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Sold for $11k 

Looks great, Danny!  Glad you are getting around to finishing it.

Pretty cool. 

Definitely a sweet bike.   Any videos of it running?

ive seen bleed pipes before, acually a company named 'torque banke' (i think) used to make a set for rds. are those modified something else pipes or did you make them from scratch. ive always wanted to make a set.

I picked these up from John at RD's Only.  He has been so helpful in all my builds.  Such a great guy to have just down the road. 

John had never run these, but they are either from or part of Bill Smith's bikes raced in the early 80's.  Here is a link with a few of the bikes running the side bleed pipes... http://dkg-cnc.com/tzpix.html 

I am led to believe the design originated out of Germany.  The modern designs definitely have better performance, but I wanted to try them out and felt they fit the design principles of this build.  I had to modify the frame mounts and rebuild the side bleed silencers with new baffles, packing, and end caps. 

The power comes on really early... like 3-4k and sign off early as well.  Perform really well for my application.

Awesome!  So glad you finished it, it looks absolutely amazing!!

Thank you, Danny!  I appreciate all your help and partnership on the frame.  I am thrilled with the outcome and couldn't have done it without you!

I cut up my Jemco exhaust chamber on the DT250 to get it to tuck under the frame and clear the tire better... tacked it up, and built rubber mounted frame mounts. 

Here are a few videos...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWNKyOoTfHM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua9VOtQVbk4

and this one is showing a short ride...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT4R0Tv9NaQ

I started this thread on the old board, but never got to show the final product.  It was a fun and challenging build.  Not the best from a ride-ability perspective, but gets a lot of attention.

I am building a DT250 (1973 DT3).  Here is the latest from a photo today.  I have added 14.5" shocks and a modded KX100 front end to raise the height of the bike.  I also fabbed up some pannier mounts for the saddle bags.  I am going to run the RD400 tank for larger fuel capacity, which I think will work well.  The down pipe is from Jemco and comes in 2 pieces.  I will finish up the welding on the silencer soon.

Quite the collection.  Congratulations on the bikes, builds, resurrections, etc.  Would like to see a few more closeups on the carbon tank.... it looks really cool

worth a read for the comic value alone.  Not a 2-stroke, but I got a kick out of it.

https://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/d/kyle-2015-scrambler-classic/6873638682.html

Here's the write up...

Look, we both know that summer is the time to do awesome shit and I'm sure you're cool as fuck; you're looking at motorcycles on fucking Craigslist, but are you as cool as you could be? Lets be real here if you're still looking then there's room in your life for a motorcycle (or maybe a second) and this is the one for you. Lemme tell you why: Spoked wheels, Kreiga saddle bags, frame sliders, power commander, SC project exhaust and a shit ton of Rizoma bull shit make this a bike to behold. Regardless of whether you smoke, vape, or juice, this little velocipede will make you look as cool as you deserve. With only 8000 miles on the clock there's plenty of room for you to rack up some of your own. Tires are fresh at about 6500 miles last year.

You might be asking yourself, "this guy seems cool though too so why is he selling this?" I bought this bike as an anniversary gift for my ex-wife and I've got too much in common with it now because she doesn't want to ride either of us these days so all we do is sit in the garage together and cry. This bike deserves better than that.

Buy it. Ride it. Make it your own.

I want to pick up a used one once the prices come down a bit.  They have new ones at the dealer in my area and they don't seem to be flying off the shelf.  I think the bike to get will be when Husky takes the 790 KTM twin motor into their bike.

Looks really good.  Going to be a blast to ride.