I watch 18 videos of mostly BS talking and you never finish the "restauration" I wasted hours of my life, there should be a warning at the beginning on episode 1, saying this BS will never end.
Phenomenal series. Just purchased a '74 Yamaha DT360 with 14K on the clock. Lots of work to do on it, but should be a fun journey. I love your Trello recommendation, being a Product Owner (Jira user) it was hilarious seeing the crossover between building bikes as a hobby and our software dev workflow tools!
I had one I bought new in February 79, paid $1100 new. Came from the dealer with rust in the tank. Fun bike, did a lot of off road with it. I eventually put a Weisco piston in it and it screamed.
The USA 77 DT250MX should be in Bilbao Blue. Other differences, a chain tensioner was introduced from 78 onwards (so swinging arms slightly differ). The base of the 77 clocks were square, 78 onwards had a ridge to allow for a chrome ring to be fitted between the clock and clock bracket.
Mike, what's up ! I just acquired a 78 DT250 ! Appears to be same color as your 2 bikes ! It looks metallic silver ,but I can't get color code off label on gooseneck due to fading and wear ! Can you help a guy out ? Thanks @
I just got a DT250, and the entire wiring is pulled off, I got a few things connected but alot of ends are just cut off, im trying to find videos of people covering the wiring to get it started. Anyone know where I can go for that, ill be watching all these since I'll probably be doing a resto also
This is awesome: I bought the same '77 DT 6 years ago, as it was a battered farm bike. Just putting it together and as soon as the wiseco kit goes in, I will try this! Wiring is a dog's breakfast and am sorting through it right now. Thanks for sharing this valuable info. Cheers from the great white north:)
I’ve been looking for a 1979 mx175 because I had one when I was a kid and I didn’t have the means to get it running so I wanted to kinda re-live my childhood lol. Anyways I found a 1977 DT250 that’s road legal with registration. It looks pretty damn close to the mx and I think it would be pretty cool to have a vintage 2- stroke dirt bike that’s road legal. I live out in the country and I think it would be fun to drive it around to the gas station and what not
5:12 Why this nervos music? Why not the nice twostroke sound? This test ride is very stressy to listen to. I can't look at this video to then end. Sorry.
I’m a little younger than your dad but when we were growing up, you couldn’t get a more durable, easy to start bike than a Yamaha DT. I just went out last year and bought a 79 DT250. The exact same bike I had when I was 15. Tip; sometimes it’s just cheaper to find a dirt cheap parts bike but yours looks well sorted. Good Luck.
Why not connect a good strong power supply ie battery or 6v supply and see what works Then just Concentrate on any problems. Rather than spend hours with the meter checking thing that work. I own the same bike. And I’m doing more or less the same things great 👍 videos I’m looking forward to doing a trip on mine next summer. After the Apocalypse
Looks planted on the road I’ve just bought one back that I sold a few years ago to a collector. He hasn’t even started it since he took it from me. But he’s kept it in his house and kept it charged up. Be nice to get it back home shortly. A question do you know the top speed. Cheers
How did you verify the operation of the auto luber? I Just got my dad's old 78 and he always premixed instead of using the auto lube, I'd like to get that working again.
Hi it is that hard if the pump is still in place. I cleaned the tank out with petrol/ paraffin. Blew air through it just to make sure it free flowing. I then used clear oil line. If you can see the oil. You know what it’s doing. Let it run all the way down and out then attach to the pump. There’s a bleed screw on the side of the pump undo it until oil comes out. I used clear again from the pump to the carb tighten the bleed screw and hold the pump lever open by hand wile the bike is on tick over you’ll see the oil going up the clear oil line and into the carb. Then Don’t use premixed fuel anymore. Hope this helps. It’s simpler than it sounds. Cheers
@@davemonday5381 thanks for the reply, i had the pump rebuilt by an old school yamaha guy and haven't had time to put it back together... family life. I had the bike professionally inspected and it needs a ton of replacement parts including an engine rebuild due to beimg starved of oil at some time in it's life. Pretty depressing.
@@braxtonw1993 I have same bike with same issues my auto lube system was all messed up I just mix it now but make sure you pull off oil line that's on the side of the carb also you can get free service manual pdf for 77- 78 enduros at www.manualslib.com they have alot of free informative manuals about the bike
I’m glad you found the videos. You should absolutely give the restoration a try. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing when I started (still don’t really 😂) and I’ve really enjoyed it. I know there are a handful of Aussies on the yamaha-enduros.com forums that are pretty active.
I really dig the videos, and can totally appreciate the bring the kid in... hehe I have a buddy who has the same bike that having an oil light issue, and that's how i found ya. Looking forward to the next part!
I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos. Hopefully your friend got his oil light working. My progress wrenching on the hikes has been very slow lately, but I’ve been riding almost every day.
Austin Pollock I paid $1200 for the 1978 DT250. It has around 7k miles on it and is fully functional. I also have a 1977 DT250 that I paid $400 for, but it was missing the plastics and needed a little work.
From my experience it can be tough to find bikes with titles. My state won’t issue a title for vehicles over 30 years old, but they do allow registration with just a bill of sale on vintage vehicles. One of my bikes doesn’t have a title, but I was still able to get a tag. It definitely hurts the resale value of my bike, but I was happy to be able to get it registered and street legal.
Really enjoyed the videos, thanks for making them. I'm just about to start restoring a 77DT250 so they will come in very useful. Can you tell me how you got the plastic tach apart?
Mine was already a little bent up so it wanted to come apart on its own. Look on the underside where the cable connects and there should be two R shaped clips. Slide this out and you should be able to wiggle the housing apart. There might be some adhesive so be patient and go slow. I have not yet taken apart the internals to look at the gears. I’ve just replace bulbs.
