Author Topic: My three year, and counting, project. (Read 17472 times)

D Bergstrom · « **on:** August 30, 2014, 02:15:34 PM »

Figured I would post some pics of my 250R. Have owned this since 2005 and has under went a lot of changes over the years. This current rebuild started back in 2011. (last time i rode my 250R was Labor Day 2011.) Started by ordering a new 250R no link frame from lonestar at the end of 2011. Since I have had so much time, some of the items have changed. (Wish I just would have put the damn thing together right away.) Highlights are LSR no link frame, +4+1 Laeger a-arms, rear LSR DC-4 swing arm, Motowoz shocks, GBC tires, DWT beadlocks, and a bunch of titanium bolts. Below are a few pics of how it sits today. This is sand dune trim, (just need sand tires mounted of course.) the silver plastics and carbon fiber stuff is to pretty to get dirty out in the desert. I have a IMS 4 gallon tank and white plastics that will put it back into desert trim. Not quite ready to ride, but close, I just and to see what it looked like with the silver plastics and carbon fiber stuff!

Doug

D Bergstrom · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2014, 02:24:18 PM »

Here is the build thread I started three years ago on atvriders:

http://www.atvriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?478686-New-build

Here was the rebuild I did back in 2010:

http://www.trx250r.net/forum/project-quads/5130-1986-trx250r-update.html

The above link even has a post to some older photos of it. I have spent way to much money on this damn thing!

(Sorry for all the links. No way I want to repost all that stuff!)

Doug

jcs003 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 30, 2014, 02:51:32 PM »

this is awesome! i remember the thread on atvriders.

john

etccb · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2014, 03:21:39 PM »

Looks great Doug.

Bio86 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 30, 2014, 08:41:35 PM »

Looks awesome! Very clean, love the blue.

Fire1 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2014, 08:53:13 PM »

That looks great!

GO OVRIT · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2014, 09:03:58 PM »

It looks great. How wide is it with the +4s?

ytman · « **Reply #7 on:** August 30, 2014, 11:20:18 PM »

Of course the bumper is the best feature. haha. She's lookin good. It's too bad the intake is such a p.i.a. She looks like she's going to be a fun ride.

D Bergstrom · « **Reply #8 on:** August 31, 2014, 09:31:54 AM »

Quote from: GO OVRIT;41992

It looks great. How wide is it with the +4s?

51" from sidewall of tire to sidewall of tire. That is with me siting on the quad.

Quote from: ytman;41998

Of course the bumper is the best feature. haha. She's lookin good. It's too bad the intake is such a p.i.a. She looks like she's going to be a fun ride.

Figured you would like the bumper! haha I thought it turned out pretty good, thanks for coming up with the idea.

That is my biggest complaint with this thing, not happy with the intake setup at all. Guess it will work for now, but eventually I would like to come up with something different.

Doug

ytman · « **Reply #9 on:** August 31, 2014, 11:04:52 AM »

I won't be satisfied till I see her with a big tank tho. haha.

F-Red · « **Reply #10 on:** August 31, 2014, 11:08:15 AM »

Nice job Doug! Beautiful color combo!

Sky · « **Reply #11 on:** August 31, 2014, 11:23:33 AM »

nice ride Doug! enjoy the rest of the summer

havinnoj · « **Reply #12 on:** August 31, 2014, 02:22:13 PM »

Really nice looking R!

zcarlson12 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 01, 2014, 06:00:50 PM »

Very nice R!

D Bergstrom · « **Reply #14 on:** January 01, 2015, 03:23:16 PM »

So after three and a half years, I finally got to ride this thing! Took it out about two weeks ago for a short ride. Just wanted to break it in and shake it down a little. Engine had a pretty bad bog right off idle, so I only burned a little over half a tank of gas then called it quits. Took it home and made some changes, dropped the pilot down one size and made seem adjustments to the suspension. Took it out last weekend and the thing ran great. (For a while anyway, more on that in a bit.) Bog was pretty much gone, could probably use to go down one more size on the pilot, but since it is winter, will probably wait to do that till we get seem warmer weather. I forgot how much fun a two stroke is to ride! Suspension worked great, loved the no link rear, but still have a little tweaking to do to get it perfect.

Now for the bad part. Burned up a tank of fuel and headed back to the truck to refill and take a little break. Filled the tank up, quad set for about 10 minutes, then decided it was time for another ride. Quad was a no start, kicked until my leg felt like it was going to fall off and not even a hint of firing. I have a 2001 CR250 ignition on this thing, and I have found my 250R rarely kicks back since I installed this ignition. Well, this thing was kicking back like a mother the entire time I was trying to get it started. I am guessing something failed in the ignition. (Years ago I had a stator fail while running the oem ignition and it did the same thing, kicking back like crazy.) Loaded the quad up and headed home, will probably be a couple of weeks before I can dig into it to see what the problem is. Oh well, was great to ride my 250R again though! For sure need to get it running again quickly, had to much fun riding it!

Below are the only pics I took while riding. I meant to grab my GoPro and get some footage, but forgot it, hopefully next ride.

Doug