1979 YAMAHA 250 YZ Calif Vintage MX Racing Bike Runs Great Cosmo Restorton SWEET

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When these MAGNIFICENT 250 YZ YAMAHA's were being made in 1979 "CYCLE" MAGAZINE called these 250 YZ's "A PERFECT.. "TEN OUT OF TEN" 10/10...MOTOCROSS WEAPON !!!!!

PLEASE NOTE: This is one of the FIRST Years that the YZ 250 had the MUCH IMPROVED Heat Treated (Stronger & Lighter) "ALUMINUM" Mono Shock Swing Arm ! ! ! ! (Which MUCH INCREASES Her VALUE over the LESS Competitive & Much Heavier Iron swing arms of the earlier YZ 250 YAMAHA's)....Also, he 1979 Was Famous for Having "MUCH MORE USEABLE POWER BAND & a FAR BETTER SPREAD OF POWER THROUGHOUT HER HP BAND !!!! an not nearly as pipe-y as the harder to control 1978 & earlier YZ's Were ! !

I think is in Very Nice & Great Running Condition as her Original "Older Owner" Babied (it doesn't look like he rode her too hard) her and I feel Really Looked out for this Amazing Legendary Vintage Racing Bike & Best of All we are selling Her at Well Under the NADA.com Book value is for a Nice Example of one of these NADA.com VALUE GUIDE for one of these is Just a couple of hundred under $5,000.00 ! ! ! !.. & Southern California Bikes typically bring Far More Money than Bikes from the rest of the Country (USA)..

This Wonderful & Fairly RARE (Especially in this bikes Condition) YAMAHA 250 YZ cc TWO STROKE "The BEAST" Dirt Racing Bike is like the best of All Worlds "World Class Vintage MX Performance and YAMAHA's * "STATE OF THE ART" * "AIR MONOSHOCK" & "AIR FORK" SUSPENSION !!! * YAMAHA was Years Ahead of the Competition when they Introduced Her Suspension just a couple of years earlier !

PLEASE NOTE: If you go on several YAMAHA Web Sites it shows stats for these YAMAHA Dirt Racing Bikes Placing at the TOP In World Motocross * * "World Championships" * * in the Late 1970's all the way thru the Early 1980s !!!!! I was told around 1979 or 80 YAMAHA was World Champion in the 250cc & Open Class (Over 250cc) as well as the 125cc Class "ALL CLASSES ALL IN The SAME YEAR"... Now That is "LEGENDARY WORLD Moto-Cross RACING HERITAGE" ! ! !

This Wonderful Bike Spent the Bulk of it's life right here in Southern California & Best of all The Bulk of it's life was spent in covered Storage...Believe it or not ...Just to give you some Perspective on how little use this bike has experienced...."She still has her Original 1979 YAMAHA seat & SEAT COVER on her" !!!!

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These AMAZING YAMAHA "Two Stroke" 250cc Dirt Racing Bikes are becoming HARD TO FIND (Especially Looking as Nice as this Beauty & even more Important with fairly Low Hours on her !!!) & Very Collectable 1979 YAMAHA YZ 250 DIRT RACING Bike With Beautiful Newly Cosmetic restored YZ Paint & Graphics etc etc (These 250cc YZ's put out about as much Horse Power as many 500 cc & 650 cc Vintage Dirt RACING Four stroke bikes of just a few years before & Best of All ...This Two Stroke "BEAST of a 250 Moto Cross RACER" !!! has about Half the weight of those earlier 4 stroke Dirt Racing bikes !!!)

Paperwork for this Vintage MotoCross Race bike:
This Beauty has been in Storage for 20+ years & therefore has fallen off the DMV System computers (Which is Really Good News).... & YES ! ....I have also, he DMV Current Computers Print out on this Wonderful Bike that Proves: she has NO back fees & NO Back Taxes, amp; NO Back registrations & NO Back Penalties etc etc owing on this bike at this time ! ! ! . ...I will Also be including a California DMV (Notarized) "Bill of Sale" from myself to you the new owner.. which from what I hear in neighboring states, hould be what you need to register her In California & if you live outside of California. ... If you just want to Vintage Race this bike... the DMV "Bill of Sale" is all you will need..Again, will also include the California Department of Motor Vehicles Current DMV Computer Print Out on this Wonderful Bike that shows & Proves that because this Beauty was in storage for the past Two + decades & because of this... there are No current DMV Computer records (AGAIN, HICH IS REALLY GOOD NEWS) on this Wonderful bike & therefore there should be NO back fees and NO back taxes etc etc. owed on this Wonderful Dirt racing Bike. If you live inside California & If you Race Vintage Bike Meets on Private MotoCross Tracks or (Vintage Bike Shows etc) the Notarized Calif. DMV "Bill of Sale" is all you will need. If for some reason ..you want to go cow trail ridding on California etc Government National Forest Land etc land & feel you a may want a National Forest etc DMV "Green Sticker" My Vehicle Registration Office said that because this bike had been in covered storage for many years (nearly the last 3 decades) therefore if you live here in California & feel for some reason you want or feel you need a California Forestry Land Green sticker (to ride in Government Forest etc Land) Again it will be Easy because this bike is currently off the DMV Computer records & therefore there will be NO back fees (as after about 10 or 12 years DMV records fall off the DMV Computers) and Again, his California National Forest sticker is not required for MX & Other Race tracks and also NOT required for Vintage Shows etc etc etc here in California & a California Nat. Forest Green sticker is not required if you live out of state etc etc etc).


Again, or the last several of decades+ ...This is a Relatively Low Hour Southern California Bike that has been for the most part when it was not being used was in Dry Covered Storage for Many Years particularly the last 20+ years has not been run at all & has been RESTING here in Dry Storage right here in Southern, alifornia.


> !!! & Best of all ... She has a Brand New Cosmetic Restoration as detailed below & Above + Great Condition "High Quality" Front & Back Tires, amp;... I think this Wonderful bike looks AMAZING ! ( "STUNNING" ) !/pbr "p data-setdir="false" dir="ltr"** FEAR NOT ! ! ! These are Super QUICK + Comfortable Great Handling & Compared to many bike I think fairly Easy to Ride bikes (thanks to her YAMAHA "AIR MONO SHOCK" & "AIR FORK" Suspension) with Her Great Horse Power power Band & HUGE Suspension & I think ...Very Forgiving for a TRUE VINTAGE RACE Bike & Without Question Vintage Enthusiasts seem to Agree ...These YZ YAMAHA 250's are SUPER FAST, ith INCREDIBLE Suspension & TURNING Abilit, EXCELLENT BALANCE, REAT HANDLING & Very Durable + RELIABLE & SUPER FUN ! FUN ! FUN ! to RIDE ! ! ! .../p Over the years I have had many emails from YAMAHA Racers in the late 70's thru the early 1980s that Stated they were LOCAL, TATE, amp; NATIONAL Moto Cross Champions with YAMAHAs that were Nearly STOCK (Almost Un-Altered) Factory YZ MX BIKES ! ! ! ....CYCLE Magazine at that time called these YAMAHA dirt Bikes a "TEN Out of TEN" Moto-Cross Weapon !!!!!!!!please see attached picture (above) brbr ">

This is a Bike that most everyone seems to think feels Very Natural to them & for her time She Has "HUGE" Suspension Travel ! These are very DURABLE & RELIABLE Bikes."...with a Mountain of HP & Torque" ! Therefore...For a Full size Bike I feel She is Super light AMAZINGLY Agile & Great for Newer Riders that want to move up to the Next Level...(way more do-able & Controllable + Better Balanced than Most Vintage Racers & also most newer bikes are these days !!!!!!!!) AGAIN, ne of the reasons YAMAHA's Outsold nearly Every other MX Race Bike on the Planet was...YAMAHA besides having about the Most Advanced Dirt RACING Suspension on the Planet at that time ...They have always been famous for their AMAZING Durability and Reliability & Ease of Maintenance !!!! & for many Decades YAMAHA's are Said to be one of the VERY BEST Handling Production Moto Cross bikes Built in this Era !!! "GREAT FOR ALL OF YOU VINTAGE RACERS" !

This is one of the FIRST Years that the YZ 250 had the MUCH IMPROVED Heat Treated (Stronger & Lighter) "ALUMINUM" Mono Shock Swing Arm ! ! ! ! (Which MUCH INCREASES Her VALUE over the LESS Competitive & Much Heavier Iron/steel swing arms of the earlier YZ 250 YAMAHA's).. Also, he 1979 Was Famous for Having "MUCH More USEABLE POWER BAND & a FAR BETTER SPREAD OF POWER THROUGHOUT HER HP BAND !!!! an not nearly as pipe-y as the harder to control 1978 & earlier YZ's Were ! !

Most People agree these YAMAHA YZ 250's are Possibly one of the More Powerful & also Among The BEST VINTAGE RACING Bikes You CAN BUY !!! MORE FU, ORE RELIABLE Better Balanced AMAZING Suspension & HANDLING & BETTER BUILT & "Hands Down" one of the MOST "Trouble Free" & DURABLE easy to maintain...High Performance VINTAGE Dirt Racing bikes ever made ! & (You can still get many Brand New & Brand New Reissue Parts for these Wonderful Bikes !!! Most Importantly ...Especially Compared to any other YAMAHA YZ 250s I have ever owned ...This Baby Starts EASY (I even think my Very "Non Biker" wife could kick start this bike !!) & Yes The Baby Runs GREAT !... I think as Good as She looks ...if that is Possible !! ) & Again, ithout Question Compared to any other 250 I have Owned ..She Typically Starts Very Easy & RUNS GREAT !!!!!! There are a lot of UTube etc web sites showing people having a Great time ridding these Amazing YAMAHA YZ 250's Vintage Dirt Racing Bikes !!! The YAMAHA Dealers & a Zillion of other Sources still carry a TON parts for these & also ebay has TONS of Parts as well and there are plenty of Great websites and People that carry a TON of parts for these Wonderful YAMAHA 250 cc Dirt/ Race bikes should you ever need anything! ...& I feel the parts are overall of GREAT Quality and are AMAZINGLY VERY Fairly Priced !!!

It's Front & Rear Fenders look Great and her had a little custom fabrication adding on Brand New oval Side number Panels ..& I feel overall her Body work are in Good overall Shape and like her beautiful YAMAHA Fuel Tank have been beautifully refinished with Nice New Correct Vintage YZ Graphics and as you can see I think all Look Great ! Her Gas Tank etc has been Nicely refinished with New Original style YZ YAMAHA style Graphics !!!! My Mechanic and I flushed out the Fuel Tank, arburetor & Fuel lines & the entire Fuel System & added a Brand New in line Gas Filter & in her Original YAMAHA Air Box looks to be a BRAND NEW Upgrade style Air Cleaner....( & when we put new gas in her ...She Started Right Back UP ...WOW ! ! ! ) ...So this baby is Ready to Go have some Fun with ! Try to keep in mind these Wonderful Bikes are all About FUN ! ......Think About it if You pass this Beauty Up ....where else will you ever find a Fairly Low Hour VINTAGE YAMAHA 250CC YZ "MX BEAST" with so little use & so Little abuse ...on her ! ! ! ((How many Nearly FORTY YEAR OLD Racing dirt Bikes have you seen these days with there ORIGINAL Seat 1979 Cover !!! which other than one repair along the bottom edge on one side is still in what I would call AMAZINGLY Good Shape especially for being a dirt racing bike ....So obviously this bike had been Stored FAR More than She was Ridden !!!

Most everyone that I have talked to over the years has told me that this was one of the Very Best & Most Popular "High Performance" MX Race Bikes bikes of it's day....& based on my experience with these YAMAHA 250's ... I would have to add Many Vintage Racing Enthusiasts feel these YAMAHA 250's maybe "One of the Most, asy to Maintain, rouble Free, ost Durable, & Among the FASTEST + Most Popular & Best Production "Full Size" ... VINTAGE RACING BIKES EVER MADE"in this ERA !

* * * If you are a Vintage RACING Rider you will appreciate the GREAT " POWER, USPENSION & HANDLING " that these YAMAHA 250s Have always been Famous for ...their AMAZING Ability to get thru rough ground in comfort !!! Her Excellent Balance of this Wonderful Bike..YAMAHA's Are Famous for their "HUGE" POWER & Very AMAZING "AIR MONO SHOCK" & "AIR FORK" SUSPENSION, Balance, Turning Ability" and Stable Handling (Not as heavy & Awkward & FAR Less Awkward & FAR Less Top Heavy as many other Large Displacement full size Vintage Racing bikes) This is a Magnificent VINTAGE RACING YAMAHA 250 cc Dirt Racing bike ...That I feel She Just Feels RIGHT ! ..to me ..Particularly when compared to Many if not most all of the of the heavier & more top heavy four stroke Vintage dirt racing bikes of this ERA.

* * Please Note * * Very Recently (November/ December 2012, 013 & 2014) this auctions bikes' cousins (IE) that were also built by us side by side to this auctions bike) the other Two of our bikes <> a Vintage Racing 1978 RM 250 SUZUKI (Yellow) & also our 73 Tribute Vintage Racing ELSINORE CR 250 (Green / Aluminum) we Displayed at the "WORLDS LARGEST" MOTORCYCLE SHOW" (the Los Angeles Cycle World / Progressive Motorcycle Show, Los Angeles, California Area)..in Our "Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Clubs" Booth earlier (November /December 2014). Look to the right of the 3rd pictures which shows a Local Los Angeles TV News Crew interviewing Our V.J.M.C. Clubs President (in the Red & White Shirt) on the Shows Opening day ! ! !
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* * * Again.... Think About i, f You pass this Baby Up .....where else will you ever find a VINTAGE YAMAHA 250 CC YZ with a Low Hour Engine and so little use & Abuse on her ! ! ! ???????????????????????

Again, y Mechanic & I flushed the tank & Carburetor + put in Fresh gas & She started right up, uper Quickly ! ! ! ! ! ! !) & we cleaned out the Fuel Shut off Valve etc.. & will include a Brand New inline fuel filter etc...& Every time we have run this Beautiful Bike over the past few days.. She has been Running Better & Better "The Engine Runs Great and compared to any other YAMAHA 250 I have ever owned She Typically Starts easy It runs "GREAT" & seems Shifts well thru the gears Well & Stops GREAT !!!! .

>* * * If these have not been done * Please Note *... You will be in default of this auction. & will very likely lose your deposit if the winning bidder flakes out & is not responsible on the funding of this AMAZING Vintage Racing Beauty .* * * br " clear="none">....Provided this is paid off (in required three (3) M-S days) I am willing to store the it for up to 2 weeks in my garage from close of auction while you arrange pickup & I will gladly assist you with shipping to any International or Domestic Shipper in the Los Angeles Harbor area.
All forms of payment must be Proven "Cleared" by my bank before this Wonderful Bike can leave my homes garage. Please do us both a Big Favor and Please do not bid on this item unless you are able to 100% Fund this at this time, nless prior arrangements have been made & Cleared by me (Prior to bidding on this item). Thank You, ood Luck and Happy Bidding !
< < < PLEASE DO NOT BID ON THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU HAVE READ THIS AUCTION IN IT'S ENTIRETY & FULLY UNDERSTAND EVERY ASPECT OF THIS ITEM and also PLEASE get permission from you Spouse, arents etc etc as by bidding you are entering a Biding Contract.... Thank You in advance for bidding responsibly > > >

....& also to protect yourself. You need to get the quotes yourself ...& Therefore...(IE) you will need to get your own quotes for shipping, believe ebay my have a shipping service for vehicles... also, Ship.com is very competitive if you take your time & get plenty of shipping Bids for this ... * * About a year ago Someone bought my 1975 400 Yamaha Enduro (which Weights nearly double what this RM 400 weights) & the YAMAHA Enduro cost about $ 325 to go from here (Los Angeles, alif.) to North Carolina. & a 400 YAMAHA IT ENDURO to Florida went for under $ 300...PLEASE NOTE: My Home is a GREAT Place to get a Shipping Quote From !!! (IE) I live just ~5 Miles North of the Los Angeles (Long Beach) Harbor (LA IS THE LARGEST SHIPPING PORT IN THE WORLD") & ~8 Miles South of the Los Angeles "Commercial District".. so "EVERY DAY A Zillions ("MANY") Trucks".. Leave this area to go to the Entire rest of the Country ...(IE) all you need to do is find a truck that has a little extra space & Trust me their Rates will be FAR Better than someone that the is no where near this area & trip is not on their way & or Not Convenient for them or ??? . Therefore, he more Quotes you get the Better the Shipping Rate will be to your home (So "YES" get lots of Quotes). Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Art & Diane Ridderhof (562) 420-9023 P.S. be sure to tell Each Shipper that this is a "SUPER LIGHT" weight Racing Bike (I believe, ust over 200 pounds) dirt bike and NOT a 700+ pound Harley etc. (TANK) or something (IE) Trust Me.."Mentioning that Fact will Save you a lot of Money") ...I live in Long Beach /Lakewood California Zip = 90808

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