Yamaha XT 250 3Y3 mountain ride

2023-08-08 Yamaha XT 250 3Y3 mountain ride
English: Join me on my ride with my old Yamaha XT 250 3Y3 on a small mountain called Haunsberg in the district of the Salzburger Land right across the border to the Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria. We first cross the river Salzach and ride through the town of Oberndorf and after a short ride on the highway we take the road uphill to the summit of Mount Haunsberg. My Yamaha XT 250 3Y3 was first on the street in the year 1983 and I’ve bought it in the internet after a break of roughly 10 years I sold my last one besides of my Honda CB 500 Four and a Suzuki DR 500. So I’ve bought that Yamaha XT again end of 2017 and then refurbished it in 2018. Over the last 5 years I had a lot of fun riding it. It’s a wonderful day in Autumn, so life is good, enjoy :) ... Would be just great if this Yamaha would have 350 ccm ... for the XT 500 is a big bore kit available though.
Deutsch: Wir fahren mit meiner alten Yamaha XT 250 3Y3 auf einen kleinen Berg namens Haunsberg, gelegen im Salzburger Land jenseits der Grenze des Berchtesgadener Landes, Oberbayern. Zuerst überqueren wir den Fluss Salzach und fahren durch den Ort Oberndorf, nehmen dann aber nach einer kurzen Strecke auf der Bundesstraße die enge Landstraße zum Gipfel des Haunsbergs hoch. Meine Yamaha XT 250 3Y3 wurde erstmals 1983 zugelassen, erstanden habe ich sie im Internet 10 Jahre nachdem ich meine vorherige Yamaha XT neben meiner Honda CB 500 Four und einer Suzuki DR 500 verkauft habe. Diese Yamaha XT 250 3Y3 kaufte ich Ende 2017 und restaurierte sie in 2018. In den letzen 5 Jahren hat sie mir viel Freude gebracht. Es ist ein wunderbarer Tag im August um sich der Fahrt zu erfreuen. Wäre einfach toll, wenn diese Yamaha 350 ccm hätte ... für die XT 500 gibt es soviel ich weiß einen Big Bore Kit.
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[@danr1832]

I enjoyed the ride! It's Saturday morning coffee time before breakfast in Oregon USA. A nice video to start my day. I'm an older fellow also. I just purchased a 2025 XT250 and have been watching various videos. I wanted small, light, and still just fast enough for the open road, the XT250 seemed to be the right combination. Have a great day & thanks for the video 😊.

[@artfantasies]

Hi danr1832, you've made the best choice ever! Besides other motorcycles I had the same Yamaha XT 250 in my garage 2 decades ago. As I decided to buy a motorcycle again in 2017 I decided to buy the XT 250 again because it was the bike with which I had the most fun and no problems. It's a reliable light weight ... have a great weekend, Christian ... PS: Running in Portland 5 am kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKHQgIFre8d7n7s

[@SUPERGENKI]

That was really fun to watch, such a great ride - thanks for letting us tag along. 😀 Best regards, Onkel Torben

[@artfantasies]

Hey Onkel Torben, yeah, this old XT is fun to ride especially on smaller roads ... I've refurbished the Yamaha over several month back in 2018, simply love that little dirt bike :)

[@williammartin5715]

Awesome bike and I have one very similar to your bike 😊

[@artfantasies]

Yep, the XT 250 is just great to ride and is great designed. You say your bike is similar. Is it an XT or do you own a DT? ... as the coloring of my XT is made like the one from the DT3.

[@williammartin5715]

@@artfantasies if I could send you a photo of it I would of, but I'm not tec savvy

[@williammartin5715]

@@artfantasies do you know the one that they had in Rambo the red xt250, well I have the white one of those

[@gigi101060]

A man's toy! Good ride, love it! Xxoo Gigi

[@artfantasies]

Yep ... and if I would have been more cautious with stock jobbing I still would have at least a hand full of those toys in my garage :(

[@tiloalo]

Nice to still see some video about this motorbike. I have a red one from 1984 with only 10k km (6k miles) on it 😊

[@artfantasies]

Lucky one! ... only 10k km ... frankly I'm not sure this one has but I guess 36k km ... but it runs just fine. Bought now the camshaft with 22 PS and will put it in in the winter time. I'm curious if the Yamaha will then be really faster.

[@Alpengluehn]

Kaiserbuche ist super 👍🏻

[@artfantasies]

Yep, denke manchmal an die alte Kaiserbuche zurück, als ich mit meiner CB 500 Four den Haunsberg oder mit meiner vorherigen XT hochfuhr.

[@mrpringlehead]

Hello! I am thinking of buying one of these for my 2nd bike for offroad and around town use. How do you like it? Is it easy to get the critical parts (tyres, chain etc)?

[@artfantasies]

I still get all the parts I want for my Yamaha. Heck, I even bought a 22 HP camshaft and bearing as mine has the German 17 HP camshaft. Sealing putty or carburator repair set you can buy on ebay. I've made a video where I buy my parts, you can check it out if you want kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnSVg3ucZ7FratE

[@arndschockemohle1478]

Ein "big bore kit" gibt es für die XT 250 nicht weil die ab Werk schon "big gebohrt" ist: 74mm Bohrung bei nur 58mm Hub. Ein echter Kurzhuber eben. Und, rein technisch, selbst wenn das ginge, da ein größerer Kolben passte, würde ja die Gewichtung der Ausgleichswelle dann nicht mehr zum größeren Kolben passen. So schön dein Motorrad auch insgesamt ist: Die Sitzbank sieht verschlissen aus. Da sitzt du in einem Loch. Einfach mal vom profil frischmachen lassen.

[@artfantasies]

Danke für die Info zur Bohrung ... werde mich wohl für nächste Saison nach einer 22 PS-Nockenwelle samt Lager umsehen. Ob das was bringt wird sich dann herausstellen, sind halt dann anstatt 17 PS bei 6.500 U/min, wo sie zu macht, immerhin 22 PS bei 8.500 U/min. ... Nope, die Sitzbank ist nicht verschlissen!

[@DavierfelipeMedina]

Tengo una buena colombia