Scrambling

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This morning I took my 71 T250 which has been converted to a Scrambler, scrambling. I rode it the 10 miles from my home to Hickory Run State Park at the western edge of the Pocono Mountains. I rode it along dirt roads open for vehicular traffic and it performed splendidly. The bike has a 73 GT250 engine bored out to 260cc, Mikuni VM26 carbs, rebuilt forks and fairly stiff Dime City slim shocks. It also has street legal Shinko trials tires. This makes for a fun ride on pavement and dirt roads. I have the bike for sale on Craigslist, but now I am thinking of taking the ad down. What a blast!

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This morning I took my 71 T250 which has been converted to a Scrambler, scrambling. I rode it the 10 miles from my home to Hickory Run State Park at the western edge of the Pocono Mountains. I rode it along dirt roads open for vehicular traffic and it performed splendidly. The bike has a 73 GT250 engine bored out to 260cc, Mikuni VM26 carbs, rebuilt forks and fairly stiff Dime City slim shocks. It also has street legal Shinko trials tires. This makes for a fun ride on pavement and dirt roads. I have the bike for sale on Craigslist, but now I am thinking of taking the ad down. What a blast!

Since you posted this, I checked out your ad on C/L. IMO I'd keep the T250. I know whenever I take my GT185 out on a back road ride, I do nothing but smile...

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Took the ad down on Craigslist. I love her too much to let her go. Here is my collection, except for my 71 CB450 (which runs well, but is not finished).

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Nice garage -- looks like you have plenty of room for a few more bikes.

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Nice garage -- looks like you have plenty of room for a few more bikes.

There is definitely more room, although there is my CB450 out of the frame and my 89 Shelby Dakota out of the garage. The shop is 32' x 30'. I have an agreement to keep the bike fleet to five at any one time. I really want to make an old GS into a café racer (maybe a GS550 with an air-cooled GSXF 600 engine) or a GL1000 Honda Goldwing into a Café-ish long-distance bike.

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Nice collection. BTW is that a Neon ACR in the background?

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Nice collection. BTW is that a Neon ACR in the background?

I wanted an ACR when I bot my Neon new in 99, but no dealer could locate one at the time. This was a mistake-order highline with the 5-speed, DOHC and no potions. I bought it new in 99 for $11,000 and proceeded to turn it into an autocross car. I have won four regional SCCA championships with it and countless individual events. I have only run two events this year as I was focusing too much on winning and not enough on having fun. I took a step back and focused more on the bikes.

The Neon has all the goodies though (Koni's limited slip diff, racing springs (not progressive tuner springs). Might consider selling or trading it.

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Nice collection. BTW is that a Neon ACR in the background?

I wanted an ACR when I bot my Neon new in 99, but no dealer could locate one at the time. This was a mistake-order highline with the 5-speed, DOHC and no potions. I bought it new in 99 for $11,000 and proceeded to turn it into an autocross car. I have won four regional SCCA championships with it and countless individual events. I have only run two events this year as I was focusing too much on winning and not enough on having fun. I took a step back and focused more on the bikes.

The Neon has all the goodies though (Koni's limited slip diff, racing springs (not progressive tuner springs). Might consider selling or trading it.

Neons are good little cars if properly cared for. I have an 03' R/T as a DD. Couldn't be more happy with it, good gas mileage and decent performance/handling.

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Nice collection. BTW is that a Neon ACR in the background?

I wanted an ACR when I bot my Neon new in 99, but no dealer could locate one at the time. This was a mistake-order highline with the 5-speed, DOHC and no potions. I bought it new in 99 for $11,000 and proceeded to turn it into an autocross car. I have won four regional SCCA championships with it and countless individual events. I have only run two events this year as I was focusing too much on winning and not enough on having fun. I took a step back and focused more on the bikes.

The Neon has all the goodies though (Koni's limited slip diff, racing springs (not progressive tuner springs). Might consider selling or trading it.

Neons are good little cars if properly cared for. I have an 03' R/T as a DD. Couldn't be more happy with it, good gas mileage and decent performance/handling.

Bottom ends are stout. The weak point in their early tears was the head gasket. This was replaced by a multi-layer steel gasket in 1997. Other than that, it is a strong package. The Gen-1 Neon were fairly quick. 0-60 times were in the mid 7s and quarter mile times were in the high 5s, for the DOHC 5-speed cars. The DOHC 2.0 was conservatively rated at 150 HP. Word is this was done for SCCA purposes. Neon were so dominant in road racing that other brands were allowed to use aftermarket parts (trunk kits) to keep up with Neon in showroom stock.

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Nice collection. BTW is that a Neon ACR in the background?

I wanted an ACR when I bot my Neon new in 99, but no dealer could locate one at the time. This was a mistake-order highline with the 5-speed, DOHC and no potions. I bought it new in 99 for $11,000 and proceeded to turn it into an autocross car. I have won four regional SCCA championships with it and countless individual events. I have only run two events this year as I was focusing too much on winning and not enough on having fun. I took a step back and focused more on the bikes.

The Neon has all the goodies though (Koni's limited slip diff, racing springs (not progressive tuner springs). Might consider selling or trading it.

Neons are good little cars if properly cared for. I have an 03' R/T as a DD. Couldn't be more happy with it, good gas mileage and decent performance/handling.

Bottom ends are stout. The weak point in their early tears was the head gasket. This was replaced by a multi-layer steel gasket in 1997. Other than that, it is a strong package. The Gen-1 Neon were fairly quick. 0-60 times were in the mid 7s and quarter mile times were in the high 5s, for the DOHC 5-speed cars. The DOHC 2.0 was conservatively rated at 150 HP. Word is this was done for SCCA purposes. Neon were so dominant in road racing that other brands were allowed to use aftermarket parts (trunk kits) to keep up with Neon in showroom stock.