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  4. Kt330

    in Twinshock

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    Hello I was woundering if anybody knows whet it would take to build a kt 330 such as don smith rode

    to be exact would be nice but Il settle for somethng close if possible

    Thanks

  7. Kt Modifacations

    in Twinshock

    Posted

    Yeah but all we can carry is two bikes and I dont think my dad would give up his chance of being #1 just so I could pick up a KT that needs a $#!+load of work

    but hey I,l ask anyway I have asked more stupid questions before...........

    ..........He said no.

  13. Kt Modifacations

    in Twinshock

    Posted

    Im not sure the honda went BOOM!!! :hyper: but we rebuilt the motor and so far it's working fine :banana2: but I don't totally trust it as much s my KT I'd rather ride the KT but my dad might want me to ride the honda so I don't know

  16. Who Has A Kt250 And What Have You Done To It?

    in Twinshock

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    I stopped my trials riding about the time the KT250 came out, as I graduated from Uni in 12/75 and moved away from home (after selling all the bikes but my 350 Ducati cafe racer) in late summer 1976. I remember some of the other people in the NMTA having TL250s, Ty250s and RL250s but I can't recall any KT250s. My impression is that the KT250 was never as successful as the TY, but whether that was due to it not being as good or just that "big K" didn't put the money into developing it, I don't know. Jay Leal has mentioned riding a supported KT that sounds like it was pretty heavily modified. I suspect that Don Smith probably managed to beat a number of good riders, but how "stock" his KT250/300/330's were is questionable.

    I think I bought my KT250 in 1999. It came available locally and I had money available to buy it on the spur of the moment. If it had been a TY250 or Cota or MAR for a similar price I would have had that instead. I'm not a big "marque" snob. I'm easy, I'll ride most anything. :hyper:

    Good riders can ride the 3 line in AHRMA on a stock TL125 and clean sections I don't (though I've placed reasonably well at some AHRMA regionals in the Novice class I'm not very consistent and I'll have those "why did I clean this twice and five it the third time?" moments). Having had a TL125 for a bit I think I can safely say that the KT250 is significantly more "trials ready" than the TL, so I don't think the KT is holding me back.

    I've got a period article from an Australian magazine that compares the TL, RL, TY and KT and they picked the KT as the overall winner, though they did say the TY handled better "in section". But they liked the KT engine over the TY's powerplant.

    Maybe a TY250 is better. It wouldn't surprise me. I know a 325 Bultaco is better. But I don't want to spend the money to buy another Bultaco when I'm not outriding the KT250. And on the 3 line (and probably the 2 and 1 lines for vintage) the rider is the significant factor that determines the score. That's a nice thing about trials, the bike isn't a huge factor. That doesn't mean we don't want to tweak things, but I suspect that most of us could hand our bikes over to a better rider and say "I didn't know that section could be cleaned on my bike."

    I think that any shortcomings of a KT250 wouldn't show up until someone was riding the 2 or 1 line in AHRMA. And anyone who is that good of a rider could probably ride around those shortcomings.

    My silk purse project is the TTY400. If I can get that built I suspect my scores will get significantly worse. But oh, what an excuse for that I'll have. :blink:

    Dave, are you at Nike? I think there's a number of Nike guys from Portland vintage roadracing Honda CB160s. If you know them, they know of me as many of the F-160 guys have bought the tuning guide I wrote.

    cheers,

    Michael

    I ride line 1 at AHRMA on my bone stock KT(lights removed) and it shows no shortcomings with me exept one thing i cant throw the bike around as much as say my ty175 or tl125(probably because im only 5-5 tall and weigh 120 pounds) but i love my KT :banana2:

  18. Hello From San Francisco

    in Introduce Yourself

    Posted · Edited by KT250guy

    There was something like that at Chehalis either this year or last year. I think it was 2006 and I may have archived those photos already. It was something like a 400cc motor stuffed in a 250 frame. Let me see if I can dig it up.

    As for a new frame for an old bike, make sure you hit up Jay Lael, he knows a thing or two about that.

    yeah I saw a video on the net of a tt500 trails bike i dont know what frame it was in but I think it was a mix of ty250's and 175's it looked like it worked ok from what I saw

    that 400 250 mix i'm not sure how well it worked because I only saw a few sections where he rode it and it wasnt a pretty sight i'm not sure if it was the bike, rider, or both but the rider was line 4(Beginner line) and i don't think a yz400 motor is the most controllable motor out there but it's still a neat idea :banana2:

  
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