Racer X Films - Garage InStock 1988 Yamaha YZ250 

I just purchased Dymond's 88 Factory Pro bike! Was a barn find! Have Mickey's authentication on it as well! Can't believe I just watched this wow!

Micky "I don't know what I remember" haha

I miss those days.....I miss Mickey.....he told a story about falling asleep driving his van back from a race and had the cruise set and when he woke up the cruise was still on tearing thru a corn field......

One of the nicest looking bikes.

yeah Mickey didn't quite seem like he even remembered he raced!

Steve please keep doing this

I think ole Micky is a bit stoned... :)

Awesome to see Mr Dymond ride again!

I remember the original Mickey Diamond bikes like it was yesterday, loved them then when I was a kid and love this one now. Good job Steve! :)

Yeah, I had an '87 and an '88. The '88 was like a works bike compared to the '87. I was hoping Yamaha would produce the YZM500.

great job on the restore, Steve

mickey d does a massive step up in the beginning of crusty dmns of dirt 3 soooooo sick!!! one of my favorite jumps out of all the videos I've seen. dude had balls! must watch all of his clips in crusty! go see

I had one of those, 1988 Yamaha YZ250. One of the best bikes ever made... I mostly raced it District 38, SoCal.

STEVE'S AT IT AGAIN!!! Awesome.

Nice to see, I had this bike back in the days, broke my arm on it in a woops section... 😅😂 Loved the bike!

I felt like he was saying nice job but not really to Steve's rebuild. Looks really nice. Good work.

Who could possibly dislike this vid? Amazing job guys! Thumbs up. I was born in 88 so it's a plus (giggles)

I can remember me and my dad and wee brother used to call in to Frank's motorcycles in Lisburn County Down, every Sunday on the way to my Granny's house for dinner, he had this bike in his shop brand new. I was only 6 or 7 years old at the time and he let my dad lift me and the little brother up onto this awesome machine... I can remember that like yesterday, the smell and everything.. Just a beast 💪💪💪

The chain can use some loving

Cool video, Ping..& great to see both of you guys..👍

As soon as he kicked it off jst put a smile on my face.beautiful

So cool. Legend #6!

This bike was the first big purchase of my life. GOD I miss it...

guy in red: so how do you think the bike does compared to the newer bikes? Diamond: uuh....yeah!

This Dude is a legend Crusty Demons 3 Doing Jumps he nailed it Everytime.

I probably raced against that bike in Alaska, I rode a 1988 RM 250 back then. Nice work Steve, Ping, Micky.

Sweet man! My first race bike!

I loved the KX video, and I loved this, too. As other people have said, could you make a few more like this?

It took some great skill and stamina to ride the old 250's 2 strokers. Sweet bike.

Geez, i had a 88 YZ125 i wanted to fix up but couldnt find enough parts. That 250 is sweet, sure sounds better than a funky 4 stroke.

Man, that gear is so sick!

such a burnout how many bongs did he just smoke?

micky dimond was my fav wen i was a kid..

Answer Racings best looking clothes were in the late 80s and early 90s. By far!

Love seeing vintage bikes tare it up. Hell....would you remember specifics from 25+ years ago lol. Only thing remembered is Oingo Boingo dude. Ha.

That's rad. Those dudes were fast on those bikes.

You should come do a video on my 82 yz250j it was the first year water cooled and first year power valve.

What they really wanted to say was.."the bike sucked"

MORE MORE!!!!! What a awsome video

Good job lads cracking bike sounds nice to!

Hi! Great Video! Micky, you are Motocross Legend my Friend, but at frames 4:28 David suddenly painfully realized he'd have to "carry" the rest of the interview. I don't "remember" much about my 1974 Motocross win at Carlsbad (250 Beginner's Class) except my damn 1st place trophy, and the helpful spectator crowd who alerted me to my jammed kill switch on my '74 Honda CR250 Elsinore when I crashed a turn right in front of them and still hung on to First!

Makes me miss my 1989 KX250

I love how loosely Steve said "put a couple grand into it" haha either way cool build guy's.

I think Matthes and Ping should have an eating contest after every video as a sign off cause that shit was funny af :D

I loved That bike!!!

Video made me wanna get a old bike

Steve once again did an excellent job. The bikes he does look like they just rolled off of the showroom. I wish Micky would of given more insight. I know that he didn't have success with Team Yamaha but he rode for them 1988-1989 and road for the BYRD Yamaha Team for the 1990 250 World Mx Gp series. So more in dept insight would of be great.

nice work Steve

Micky is the man!

Lmao he was trying so hard not to shit on his old bike hahaha that was funny to watch I think the old 2strokes are gnarly

Yamahas should always be white/red!

I had a '91 YZ125 with those radiator shrouds. It was always impossible to find decent graphics and plastics for it!

Love that bike!

Hey Steve nice "cruck"! Haha

That thing looks fucking Mad, I had a 125 of that era and it ripped.

Awesome.

my brother had a 86 model yz250 he bought new, I raced it with him in our local pony express one time and was shocked by the power it had, it was a hand full to ride, to be honest I didn't like it as much as my RM.

I love that gear

The appeal of a works bike.

So cool Sooooo cool

I love this series... Can you do a yz426f????!!!!!

awesome!

Should've been a 91 model to go with his gear that the era I remember Mickey Diamond from

maybe an older RM for Mark Barnett

a beauty

Had an 89 about 15 years ago. Was a ripper for a (then) 14 year old bike.

Haha that's one of the best ones I've seen.

I raced one! Nice bike!

what the hell was wrong with that Dymond character

Mickey rode mod bikes. Pro bikes do not vs standard bikes.

lmao...there are too many funny moments to mention all of them in this video lol

If I bought a current Y-Zed, I make it look like this, or similar.

Take a kid 15 years old fresh of 85's let him ride that then a new bike and ask him ( I'm sure he loves it!!)

Damn good machine.............

Honestly this makes me cringe. Of course there's progress. In 1988 virtually nobody had mobile phones.....Any one that hasnt killed the majority of their brain cells and can actually remember riding one of these back in the day will tell you they were awesome. Nice work on the restoration though :-)

Wow is that Matthes wearing shoes?! Where are the open toe shoes bro?

"The suspension... I was shocked!" ISEEWHATYOUDIDTHERE

the pivot of the swing arm looks weird. :)

Can somebody make a Yzm 500 video !!! Doubt anybody would let it be ridden but that bike was ahead of its era but didn't make it very far'

I have a 86 yz250 can you please let me know where to get parts for these older YZs?

uh is this bike really for sale on Craigslist? pleas some one reply I want to buy don't Kno if ts a rip course no grafics on it

My first 80cc bike was a borrowed one for like a year and it was a 1991 YZ80. I feel this 250cc bike has a softer power-torque curve combination than that 80cc bastard! That bike had some weird kind of _2-stage_ power-torque curve. On the bottom it was a kid's bike, it was kinda hard to stall, it was easy to ride... Then you'd bring the revs up and at one point the sound changed radically and it became a bitch. Wheelspin, powerslides, that little bitch could throw fairly nice chunks of dirt and rocks quite far away. I remember one day my dad went for a ride with the bike and within seconds he was doing wheelies on FIFTH GEAR if using the clutch and on as much as FOURTH GEAR without using the clutch at all. That's not kid-friendly! After that bike I changed to a 2002 KX85 model (bought it in late 2003 so it was kinda cheap) and that bike was a lot more constant, it lacked that actually dangerous spirit of the old YZ80. Of course the bike was better because of the typical improvements through the years (geometry, suspension, brakes, clutch...) but nothing quite like the _higher stage_ of the YZ80, that was so fun!

thought these had inverted forks?

Sweet Mary MOTHER of Joseph

Main jet sounds too lean? & go 2 up on rear sprocket

Magoo could help Micky, So could Ward, Carmichael and so many more AMA members.

I used yo ho to Southwick Nationals and Micky raced there one race Micky threw off his goggles on the back hill and my friend jumped on the track and grab them lol

Steve puts a lot of time and effort into these rebuilds, it would be nice to see a more in-depth review of these things. Maybe vs. a contemporary bike or maybe just have a more enthusiastic attitude about presenting them. I love the fact that Racer X is doing these "blast from the past" segments but could you stop phoning in the shake down please? And put Steve to work doing this full-time.. PulpMX

AWESOMEDO IT AGAIN

Fucking rocket, omg!

yall dnt see the 3 6's

Hi all, can anyone tell me how much fork oil for each fork leg of the 88 YZ 250. Im 80kg what weight of oil suggested please.

What's the hp at the wheels and at the crank?

Micky " How have 30 years fried by" He can,t think of anything to say because he remembers shit. Still lucky he was there, i don't think the fat cheese was ever going to fit on it.

Today’s bikes don’t compare… period

I thought it looked slow sounded real flat not sharp atall

he is 51

Mick not a big talker.

It sounds clapped out.

Did he just say 15 or so years? 6:16 Try 28 years. Talking shit on an awesome bike that's almost 30 years old by comparing it to a new one. Fck these guys. I love my 89 YZ250WRW.