I've seen a lot of ty250s in my day but these are kind of interesting (mainly the silver one)

Interesting points:

1. original owner said they were purchased new from the dealer in these paint jobs.

2. The silver one has a 23" front wheel w/ good fender clearance.

3. Again silver one has a strange swingarm w/ 2 shock mounting positions.

4. Frames are black

5. Skid plates are different one is welded aluminum, other is fiberglass

6. Funky air conversion is that on the fork

Anybody have any thoughts on this stuff?

Could any of this stuff be stock?

Let me know what you think.

They are 1974 models 250's and definitely not stock

They are 1974 models 250's and definitely not stock

Any idea what the swingarm is from, or do you think it was made in someones garage?

Air forks were the rage for a while about then - the linked air forks were a period mod, probably home done.

Air forks and swingarm gussets with forward shock mounting were period modifications...mostly on MXers.

Never saw an air fork with quite that much plumbing, though.

We usually just put a schrader valve in each cap.

On a trials bike, they're probably better for letting air out than for putting it in!

Nice work on the skid plate.

The paint on the blue one looks like a bultaco flat-tracker.

Wait a second....

23" front?!

Only bike I remember with a 23" front wheel was the Honda XL250S. May be a Honda wheel?? many owners re spoked to 21 so as they could find decent tyres.

Speedway bikes run 2.75-23 fronts,tread is trials like.

Old guys who rode the Honda XRs in the woods with the 23 fronts said they were damn hard to crash,I never had the privilege of trying one out myself though.

1. original owner said they were purchased new from the dealer in these paint jobs.

Rubbish

Edited December 12, 201114 yr by TooFastTim

Well the next question is:

If someone did that many mods to the frame/suspension:

I wonder what has been done to the engines??????

What about these, plastic, move in any direction so they resist breaking I guess.

Ever seen um? Stamped Eagle Pat.Pend. they are on a Honda TL125 I bought recently.

I've seen conventional plastic levers before but never anything like them

What about these, plastic, move in any direction so they resist breaking I guess.

Ever seen um? Stamped Eagle Pat.Pend. they are on a Honda TL125 I bought recently.

In principle a great idea. Wonder why it never caught on? Then again thinking about it you wont get much repeat business would you? I mean how many of us spend a small fortune each year keeping lever manufacturers in business?

In principle a great idea. Wonder why it never caught on? Then again thinking about it you wont get much repeat business would you? I mean how many of us spend a small fortune each year keeping lever manufacturers in business?

I rode a bike or two with those levers and found them quite uncomfortable. It felt like they were "broken" and my hands slipped off easily.

Jon