The
DT-1 YAMAHA 250 ENDURO is WORLD Famous for their RELIABILITY,
DURABILITY, & Easy Simple Maintenance...She is definitely one of the All Time Worlds Best
& Favorite Classic Vintage Japanese ENDURO's In Fact YAMAHA Started
&
Perfected the High Quality Japanese ENDURO for the Worlds PLEASURE !!!!
These DT-1's are famous for: Always being a EASY to RIDE , SUPER FUN,
Go Most Anywhere
Bike ...for families ALL Around the World !!! When these bikes were
made ,There was "No Other ENDURO Bike on EARTH that were as LOVED and as
POPULAR as the YAMAHA 250 DT-1 ENDURO" I designed this bike to look more like a Slightly Earlier 1968-71 YAMAHA 250 ENDURO (1968-71 Style Gas Tank YAMAHA Re-issue Badges + Ealier Style Oil Tank Graphics & More 1970-71 CANDY PEARL lk Tangerine Color Scheme & 1968-71 style Muffler Chrome heat guard , Pleated style seat etc etc...Therefore She is the Very Best of All Worlds ...Early Style Looks & FAR Superior "Self Tuning" Reed Valve Engine Technology, & Lighter Stronger Alloy fork legs etc etc...
< < < 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, parents etc etc as
by bidding you are entering a Biding Contract.... Thank You in advance
for bidding responsibly > > >
We are just completing Her Cosmetic Restoration “The
Orig.Owner Rebuilt the Engines top end just prior to putting her in
storage Aprox 30 years ago (1984-5) (IE)New:Piston+Rings etc& YES!
SHE RUNS
GREAT.She was at one time re-purposed as a off road bike, She Has her
Original Ignition Key Switch,that works w/ or w/o key, She still looks
to have
All of her lights & majority of her Switches etc Present & look
to be in Good Condition,again,I have not had time to test them.So I have
no idea if
they function at this time,Again,I have not Tested the lights,Her
Orig.Headlight &a Tail Light,appear Present.I have not spent
anytime,to see if light etc items work while the engine is running.I
have a Brand New Battery in box.Lights all appear to be present+in good
condition.She Runs GREAT,so All of our effort on Cosmetic restoration as
detailed below+Flushed:FuelTank+Carburetor+gas+Fuel ShutOff
Valve&/W Fresh Gas,She started right up!We Cleaned+Inspected All
Clutch Plates+Shifter Mechanism+Replaced the Gear Box Oil W/Brand New
HighQuality Trans Oil,Brand New inline Fuel Filter etc.BRAND
NEW-Rear & Original Style Front TIRES,Quality"Frame-Up"Rebuilt Seat
from her Frame Up !
I am selling off
entire my HUGE Vintage Bike Collection+All Priced to sell as you can
see"All Way Below Book Value"So,please bid accordingly"”
VIN (Vehicle Identification Number):
DT1-158178
Year:
1970
Exterior Color:
Red
Make:
Yamaha
Engine Size (cc):
250
Model:
< < < 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, parents etc etc as
by bidding you are entering a Biding Contract.... Thank You in advance
for bidding responsibly > > >
This
1970 is the Very First (and Most Collectable) Generation of the 1969-1971 YAMAHA DT1 ENDUROs Which a
Nice Example as per NADA.com Value Guides is worth about $5,000.00 So as you can
see this Beauty is a BARGAIN for the Ridiculously Fair price that I have
her listed for. Also,
Please keep in mind that the slightly newer 1973-75 YAMAHA 250 DT-1
ENDURO's are Worth "FAR LESS" (IE) 1973-75 DT-1 "Even in Excellent
condition can NADA.com Value Guide for many times worth more than HALF as Much as a
first Edition earlier 1968-1972 YAMAHA 250 ENDURO like this" !!!! ...& these Early Are More Vintage Race-able as well ! <<<
PLEASE read this Entire Auction & also, Please Read this auctions
Bidding Rules and Bidder requirements at the end of the auction before
Bidding on this item...Also Please Note Buying this item requires a non
refundable 500 US dollar Good Faith Deposit and the balance of All Funds
need to be received by either Cash in Person or Via Bank to bank Wire
transfer within 3 Business days of auction close, I will allow slightly
more time for International Bank wires as I know they can take longer.
>>> *
* PLEASE NOTE: I think this is a Very Good Running & very Nice looking Bike in very Nice
Overall Condition...However, If you are looking for a Perfect Bike or a
Vintage Show or Concourse show bike etc etc please look elsewhere as I
feel this is just a Nice Looking & Great Running Bike that we are
selling at about 1/2 of the NADA.com Book value is for a Nice Example of
one of these Original / Early Series Wonderful YAMAHA DT-1 250 ENDURO's ...So,
if you are looking for a Great Looking Fun Go most Anywhere kind of bike
..These Early DT-1's Are Famous For Doing that... However, If you are a Nit
Picker that for the most part "can't be pleased" & are looking for a near Perfect or
High Point Concourse bike etc etc ...Please do everyone else involved in this Wonderful bikes Auction...Please do
every Reasonable Person involved in this auction a "HUGE" favor &
look elsewhere & Please save your money as what you think you are
looking for or think you have to have ...typically go for something
Far Closer to Around $10,000.00 Around here. However, If you have Achievable
Expectations this may be a Great opportunity to get a Very Nice &
SUPER FUN Great Running Bike for Peanuts that ...& it's value will
most likely Continue to Keep going Up & Up the Next few years as
these are Rapidly Becoming "Harder and Harder" to find in reasonably Nice
condition like this Wonderful Bike.. <<<"Particularly Considering this bike has been in Dry Storage since ~1984-5" >>>
Please Keep in Mind the cost of ownership and Cost of Maintenance for a Vintage Two Stroke
is a "Very Small Fraction of what a four stroke would cost to own"...These
bikes are SUPER SIMPLE and nearly all of it's Normal maintenance can be
done without any of the four strokes typical Specialized tools and the
level Skill required is also FAR less...I have a HUGE Collection of
Vintage Bikes and ALL are Air Cooled, Two Strokes...For Just that same
Reason...Also, Parts are Very Available for these YAMAHA ENDUROs on ebay
and Many other sites & Even the Dealers still sell Many of the the
parts for these MAGNIFICENT DT-1 ENDURO's ! ! ! !
This
bike has ALWAYS BEEN A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Bike !!! Which to collectors
makes Her FAR More Desirable & Collectable (as we get almost no rain
here at all, Typically Only about 2 to 3 inches a year ...& in our area Most
of the time not even that much) & the Temperatures are most of the time a Museum like 65 - 75 the Majority of the year. ......Again,These
DT-1's are famous for: Always being a High Quality, Super Simple To Maintain, Durable , RELIABLE
+ EASY TO RIDE , FUN, Go Most Any Where Bike ...for families Around the World !!!
*
* Lucky You.. can be the First New Owner Since this Bike has Just had a
Beautiful Cosmetic Restoration ... This Wonderful Bike Starts Super
Easy & Runs GREAT Her Clutch , Control cables & Brakes All work Great ! I had the
Seat Professionally "Rebuilt from the Frame Up" and we Nearly completely dissembled this
wonderful Bike & also Refinished most All of Her Main Components and
reassembled her "by hand" piece by piece. She has BOTH Front and Rear Dunlap tread style Trials Universal Style re-issue Tires ! & a Rear "BRAND NEW" re-issueTrials Universal Style re-issue Tires ! Again, This
Magnificent Beauty Starts Great + Runs Amazing & She Shifts Excellent
etc etc + all of her Control cables Brakes Etc Etc all seem to work
Great as Well.
Her Prior owner used her very rarely and after several years re-purposed her for off-road
use but, as you can see I re-installed all of her head lights etc again
and if you want to run a battery you can get a "BRAND NEW" battery for her
as well the last one I bought was only about $20 to 25 US D... ! It looks like her lights & her handle bar controls look to be present & look to be in
fairly good Shape. But, I have not spent any time to figure out if the lights
are working etc.as these are Vintage Race-able bikes so there is a Very High Likelihood that this Beauty may end up as a Vintage Dirt Racer ??
* * Please Note * * Very Recently (December 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 <<This Bikes slightly smaller twin Brother
>> 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 (December 6, 7 & 8th 2013). 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 ! ! ! * * *PLEASE NOTE: Over the last three years we
have shown "EIGHT" Vintage Motorcycles in the V.J.M.C. Booth At This Show Alone !!!!
<<as
well as an Additional "FIFTEEN" of our other "Vintage Japanese Bikes" that we
Showed at the Los Angeles Area October 2013 "IRWINDALE INTERNATIONAL
RACEWAY" Classic / Vintage Bike Show (said to be "The Largest Motorcycle Vintage
Show event in California") ...over the last two years>>
PLEASE NOTE:Above are 4 Pictures are "NOT" of this auctions bike but are
of this bikes 2 cousins (IE) (one =this auction's bikes cousin a 1978 RM 250
Brother) (IE) as above we also built these two other bikes we also
built &
cosmetically restored our other Vintage Racing: the (Yellow) 1978 SUZUKI RM 250's
& the (Aluminum & Green) Vintage CR Elsinore 250 Vintage Race
bike
(Dec. 2014) we Displayed at the "WORLDS LARGEST" MOTORCYCLE
SHOW" (the Cycle World / Progressive Motorcycle Show, (Los Angeles,
California area)..in Our "Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Clubs" Booth
earlier (December 2014). Also, The White & Black Suzuki
Road Racer at the end of he row next to our VJMC clubs sign (3 bikes to
the right of our yellow 250 RM Suzuki)... was one of two bikes of it's
Exact type
in Existence (a 700ccSquare 4 "Two Stroke" w/ 4 Rotary Valves..Yep ! She
is a BREAST ! ) and I was told by most everyone there that she was
Pretty
much "Priceless" ! The two Bikes in between ours & this were two 4
Cylinder "Two Stroke" YAMAHA a GP 500 & a GP 700 like my Hero the
GREAT Kenny Roberts became a WORLD CHAMPION on !!!
Here
is some More GREAT NEWS ! I have the DMV Computer Print Out on This
Wonderful Bike & She is 100% Free & Clear of any and all back
fees, 100% Free & Clear of any and all back registrations & 100%
Free & Clear of any and all back penalties. This Wonderful Bike...I
will be including a
California DMV (NOTARIZED) "Transfer of Ownership" (Notarized, Equiv. of
a Bill of Sale) from myself to you the new owner.. which
from what I hear in neighboring states, should be what you need to
register it 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, YES ! ..I 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 Covered dry storage for the past aprox. THREE Decades
& because of this... (after typically aprox. 7-8 years here in Calif) there are No current DMV Computer records
(WHICH IS REALLY GOOD NEWS) on this
Wonderful bike & therefore there should be NO back fees and NO back
taxes etc etc. etc. owed on this Wonderful Dual Purpose 250cc YAMAHA ENDURO or Vintage 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" Or if you want Licnese plates to be able to street legal ride this Wonderful Dual Purpose Beauty...My Vehicle Registration Office
said that because this bike had been in covered storage for many years
(Approx. 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 100% off the DMV Computer books &
therefore there will be NO back fees NO Back License fees, & NO BAck Taxes etc etc (Again, Typically here in Calif.. after about 8 years DMV
records fall off the DMV Computers) (This Wonderful Bike has been in
Dry Storage for DECADES) and Again, this California National
Forest sticker is not required or Current Calif License Tags are not usually required for MX & Other Race
tracks and also NOT required for Vintage Bike & Classic Car 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)....&
YES! ...she is all ready to transfer into your name ..In Calif. if you
have current street tags you have to have ongoing Insurance on a Licensed so that is why most collectors allow their collection bikes to fall off the DMV Computers...& it is a Fairly Easy Process to get a vehicle back on the street again if that is what you want to do with her....
<<< & YES! She has her vintage early Blue California Plate on her as I was planning to put
this Beautiful bike in a upcoming Vintage bike show
To
my eye ...I
think She looks Great ! ...I
have always been very Proud of this Particularly Beautiful YAMAHA 250
cc DT-1 ENDURO Vintage Bike ...& Even in 2016 (Nearly 2017) She LOOKS GREAT & She Starts Quick & Runs &
Shifts & Stops ...GREAT ! ..as these YAMAHA 250 DT-1 ENDURO's are
Super Easy Starting + Dependable
& Very
Reliable & DURABLE Bikes That unlike many other Vintage Bikes Are a True "JOY to Own" !
..& Vintage Racing Enthusiasts & Everyone I have ever meet seem to
be in Total agreement that .... "These YAMAHA 250 DT-1 Bikes are GREAT
& also many people use these for Vintage Racing ! & Quite
Possibly These are without Question one of the Very Most FUN , DURABLE, RELIABLE & All Purpose
Useable Bikes I have ridden in
the past FIVE decades Since the late 1950's !" ((...& in the late
1960's & 1970's I was a contributing "Technical
Editor" for "CYCLE NEWS" Magazine (at that time it was the Largest
Motorcycle Publication on EARTH ! ! !)) & I wrote "FOURTEEN" Four to
Five Page
Featured Technical Articals for "CYCLE NEWS" Magazine & I was also a
Four+ Year Sponsored *750 Open Class* Mainly "TT" &
some "Half Mile" Sponsored Racer for "BULTACO" Motorcycles (on a 360 cc "El Bandito" Two Stroke
!!!! ) in 1968 to 1974 So ...No One
Loves a
TRULY Great "Two Stroke" Dirt Bike like this YAMAHA 250 DT-1 ENDURO
...more than Me !
....and again ........If you Pass Up
this
Wonderful Bike where will you ever find a YAMAHA 250 ENDURO with a
fairly Low Hour Engine and also so little use & abuse on Her ! ?????
??????
This is a
Bike that I think most any rider could Have "BIG
FUN" ridding all day long On ! These YAMAHA ENDURO Bikes Are Super Versatile & can Be Ridden on the Freeway & possible more importantly also feel almost as nimble & Well balanced as some Trails Dirt & Trail Bikes
Most
everyone I have talked with
agrees these First & Early Edition 250 YAMAHA DT-1s
have hands down Always been considered "The Worlds Most Popular as well
as one
of the Worlds
BEST Production Dual Purpose ENDURO bikes ..& YAMAHA has Long Been
known for their GREAT RELIABILITY + FUN EASY of Maintenance & also
HANDLING, DURABILITY,
Solid "BULLET PROOF" Construction, AMAZING
Performance , Durability + Trouble Free,
Reliability. The Compared to many bikes with the Power &
Displacement of this Wonderful Bike these YAMAHA 250 DT-1 ENDURO's are
considered by Experts to be one of the
Easiest
to own & to get parts for & Best Constructed and Truly VINTAGE
CLASSIC ENDURO
bikes "EVER MADE" & I also think one of the Most Most Rider Friendly
& "FUN" Bikes Made
in this Era or any Era !!! & this beautifully Cosmetically Restored YAMAHA
250 DT-1 is BY FAR one of the
Most Evolved & SUPER USEABLE Early
Successful "HIGH QUALITY JAPANESE CLASSIC ENDURO Bikes ("in 1968-69 when
these where first Issued..This Super Practical & FUN Bike was
"ROCKET SCIENCE" that "Really Worked GREAT " ! ! ! ), Very Simple less
hassle far more Reliable More Trouble Free Air
Cooled
(FAR Better & Far less problems than the later early water cooled YAMAHAs
Etc ..I have heard)
(this being
one of the last years of these First ISSUE 1969-72 DT-1 ENDURO's she is
the Perfect Bike Further Perfected being by YAMAHA (These SUPER SIMPLE
Air Cooled Super FUN "TWO STROKEs" Unlike most other Vintage Bikes Are
Typically always ready to have Fun With !!! ) .
This
AMAZING Bike Starts Easy & RUNS GREAT ! .. and I think she has what looks to be her
her
Original 1972 YAMAHA 250 DT-1 Gas tank that still looks to in
GREAT Condition with a Brand New "CANDY TANGERINE PEARL" paint & YAMAHA style
reissue style Tank EMBLEMS & Striping etc etc. ! Again, Her Gas Tank has
been Newly
refinished & Painted as are Both her Original Rear & nonOriginal Front Fenders, also
her rims,
spokes, shocks, Wheel hubs & Backing plates etc etc have all also
been refinished
& or Painted and I think look very Nice. Her rear Shocks are her Original 1972 DT-1 Shocks which have been disassembled and cleaned and seem to work well however their dampeners need to be restored... She has Two Original DUNLAP "TRAILS UNIVERSAL" Tread style pattern tires Her Rear Tire is a Reissue "BRAND NEW"
High Quality Rear Back Tire !!!...
YES ! the gas tank
Graphics have been replaced with what looks to be ORIGINAL New Old Stock
or Incredibly Nice Graphics that look GREAT to me
to the & Look very Much like the YAMAHA Graphics that YAMAHA installed back when this bike was
Brand New !
The inside of her tank is Clean looks GREAT.as do Her
Handlebars, Pegs, Shifter, She has Brand Newly painted & refinished
Alloy Fork Tubes etc etc & her Rubber & Chrome Fork Boots look good & New Handlebar Grips !
Also,
brake
levers etc etc are still in overall Nice
Condition ! The Shifter and Brake levers
look & Work Great ! Her Frame VIN serial number is :
This
Beauty has been in Covered storage for Many Years (( & particularly
recently She was in Covered storage for the past
DECADE)) & according to her prior owned she has a fairly LOW HOUR
Engine (Her Gaskets, Piston and Rings etc were replaced fairly low hours
ago just before she was Placed in storage ~1984-85)...& YES! She RUNS GREAT !!! as you can see her Rolling Chassis has just had a FRESH & Very
Nice Cosmetic
Restoration (As detailed above) & is just returning to service again
& She Starts Well & is
"Running
Great" I personally think the more you run her the Better she will run
! Make No
Mistake this Baby... Runs, Shifts &
Rides & Stops GREAT ! *
* * Again....
Think About it , if You pass this
Baby Up .....where else will you ever find a YAMAHA 250 DT-1 ENDURO
Looking anywhere near this Nice with so little use & Abuse on her ! ! ! ???????????????????????
This Wonderful Bike has Very Low Hours on Her Rebuilt Engine (as described above) and
I can Tell you compared to several of these 1972 YAMAHA DT-1 250 ENDURO's I
have
ever owned in prior decades ...this
Beautiful Bike Starts Easier and Runs FAR Better than most any other
YAMAHA 250 ENDURO I have Owned !!!! This was Owned by an older
gentleman & his family for many years that figured out decades ago due to some heath issues...that he was just a little too old for a Ride as Spirited as
this AMAZING Beauty !!! She was always in a Nice Dry Storage in a Nice
Dry Garage for nearly a Decade. Once we flushed the tank
& Carburetor + put in
fresh gas & She started right up, Super Quickly ! ! ! ! ! ! !) We
Disassembled Cleaned and Inspected most all of her & replaced the
Gear Box Oil with Brand New High
Quality Trans Oil,
My mechanic & I completely washed
out & Flushed + Rebuilt her carburetor and & her Fuel Tank &
Fuel Shut off Valve etc.. & will include a Brand New High Quality Fuel Lines etc...& Every time we have run this Beautiful Bike over
the past few
weeks She has been running Better & Better "The Engine Runs Great
and compared to any other YAMAHA 250 I have ever owned She Typically
Starts SUPER Easy
& Has GREAT POWER !!!! ...She runs "GREAT" & Shifts Well thru
the gears.. &
Stops GREAT !!!! .
....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.Seller reserves the right
to the close of this auction at his discretion prior to the end of this
auction . Like all real auctions all sales are final. Like most any used
item terms of
sale are of
course, AS IS with no implied or expressed warranties. and purchaser assumes all risk for the use of this Wonderful Motorcycle.
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, unless
prior arrangements have been made & Cleared by me (Prior to bidding
on this item). Thank You, Good Luck and Happy Bidding !
Hi, Everyone...I Have had a lot of emails this morning asking me
about Shipping Quotes...To get a Good & or Very Fair Deal on
Shipping ..I would get as many Quotes as possible...Otherwise, you will
pay Way Too Much...I would try Uship.com where shippers Competitively
bid to get your Shipping business. To do this properly, Get as Many
Competitive Rates as you can (so you will know when a fair rate presents
it'self)... ....& also to protect yourself. You need to get the
quotes yourself ...& Therefore...(IE) you will need to get your own
quotes for shipping, I believe ebay my
have a shipping service for vehicles... also, UShip.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 I think a little more than this Wonderful Bike) & the YAMAHA 400 Enduro
cost
about $ 325 to go from here (Los Angeles, Calif.) 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, the
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 fairly "LIGHT" weight bike
(I believe, a bit over 200 pounds) dual purpose 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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Year:
Mileage:12
Color:
Engine Size (cc):250
Warranty:Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Type:Dual-Purpose
For Sale By:Private Seller
