Great old bikes, good luck with yours. I sold my TS250k about a year ago and picked up a rusty but complete 1975 TM250 mx bike based on the TS250 engine. I'll start that over the summer. Thank you for watching.
Love the "Savage", especially the 72, 73's with the straight rear fender but I'll take any 72 to 75 in good condition like your one. An "Apache" would be awesome too. An old J or K especially. Where I lived, the TS185's were super popular in those teenage years. Most kids my age were trying to their mits on a Yamaha DT175, Honda XL175, Suzuki TS185, with the odd F7 Kawasaki....if you could find one, but I really wanted a 250 & the Savage was the one. A little later, I almost picked up a Honda MT250 Elsinore....but I eventually did pick up a 250 at a runout price. It was early in 1976 & it was an unsold 1974 Kawasaki 250 F11-A in Candy Green. It was the last new one around, as even the 75 F11-B's had run out.....& I was in love. Besides, I liked the Candy Green better anyway. When I was older, I traded it for a used Kawasaki 750 H2, in almost new condition. And lemme tell ya, for an 18 1/2 year old lad, those 3 x 250cc cylinders all in a row scared the crap out of me. The power was effortless. Had a couple of those back in the day too.... But I never forgot the Savage....ah, the memories. Thanks for rekindling them 😌
Thank you, my favorites are the straight back fender too, but as you say they are all good. I did sell that bike, but replaced it with a complete 1975 Suzuki TM250 that is a bit more dirt/mx but based on the same basic engine as the Suzuki TS250 Savage, Going to start tje restoration on that soon. Thank you for the comment
@@verbalwidget7267 Hey wow, I'll be looking forward to that. The TM's were mean. And I have another story to share with you once you post a video on that bad boy 👍
@@nikolashaidar7890 I posted a video of bringing the bike out of California to Arizona. I have not done anything to the bike yet? Maybe in a few weeks? But take a peek at it.
I have a 1975 TS250 I just recently acquired, do you recommend any mods/good things to do for these bikes in general (motor improvements, chain/sprockets)? You have been the most informative on these bikes , thanks again!
I have 4 of these early ts250 74/5 & 76 bikes, I was also thinking of doing some mild port cleaning , I have a complete stock 75 model which I put on the dyno and showed 18 hp at the wheel so not far off suzuki claim of 22hp at the crank, would be interesting what power your bike will make with your port work and the tm head if it gives more compression...
I'm also gutting a stock pipe, I've cut it in half along the seam and removed all the internal plates and sound reducer gauze, and hammered the indentations flat in the frame side section, hopefully should now breath better than the stock system,
I will let you know how it works out or post a video. Spent all day yesterday just cleaning the 46 years of grease off the bike. Ugg! Got chain and sprockets on, just a lot of clean up and fixing along the way. Should be worth it.
I heard what your doing really helps. I was lucky enough to stumble upon a new aftermarket pipe. It would be nice to retain the stock looks of the bike like your doing.
@@verbalwidget7267 It would be great if I could post photos of my mods etc on here but there don't seem to be any options to do this. I've always had an interest in the pre 1976 models ever since I 1st rode one in 76 aged 14
HI, sorry but the TS400 will not fit on a TS250. The TS250 will only swap cilinders from the MX model TM250 and Trials bike RL250, but you may need a pipe change. TS400 and TM400 can be interchanged. The early Suzuki TS trail bikes and TM, MX bikes shared a lot of the same parts. after 1975 the RM's came out and they were completely different. BETTER! Thanks for watching.
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Thank you for sharing. I'm currently in a restoration for a 1971 TS250R and just looking for as much content that covers these bikes.
Great old bikes, good luck with yours. I sold my TS250k about a year ago and picked up a rusty but complete 1975 TM250 mx bike based on the TS250 engine. I'll start that over the summer.
Thank you for watching.
If you could do a video of how the bike performs with these mods that would be so cool. Thanks
Love the "Savage", especially the 72, 73's with the straight rear fender but I'll take any 72 to 75 in good condition like your one. An "Apache" would be awesome too. An old J or K especially.
Where I lived, the TS185's were super popular in those teenage years.
Most kids my age were trying to their mits on a Yamaha DT175, Honda XL175, Suzuki TS185, with the odd F7 Kawasaki....if you could find one, but I really wanted a 250 & the Savage was the one.
A little later, I almost picked up a Honda MT250 Elsinore....but I eventually did pick up a 250 at a runout price.
It was early in 1976 & it was an unsold 1974 Kawasaki 250 F11-A in Candy Green. It was the last new one around, as even the 75 F11-B's had run out.....& I was in love. Besides, I liked the Candy Green better anyway.
When I was older, I traded it for a used Kawasaki 750 H2, in almost new condition. And lemme tell ya, for an 18 1/2 year old lad, those 3 x 250cc cylinders all in a row scared the crap out of me. The power was effortless. Had a couple of those back in the day too....
But I never forgot the Savage....ah, the memories. Thanks for rekindling them 😌
Thank you, my favorites are the straight back fender too, but as you say they are all good. I did sell that bike, but replaced it with a complete 1975 Suzuki TM250 that is a bit more dirt/mx but based on the same basic engine as the Suzuki TS250 Savage, Going to start tje restoration on that soon. Thank you for the comment
@@verbalwidget7267
Hey wow, I'll be looking forward to that. The TM's were mean. And I have another story to share with you once you post a video on that bad boy 👍
@@nikolashaidar7890 I posted a video of bringing the bike out of California to Arizona. I have not done anything to the bike yet? Maybe in a few weeks? But take a peek at it.
@@verbalwidget7267
I'll do that 👍
Im rebuilding a 74 ts250 savage. Any help finding a top end would be so helpful
Thank you for this info!
Glad it was helpful!
I have a 1975 TS250 I just recently acquired, do you recommend any mods/good things to do for these bikes in general (motor improvements, chain/sprockets)? You have been the most informative on these bikes , thanks again!
They are good as is really
I just get carried away.
@@verbalwidget7267 I know how that goes lol, all good, thank you again for the video! Love these bikes!
I have 4 of these early ts250 74/5 & 76 bikes, I was also thinking of doing some mild port cleaning , I have a complete stock 75 model which I put on the dyno and showed 18 hp at the wheel so not far off suzuki claim of 22hp at the crank, would be interesting what power your bike will make with your port work and the tm head if it gives more compression...
I'm also gutting a stock pipe, I've cut it in half along the seam and removed all the internal plates and sound reducer gauze, and hammered the indentations flat in the frame side section, hopefully should now breath better than the stock system,
I will let you know how it works out or post a video. Spent all day yesterday just cleaning the 46 years of grease off the bike. Ugg! Got chain and sprockets on, just a lot of clean up and fixing along the way. Should be worth it.
I heard what your doing really helps. I was lucky enough to stumble upon a new aftermarket pipe. It would be nice to retain the stock looks of the bike like your doing.
@@verbalwidget7267 It would be great if I could post photos of my mods etc on here but there don't seem to be any options to do this. I've always had an interest in the pre 1976 models ever since I 1st rode one in 76 aged 14
Fantastic video ! I would love to buy your old spares ! I'm struggling to get parts for mine ! Chris UK, anyone can help ?
I have the same problem with my 75 TS400. The spares seem to all be in the USA and they are asking a fortune for them.
Is it possible to replace the 250 jug on a TS 250 with the jug and piston from a TS 400?
HI, sorry but the TS400 will not fit on a TS250. The TS250 will only swap cilinders from the MX model TM250 and Trials bike RL250, but you may need a pipe change. TS400 and TM400 can be interchanged. The early Suzuki TS trail bikes and TM, MX bikes shared a lot of the same parts. after 1975 the RM's came out and they were completely different. BETTER! Thanks for watching.