Ardmore 3-10-07 Who's in?

[B0000M]

i know it can happen to anyone, but.... yea

seriously tho, that sux dude, hopefully youve got the skills to fix her up yourself.

[GR81]

all going well it'll actually cost me less than i first thought.
spectrum are doing the work for me and they always do a good job.

with 95hours on it... a bottom end was always on the cards and its had the top end done not long ago so itll be a very strong bike when done

see you all at the October RMCC ride all going well

[Reckless]

When I was looking at bikes I was warned off suzuki for this very reason.

Shit I've done 70 hours alone on my 01 Cr since I've had it. I hope it doesn't shit its bottom end. I don't even use the clutch 1/2 the time.

[Wellyman]

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[1vanvan1]

Dont think ill show up. Weather looks shit.

Im going to go to the bombing range this weekend i think and have some fun! Weather looks like it is fining up for the weekend and i was up there the other week in the 4wd having a blast. Almost got stuck :P. Plus the tide is all teh way out.

You guys were right about the 80kmph for 15-20 min. Further up than i thought! :P

[GR81]

Spectrum doing a GOOD job. how the hell can that be?
I always find as does my old man they leave bolts undone and dont do all the jobs you ask them to do, but still charge you for them.
WM

each to their own

[cheese]

I also have my own opinions but to slander someones business on the net instead of taking it up with them isn't the greatest idea.

[B0000M]

d dont do all the jobs you ask them to do, but still charge you for them.

not to drag this on, but why would you pay them if they hadnt done the work?

[Pierce]

*cough*

When I was looking at bikes I was warned off suzuki for this very reason.

You will find horror stories about every bike (except honda's ). I personally got warned against Kawasaki's when looking at bikes Personally I was always going to buy honda because it's in my vains but everyone has their own opinions about bikes. I'd never go anything but red or maybe KTM


SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo.... is the track day still on or what...? I need to know weather or not to get my stuff ready!

[GR81]

When I was looking at bikes I was warned off suzuki for this very reason.

what reason? "dont buy suzuki... they need to be maintained, unlike other bikes" ? haha

[Danger]

Guess I must have got a good Suzuki. I've just added up my rides from my Spec Sheets and I've done 52 different events, and I typically ride 3-4 hours a ride and I typically ride hard and mostly in sand, so thats about 182 hours and have not had any trouble what so ever. Guess I should pull that top end sometime, but I'm still to fix my KTM which has done even greater mileage.
Meanwhile my buddies '05 CR250 has done 3 maybe 4 topends that I'm aware off in that time and he does not ride as much or as hard as me. Go figure. And he loves my RM250, reckons its like cheating and would like one as his next bike if he could get the Mr's to give him the go ahead.
My only complaint with the RM is the clutch is not the most consistant and can make getting holeshots tricky. But thats not a big concern to me.

[Reckless]

Na I'm not suzuki bashing at all. I'm a Kawasaki man actually. But they where reputed to have lower ends that needed more looking after. And in the 00 to 03 years when I was looking on T/me for something for myself there where a heck of a lot that said they'd had the lower end done when other brands didn't seem to have needed it. Just a rumor i'd heard that seemed to be backed up by the t/me ads.

Yep Danger I agree with you about pistons etc. They say 50 hours for a new piston in a 250 2smoker. Yea right!! Money for the shops!! I did rings in mine at 50hrs just for piece of mind. Piston measured fine. I'll check it at 100 hrs. Done 67 actual hrs now on the Revcounter thingy. But I won't get a complete picture till I start from a new piston and can measure it from new, then at 50 then at 100 and so on. The one thats in there now was in when I bought it. Rings are only $30-00 bucks so not worth not doing while it's apart.
182 hours jeepers i coudn't resist to have a look with those sort of hours on it. But I might be a bit more like your CR mate that has to know everythings ok because I do all my own maintenance. I like my garage time, nice and quiet, no wife, no kids just me and a spanner!

[Reckless]

Back on topic! 10am report!

Just called the raceline and looks like Ardmore is on at this stage from 4 till 8pm.
Here in Howick (15mins from Ardmore) we've had some pretty heavy rain so far this morning. So not sure with my work pressure if I'll go out! I'll make my final decision based on the days weather this arvo about 2 or 3.

[Danger]

Yeah any spare time that I get to work on my own bikes goes into the suspension and testing different setups. If I was racing seriously the topend would be apart more. But my friends top end gets done because it has had to be done.
And yes the pre '05 RM's were a different animal. Suzuki really upped their game in recent years. Honda didn't just drop the ball, they threw their ball away.
One thing I don't like on the '05-07 CR250's is the footpeg relationship. Way to forward and this results in a cramped riding style for me, and I'm not a big guy although I do have long arms for my height ha ha!

[cheese]

Yeah I heard that in 05 the RMs changed alot. I ended up going Honda for the Alloy frame though. It was a big draw card for me. I think that I looked at all the options and rode alot of bikes. I loved the CRF250 I had a go on, but wouldn't like to be paying someone else to fix it for me.

Its funny what you say about teh 05 CR's, I rode Boooms and it felt totally different. I also rode WRT's 01 and that felt really weird. I found that Booooms felt much more forward positioned and I felt like I was going to go over the bars. Mine has after market tripple clamps so maybe they adjust the angle? I also have risers and fat bars so maybe that makes a difference too. WRTs felt like riding a 125 in comparison. No bottom end and heaps at the top! My bike seems like a 4 stroke tractor in comparison to most other 2 strokes I've ridden.