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Old YZ490s
So besides trucks, I like bikes. I had a couple older bikes and parted with them, so I needed more and got a 84 yz 490. The first pictures are of older bikes I had, 1972 Suzuki T250 hustler and 1982 YZ490.
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Re: Old YZ490s
Nice bikes! My old neighbor in Florida is the original owner of this 1975 Kawasaki 900. I helped him install the engine after he got it rebuild. He bought all new tank, fenders and side panels with factory paint and decals.
-Josh
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Re: Old YZ490s
Nice machines guys! Here is a 74 Honda Elsinore MR50 I restored when my son was just born.
Kawasaki 900 with a kerker exhaust? Takes me back 30 years. I have a line on a 1976 Penton but the guy thinks he has more than he does. Bike is worth restoring but I know what it will it will take and he does not.
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Re: Old YZ490s
my experience with a YZ490 was when my friend put the motor in a YSR50 in 1992. a YSR50 was the baby crotch rocket with 12" wheels that were popular in the early 90s. it shifted upside down, it had a 9" extended swingarm, and a car rear tire from a festiva, and to start out you had to lay clear over the handlebars or the bike would just flip. he was bananas. I still have his ysr but no longer have the yz490 motor. crazy fast though
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Re: Old YZ490s
I have a complete 83 IT490 and 86 YZ490 for sale.
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Re: Old YZ490s
During my young and dumb stage of life I used to desert race a 86 YZ 490 in central Utah. Then one fine day I got bucked off going way to fast, so much body damage to me, not the bike. When I could hold on it was fun, but what short power band.
My current dirt bike is a 2000 Suzuki DRZ 400E works great for me. Love single track trails in and around Jackson Hole Wy. Nutz
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Re: Old YZ490s
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The biggest bonus, its wayyy easier to store bikes than cars and trucks.
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Re: Old YZ490s
I just got this old 1979 Glastron CVX 16 SS back together.
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Re: Old YZ490s
Diomain
Boat looks great. FYI I have been riding motorcycles both road and dirt for over 50 + years and off road I have never seen a death from riding a dirt bike however since atv's have come along I have seen 3. After an atv rolls over it rolls over the driver puncturing the upper body. When you fall of a dirt bike the bike and the rider typically separate with less injury to the rider. Parents somehow feel that if it has 4 wheels that it is safer than 2. my experience is just the opposite. Go find a fire trail, go mid-week get about a 200 cc dirt bike and give it a go, keep the speed such you and enjoy the smell and feel the wind in your face, you'll be smiling big. Have the Mrs fallow in the tk, take a lunch make a picnic. Keep on keepin on nutz
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Re: Old YZ490s
Nice yz. The first bike I ever rode was an IT 175. Not ideal for the first time ever on a bike as a teenager but I managed to not kill myself. I used to race motocross in the late nineties and early 00's. I definitely miss it. As far as old yamaha's, I would love to have a 77 or 78 tt500 in my garage. They are so hard to find though and if you do find a nice one, they sure ain't cheap.
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Re: Old YZ490s
Damn! I used to ride that exact Yamie! (well, black vinyl....)
I had the IT version of it too... ![]()
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