15 Minute Build! | YZ250 Enduro Bike

The culmination of many months of work! Check out the build series for in-depth information on this build. Thanks for watching!
Special Thanks to Ken OConnor Racing, for the engine work!
www.kenoconnorr...
Links to tools:
Engine Stand - amzn.to/3mBeINj
Scotchbrite - pads for buffing wheel - www.prymemx.co...
Build Sponsors:
IMS
FASST Company
Lectron Carburators
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#Enduro
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[@darrellcherry9172]

I'd be impressed if it wasn't timelapse.

[@joejimenez9467]

I’d be impressed if you could kickstart your bike consistently

[@gmx0413]

@@joejimenez9467 huh?

[@nashhouston9360]

i know Im randomly asking but does anybody know a trick to get back into an instagram account?? I was dumb forgot my password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me

[@lachlanderrick9165]

@Nash Houston instablaster ;)

[@dr.x4050]

As soon as I saw the shocks come off, this was no bandaid mod.

[@kevinhoran5129]

So awesome dude! I thought I was a badass putting an 18 inch wheel and a bigger tank on my yz😏 makes me want to start tearing down!

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks man! Big tank and 18” wheel, you’re halfway home already. get tearin’

[@RAD_Family]

lol, I was not expecting that last part about sponsors not getting back to you that was classic!!!!

[@khens0423]

The time spent polishing everything out for that new finish was awesome. Great build

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks 👍 I appreciate you taking the time to watch Kevin.

[@judge724]

I think that's one of the most satisfying videos I've ever watched! Thanks!! I'm sure it does great in the woods too!!

[@danno02]

You're one of the few likable dirt bike guys in KZbin land. Thanks again and thanks for your responses to my questions. Oh and great video!

[@PlushEnduro]

Oh man, thanks! I can’t help but wonder which ones drive you crazy. I have my own list going as well. Haha

[@Safety-Sam-498]

@@PlushEnduro Hey have you considered doing this professionally?

[@PlushEnduro]

Trent Jones if I ever fall into a giant inheritance or win the lottery, you bet!

[@jamesarthur4425]

You’ve done a mega job on this, fair play !

[@BikerBenny]

Great work fellow throttle jokey!!

[@noir231]

Just came across this build video. Super practical, top-to-bottom build. Very impressive and satisfying to watch!

[@Lightning7474.]

That's a sweet sounding 250!! You really paid attention to the detail I admire that.

[@goonnation1016]

came out killer, congrats man looks awesome!!!!

[@PlushEnduro]

GOONnation101 🙏 I appreciate it!

[@helderneves91]

The way you secure the crankshaft to install the clutch basket is extremelly clever!! Nice bike!!

[@PlushEnduro]

Cleverness on my part is both random and rare. Lol. Thanks man!

[@surfpr727]

Fascinating! Wished had your skills! 👍🏻👏🏻🙌🏻

[@josephfelice601]

MASTER Artisan!!!!

[@ericwinner3587]

Wow that was awesome, very mechanically talented and what a nice bike build.

[@PlushEnduro]

Eric Winner thanks!!

[@KoltFin]

Such a cool build! Now let the battle scars commence

[@PlushEnduro]

Day one, dented the pipe in a bit, scratched the plastic up reeaaaal good and already had flat, and fouled plug @

[@KoltFin]

@@PlushEnduro what plug were you running? My yz250 fouls the br8es At 11-13 hours. And I haven't fouled a br8eg at 40 hours

[@PlushEnduro]

Kolton finlinson it WAS a br8es, I had a box of them. I through an EG in there after that though. 👍

[@dynomike4142]

Coolest video I've seen in a while. Sweat bike.

[@bieda_enduro]

Good job, thanks ! Greetings from Poland

[@dylangreen1082]

My 1999 kx250 came with a clarke 3.3 gallon tank and I love it

[@joski9030]

Turned out nice ! I had a ‘99 fully rebuilt it it was fast, quicker than my ‘03 CR 250

[@PlushEnduro]

The YZ is such a great all around platform!

[@Maccaroney]

Very cool.

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks!

[@brandongoberdhan7742]

Absolutely love this bike

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks Brandon!

[@daviddekmar7191]

Great build video...a lot of the same upgrades I put on my YZ. Love my Flexxbars!

[@EarthSurferUSA]

2:25 You don't show it for long, but that damage to the piston on the exhaust side (crown edge wear above the top ring, and maybe even the upper ring groove getting wider.), is due to not letting the water warm up enough before taking off for the ride. The bike is running rich stock, and that takes longer for the water to warm up. Don't be impatient when warming up your bike. The tops of the radiators should be pretty hot to the touch. Warm enough to be uncomfortably hot with no gloves on.

[@WeGoOutdoors]

Awesome content! I really enjoyed watching this video. I think you should do another YZ250 build. And make sure you hold onto the new one!!

[@PlushEnduro]

Wife says no!

[@alexanderdmello2749]

would be cool to see a list of what was done. Did you change the fork springs, use 2.5wt oil, etc

[@elrorro23]

Inprecionante what you do. Chingo

[@mattdyer489]

Sweet build. I have an 01 yz250 with 2005 yz250 front forks, flywheel weight, fmf gnarly pipe, and some other goodies that make it a trail monster. The yz 250's are by far the easiest Japanese 2 strokes to turn into woods/enduro bikes.

[@PlushEnduro]

Ahh steel frame too! Nice! They should bring back the steel frames on the yzx’s. They feel noticeably “softer” in the choppy stuff.

[@anthonycaldi7056]

Well Done!

[@alemanmza]

Great job, thanks to share!

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks!

[@saqibnawaz5139]

Incredible vry smooth job ending wid vry healthy rich stroke feels d best

[@PlushEnduro]

🙏

[@Garth756]

Wow nice work. Subscribed.

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks Garth!

[@user-xc1ib4dw7g]

Хорошая работа.

[@PlushEnduro]

Большое спасибо

[@advsquared]

If it were only that fast in real life. You had me cracking up with that ending!

[@PlushEnduro]

A watered down version of my true feelings, for sure!

[@Bjoern2810]

thats a dream build. nice dude

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks for watching Björn.

[@chadrides914]

Your awesome. I'm stoked. I'm thinking hard on buying a new 250x when the shop opens back up (virus)and keeping my current bike for my homies that want to ride with me.

[@PlushEnduro]

That x is a fun bike! Hope you pull the trigger!

[@chadrides914]

This Mountain Life I did. Picking it up Tuesday.

[@PlushEnduro]

Noice! Gratz

[@chadrides914]

This Mountain Life it’s cooling now. On my third heat cycle. Excited it’s chugs soooo low and keeps moving without stalling.

[@otterspooptoo]

Nice channel! I'm rebuilding a '92 yz250 for trails and this is definitely helpful

[@rileyshafford7672]

Good luck finding parts😂

[@otterspooptoo]

@@rileyshafford7672 I don't have a problem actually. Lots avail on eBay or aftermarket

[@rileyshafford7672]

poop oh nice!! That’s good

[@isidrogutierrez4199]

Excellent man. Saludos desde Santa Marta. Colombia

[@PlushEnduro]

🙌

[@thisguyeddiex7136]

Wow bro… sick build! Also good music choices. Loved every song 👍

[@GooberNuf]

Love it! I want to refurbish my 07 rmz250f.

[@PlushEnduro]

Dooooeeet!

[@sebastianescudero8712]

Perfect...

[@jorgelugo9078]

Satisfying 😍

[@jeffmcwilliam3178]

you are a Wizard! absolutely unbelievable! well done! ty for the vid

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks bud!

[@Groot_G]

It is always such a pleasure to watch. I wish it was so quick an easy.

[@PlushEnduro]

Right? Months of work boiled down to 12 minutes. Makes it seem tooooo easy. 😆

[@eddie_shotgun]

Молодец чувак, привет из Москвы

[@lgroves336]

Anyone that I reached out to that didn't get back to me? lmao... Great job on the build

[@emztwisted605]

Awesome skills bro! salute!

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks man!

[@stubaby781]

Awesome!!!!

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks!!

[@meditationstation-discover8992]

Awesome build brother! Digging your channel 🤘🏻

[@PlushEnduro]

Thank you!

[@Negronemshow]

YAMAHA 💙! you are to be congratulated 👏

[@mike.thomas]

That was fascinating. If that was a “woods bike” build, I think my mostly stock DRZ will stay whatever it currently is out of the box. “Woods bike” looks hard 😅.

[@crash86ed]

Awesome build. I was hoping you would keep polishing on that pipe :D Try a polish called simichrome out on the next one! Anyway, subscribed!

[@vince5946]

Glad to see you're back, that was a sweet build, love the ending. What did you like about the Flex bars? I've been looking at them just can't pull the trigger on the cost, at 50 years my shoulder and wrist joints need all the lovin they can get.

[@PlushEnduro]

Vince the vibration reduction is huge. When I get on my Beta now (no flexxbars) i can barely stand it. I never really had a complaint until I started using the flexxbars on this bike. So, that’s my measurement guide basically.

[@motomxgaming4183]

I have a yz250 too love it so much power I had a 125 quad like your past video so relate able

[@dbriggs1689]

Great build. Very nice

[@paoemantega8793]

Great video

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks!

[@lance6462]

Aye nice build, Found you by looking up swing arm removal as mine is seized. Also live right down in pueblo working on my 2013 yz250. Appreciate the info i got from it.

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks man! Blow torch will free up anything!

[@vladimirpfenin1881]

best work!!! looks amazing.

[@marvinjames6398]

That was awesome...props to you.

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks Marvin!

[@umadbroyolo8413]

Very cool! May I suggest maybe heating up the cases in an oven so that they expand uniformly to insert the bearings. I'd be too worried about the propane torch causing warping. What type of material did you bolt onto the glide plate at the bottom?

[@PlushEnduro]

UMADBROYOLO The material is UHMW. I’ve made 3 skid plates out of the one 12x12 sheet I bought.

[@umadbroyolo8413]

@@PlushEnduro Thanks man!

[@fl7645]

Such a beatyfull bike 2 stroke excelent quality job

[@PlushEnduro]

F L thank you 🙏

[@shawnpavia]

Sweet build.

[@PlushEnduro]

PAVIA thanks!

[@No_Budget_No_Problem]

Bro the quality of these vids deserves the same views that rocky mountain gets.

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks man! I appreciate it.

[@EmilSbaste]

That would be my dream job. I am smashing that like button!

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks Emil!

[@stanleyreznikov4325]

that was AMAZING

[@PlushEnduro]

Thank you sir

[@user-xf5ji8vy6k]

good job 👍 tood

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks a lot!

[@dennisgreene2565]

Inspirational

[@paulmcfarland8287]

Wow very very nice work. Better than new. Meticulous attention to detail. Are you a motorcycle mechanic by trade? Thanks for sharing.

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks Paul! Nah, It's more of a hobby.

[@yourmamalikesmacncheese]

Amazing work.

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks Jay!

[@kevinking1750]

Righteous! Sick sick sick! Love it man! Excellent video! Love the fake out at the end, haha! \m/

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks for watching!

[@RichardMontini]

Nice

[@endurotruckererniedesjardins]

I ride a 2018 yz250 with a 3.2 gallon Clark fuel tank, home made skid plate with linkage guard, 13oz stealy flywheel weight 💪 😋,motion pro coolant recovery tank, zeta full wrap hand guards, protaper evo woods high bend with fasst co anti vibration inserts 👍👍👍😜. Stock trans, shinko mx216 fatty up front and 525 cheater rear 19inch ( works great). Yz250x suspension settings as a baseline, went tad softer, ktm guys all said why, just buy a orange bike. YAMAHA is my brand loyalty 💯, in 40 years I only had 1 YAMAHA that was a toilet, 01 660r raptor, I love my 2018 yz250, only thing missing is a promoto billet kickstand.

[@PlushEnduro]

These bikes, there is something about them, for sure. I found that even my 2002 felt better ergonomically as well as they way it handled the trails to be significantly better than the orange bikes (that I’ve ridden). The stock suspension even before revalve was better than any WP offering. (IMO anyway). I would take a YZ over an XC variant anyway of the week for XC racing and stuff. I’m a fan. But, different strikes for different folks I suppose.

[@BBISHOP660]

DUDE!. awesome build video! love it.

[@PlushEnduro]

Glad you liked it!!

[@pablorivera1196]

Your bike looks amazing cuate

[@PlushEnduro]

gracias my man!

[@wrtanques1331]

Serviço de restauração top

[@kennybelcher8240]

Cool video! Nice build.

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks Kenny!

[@cirbar3467]

Im going to get my 2017 yz450f and put that engine to ltr,and going to put 250 yamaha 2 stroke into 450

[@Moto290]

Super super impressive good work man

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks buddy!

[@Moto290]

@@PlushEnduro seriously admirable. what restyle kit did you use ? And what rear tire !? I'm building an 09 yz250 currently

[@PlushEnduro]

@@Moto290 I purchased the yamaha OEM "restyle" kit from RMATV/MC. It's more expensive, but the plastic holds up better color wise. Oh that tire is a Shinko 505 Cheater

[@Moto290]

@@PlushEnduro awesome thank you, I run the cheater as well not sure why i didn't recognize it

[@T8_Enduro]

Sweet restoration 👍🏿👍🏿

[@PlushEnduro]

Thanks Joel!

[@SteveKiziak]

Really cool to watch the build but we didn't really get to see the Bike at the end of the video?

[@joebower5880]

Sick build 👌 keep it up!!

[@PlushEnduro]

Appreciate it!

[@theninja001]

Ive been thinking about doing this same build, but I think im just gonna find a nice used 250X and go play!

[@cooperc4060]

I have 2 yz250x bikes (2017 and 2018) for my kids. Excellent bike.

[@PlushEnduro]

I think that's a safe bet. The x can be easily tuned to be more like the motocrosser with some tweaking of the powervalve, ECU swap, getting the head decked and stuff like that.

[@thebohacpage]

Dude sick build! What year is it? I rebuilt a 2000 yz250, not near as much detail as you put into it, but i did all the motor work. I didn’t love it for trail riding, so i sold it and bought my KTM 300. Oh and also, I’m super jealous of your engine stand. I just wrestle with them on the work bench LOL And your garage is too clean haha

[@datboi_james8969]

Dang you really took that thing all the way apart.

[@PlushEnduro]

Allllll the way!

[@paxtonspeed]

Did you change the oil in those forks and rear shock? Thinner oil is better for woods. I use PJ1 2.5 weight.

[@PlushEnduro]

They were re-valved by a local suspension guy. I’m not sure what weight he used though. I blindly put my faith into his expertise. 😂

[@eschrader]

Nice! How's everything holding up after 2 years on the polishing, etc?

[@eclipse2260]

Hi. How much were the rim and spokes

[@michaelpfistner5820]

How are those TUSK rims holding up? Is the Lectron worth it and did you try a JD kit or anything else before the Lectron? Those bars look nice and tall.

[@PlushEnduro]

Tusk Rims we’re great. The Lectron I actually pulled back off and went back to stock. It kinda neutered the bike in my opinion. Ran great but lost some of is spirit.

[@ranielzamora1596]

hey dude. i was wondering if you give us the link on what parts did you put in the bike i just bought a run down 05 yz250 and this pushed to upgrade it to next level hope for your reply.

[@PlushEnduro]

So much work! Lol

[@carlatamanczyk3891]

Would s true WR transmission be a benefit?

[@PlushEnduro]

I through the 3-4-5 gears from the 250x in there. Def worth the effort.

[@thedirtbikekid5382]

Dang what is that song in the beginning because I like it

[@steveforbes6845]

Looks like an amazing job but how do you build a YZ 250 Woods bike without adding a flywheel weight.

[@PlushEnduro]

Steve Forbes oh it’s there. 11oz

[@Frostbyte911]

I’ve wanted to do this so many times, but I’m overly intimidated to try it... I wish I had the knowledge as I have a lot of trails in northern Utah...

[@PlushEnduro]

You just have to go for it. You'll learn as you go (promise). Hardest part is the initial commitment!

[@viperracing2889]

Can I drive enduro with a 2018 YZ250, or will I crash it every 5 minutes? I'm considering buying one. It has already been modified with an 18" rear wheel/tire and a full FMF system. I'm a lower-intermediate rider, so I understand that I probably should buy a WR250F instead, but this '18 YZ250 I found is so gorgeous that I fell in love with it instantly. 😅

[@PlushEnduro]

Hard to say. The YZ makes a great singletrack bike. As far as hard enduro or where things get incredibly technical, it can do it absolutely, but there are better bikes out there that are made specifically to do the harder stuff. I will say that the YZ has been the most comfortable bike out of the box. I think it comes down to the person riding it to be honest. If you get the YZ, but get the heaviest flywheel you can find and hit the woods. I think it’s a good enough platform to learn on. My biggest gripe is lack of e-start.

[@viperracing2889]

@@PlushEnduro Thanks. I don't think I will do very technical stuff. More enduro trails (single track type terrain but can be wet muddy), for the fun and exercise. It's hard to find a very good bike

[@PlushEnduro]

Shoot, I think the YZ is maybe a good fit then. Soften up the clickers and rip, a flywheel weight will help smooth it out as well.

[@viperracing2889]

@@PlushEnduro Is it possible to fit an electric starter on a YZ250 2-stroke? 🤔 I'm guessing no. Then again, if I'm not going to do much technical stuff, I suppose I wouldn't stall the bike much.

[@PlushEnduro]

@@viperracing2889 someone makes a kit for it, but it’s pretty spendy.

[@danielaguiar9045]

Hi there, from Portugal, congratulations for this bike 👍 The plastics is what year?

[@tonyt1554]

What type of wheel are you using on the bench grinder for polishing?

[@ryanchilds8566]

Looks bitchn'!! I love my lectron on my '19yz250x

[@PlushEnduro]

Ryan Childs thanks!

[@jacobalexander1889]

You are insane.

[@S54.LSB_]

hey hi, I see in all the bike builds everyone uses LECTRON carburetors ??? Why ? I do not understand

[@PlushEnduro]

I ditched it. It made the bike feel artificial

[@hermanaje7401]

how long have you been repairing 1 unit of yz125 motor

[@northrockboy]

DECALS MAKE AN ENDURO BIKE ?