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Sid Squid · 07-07-11, 09:07 PM

Finding one worth buying that isn't painfully expensive is not easy nowadays.

But, if you should find one that you wish to part with money for, then the paramount thing is completeness, many bits are hard to get now and expensive when/if you can find them. The youngest GT250*, (an '83 X7 model), will be 28 years old now, and the most elderly, (a '73 K model), will be 38 years old, so everything will need to be checked carefully, the motors don't last well on account of being spanked everywhere, plus the two-stroke oils of the day weren't nearly as good as they are now.
On the plus side they're not as expensive as you might think to rebuild, pistons aren't hard to get and the usual suspects will do quite reasonably priced refurbs on cranks.

*Earlier bikes are called T250, the first GT models are very similar.

07-07-11, 09:07 PM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Old 2 stroke Suzukis - what to look for on a GT250? Finding one worth buying that isn't painfully expensive is not easy nowadays. But, if you should find one that you wish to part with money for, then the paramount thing is completeness, many bits are hard to get now and expensive when/if you can find them. The youngest GT250, (an '83 X7 model), will be 28 years old now, and the most elderly, (a '73 K model), will be 38 years old, so everything will need to be checked carefully, the motors don't last well on account of being spanked everywhere, plus the two-stroke oils of the day weren't nearly as good as they are now. On the plus side they're not as expensive as you might think to rebuild, pistons aren't hard to get and the usual suspects will do quite reasonably priced refurbs on cranks. Earlier bikes are called T250, the first GT models are very similar. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"