I wish I was riding on lunch break 😆

Yeah my neighbour had a purple Yamaha FS1E 1974 so envious

Thank you! I’m lucky to have these trails basically in my backyard.

Keep an eye out on Facebook marketplace. They pop up a lot. It’s about the only reason I even have Facebook lol…that and the bike groups are a wealth of information too.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for watching…and that’s awesome. good to know it helped get you motivated to get that bike back together!

Thanks! Just some stock music KZfaq provides royalties free 😆. It was catchy and upbeat so I made that the theme music! 👍

Oh I may need to try using that next time I’m on that bike, thanks! It’s probably my favorite DT…the color and lines are perfect in my opinion.

Love Old Dirt Bikes. My First Motorcycle After Minibikes Was A Yamaha 125 AT2 1972. Improvements: 21" Front Rim & Knobbys Front To Handle Better. Knobby Rear, Expansion Chamber Ring-A-Ding Ding, 2 Cycle With Compression Release. Your Comment Makes Me Laugh. Neighbor Dogs Would Chase Us On Our Bikes. I Would Hit The Compression Release: BahBah, Those Dogs Would Run Away & We Would Laugh. Great Brake System. Godspeed Your Journeys, Mr. T.

@mrmarkthompson2361 this one also has the 21” front wheel conversion. Forgot to mention that on the video. That’s awesome that it scared the dogs lol

The 75 I have doesn’t ride bad either but this one just feels better for full on trails riding

This is in western Pennsylvania. I am fortunate to have had these trails in my backyard since I started riding in ‘93. A lot of this stuff has been there since the early 70s.

You can’t go wrong with them!

Good tip, thank you!

I really gotta find a 175 to have on here. Would like to compare it on the trails.

Good point…so many innovations in that short amount of time

@Garage2Trail I should add that I love these earlier DT250's. My brother bought a brand new 76/77 250. Then a '78 too. Which being Monoshock handled much better off road. I like twin shock bikes, the system is away from dirt and mud. Linkages just sit there exposed to crud. Our mate had a '75 model, I think that it was blue.

Thanks for the sub! You’ll love that bike. Mine has a 21” on the front. Someone had converted it from the stock 19”. I forgot to mention that in the video. They also put that Preston petty front “high” fender on to accommodate the bigger front wheel. Rolls over bigger obstacles easier with the bigger front. That and having a bigger tire selection vs the 19”

Ahh good eye! I’ll give that a try, thank you!

Great series btw. 🙂

I appreciate that, thanks again!

Well observed.

I’d like to get good tires on this thing and go again…in a perfect world I could put good knobs on the DT, MT and TS that I have and do a head to head shootout in the woods to have a fair comparison. I need to find a 175…would be cool to put head to head against the TS185.

I’m at lunch, Frank 😆. Thanks!

I think it depends on the kind of riding you do. For the “hard enduro” more technical riding, it’s justified. I didn’t think it would be until I rode my buddy’s bike in those conditions. I would have been happy riding my XR400 as my woods bike if I didn’t have his to compare to lol. I realize how much longer I’m able to ride on my beta because it’s so much lighter and ergonomically designed for that kind of riding. That being said, I’ll never sell my XR because it’s still my favorite all around bike to me…just not my choice in those extreme conditions where you get worn out fast on a heavy bike with dated suspension.

@@Garage2TrailI have watched most of your riding videos at the speed you ride theres not much differents. you build some amazeing stuff

Thanks man, I appreciate that!