A fun bike...

tannergdog · 02-18-2007, 11:26 PM

Yamaha TY 250. a.k.a "CAT 250"
When I was a kid I used to ride one like this. What a great bike. Many a fond memory of riding the mountain roads and trails back in N. Idaho on a bike like it.

Reg01 · 02-19-2007, 04:35 AM

I used to want an Ossa Plonker or TY 250 so bad in my teen days. Had to ride the old DT-1s and YZs but always wanted a trials bike for playing in the woods. Looks great!

twinrider · 02-19-2007, 05:09 AM

Great lookin' bike

bacon · 02-19-2007, 05:48 AM

Yesterday there was one on ebay still might still be running but I am not sure

Motomech · 02-19-2007, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by tannergdog

Yamaha TY 250. a.k.a "CAT 250"
When I was a kid I used to ride one like this. What a great bike. Many a fond memory of riding the mountain roads and trails back in N. Idaho on a bike like it.

Where did you ride in N. Idaho?
I grew up in Coeur 'd Alene and used to ride on the Bee Line trail, Best Hill, the Sand Hill and around Hayden Lake. Those were the days.

tannergdog · 02-19-2007, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Motomech

Where did you ride in N. Idaho?
I grew up in Coeur 'd Alene and used to ride on the Bee Line trail, Best Hill, the Sand Hill and around Hayden Lake. Those were the days.

NE of Sandpoint out to Clark Fork (the town), then cross the Clark Fork River and backup Dry Creek Rd, or up the High Drive, to Green Mountain, Packsaddle, Trail 414, 76 in that general area. Yup, those WERE the days. Even the simplest things were all day fun. Up the bank and over a log or two and back down around to do it again. ...all day.

Cpt. Ron · 02-19-2007, 09:35 PM

I just got one of these on Saturday.

Mine isn't quite as shiny, but just as complete. Mine has a bit more "patina", meaning dust and scuffs and scratches. Meanwhile, I've bruised my pinky (trying to pinch between the tire-swing and the tree), and my elbow has a raspberry (bracing against the stucco on the house while trying to open the gate). Oh, and my legs and arms are sore, too.

Damn this stuff is fun.

dorkpunch · 02-19-2007, 10:30 PM

want to add a TY175 to your collection? not to far either!

tannergdog · 02-19-2007, 10:49 PM

To be clear, that isn't my bike in the picture. I wish it was! I just found that pic on the web and have fond memories of one I had "like" it as a kid. Ours was well used to be sure.

Nice find Cpt. Ron. Good looking bike. Those things are just fun to crawl around on.

tannergdog · 02-19-2007, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dorkpunch

want to add a TY175 to your collection? not to far either!

Thanks for the offer, but I just don't have the room. I live in a garage. No joke.

squish · 02-20-2007, 11:10 PM

My first bike was a Ty80
Sold it and mowed a lot of lawns to buy my second bike a TY175
That looks a little better then the one in the photos

I bought the 175 from my mom who had decided that riding wasn't her thing.

That was in the late 70's or early 80's I still own the bike today and wouldn't sell it.

Riding these bikes was awsome and the skills I got from it has helped me in my road riding many times over.

I was never much for the motocrozz lifestyle
but an old trials bike like this was mad fun on the trails of washington state.

02-18-2007, 11:26 PM	#1
tannergdog ^OP Adventurer Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Oddometer: 40	A fun bike... Yamaha TY 250. a.k.a "CAT 250" When I was a kid I used to ride one like this. What a great bike. Many a fond memory of riding the mountain roads and trails back in N. Idaho on a bike like it. __________________ “The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” – Thomas Hobbes

02-19-2007, 04:35 AM	#2
Reg01 Got Adventure? Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Vol State Oddometer: 1,169	I used to want an Ossa Plonker or TY 250 so bad in my teen days. Had to ride the old DT-1s and YZs but always wanted a trials bike for playing in the woods. Looks great! __________________ Go Vols!

02-19-2007, 05:48 AM	#4
bacon KZ5TLP Joined: May 2004 Location: Mississippi Oddometer: 616	Yesterday there was one on ebay still might still be running but I am not sure __________________ "Be still, and know that I am God" For all that motorcycling is, one of it's greatest gifts is the ability to take us to places where that quote is the first things that came to my mind.

02-19-2007, 09:35 PM	#7
Cpt. Ron aka Birdkilla Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Sacramento, CA Oddometer: 2,408	I just got one of these on Saturday. Mine isn't quite as shiny, but just as complete. Mine has a bit more "patina", meaning dust and scuffs and scratches. Meanwhile, I've bruised my pinky (trying to pinch between the tire-swing and the tree), and my elbow has a raspberry (bracing against the stucco on the house while trying to open the gate). Oh, and my legs and arms are sore, too. Damn this stuff is fun. __________________ Cpt. Ron Sack-O-Tomato, CA '05.5 950 Adventure S "Bad Mutha F@&ker" '04 R1150RTP "cop motor, cop suspension.." '00 XR650R Dual Sport "Lil' Mule" '75 RL250 '01 TTR90 '01 PW50 Conti TKC80 tire swing "I don't know what you do, but I know what I do, and I don't do that." --Uncle Doug, R.I.P. "Without the possibility of death, adventure is not possible"--Reinhold Messner

02-19-2007, 10:30 PM	#8
dorkpunch Oops... Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Blackfoot, ID Oddometer: 4,286	want to add a TY175 to your collection? not to far either! __________________ http://www.mobilemrt.com http://www.dorkpunch.com "I've been going to this high school for SEVEN YEARS. I'm no dummy!" -Charles De Mar.

02-19-2007, 05:09 AM	#3
twinrider pass the catnip Joined: Aug 2002 Location: Earth Oddometer: 7,679	Great lookin' bike

02-19-2007, 10:49 PM	#9
tannergdog ^OP Adventurer Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Oddometer: 40	Sobody elses fun bike... To be clear, that isn't my bike in the picture. I wish it was! I just found that pic on the web and have fond memories of one I had "like" it as a kid. Ours was well used to be sure. Nice find Cpt. Ron. Good looking bike. Those things are just fun to crawl around on. __________________ “The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” – Thomas Hobbes

02-20-2007, 11:10 PM	#11
squish Out of the office. Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Where the Ghetto meets the sea. Oddometer: 4,980	My first bike was a Ty80 Sold it and mowed a lot of lawns to buy my second bike a TY175 That looks a little better then the one in the photos I bought the 175 from my mom who had decided that riding wasn't her thing. That was in the late 70's or early 80's I still own the bike today and wouldn't sell it. Riding these bikes was awsome and the skills I got from it has helped me in my road riding many times over. I was never much for the motocrozz lifestyle but an old trials bike like this was mad fun on the trails of washington state. __________________ *On vacation for a spell*

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