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Member Services => Introductions => Topic started by: duff man on December 05, 2013, 08:53:35 PM
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Hi everyone. I just thought I would introduce myself on here. My name is Joe. I ride a 1988 250r and 2007 450r. I will post a few pics in a little bit.
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welcome to the best site on the web.
john
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The 250r:
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii245/duffman78/Mobile%20Uploads/image-2.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/duffman78/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image-2.jpg.html)
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii245/duffman78/Mobile%20Uploads/image-1.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/duffman78/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image-1.jpg.html)
the 450r:
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii245/duffman78/IMG_40162.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/duffman78/media/IMG_40162.jpg.html)
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii245/duffman78/IMG_40262.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/duffman78/media/IMG_40262.jpg.html)
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They both sweet!! But the winner might be 450
For now maybe. But I've only had my 250r for about a year, it will have some more mods before it is done..
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they are some head turners. any specifics on the bikes?
john
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they are some head turners. any specifics on the bikes?
john
Thanks I have worked hard to transform both from bone stock to what you see now. The 450 is stock motor, curtis sparks pipe/air cleaner/jet kit, JB racing +1 long travel front end with PEP 8 click big bottles, PEP 8 click rear with DC6 link on stock swinger, graphics kit, quadtech hump seat, 08 tank, tag bars, lonestar +1 stem, hiper tech 3s with holeshot MXR6 tires, roll designs nerfs, and a few other odds and ends.
The 250r is stock engine with FMF fatty pipe (was on it when I bought it), Laegers +2 long travel front end with PEP 8 click big bottle shocks, PEP rear shock on stock swinger, AC racing pro peg nerfs, maier plastics with custom graphics, Tag bars, ODI grips, and a few other odds and ends. I plan to go with a stroker setup in the next year or so and I have a set of hipers/holeshots I just need to mount for it.
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I have a trx450 as well. Nothing wrong with them just not a dinosaur yet so they're not as amusing
I love the fact that my 450 will always start for me. I love the 250r for it's light weight chassis and superior handling. It would be hard for me to choose my favorite.
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Nice rides.......welcome
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Welcome and nice lookin' quads!
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I have a trx450 as well. Nothing wrong with them just not a dinosaur yet so they're not as amusing
:sign0101: Seriously, so the TRX250R is a Dinosaur & amusing as well :dispirited: :confusion:.
Son, I think you need a 4 poker brain washing, to clean that new fangled OEM dollar robbing mess out of your head :dejection:.
Neil
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Very nice bikes and welcome from another Okie... I also have a 450R and a couple 250R's. They each have their pros and cons, but both are fun. I will say the 450 is easier to get good hp out of, just more expensive.
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Relax LOL, I was just saying. I love the R and yes it's old in theory but a lot of R's I see are like new because we take care of them and are constantly buying new parts and such
LOL :sign0108:, yeah I thought that would git your attention.
Aint it somewhere in the rules, mentioning a 4 poker is considered cussing :sign0181:.
Neil
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The 250r:
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii245/duffman78/Mobile%20Uploads/image-2.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/duffman78/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image-2.jpg.html)
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii245/duffman78/Mobile%20Uploads/image-1.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/duffman78/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image-1.jpg.html)
the 450r:
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii245/duffman78/IMG_40162.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/duffman78/media/IMG_40162.jpg.html)
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii245/duffman78/IMG_40262.jpg) (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/duffman78/media/IMG_40262.jpg.html)
Welcome & looking good there Duff, how the snow & ice coming along.
Got kin folk lives over in Howe Ok & good friends up at Muskogee & we'll be racing TT at Muskogee again 2014 season.
Neil
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Welcome & looking good there Duff, how the snow & ice coming along.
Got kin folk lives over in Howe Ok & good friends up at Muskogee & we'll be racing TT at Muskogee again 2014 season.
Neil
Have seen about five inches of snow in the last 20 hours, but it seems to be done now. I hope to be playing quads in the snow after work. Hehe
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kick ass name! welcome to the boards. oh and nice bikes lol
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kick ass name! welcome to the boards. oh and nice bikes lol
Thanks. Been using that name on car forums for a long time and it's nice to find some people that appreciate my quads a little more than my wife does. Lol
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LOL :sign0108:,Aint it somewhere in the rules, mentioning a 4 poker is considered cussing :sign0181:.
Neil
Welcome, Duff Man! (http://i39.tinypic.com/11qpatw.png)
For future reference: Anytime, anyone wants Neil's attention, just mention you like your 450R, as equal to your 250R! :eagerness:
Total respect for you Neil. :sign0188:
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I will probably be doing the motor on my R in the next year or so. I ride wooded trails and occasionally dunes. I am thinking that I would like the motor to be more of mid range and not just a top end kinda motor? What do you guys think? And who is a good builder for a motor? Thanks for any help.
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I will probably be doing the motor on my R in the next year or so. I ride wooded trails and occasionally dunes. I am thinking that I would like the motor to be more of mid range and not just a top end kinda motor? What do you guys think? And who is a good builder for a motor? Thanks for any help.
Sounds like a good plan.
Good bottom end to midrange cylinder port, compression up around 210~230 range & some race gas, make that 250R engine grunt & pull in low rpms like a 4 poker.
Neil
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Nice bikes man, the graphics on the r are cool and a great way to save the plastic from boot marks and such.
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Nice bikes man, the graphics on the r are cool and a great way to save the plastic from boot marks and such.
Thanks. The fender graphics are actually cut for a 400ex, then we trimmed them to work on the 250r fenders. Wasn't major surgery, but still took a buddy of mine and his skill with graphics to get them to look good.
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Yah I had asked you about them on atv riders not to long ago bud. Welcome to .org.
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Forgive my newbie ***, but can someone explain the benefits of the cr250 ignition upgrade? And what exactly is needed?
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Forgive my newbie ass, but can someone explain the benefits of the cr250 ignition upgrade? And what exactly is needed?
That is a pretty simple explain, if you got hair on your head & if your using the stock OEM TRX250R ignition system, by the time you get fed up trying to make it work right, you may not have to much hair left to pull out :character0029::chuncky:.
The stock OEM 250R ignition system can be problematic, with things like, you'll go out to ride & have no spark, when just the other day it was working fine, so now you cant get the engine started. If its like everybody elses, you may be riding one day & stop to take a little break, jump back on & the engine wont start. If that should happen, your really in a pickle if it does.
Quite a few years ago, was a guy on Mac Dizzy. Com, took it on himself to find out the reason the old OEM TRX250R ignition was so problematic.
Things he found were, old & weak ignition stator for one & then the connectors in the wiring harness. Those connectors may look good, but chances are they are not making good contact with each other, so in turn will affect the operation of the system.
Next, was the CDI box. He took it completely apart, which was a major task just in itself from being filled with epoxy, so it was a long process digging into it just to pick out the main board.
One thing he found, was the male pin in the CDI box where the harness makes connection with the box, that the black wire with white stripe in the harness connects to, it will become loose from the main board, break connection with the board & will sometimes have connection & then at times will not.
That is where the hair pulling comes into play & I've dealt with it myself first hand. I've had times, all it took was just bend the harness around some close to the connection at the box & the ignition would start back sparking. Then times that didnt work & just a simple spraying of some WD40 onto the flywheel & stator would start it back to sparking. I have heard of guys taking a small C clamp & placing it right in the middle of the CDI box & tighting it up some & the ignition would go back to sparking.
Got to where it would happen more often & then one day, I had a CR250R conversion & OH MY GOD did life change.
NO more ignition problems after that, but the only thing about it, the CR250R flywheel is so much smaller than the TRX flywheel, that the engine will rev up faster & as well will slow down faster & will take a bit of getting youst to when riding.
By the flywheel being smaller & the engine reving up faster, it will kind of make it feel like the engine has had some performance work done to it, even if it is a stock engine.
Having the CR250R ignition system conversion on a TRX250R, will make life so much easier & will at the same time, make you think a whole lot more of your old 250R quad, the best sport & racing quad ever built.
Neil