good, cheap, under 33 bhp, more than one cylinder, 2 stroke?

[0l0dom0l0]

Okay, so i'm missing the great 2 stroke smell in the morning, the lovely sound of 10k rpm, and the wondefull power band of my old 2 stroke.

I WANT ANOTHER ONE!! .

Anyone think of a good old classic 2 stroke project i can get my hands on for not alot of cash?

Specs must be:

2 stroke,
more than one cylinder,
cheap,
under 33bhp,
good looking,

Simple as. any one got any ideas ?

[c_dug]

[0l0dom0l0]

yeah, i know. ignore the 33bhp bit for now. what sort of things would you be thinking of?

[ms51ves3]

TeeZeeArrTwoFifty

[Kickstart]

Hi

RD250LC is close on power (think 35hp claimed, so 33hp is probably more realistic), but not really counting as cheap these days. Probably leaves things like an air cooled RD250 or an X7. Anything newer than the RD (such as the KR250, RG250 or MVX250) is likely to be well over 33hp (certainly claimed).

Or if you could have a single then maybe a Gilera NGR250, or a Yamaha SDR200.

If you ignore the 33hp bit then the TZR250 is pretty good compromise between power and reliability. Same for the RG250, but spares for those seem to be getting difficult.

All the best

Keith
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[0l0dom0l0]

[0l0dom0l0]

[G]

Why multi cylinder out of interest?
Suspect older 250s would be the ones to go for (wrote before lots of people said the same ).

You can get old dirt bikes for very reasonable amounts of money.
The KTM350 I had certainly had that 2 stroke 'zing' - a 350cc 2 stroke with no powervalve meant a decent kick when it went on-pipe.
Mine cost me £350 generally working, but would have needed a bit of work for MOT. Get some SM rims laced on and you could have a very fun road bike!

[0l0dom0l0]

[Kickstart]

[0l0dom0l0]

thanks again .

will look into them too!

[0l0dom0l0]

i didn't know the kh was a tripple.

IM BUYING ONE

where is the best place to look out for bikes like that?

EDIT: the kh 400 is quoted at 38 bhp standard. i should be able to get away with it shouldnt i?

[G]

Two strokes can have many different sounds depending on a lot of different factors. My new KTM easily sounds like 3 different bikes depending on where you are in the rev-range - to the point I kept checking behind me on idle going down hills to see if there was another rider trying to get past .

[sweet angel]

Ebay

Here's one if your serious about it, he's knocked the buy it now price down to £1200

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KAWASAKI-KH-250-/290485077260?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item43a242850c

or this

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kawasaki-KH250-1978-excellent-restored-original-/160492431127?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item255e182717#ht_518wt_1139


Think you need to up your £500 tho
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[0l0dom0l0]

that green one is lovely . looks like im going to have to save up some more money, and or keep an eye out!

if anyone knows of any kawasaki kh 250/400's going cheap, let me know

[pepperami]

If you dont mind old.... Suzuki did the Gt 250`s .

Dont let people tell the`re pants, cos the`re not, it`s just thier biased opinion.
I had a handful of them (5) as they were cheap and easy to work on.
not as fast as the RD`s but can be made to go faster than they were made as standard.

what about the fantastic Suzuki X7 250, or the Suzuki X5 200, or the Suzuki GT 185, or the Suzuki GT380 triple, Or the Suzuki GT550 triple?
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[0l0dom0l0]

the 380 is also a contender too . will look into the gt 250. i just love these old bikes

[pepperami]

? You could always do what a friend of mine did ?
He took an old Jawa 350 twin and did a heap of work on it.
This included smoothing out the ports and chamfering thier edges very mildly, getting a better & rejetted carb, expansions, better rear shocks, japanese forks, japanese front wheel, disc`s & caliper,electronic ignition (Boysen I think?).
He did it because he had most of the "stuff" needed lying around in his garage or shed

It was never a threat to an RD or a KH, but it did suprise a few people
I hav`nt seen him in years but I`m sure it still lives in the back of his shed
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[0l0dom0l0]

its just finding something for the right price to be honest. it will take a while of searching, but im sure i will find something .

[Polarbear]

Found this when looking for a YDS7 (my first 250 stroker)

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/yamaha-dx250-pro-1972-rd250-rd350-yds7-ds7-r5-/260677166706?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item3cb191e672

Not sure if its a cobbled together pile of bits as I don't remember that prefix on Yamaha road bikes but I'm sure the 2 stroke experts will be able to answer that.
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[LongJohn22]

I had a KH250 in the very early 80's. Kawasaki green and a totally awesome noise from the exhausts when it was opened up!

[Blau Zedong]

KH250 - makes the right noises but only the first and last models are anything like fast. GT's are ok as long as you avoid the "Ram Air" models, which again are slow as shit. The A/B/C models with the four bearing crank are quite quick though. The Yamaha's are the best of the era and have the strongest spares support - £500 is a little stingy but the odd good RD250 still turns up for under a grand.
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[calyx]

Would you fancy a 250cc Jawa?
They remind me 1945 Triumphs.
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[evoboy]

I fell lucky on a Suzuki GT250 X7 for £300.

Spent some £200 ontop of that to get it upto a point im happy with mechanicaly.

Can buy that off me if you wish....but itll be a damn sight more than £500!
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