Vintage Dirt Bike Q & A

where is the best deal on a complete gasket set for a 73/74 CR250?

http://www.cometic.com/catalogs/CycleCat04.pdf I don't know if this is the best deal, but at the back of the catalog you will find C7811 ($27) which is head, base, intake and exhaust gaskets for your bike, and C7725 ($40) which also has the magneto, clutch and center gaskets...

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Michael Stiles
1979 Honda CR250R Elsinore | 2006 Husqvarna SM510R | 2007 Service Honda CR500R-AF

I paid 38usd on ebay from elsinorestuff for a complete gasket set, they are regularly posted. If you don't want to mess around waiting for Ebay 40usd sounds about right.

There's one on Ebay now starting bid 22usd. No bids so far with 2 days to run. Item number 4515669499. Check it out.

Hey elsinoresam,
We carry the complete Cometic kit for your bike, and it goes for $36.95, give us a call if you need one.

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Don Brooks
Vintage Elsinores
Ventura, CA.
http://www.elsinores.com

..under manufacturer's recommended retail. More power to you!

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Michael Stiles
1979 Honda CR250R Elsinore | 2006 Husqvarna SM510R | 2007 Service Honda CR500R-AF

That's the way we do things here. I don't believe that vintage motocross has to be expensive. We take care of our customers. Same thing goes for our service, we donÌt blow smoke up your butt about stage 1, or stage 2 motors for thousands and thousands of dollars, that really don't work that good to begin with. In fact, with a little case matching, porting, squish work, and a pipe & carb. You could have a RELIABLE engine that will smoke the competition, and finish the race for a third of what the other guys charge. Sorry to go off on a tangent, but I hear so many guys falling for the hype, when it all really comes down to the basics. ItÌs kind of like buying stuff on Ebay, it was a good thing in the beginning, but now everybody and there mother wants to sell there old parts and NOS stuff for a mint. Go figure?

ÏThis has been a public service announcement, and now back to our regular schedule programmingÓ:wink:

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Don Brooks
Vintage Elsinores
Ventura, CA.
http://www.elsinores.com

Hey Donnie,
I tried I know at least ten times over a period of several months last year and before that to call and email your company to get some information on modifying or rebuilding Elsinore forks. Someone had said you had modified them in some way and was extremely pleased with the results. But I never got a returned phone call or a returned email and assumed your company had gone out of business.
What happened?
do you still modify the forks? I'd like to talk to you about it.

Hey Elsinoresam,
I have no idea why you had no success getting through? The only thing I can think of is last year we had our big move, and it took quite a while to get situated. I find it hard to believe that no one here returned your phone call? But anyway yes we do all the modifications for the forks on Elsinores, give me a call tomorrow and weÌll discuss it.

OOPS I forgot to log in SORRY!!!:oops: But that's my response above

UP DATE, Jan 7th: Elsinoresam got a hold of me today, It was nice talking with you Sam, and we'll talk again soon.

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Don Brooks
Vintage Elsinores
Ventura, CA.
http://www.elsinores.com

Hey Don, I am having the same problem getting in touch with you via e-mail and phone. What is the best time and way to get ahold of you?

Brad (Novato)

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'74 CR125
'74 CR 250
'79 YZ125
'02 YZ250F

Hey Brad,
What's up? I got your message just haven't had time to make any callbacks. I'm here by myself, and just trying to get caught up with everything, it's around 10PM my time and I'm just leaving the shop. Have a big re-store that needs to be done for a show by the 19th. I'll be in on Sunday so give me a call and weÌll talk for a while. I normally donÌt pick up on Sundays, and if so just leave a message and IÌll call you right back. Thanks

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Don Brooks
Vintage Elsinores
Ventura, CA.
http://www.elsinores.com