Finally after a year and a half, the pe250 is done! Music "Pile Driver" by Jason Shaw www.audionautix.com "Fight the Sea" by Josh Woodward www.joshwoodward.com Check out Thrunite Lights at www.amazon.ca/... Outdoor Rob Adventure Channel
Very nice! Well done man!! When I was in college I bought a Suzuki RS 175 which was twin shock play bike but fast enough to race with my buddies and have a good time. Love old Suzuki two strokes dirt and street bikes!
I had the same bike, but 2 years newer, I I had the 1980 PE 250. I was 20 years old at the time and I got it brand new for $1,299. It was a great little bike and it ran pretty good against my 2 friends who had a 1980 Yamaha IT400 and a 1980 Kawasaki KDX400. I could hang with them until they hit 5th gear, then they pulled away from me. But on the trails I could run the same times and keep up with the 400's. I had that bike for 2 years and then traded it in for the beast, a 1982 Suzuki RM465Z, and what a shocker, it was so fast I was amazed. I got the RM465 in 1982 brand new for $2.495. I rode it for 8 years and never had one breakdown or engine problem, all I did was put a new top end on it every winter, it was the best bike I ever had. Once I got that bike I smoked my 2 friends on their wimpy 400's, lol.
Nice! Wish I had a bike like this when I was younger. Always wanted the pe250, the 1980 Yamaha yz250 and the 1984 Yamaha it200. I finally have 2 of the 3 Lol! Thanks Steve!
I love this bike. Very nice job rebuilding it! I want one too but I first need to get my hands one one that isn't too clapped out and expensive. These are not too common here in Germany.
My dad gave me his pe250 same year as this one. When I was 15 or so. I ended up seizing engine and sold it in the 1990s. Cool bikes we had big sprocket on it and climbed real good. the PE were one of best enduro of this era. Cool bike beautifully done. Enjoy. I want one again myself
The PE's have became as rare as hen's teeth. More recent models had the box shaped swing arm but hardly changed. I sure you got top $ for that one, it's perfect.
There's no market to sell it around here unfortunately, so it sits collecting dust in the garage LOL! Might hang it from the rafters for a show piece. Thanks Steve!
What a fantastic restoration project,it looks brand new,I owned one when I was 16/17 years old,had a second hand one 25 years ago was going to fix it up but sold it the last ones sold here in Australia were road registered, blinkers, mirrors on them, thanks for your video it's brought back beautiful memories of years of riding that same model of bike cheers mate 👍👍🇦🇺
@@OutdoorRob Now, your mission is to find the holy grail of zukies, 1985 rm 500, its air cooled, full floater, and has a front disc brake..only the 85..good luck.🤠
Looks like new. I love the PE/IT/KDX series and should have kept my KDX250 and IT250K. I think I ran synthetic oil at 40:1. Maybe leaner. I wouldn't sell it.
My dad has this same bike from 1978 , still runs but in need of a full rebuild (plastics and engine). We can likely do a lot of the work ourselves but wondering where we should start for sourcing plastics and engine components and if you don’t mind sharing a ballpark of what the total cost was. You did a fantastic job and inspired us to fix his up.
Thanks Katelin! With the price of the bike and parts it's pretty close to 5 grand cdn for me. DC Plastics and Motoduro were the main sources, also search vintage PE's. There's a fair bit out there but pretty expensive, especially for shipping to Canda. eBay also usually has some parts. Good luck!
The gear oil or the mix oil? The gear oil is Extreme gear oil 80 weight or something like that, can't remember the brand name and don't have a bottle of it right now. The mix oil is Torco GP-7 Synthetic. Thanks Man!
I don't think they are too fussy. The newer oils are far better than the old stuff that they ran in them. As long as the requirements for oil quality are met, you're good to go. Thanks Dennis!
No just crank seals, the cylinder and piston were done by R & R Engines here in town by previous owner. He rode it about 50 miles on the rebuild and put it away...never rode it again.