creampuff ???

[Mike Mercury]

just might be:

1974 YAMAHA DT360

https://images.craigslist.org/00L0L_fK0Wus2TbIN_0CI0t2_1200x900.jpg


11,250 miles. Original paint, chrome, seat, etc. All the lights, gauges, switches, etc work like they should.

moor pics:
https://dayton.craigslist.org/mcd/d/xenia-1974-yamaha-dt360-creampuff/7745368204.html

[justaguy]

just might be:

1974 YAMAHA DT360

https://images.craigslist.org/00L0L_fK0Wus2TbIN_0CI0t2_1200x900.jpg




moor pics:
https://dayton.craigslist.org/mcd/d/xenia-1974-yamaha-dt360-creampuff/7745368204.html

Damn looks completely original…id say yeah

[The_Dude]

:cool1:

[TheHammer]

Very nice bike! Lights and everything. Non-factory rear sprocket, understandable.
Damn, 11,000 miles on an old 70's enduro would be brutal.
I rode several back in the day.
I believe it comes from the factory with a compression release? maybe it came in later models?

[Datawiz]

Sweet!

I thought Xenia, OH got wiped off the map 50+ years ago with a tornado. :leaving:

[GTOguy]

That thing was never driven on the dirt, I'll say that. Had a friend with a DT400 and it was a great bike. I had a few, but never a DT. Had an IT monoshocker and an RD350 street bike. 2 strokes ruled in the '60's and '70's!

[simpleman68]

Nice bike!

I am selling an '86 Yamaha Maxim X in just about as good a condition with 6900 miles on it. Bought from the original owner some years ago.

700 cc, 4 cylinder, 5 valves/head, liquid cooled, shaft driven etc.

Love those old bikes!
Scott

[04 commemorative]

I had a silver 360 Enduro and yes you NEEDED the compression release to kick start it...trust me .

[Frankie the Fink]

I rode a Yamaha "Big Bear" back in the day - a cantankerous beast to tune and maintain, but crack the throttle and she would sure scoot !

[TheHammer]

I had a silver 360 Enduro and yes you NEEDED the compression release to kick start it...trust me .

The 360 wasn't bad without using the compression release, however, I used it the most of the time.

The baddest kickback I ever got from a dirt bike was a Maico 400, nasty.

[GTOguy]

The 360 wasn't bad without using the compression release, however, I used it the most of the time.

The baddest kickback I ever got from a dirt bike was a Maico 400, nasty.

A friend had an SR500 single. Another compression release affair.

The thing with the Japanese bikes was that they always DID start.

The Spanish and British bikes, not so much

There's a great youtube channel home movie called "Cycles South" from 1971 that features 3 high school friends riding their BSA 441's to Mexico from Colorado for an adventure before college. They end up lunching the bottom ends of the Beezers (of course) in Texas and end up with Kawasaki 175s that are far superior to the large, heavy, and brittle Brit bikes. It's a great way to spend an hour if you grew up in the 70's riding like a lot of us did.

[markids77]

The 360 wasn't bad without using the compression release, however, I used it the most of the time.

The baddest kickback I ever got from a dirt bike was a Maico 400, nasty.

A Greeves Griffin 380 spit me over the bars on kickback... tore the meniscus.
I ice raced it a bit after the surgery, but it hurt every time I started it.

[JRD77VET]

Very nice bike! Lights and everything. Non-factory rear sprocket, understandable.
Damn, 11,000 miles on an old 70's enduro would be brutal.
I rode several back in the day.
I believe it comes from the factory with a compression release? maybe it came in later models?

No compression release. You get to kick full compression.

I used to have that exact same cycle. LOTS of fun playing in the mud :D

[CurtP]

Nice, but not $4,750.00 nice, IMO.

[LATB]

I have a 50 year old scar on my leg from a wreck on that very bike.

[TheHammer]

Now that I look at that year, it could be a Preston Petty front fender on that too.

[Newby]

I had a 73 brand new. Great bike.
11k miles was way to many back then on those old 2 strokes.
The jugs and pistons would be gone as was the case with this one.
Beautiful bike, didn't realize they can be worth that much.

BTW
Check out this site for crazy detailed descriptions on pretty much all models.
https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_dt360%2074.htm

[04 commemorative]

The 360 wasn't bad without using the compression release, however, I used it the most of the time.

The baddest kickback I ever got from a dirt bike was a Maico 400, nasty.

It put me over the bars and I still have not found my arch :lol:

[Louie Detroit]

If I was 30 years younger and had the cash... :D

[Mike Mercury]

Sweet!

I thought Xenia, OH got wiped off the map 50+ years ago with a tornado. :leaving:


Datawiz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Xenia_tornado

[Budman]

I had a DT-250. Fun little bike, I used to ride it 25 miles to the local community college in the winter. When it got below about 30 degrees I rode the bus.

[TheHammer]

I had a DT-250. Fun little bike, I used to ride it 25 miles to the local community college in the winter. When it got below about 30 degrees I rode the bus.

I had the 1974 version of the Yamaha 250 enduro. My going to work and school cycle.

[Torqaholic]

Looks cherry. First bike I bought was a '76 XT500. Same bike but a tad bigger. Tried doing a burn out in gravel once and the tire didn't spin. Bike tried taking off without me. Hung on by my finger tips with chest laying on the seat and dragging my toes for brakes... Very embarrassing :rofl:

https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/lv0118/lv0118-314819/images/[email protected]?1507658215000

[TheHammer]

Looks cherry. First bike I bought was a '76 XT500. Same bike but a tad bigger. Tried doing a burn out in gravel once and the tire didn't spin. Bike tried taking off without me. Hung on by my finger tips with chest laying on the seat and dragging my toes for brakes... Very embarrassing :rofl:

https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/lv0118/lv0118-314819/images/[email protected]?1507658215000

:rofl:

I had an experience like that, brand new, freshly uncrated 1975 YZ 250. First "motocross" bike I ever rode. All I could do to hold on when I cracked the throttle. Front end up in every gear, digging a trench all the way.

[GTOguy]

A good friend did the same sort of thing on his new Husky 390 back in the day. Right out of the pickup truck home from the dealer. The tire didn't spin---the frame of the bike merely rotated upward, using the rear axle as it's axis. The bike made it about 300 degrees as it dumped him on his ass and landed on top of him. Torque is a real thing.

[JRD77VET]

Looks cherry. First bike I bought was a '76 XT500. Same bike but a tad bigger. Tried doing a burn out in gravel once and the tire didn't spin. Bike tried taking off without me. Hung on by my finger tips with chest laying on the seat and dragging my toes for brakes... Very embarrassing :rofl:

https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/lv0118/lv0118-314819/images/[email protected]?1507658215000

My roommate Mike had that exact bike. He was went down the former railroad bed at Salford Station, grabbed a handful of throttle and it "spit him off".

He broke his collarbone in seven pieces. While at hospital getting examined by the oncall doctor he heard him say " Holy shit, look at this" to another doctor to show him the X ray.

Maike wasn;t the sharpest tack in the box, while his arm was in a sling, he dropped a big block MOPAR starter on his head and ended up with stitches. ( yeah, I ended up taking him to a different hospital ER for that. :rofl:


Bonus story
Mike was slowly kicking it over to find TDC. Well, the dumbass had the key on and it launched his right shin into the end of the handlebars which had an open end due to a previous crash.
He "punched" a 7/8" divot in his skin from the open end.


I could type for hours all the stupid shit Mike did and somehow evaded earning the "ultimate Darwin award"

[markids77]

Looks cherry. First bike I bought was a '76 XT500. Same bike but a tad bigger. Tried doing a burn out in gravel once and the tire didn't spin. Bike tried taking off without me. Hung on by my finger tips with chest laying on the seat and dragging my toes for brakes... Very embarrassing :rofl:

https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/lv0118/lv0118-314819/images/[email protected]?1507658215000

Sorry but no go on "the same bike"... the DTs were 2 stroke, the XT is a 4 stroke. Big difference... a TT500 accident caused me to have a piece of my left hip hold my left collarbone together, so I really know the difference. Pine tree 1, markids and a Bell Star 0.

[Mike Mercury]

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