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Posted: June 19th, 2009, 1:40 pm
by 2strokes4ever
The YZ 490 was found at a pawn shop as is, For $2500, its actually my good friend Gazzas bike, i just had to show it because its imaculate...... i dont think the pawn guy bloke new what it was hahahahahah ......
also i can ride it whenever i want
Posted: June 20th, 2009, 1:43 am
by CR500R7
Posted: June 21st, 2009, 2:06 pm
by 2strokes4ever
The story goes, my mate is a known associate of the pawn guy, he only had $4000 on the yz with reciepts to say the motor was fully rebuilt,my mate called the the guy who rebuilt the motor to ask some questions, the mechanic said that he only did cosmetic work on the bike to make it look sellable....he also said that it would require a full rebuit and it shouldnt be riden like it is.. so we went back to the pawn shop with this new information and the pawn guy knocked $1500 off to cover rebuilding costs...
The thing is, is that other people were looking at buying this bike and were telling potential buyers that it was no good and not worth the $$$$$$.....these people were trying to get the bike for themselves at a reduced rate from the pawn broker down the track..
We stuck a deal with the pawn shop for $2500, and you know what, the motor is fine and goes like the clappers....
The moral to this story is..RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME FOLLOWED BY A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK
Posted: June 22nd, 2009, 2:39 am
by CR500R7
Its all good then.
It looks great, nice score.
Posted: July 7th, 2009, 12:09 am
by 2strokes4ever
Bottom end went bang, but am looking at a 2001 CR250, it has a running motor and crack in the swing arm
hope it works for me....
Posted: July 7th, 2009, 12:50 am
by CR500R7
Bummer about the engine.
Post your engine rebuild in the Drive Tech section.
If you get the 01 CR250, post that in the BEER CAN section.
Then everyone will get to see everything you do.
Not just a few people.
Posted: July 7th, 2009, 1:05 am
by 2strokes4ever
evryone is so happy and helpful here, cheers mate
Posted: July 7th, 2009, 1:27 am
by CR500R7
Its cool, thats the whole idea of this place to make life easier for hoons.
Posted: July 7th, 2009, 3:47 am
by xtremeslide
CR500R7 wrote:YZ 490 has had a bit of money spent on it by the looks of it.
Looks fantastic really HEAPS
Ex-owners of the YZ 490 don't have good opinions about "her",some people who owned it said :
Was a great bike in the desert races but the engine troubles makes you think fast in a Kawa or Honda as a smart option.... ,though is a good museum bike,Yamaha didn't pay too much attention for that bike...
Posted: July 7th, 2009, 4:04 am
by CR500R7
Yamaha and Suzuki both gave up on their big bores, it's just Yamaha hung on a little bit longer though.
Honda and Kawasaki put more effort into their bikes longer.
