PeterM Posted March 30, 2021 Report Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) New to me 74 TY 250 as of yesterday. Can anyone recommend the proper frame paint for this beauty? TIA Edited March 30, 2021 by PeterM text correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 Medium silver metallic. There looks to be plenty of original paint there to do a match at a paint shop if you want it to be exact. The wheel hubs are the same colour as the frame. How early is the frame/engine number? I see it has the early type fork sliders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterM Posted March 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 9 hours ago, feetupfun said: Medium silver metallic. There looks to be plenty of original paint there to do a match at a paint shop if you want it to be exact. The wheel hubs are the same colour as the frame. How early is the frame/engine number? I see it has the early type fork sliders. Feetupfun : the matching numbers are. 434-006798 Can you tell me how early of a production model this is? Do you know if Yamaha provided a MSO or title at time of sale? I received a bill of sale at time of sale. Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 25 minutes ago, PeterM said: Feetupfun : the matching numbers are. 434-006798 Can you tell me how early of a production model this is? Do you know if Yamaha provided a MSO or title at time of sale? I received a bill of sale at time of sale. Thank You That is not very early but early enough to have the fork sliders they started production off with. Another thing that changed during production of the 434 model is the cylinder casting. The earliest production bikes have an un-finned section above the exhaust port. I've heard that production TY250A numbering started at 434-000101. Sorry I have no idea about title or MSO in your country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsrfun Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 Great looking bike you have Peter, very original condition and still has the lights fitted. Can someone please tell me what changes were made to the fork sliders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 49 minutes ago, trialsrfun said: Great looking bike you have Peter, very original condition and still has the lights fitted. Can someone please tell me what changes were made to the fork sliders? The drain holes on the fork sliders on that bike are at the side. Later sliders have the drain holes at the rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsrfun Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 Thank you Feetupfun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy53 Posted March 31, 2021 Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 In Canada and I believe the USA was the same, all the paperwork to register was provided by Yamaha to the retailer. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterM Posted March 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2021 5 hours ago, guy53 said: In Canada and I believe the USA was the same, all the paperwork to register was provided by Yamaha to the retailer. Guy Thanks gentlemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterM Posted April 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 On 3/31/2021 at 6:29 AM, feetupfun said: That is not very early but early enough to have the fork sliders they started production off with. Another thing that changed during production of the 434 model is the cylinder casting. The earliest production bikes have an un-finned section above the exhaust port. I've heard that production TY250A numbering started at 434-000101. Sorry I have no idea about title or MSO in your country. Interesting, My cylinder is unfinned above the exhaust port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 29 minutes ago, PeterM said: Interesting, My cylinder is unfinned above the exhaust port. Sounds like they changed the cylinder casting and fork sliders at some point after 006798. There was also a change to a plastic base for the seat pad instead of steel at some point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterM Posted April 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 3 hours ago, feetupfun said: Sounds like they changed the cylinder casting and fork sliders at some point after 006798. There was also a change to a plastic base for the seat pad instead of steel at some point Also has steel seat base.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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