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Slorider
15th February 2014, 16:11
anyone else into these?.....ive got an 88 rm 250,nice bike imo as was the old 82? model I had long ago (air cooled floater)
Crasherfromwayback
15th February 2014, 16:23
anyone else into these?.....ive got an 88 rm 250,nice bike imo as was the old 82? model I had long ago (air cooled floater)
82 was the first liquid cooled RM250...The Z. Animal of a thing. If yours was a floater and air cooled (1 year only) it was an 'X' (1981).
Slorider
15th February 2014, 23:23
yip,was an air cooled floater-id say it wouldn't be too far behind my 88 powerwise....gonna sell it and get an it465-i hear they have a better eng than 490 (had one of them too-a pig to start)
ktm84mxc
16th February 2014, 08:53
Yep those were the days RM's and YZ's were the weapons of choice, CR's and KX's just weren't as plentiful . Maico Husky Montessa even rarer . I started out in 79 on a PE175n into enduro bikes as you could ride them in more events MX, Hare scrambles, Enduros , Trail rides etc back in the day.
jasonu
17th February 2014, 07:13
I like to post this pic every chance I get. Proud father an all that.
Unfortunatly long sold but fun while it lasted.293752
Crasherfromwayback
17th February 2014, 10:04
I like to post this pic every chance I get. Proud father an all that.
Unfortunatly long sold but fun while it lasted]
And why wouldn't ya be proud and want to show it off! I've always wanted one of those...but having owned a CR480 with a left side kicker...that keeps putting me off the idea.
BuzzardNZ
17th February 2014, 10:37
And why wouldn't ya be proud and want to show it off! I've always wanted one of those...but having owned a CR480 with a left side kicker...that keeps putting me off the idea.
Ever try kick starting it sitting backwards?
Crasherfromwayback
17th February 2014, 11:15
Ever try kick starting it sitting backwards?
Lol. No. Cause that'd be just too wrong trying to kick it forwards! I used to stand next to it and still use my right leg as trying with my left whilst on the bike was just too unco. Easy enough with a 250 though.
jasonu
17th February 2014, 11:26
And why wouldn't ya be proud and want to show it off! I've always wanted one of those...but having owned a CR480 with a left side kicker...that keeps putting me off the idea.
Yeah the lhs kicker was a bitch to start with. Once I replaced the OEM Bing carb with a Mikuni starting got a lot easier and the left side issue kinda faded away.
eelracing
17th February 2014, 12:55
Oi this thread is about 80's RM's...I love mine.1980 Rm125T & 83 RM125D
And what is it about you big bore riders that you are always moaning...whats not to like about cushy torque that your grandmother could ride.:weird:
jasonu
17th February 2014, 13:44
Oi this thread is about 80's RM's...I love mine.1980 Rm125T & 83 RM125D
And what is it about you big bore riders that you are always moaning...whats not to like about cushy torque that your grandmother could ride.:weird:
I wasn't moaning.
The title of the thread is 1980's MX'ers not 1980's RM's.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Crasherfromwayback
17th February 2014, 16:10
Oi this thread is about 80's RM's...I love mine.1980 Rm125T & 83 RM125D
And what is it about you big bore riders that you are always moaning...whats not to like about cushy torque that your grandmother could ride.:weird:
Lol. Quiet in the cheap seats. Just because you like riding girls bikes. Most mortals (me included obviously) can go around a race track way faster on a 125 or a 250 than they can on an open class bike. But that (to me at least) is missing the point. From the time I first cracked the throttle open on a big bore two stroke I was hooked. But just so we get to race on equal terms...I'll have my 84 KX125 finished before too long so we'll see then.
Crasherfromwayback
18th February 2014, 13:42
Gonna start work on me SR very shortly. 1983 vintage.
293820
Stylo
18th February 2014, 17:34
Nice bike Crasher, been watching some footage of Dave Thorpe in '81 on the SR500. Legend.
Still got a couple of boxes of piston's, levers, full gasket sets, O rings you name it for the Kx5 .
What's your re-power plan ?
Crasherfromwayback
18th February 2014, 20:24
Nice bike Crasher, been watching some footage of Dave Thorpe in '81 on the SR500. Legend.
What's your re-power plan ?
Cheers. Got to get my arse over to Australia shortly to do a swap with my spare SR250 engine the the 500 engine bits I need to make it it's former fire breathing self!
flashg
9th April 2014, 20:51
yip,was an air cooled floater-id say it wouldn't be too far behind my 88 powerwise....gonna sell it and get an it465-i hear they have a better eng than 490 (had one of them too-a pig to start)
i had a yz465 in my go cart years back. You might like to know you could bore them out as required when you run out of Yamaha pistons we then used wisco pistons and then first 490 Yamaha piston more rebores then more wisco pistons till no more. An amazing engine. Vibration of the engine causes the choke seal to wear and engine runs rich, i sealed it off and perfect after that.
Slorider
24th April 2014, 01:56
gd 465 tip mr flash-got anymore?
flashg
24th April 2014, 17:11
gd 465 tip mr flash-got anymore?
go karting was real hard on drive dogs in gearboxes. Mostly Suzuki TM, RM air cooled. ( we raced dirt tracks) the 465 seemed bullet proof, never a problem. Mine was a 1982 model, loved the torque it had down low. Ran 390 main jet and Castrol TTS @40-1
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