Great story with this motor! A student/client of mine called me and said he had this old motor from the 80's a buddy just gave him. (he had no clue what it was). He described to as a kick start, 6 speed Honda motor. My ears raised… He said he thought it was a two stroke motor and he was thinking I might be interested. If not he wanted to "try and put this thing on a go cart!" (I shriveled but kept my composure). A friend of his was a small engines teacher at a tech school back in the 80's. His friend owed him $$ for 20 years! He said the ex-teacher friend was cleaning out the attic and he saw this motor and thought he could pay his debt by giving him this motor. He agreed.
I went and saw it yesterday. It is a brand spanking new 250r motor. Never ran. Not seized. clean as a whistle. The Keihin carb never had fuel in it! Not a scratch on the motor paint. Never been mounted!!
He was told by the teacher that it was on the school work bench for years as a display at the tech school. (The bolts and fasteners look like they have never been touched). Honda supposedly donated a bunch of these motors to schools for teaching students about two strokes. He said once they banned the atc's and two stroke motors Honda freely allowed some of these motors to be used for educational purposes. (Anyone ever hear of Honda doing this??)
So I hope you can see the uploaded pictures.
My final question is, What do you guys think this is worth?
