27 year old DIRT BIKE Gets New Life (RM 250 2 stroke) 

You have the three qualities required to make a great RU-vid channel education, personality, and entertaining content. I know it’s going to be a blast watching this channel grow!

The look of surprise on his face when it started on the third kick was priceless!

craig is a gem, he deserves to have this channel to blow up!

You know Craig I am an old Englishman I am an RTIB qualified mechanic and tookthe technics route I started rebuilding BSA A10s Triumph T120rs moved onto Japanese bikes, to many to recall plus I have had some strokes so doubly so, however your rebuilds have brought back so many memories I am a little envious I still remember the highs of hearing a rebuilt engine burst into life, later in life I became a locksmith and I used to get the same thrill from picking open safes. Any way if you want to employ a cheap mechanic I would fly over and see you, unfortunately motorcycles were resposible for some serious surgery and I am waiting for my other knee to be replaced which will make 24 surgerys, I would just love to be round the smell and grease again and have plenty of time on Japanese bikes, I am at the moment living vicariously through you, I loveed the IT rebuild. Keep up the good work and all the very best I just enjoy your rebuild videos so much, thank you.

Glad to hear Dan is still around too! We need his insight to guide the maintenance.

Best RU-vid channel of 2023

The seat on the bike is killing me. Everything else looks really good. Good job craig.

You are so charismatic and natural in front of the camera, you were a diamond in the rough . I'm so happy you started your own channel.

Man I love watching Craig build some bikes. Not even a bike rider myself but I love to watch the process.

This episode brought back some fond and terrifying memories for me! I went from a cat 4 hp B&S mini bike to a near new 74 TM 400 Suzuki like my hero Roger “D” rode. it just about killed me several times over! That bike was so far over my riding skill level and was known for its hard to manage handling and power band but, what a terrifying thrill ride. My next dirt bike was a new 78 RM 250 what an advancement in suspension technology. The RM helped make me a much better rider due to its much improved handling and tamer power band . My body reminds me every day of the multitude of times my TM 400 bucked me off of it! As always stay safe and healthy! Ron

Best part is that you did the entire rebuild in one single video. Awesome video man!

That is beyond amazing. Wow. Well done. 🫡

What I rode at HighPoint in 96 at the Nationals. Never have I ever been so muddy in my life. 🤘

What a u real job u done on the bike...💯🇦🇺

I loved my 1995 rmx 250 the best of the best ❤

What a brilliant video! I love to ride, but doing a rebuild like this would destroy me and the bike. Great work by Dan, too. This channel is going to grow and grow!! Well done, boys! Craig, you crack me up, mate!

The IT175 behind you is my dream bike ..fun fun fun ..

The 90tis dirt bike are the best, form the cool colors, to the wild graphics, to the best 2strokes ever just kickass

As a kid I wanted a '99 RM80 so bad, I love Honda, always have, but something about those late 90's Suzukis just made me want one.

Pretty sure this bike was a collaboration between Suzuki and John Deere.

Beauty of a bike 90s were best years of motocross

That bike brings back some great memories. Super sad day when I woke up one morning and found it missing 😢 i’ll never forgive the person that stole it from me.

Box of motorized thing. My favorite!

Love watching people's reaction after they fire up an engine they just rebuilt. Great work, bro.

The only Ridgeline owner that actually uses it as a truck. Usually, Rodgeline owners carpet the bed under a cover and use them as some kind of station wagon. 😂

This channel is what we all wanted from Craig. Your calling good sir, I believe you'll find prosperity here!

The mechanic in me is happy to see the rebuilding process for more bikes!

Craig certainly deserved his own channel. Always interesting stuff to watch!

I love the sound design on this video.

I had a 94 rm 125 I loved it alot of years, YEA CRAIG YEAAAA!!!!

Just watched every video you've made in a row in reverse. Awesome

To take this bike from where it was to where it is in one video is awesome. Great guy, great mechanic. I think I'm going to like this channel. I guessed 3 kicks too lol.

Beautiful, now new seat cover and polish the rims and it’s perfekt ❤️

I love watching you fix things up!! Inspiring

I had a 1998 RM250 in the early 2000s that bike was So fun. I used to ride it all year round even in the winter time In the deep snow in northeast Ohio.That bike never like to start In the cold even with a new piston and rings! I had it out in my shed I would put an Small space heater right against the engine block for about an hour Before I would go ride it .Great video brought back some good memories Keep up the good work!!

I love my 96 DR350. Wish they still made these bikes

Awesome video--this brings back some memories: my best friend had an RM 250 in the late 90's and he 'got on it' a bit too hard while taking a turn on a mountainous road. He woke up about 5 minutes later and the bike was hanging in the lowest branches of a tree, by its handlebars, as he had wheelied it into the trunk and that torque monster literally climbed the tree! He nearly broke his collar bone (for the second time) and sprained his thumb. He still isn't sure what knocked him out but he was impressed that the bike had climbed nearly ten feet in the air in order to lodge itself that way! He had a heck of a time getting it down and had to replace a broken throttle cable and then he was back on the trails! That bike is far nicer than his--I hope you hang onto it.

Thank you Craig for bringing back that 2 stroke

Superb, bike looks stunning

I love the storytelling in your video's.

Amazing Craig well done again!!!! GREAT old bike well worth saving.

You use to have a nice yard. Nice bike. Had a 1977 RM 80 when I was a kid. Love those RM's.

The 1995 RM 250 power was brutal

I love this "Rebuild" Videos.

I’ve done many a basket case. Love the challenge!

I got a 92’ rm250 and I love it, such a blast to ride and love the color scheme!

Great restoration. Motocross development advanced so radically after my motocross days were done in the mid-1970s.

Glad to see you doing your own thing. Excited to see your progression

I love the basket case reduild craig

Could tell it was a 250 from your teachings about wiggly wrap around exhausts👍🏻👍🏻.

My first real bike was a Suzuki TC125 .... Loved it. Was mostly my go to High School and get parts for my Harley i was building.

Beautiful job Criag 🇺🇸⭐️💫👍🏻Hoosier Wing

Man I’d love to have that dirt bike. I rebuilt my child hood 89 kx250 frame off restore and 2 weeks later somebody stole it. I’ve been without ever since

Hell yeah , I'm rebuilding a KX 65 for my son at the moment.

I have watched almost 2 minutes. The quality of the video is amazing

Dude, i absolutely loved this one!... my first real bike was an 84 rm125...top end all day long!!!. Suzuki bike always were my favorites....yes even over honda and kawi

Then gave birth to the 250 RMX 2stroke loved it!

RM 125 and a Honda CR 250 ... old dirt bikes are fun

What a gem bud I love me a mid era rm!! Takes me back!

A magic eraser would clean that seat up like new!

Kool videos so far. My late father had a Harley/Suzuki/Honda monstrostry of a motorcycle that he rode, a frankenstein bike of the late 70-80's. Myself 20 bikes later have my current bike I call, Captain Cave Man.

Your my hero!!! When I grow up.... wait, I am older than you. Anyway, well done.

These type of videos of tearing things down and building them back up in a wonderful manner really strikes my interest. I usually watch vehicle engine teardowns and have really wanted to see the two wheel side of engine teardowns/rebuilds and this channel is exactly the place for that. Please keep uploading videos gentlemen!

That paint can shaker is sweet! Never saw one.

Love the 2-smoke rebuild! Highly offended by the Honda ridgeline! C'mon Craig!!!!!!!!!😂😂

You need to think of motorcycles as ageless! Not old! I was 26 when that bike was in its prime. It served a purpose that it was built for. Today's motorcycle is also built to do something more! Travis Pastrana showed what could be done with the bikes you call old and helped create the bikes that are more capable today! Besides, every second hand bike is new to the purchasers. 😊 I used a shop rag to rotate my circlip out of the bottom of the crank... Separating the crank to retrieve it was not happening!.. 😅 Great job, it looks nice! I knew by the 3rd kick it would start, I had faith in the build because you did everything I would have done. Also, thank you for the fork centering advice, using the front brakes to let it find the equilibrium!

Great job Craig. Congratulations.

Awesome build, really liked the backstory as a Suzuki rider myself!

Sweet, glad to hear Dan the man stayed.......

Michael Sabio is a wiz a 2 strokes. He restores old skewl units of all types. Should check him out. He is chill like you!

Craig is the best advancement to RU-vid viewing since since that other whacky bearded motorcycle guy😉

Great Video, Craig you have such a genuine personality and are a natural in front of the camera. Keep this up and I predict this channel will surpass Bikes and Beards one day. Its rare that I watch any youtube video without fast forwarding through at least a portion of it but not with either of the two videos you've released so far. Keep this up, truly exceptional content you're producing here!

Wow what a overhaul!

Bought the 96 RM250 new , without doubt one of the best bikes I ever owned . Once I sorted the jetting and put a FMF FATBOY expansion chamber with the factory muffler dialed the suspension clickers , the bike was more than amazing.

I love the smell of two-stroke exhaust.

Craig finally has his own craig im so happy for him

This is why I like this channel, fresh build and didn't go crazy on it when it was first ride, people really don't know what break in is and it's good to see it done properly, Awesome job

Old school "Basket case" that is so cool, another vintage motorcycle resurrected from the dead and saved from the crusher. Once it's gone it's gone

You made that bike look good!

1995 RM 250 2-stroke was my first full sized dirt bike and will always have a special place in my heart. Thing used to scream and go through spark plugs (the sparkplug issue was probably user error and not a whole lot of bike knowledge on my part). I loved that bike.

Awesome job, I'll say add a little saddle soap on that seat and you'll get that yellow to pop.

l like this channel. the way he make content is very entertainment. thumb up👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Finally a Craig channel. Yes please.

Good morning, I really enjoyed watching this video. The sound of the bike firing after the third kick took me back a few years . Keep up the great work putting these enjoyable videos together. Thank you

That came up mint 👌 I am currently rebuilding a 1984 Honda XL250R in Melbourne Australia

Literally just picked up a roller frame on the way home. 88 rm250. Now I need an engine.

Brilliant. . Well done 👍. . Always educating and humours too . . 🤣👍

Bike turned out wicked !

I had a 2001 RM 250. That bike is what got me into 250's.

Awesome video. BnB and now another descent channel for me and my 2 young boys to watch together. Good job guys

I knew it would be 3 kicks. Nice looking bike!

What a satisfying restoration video!

I'm so jealous.. I love this bike

I'm not a motorcycle guy at all. All I have ridden is a four wheeler on a farm. I'm really interested in buying an old motorbike of some sort to restore. Your videos have taught me heaps 👍👍

So happy to see you doing your own thing, keep it up Craig!

Good job! Love to see you guys do a chopper from scratch. Love to see familyman do things that keeps them young. Keep up the good work.

Geeeeeeeeeeeezzzzus man I love the 2-stroke sound. Next one ya get I wanna BUY it.

great video, love how he explains everything it notice that he loves what he does, Dan must draw on that knowledge

Craig for the win , good luck in your new adventures.

Great bike build.