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Yeah she's a little tank! Planning on building a trials bike with another I have this winter.

Oh, nonsense. The 440 is an extremely sweet, smooth engine that doesn't give any surprises. My 250 Husky is a lot more scary than my 440. And then this is a 1977, which I'd argue is the finest handling dirt bike chassis ever built by man. They keep the front planted and pivot like a unicycle when you want to turn. This is a fantastic bike that you can ride hard with confidence. The scary part is getting the blasted thing started.

Yeah it does. Especially with weight in the back.

Can't wait!

I do enjoy the heck out of it, just need to get out on it more often...

Thanks!

Its bark is bigger than its bite 😅

Yes, I squeeze it onto my 4x8 trailer but the box overhangs a tiny bit. All the wheels are safely on board though.

@@zachsbikeadventures Thank you!

I've worked on a few of the magnum 425's. I prefer my big quirky 2 stroke. I'd love to have time to experiment with gravitty concentration for sure. Any thing that works with no moving parts is good in my books. Our season was alright in the end and we already have plans for next year. Better luck next year to you.

Its a two stroke no valves

Only 75 this year, previously we had around 325 on a larger stove which we've since sold. Next year we're hoping to go big again.

I think it would end up dragging on the ground. Why would I do that?

I think I would have a hard time doing a valve job on my 2 stroke atv!

I sure do. This piece weighed about 500 pounds though - no way to lift it.

They are 250cc Hodaka forks - off a road rat or something? It was out in the parts yard and they looked like a big upgrade over the stock honda! I adapted the original stem bearing to fit tthe hodaka triples and sleeved the honda axle to fit in the forks. Also had to make a new brake arm but that was easy. Out back are can-am shocks. It all fits the 'free parts bike' theme!

@@zachsbikeadventures I’m currently building a 1970 sl175 as a hair scramble racer, I love the videos and love hearing that thing sing through the woods. What spokes did you use to do the 21” swap? Haha I’m very interested

@@BrendanCautrell The rim and spokes were pulled off of a yamaha ty250. The SL has a larger brake drum so the spokes are too long but if you lay them over more (one extra cross) they are the perfect length. It was a total stroke of luck that I figured this out. I'm glad to hear there will be another off road SL out there! People never believe what these things can do offroad and they get lots of attention.

@@zachsbikeadventures thank you for actually responding and do you ever go to mid Ohio AMA vintage days?

no I've only ever raced here in Canada. I'd love to get down to the states for some bigger crowds @@BrendanCautrell

Yes they certainly will blow some smoke especially after a few days of light trials riding.

yeah it pulls right up in the air sometimes! some weight helps but it would take lots to offset all the sap. I usually try to not fill the barrels all the way.

On this one (1995) you just lift the dump box and the seat is just sitting there - no latches

I got v bar chains for the 4 back wheels but I didn't think I could fit any on the front because they would hit the front shocks. Are the car chains you're using narrow enough to clear the shocks?

@@zachsbikeadventures Yeah car tires are small enough to fit and still does the job on ice.. it might hit the plastic a bit when you turn left or right.. but at least here in Norway, car tires doesn't cost much at all .. so maybe worth a try :)

straightpipe - the headers end right beside my left foot!

The button I pressed on the way down the hill was the AWD button, but the 4 lights are on my heated grips controller - heat demon grips.

It's a really relaxing watch

My boys!