Doug Chaney 21 minutes ago (edited) ALL 4 stroke singles just scream for an electric starter! ...even good starting ones when cold can become impossible to restart when hot or vice versa ....love em and I hate em at the same time ... It was circa 1972/73 When I was begged to go out to the desert one monday morning when John the old parts guy begged me to take a ride with him ...He had stalled his BSA 441 Victor desert sled the day in some hare and hound race (Checkers MC prolly) I guess in total frustrated defeat finally he just had to her there and take the last ride back to the pits by the final sweep crew....no one left in the pits by then I guess to help him on Sunday afternoon ... So anyway we loaded up someone's Husky 250 from the shop (I was a mechanic back then) and drove clear out there from San Fernando Valley Chatsworth "Welty's motorcycles" somewhere out past Palmdale, Ca I think ...we parked the truck and rode double back into the hills to retrieve the bike (bet he was sweating bullets it would still be there!) ....the old girl started right up after sitting all night... but a day earlier? I guess it just beat the old man...I imagine it was just another huge reason why everyone gravitated away from big 4 stroke singles ...after all for less money a 250 two stroke made more power, weighed 40 pounds less or so AND started up reliably with one or two kicks! ....as fun as 4 bangers ARE to ride ?...just just were not worth the trouble ...not to mention the maintenance costs over the long haul compared to the noisy smokers...
Nicely done I have been restoring mine for 15 years and still not done
Doug Chaney
21 minutes ago (edited)
ALL 4 stroke singles just scream for an electric starter! ...even good starting ones when cold can become impossible to restart when hot or vice versa ....love em and I hate em at the same time ... It was circa 1972/73 When I was begged to go out to the desert one monday morning when John the old parts guy begged me to take a ride with him ...He had stalled his BSA 441 Victor desert sled the day in some hare and hound race (Checkers MC prolly) I guess in total frustrated defeat finally he just had to her there and take the last ride back to the pits by the final sweep crew....no one left in the pits by then I guess to help him on Sunday afternoon ... So anyway we loaded up someone's Husky 250 from the shop (I was a mechanic back then) and drove clear out there from San Fernando Valley Chatsworth "Welty's motorcycles" somewhere out past Palmdale, Ca I think ...we parked the truck and rode double back into the hills to retrieve the bike (bet he was sweating bullets it would still be there!) ....the old girl started right up after sitting all night... but a day earlier? I guess it just beat the old man...I imagine it was just another huge reason why everyone gravitated away from big 4 stroke singles ...after all for less money a 250 two stroke made more power, weighed 40 pounds less or so AND started up reliably with one or two kicks! ....as fun as 4 bangers ARE to ride ?...just just were not worth the trouble ...not to mention the maintenance costs over the long haul compared to the noisy smokers...
Beautiful bike with awesome sound
I was hoping to see you clear that sweet jump! The little double, I mean.
maicocpa, ha, Not when the bike is for sale
Klasse !
Did you have to make special bushings for the Frame to Stem fit up?
Did you have a Mikuni Carb on it?
I like it modern cars and bikes are ugly 💖
I am assuming it was Honda?
What front end did you put on it?
I believe that was a 1975 XL250 fork
If you Really want to make it run like a gazelle gone mad, take and have a custom expansion pipe and muffler made for that two stroker.
It's a four stroke.
This is my Bike..Did you ever get that Oil leak stopped?
Still waiting on that video ☹️☹️☹️
Samantha Barton it's -6 degrees and snow is stacking, up it may be a while
Ok ☹️☹️☹️☹️
How many teeth on that rear sprocket? Sure is big...
Can't remember, seems like 62 teeth was decent for MX.