Hi Guys, its been a few months again, sort of got fed up after I snapped my rear shock, that was after I snapped my swingarm...so I had a bad run and the bikes been parked since. I retreated to build up my enthusiasm again...
Joy of Joys, im as keen as ever to get my bike rolling again. What really sparked me off was casually stumbling upon a WR200 engine. Yes, a Yamaha WR 200. Not a DT 200. I dont believe you guys got this motor in the USA, we did, and its pretty awesome, its the advanced descendant of the DT200, which we all know was the Adam of our beloved YFS200 motor.
The guy is a hard bargainer, but i managed to convince him to let go of the motor, the carb and the powervalve setup (Part of the motor right!!??)
The WR200 has a direct crankcase fed intake, no more intake into the cylinder. It looks to have much bigger reeds, has taller primary dive and gear ratios, has a proper head design and has proper port timing, and YPVS (Yamaha Powervalve System). Of course, its water cooled as well, and a[art from the rear swingarm engine case hole , which is a few mm smaller than the blaster, is a direct bolt in! I thought they had Mikuni 28mm carbs, but when I measured it, it reads 30mm, so im not to sure, but bigger is better...On top of that, we have 33hp in standard trim vs the 17hp from a Blaster in stock trim. I heavily modded blaster can match a stock WR200, so I get performance with the reliability of a standard motor. Awesome.
Im going to pick it up on Saturday, its not in bad shape, but will need some attention, strip down and probably a full rebuild. Il also have to sort out a cooling system as the rads are a bit messed up.
Here is the link.
http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-motorcyc...london/yamaha-wr200/1001462576570910435962409
Who can spell EXCITED!
Joy of Joys, im as keen as ever to get my bike rolling again. What really sparked me off was casually stumbling upon a WR200 engine. Yes, a Yamaha WR 200. Not a DT 200. I dont believe you guys got this motor in the USA, we did, and its pretty awesome, its the advanced descendant of the DT200, which we all know was the Adam of our beloved YFS200 motor.
The guy is a hard bargainer, but i managed to convince him to let go of the motor, the carb and the powervalve setup (Part of the motor right!!??)
The WR200 has a direct crankcase fed intake, no more intake into the cylinder. It looks to have much bigger reeds, has taller primary dive and gear ratios, has a proper head design and has proper port timing, and YPVS (Yamaha Powervalve System). Of course, its water cooled as well, and a[art from the rear swingarm engine case hole , which is a few mm smaller than the blaster, is a direct bolt in! I thought they had Mikuni 28mm carbs, but when I measured it, it reads 30mm, so im not to sure, but bigger is better...On top of that, we have 33hp in standard trim vs the 17hp from a Blaster in stock trim. I heavily modded blaster can match a stock WR200, so I get performance with the reliability of a standard motor. Awesome.
Im going to pick it up on Saturday, its not in bad shape, but will need some attention, strip down and probably a full rebuild. Il also have to sort out a cooling system as the rads are a bit messed up.
Here is the link.
http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-motorcyc...london/yamaha-wr200/1001462576570910435962409
Who can spell EXCITED!