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| chickenstrip YFPOS wrote: | | mpd72 wrote: | No 2 strokes yet?
There were only 800 of these sold in the UK and out of all the bikes I've ridden, this is by far the most fun. It's the only bike I'd never sell.
For those who've never ridden one, imagine a DT125R with 45-50bhp and decent brakes (and usually tyres, as most now have either TZR wheels or aftermarket wider spoked rims).
https://www.advpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Yamaha-TDR250-88.jpg |
Didn't that come out at about the same time as the KR1, TZR250, RGV250 etc were popular? I think maybe that's why it didn't catch on in a big way - the focus was more on sports 2Ts at the time...? |
A little later than the early 250 race reps, at 1988.
The main for lack of sales was probably down to it being too early for supermoto’s in the U.K. . It sold well in Japan where there was a rally cross style race series for them and also in France where the supermotard was a big thing even in the 80’s.
It’s a TZR250 2MA/1KT engine, just in a different chassis with heated carbs and a slightly different couple of gear ratios.
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Always liked the look of the FT500.
Unfortunately they didn't look as good in real life as they did in the photos!
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I got chatting to a bloke at High Beach one time who had one of these. He told me that the UK Honda Owner's Club didn't know about them, and wouldn't recognise it as a Honda model 
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| trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote: | | Suntan Sid wrote: | Always liked the look of the FT500.
Unfortunately they didn't look as good in real life as they did in the photos! |
Imo, the rectangular headlight looks terrible and mucks up the shape of the bike's entire front end. A standard round light would improve it no end - but that wasn't the trend at the time. |
Such a simple thing to change, you couldn't let that put you off buying one!
I had an idea that it didn't sell because it was another bike with a fundamental reliability flaw, but again, can't find anything definitive, and don't now think that was the case, although it did suffer oil leaks from the rocker cover and the starter motor was weak apparently.
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A good mate of mine has taken the engine from one and installed it in his JZR three wheeler. Looks like this:
https://www.2040-motos.com/_content/cars/images/25/399625/004.jpg
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Is my memory playing tricks, or did the police try out the CX650 Turbos at one point?
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I think it just has that kind of look about it. Can't think why they would tbh. Faster bikes around if they wanted a pursuit vehicle, and expensive to buy.
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| chickenstrip YFPOS wrote: | | Suntan Sid wrote: | Always liked the look of the FT500.
Unfortunately they didn't look as good in real life as they did in the photos! |
I had an idea that it didn't sell because it was another bike with a fundamental reliability flaw, but again, can't find anything definitive, and don't now think that was the case, although it did suffer oil leaks from the rocker cover and the starter motor was weak apparently. |
The starter thing was pretty fundamental, the clutch used to pack up and it happened with alarming regularity, that coupled with the fact that Honda decided to engineer out a kick start and the FT very quickly got a reputation for being trouble.
I believe there's a fix for it now, but then it was enough of an issue that it killed sales.
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| Shaft wrote: | | chickenstrip YFPOS wrote: |
I had an idea that it didn't sell because it was another bike with a fundamental reliability flaw, but again, can't find anything definitive, and don't now think that was the case, although it did suffer oil leaks from the rocker cover and the starter motor was weak apparently. |
The starter thing was pretty fundamental, the clutch used to pack up and it happened with alarming regularity, that coupled with the fact that Honda decided to engineer out a kick start and the FT very quickly got a reputation for being trouble.
I believe there's a fix for it now, but then it was enough of an issue that it killed sales. |
Which begs the question, why were you trying to buy one?
Ok, there's a fix (for what? clutch? starter motor? both?), but are the parts still available? Chances are they've all been sorted? ( ) Or is it just a collector's kind of deal you're into them for?
I read that the rocker cover doesn't use a gasket, and you can't fit one due to clearance issues or something - peculiar. Apparently something like Yamabond will seal it for a while...
Supposed to be quite fun to ride though 
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https://www.morebikes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Domi_old.jpg
They had one of these and a Transalp come in on the same day for the shop floor in the bike shop I did a Saturday
job in back when I was 17. The striking red paintjob totally did it for me, even if the Transalp is arguably a slightly
better bike. I just loved the attitude of the Dominator.
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