Post by oldgeek on Mar 6, 2019 19:27:08 GMT -5
Through the generosity of 190mech, a dream of mine came true today. I have always wanted a 2 stroke street legal motorcycle, something like a Yamaha RD250. Today I got one, sorta 
Some of us that have been around this forum a while may remember a project 190mech worked on a few years ago. He spliced a Yamaha RD250 motor into a 1994 Kawasaki Ninja 250 frame, complete with a custom set of pipes of course!
As sometimes happens, time passes and interest in a project fades, I guess it's sorta like been there, done that. The bike has spent the last several years covered up in his shed. My previous trip to meet 190mech a few weeks ago was a blast! What could be better than A couple gearheads speaking 2T's over lunch? At some point the Yamasaki project came up, I told 190mech I was interested in it if he ever decided to get rid of it. A few days after that visit 190mech messaged me offering up the bike, for FREE! Which brings us to where we are now, A short road trip and visit to pick up the bike today, and I made it home with the Yamasaki in the back of my van. It needs some work to be road worthy, but it is a runner and I rode it around the warehouse for a first ride. My only plans for now are new tires, tags and insurance. It needs some TLC but I plan to torment the tourists with it this summer regardless of what gets done to it. The fairings are included, but I like the naked look it has now. I think the handlebars will eventually need to be changed to a set that gets me a little more upright, I am not as young as I used to be.
Some of us that have been around this forum a while may remember a project 190mech worked on a few years ago. He spliced a Yamaha RD250 motor into a 1994 Kawasaki Ninja 250 frame, complete with a custom set of pipes of course!
As sometimes happens, time passes and interest in a project fades, I guess it's sorta like been there, done that. The bike has spent the last several years covered up in his shed. My previous trip to meet 190mech a few weeks ago was a blast! What could be better than A couple gearheads speaking 2T's over lunch? At some point the Yamasaki project came up, I told 190mech I was interested in it if he ever decided to get rid of it. A few days after that visit 190mech messaged me offering up the bike, for FREE! Which brings us to where we are now, A short road trip and visit to pick up the bike today, and I made it home with the Yamasaki in the back of my van. It needs some work to be road worthy, but it is a runner and I rode it around the warehouse for a first ride. My only plans for now are new tires, tags and insurance. It needs some TLC but I plan to torment the tourists with it this summer regardless of what gets done to it. The fairings are included, but I like the naked look it has now. I think the handlebars will eventually need to be changed to a set that gets me a little more upright, I am not as young as I used to be.
