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What a slut
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 12:48 pm
by Tharrell
Ha ha ha!
Found these pics today.
It's so damn hot here, I'm just cruisin' the www.
Here's a couple of comparison pics.
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 2:10 pm
by 100hp honda
sweet. maico 501 ? belted out a whopping 33hp on the fmf dyno
. article is posted on the other site.
Posted: August 6th, 2010, 9:59 pm
by 2strokeforever
i think it said it was jetted super shittily tho, whitch could easily take 10 horses or more away
Posted: August 7th, 2010, 12:17 pm
by 100hp honda
those old machines are badass and a piece of history, not much power though. everything changed somewhere about '85 with huge reed cages and big exhaust ports. piston port design died off, honda and ktm started using massive reed intakes that had never been seen before. i had a yz465, was sweet for its time but a newer 250 would take it out, definatly wouldnt hold a candle to a modern 500cc bike
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Posted: August 7th, 2010, 2:58 pm
by Tharrell
Powervalves helped a lot.
But hey, I just bought a 1974 Elsinore 250.
Get off that and get on my 2001 CR250, that sob is violent!
It's just incredible how much progress bikes have made.
Still, it was just a plain blast to get on that old Elsinore and relive some memories.
Posted: August 7th, 2010, 3:00 pm
by britincali
100hp honda wrote: everything changed somewhere about '85 with huge reed cages and big exhaust ports. :.
The YZ490's went from a 5 port jug with a 4 petal reed to a 7 port jug and 6 petal reed cage in 86 or 87.