Restoring a yamaha IT 250 K FULL restoration from pig to minty
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- purchased this bike in spring 2017, set about restoring it from the ground up, got it running in nov 2017 hope to be riding it soon. Spent an absolute fortune on this restoration with an aim of making it the best it could possibly look. Imported rare parts from USA, france, portugal, and italy at great expense. polished up all the alloy parts with an eBay polishing wheel i purchased. Had to resort to replica side panels in the end as the retired originals i had for the bike ended up making it look half finished. Had a couple of potential buyers scoff at the repair i had made on them, but in my eyes originality was the key!....ended up being low ball messers anyway and sold it to really nice guy who bought it blind, just by the pictures who 2 years later is still in touch.
Learnt a lot doing this restoration, ie if you want to sell it take the personal touches out of it as it just costs you time and money. perfection can only be achieved if you have a good base to work from, which in general this was. Had a hell of a job getting the engine to run right but i think that was more down to the piston/exhaust/ jetting combination. but when i took it back to stock settings all became clear.
A lot more peaky than the 490 i just finished instant power if you want it more akin with a YZ which in my opinion made it a scarier bike to ride at full chat. seems like a distant memory now. Would love to build another but the smaller cc ITs make them harder to sell on as everyone wants a big bore 465/490 if they are going to own an IT, if they are going to do motorsports most opt for the 175 which are plentiful in the UK and cheaper to maintain.
Great work! I had a IT250 1982 back then. It was a great, fun and very reliable trail bike. I was running it with Castrol R. I had to shake the bike for two minutes before each new ride... Good old days, as they say.
Wide000 sure was! I had 175’sthen 200’s,250’s etc. wish I had a 465
Nicely done!
I love those old bikes!
Love this blue !!!!
Love it..... kudos man. Beautiful job on resto. I had 81 IT175 back in the day. Rode it into the ground. Always wanted to upgrade to newer IT250. I need to find one & do a resto like you did.... again great job
Excellent job man, I bought a new 84 175 spring I graduated HS , loved that bike...
Paul Pence same here 84’ ! Miss those days now at 53
@@deborahchesser7375I thought that the last IT175 available was 1983.
Might have been a clearance from the previous year.
1984 was the IT200.
If they re-released these I'd sell my right arm to buy one!
that’s your throttle arm🤔
@@gtisid I'd still sell it........I'd put the throttle on the left.
The old ITs were awesome (so were the PE/KDX).
Looks and sounds great, when i was a kid i had a 1980 IT 125, ran good
very quick for what they are
Torque and Beans! 🤣🧙♂️
Nice Job! I always liked these blue Yamahas.
*BOOST bottle had a 1980 IT 125 1982 IT 175 brings back memories GREAT BIKES and still competitive today*
Great work, bro! It turned out beautiful. Man, that things sounds EVIL! (in a good way) :)
miss that bike, still looked good when i saw it for sale a few months back. still looking for a 465 2 years later
Wow...what a Beautiful bike!
Great looking bike!!
thanks it was nice
@@gtisid I’m in the process of doing a 79’ RM125 and an 82’ RM465!
Gorgeous, I need another with a dual sport kit.
Mint! great work. 😊👌
thanks
My gosh is beautiful, I’d buy it in a heartbeat
Deborah chesser Thanks, it’s been sold now. currently building a 490 that will be done soon
@@gtisid did you cop the 490? I’ve been out of the loop
GREAT JOB!!!!
thanks
Brand new!!!
I had the same bike and shouldn't have sold it.
muy bien excelente te felicito es una reliquia
How does the IT 250 compare to a yz 250 of the same year?
nor sure , longer gears and different porting on cylinder head harder suspension maybe
Wow great job very nice. Can you tell me the measurements of the gaiters plz
it off the top of my head, but available from motoduro in the u.k. for about£40
What's the difference between Ks and Ds?
everything
Hi,, I havw a one Yamaha it... Noe¡w i´m going to reataurate it...can you help me with the manual ??
join a forum called www.yamaha-enduros.com/index.php/forums service manuals for ITs are available for download through their technical section
@@gtisid Thanks.
Wow, this looks great, man! Congratulations! I always loved the ITs -- wish they never discontinued them, esp. the 490. I've deeply scoured the New Zealand fan site for them. Where'd you find the side panels? They don't look like the vacuum molded junk. I bought a new '89 YZ250W in Dec. of 1988, but probably would have gone with an IT if it were still in production and didn't want the little KDX (although it, too, was a very solid bike). Cheers!
David Muse side panels were from a IT 250 i did a few years back always like to use the original parts if i can. they were cracked soldered and held together with heat shield tape.
big following in Aus probably pick a 490 up from there. not may about lately in UK
@@gtisid Amazing work, IMO! I hope you're enjoying the bike!
David Muse all sold now i have done a 125 250 and a 490. ( check other vids on my channel) currently bike
less but looking for a It 465 to restore
@@gtisid Will do -- love that you're bringing them back.
Why did you put that music
Edgar Flores my favourite tune at the time
Nice!
I got like 1,000 dirtbike/street bike magazines with the test articles on all of those bikes.
How much would I sell for? I got one in my yard that imma restore and probs sell
in u.k. a mint one could fetch£4.200 maybe more. not sure about US average condition about 2.5k
hey; i'm french,and i recherche a ishop for buy a caburator for restoration
ebay is your best bet for a mikuni carb for the IT250, of you need a very knowledgeable carb restorer use a company called ‘motocarb’ in the u.k.. he has all the parts to get them working great
Sweeeeet
You did all that and put the same piston and rings back in that motor?
Uncle Quack six months later it has a 1mm oversize wiseco and new rod , bearings in it. because your thoughts were the same as mine
I know how it is my friend Im working on my 07 KLR 650 right now. I like your bike Sir !
when i bought it the engine was the strong point and it remained strong initially. during testing it lost compression so i was forced to do a rebuild! making it the most expensive IT resto on earth. But i love it and can’t wait to do the next one.
My uncle had the IT 175 model with the speedo , I loved riding it.
Not a bad job but you did skip some parts like new piston ang rings Id have changed.
Uncle Quack initially yes, but ended up having a new wiseco , rod and bearings put in later.
have the same dilemma in a 490 i’m building at the moment. piston is good rings are good bearings are fine.
but the engines in bits so i’ll change the lot.
before i put it together this time.
you have to budget on these things and on this 250 having a good engine enabled me to go crazy having shock , forks , wheels and swing arm polished and rebuilt.
Rebuilding that engine later down the line cost a pretty penny, and made that the most expensive IT 250 resto on the planet.
lessons were learnt and i’ll do the whole thing myself on the 490 as it’s impossible to recover labour costs on the resto.
my time on the other hand is free!
Great work man . Looks great but did you really have to mix sex related content with a classic IT restoration? WTF? My 8 year old son and I were researching rebuilds for our pair of ITs and this is what comes up. My son was listening to this video asking questions. Come on dude. Have some class.
Hi , i had to watch it again as i thought i chose the tune for a reason and can only assume you have misunderstood a lyric in the tune, it repeatedly says the word 'sick' because the bike is that. i do list all my rebuild videos as not for kids for a reason to cover myself as a lot of music i listen too is not suitable for kids and i have started dropping the tunes because of copyright issues. i have another one planned with better video content but am struggling to find the right bike.
sorry if it offended you buy i really think you have misheard a lyric.
thanks for watching
@@gtisid Sorry man if I did mistake the lyrics. It's certainly possible. I guess with all the crude things going down on so many social platforms I guess I assumed what I heard was correct. My bad man. Sorry about that. Great restore on the IT. It really did come out great. This was another bike model that should have never been discontinued....just like the Honda XR and the Kawa. KDX200. Keep up the great work.