Kyosho Yamaha yz 250

[Sectarium 28]

Hi everyone this is my new restoration from the kyosho/ Graupner  Yamaha yz 250 from 1979-1980?front tire came from the RadioShack Rickey Carmichael Honda CR 250 and rear from duratrax dx 450, I think I hit the mud with the duratrax tire,losi promoto mx and x-rider Sagittarius were too big,not mentioning the venom vmx tire which is too big as well ,engine was dirt and seized but I cleaned it up and engine now turning good and with a lot of compression,I had to split the engine in PCs in order to deep clean it , still working on it but overall condition from the bike is nice,it came from Germany and was saved in a box since mid 80's so the bike wasn't used too much (lucky me)I'm working upgrading to nitro as well the RadioShack Rickey Carmichael Honda CR 250,it will be in another topic here

[Superluminal 4187]

I love seeing these - always intrigued by the wheels actually being spoked but ive never seen them close up! How are they actually assembled? Is it like a real wheel with a threaded nipple or are the welded / glued together?

[Sectarium 28]

Yes, it's just as the real wheels, threaded nipples and everything,I don't think there's a so realistic RC dirt bike in history than this,the rear wheel have a fully functional drum brake just as the real Yamaha,also I have to center the front wheel which is a little bit unbalanced and the way you do it is just as the way you do it on a real wheel 

[Wooders28 5119]

Love the '81 YZ250!! 👍

Mainly, as it was my first Motocross bike 😁

 

[Sectarium 28]

4 hours ago, Wooders28 said:

Love the '81 YZ250!! 👍

Mainly, as it was my first Motocross bike 😁

 

That's awesome I saw the other day one on I ,75 hanging on the back of  a mobile camper the fuel tank needed paint but overall condition was pretty good , I'm not done yet restoring the kyosho 1/4 Yamaha yz250 but I will eventually,the engine was cleaned and it's ready have a lot of compression