fiber is harder and less pliable but they still looked good when we were done, so normal riding didn't mess anything up.
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Uncle Tony 12/18/2014 5:38am
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I want one! Text me your address 631-805-9359
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pete24 12/18/2014 6:27am
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Uncle Tony wrote:
I want one! Text me your address 631-805-9359
dont bust it off before i get to see it
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Uncle Tony 12/18/2014 7:05am
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Ok Pete, not to brag but now I have 4 scoops, 2 used and 1 nos, and 1 trick carbon fiber scoop thanks to vmx3!!!

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