Messages

1

Pics and Vids / Finished Pics and First Real Ride Videos

« on: June 07, 2014, 05:49:12 PM »

badass!! trails are bice to!! you were haulin down them!!

thanks.  yea its a fun place to ride.  its only 40 min from my house and only cost $5 to ride all day.  gotta get use to the 250r and then i can push it a lil more like i do on my 450.  here is a short video my buddy took on my phone from there of me on my 450

[video=youtube;GwI1Phk17T4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwI1Phk17T4[/video]

2

Pics and Vids / Finished Pics and First Real Ride Videos

« on: June 07, 2014, 05:44:04 PM »

cool.  yea im always nervous the first ride.  yea not a whole lot of room for error.  lol.  yea ive had a bunch of bikes too but i sold my last one when i decided to build this 250r

3

Pics and Vids / Finished Pics and First Real Ride Videos

« on: June 07, 2014, 05:26:34 PM »

R looks amazing! Great vid as well!

thanks man.  that was my first ride on it besides break in and jetting in the neighborhood.  didn't ride as hard or fast or push it like i normally would.  just wanted to make sure it wasnt going to fall apart or blow up. haha.

4

Pics and Vids / Finished Pics and First Real Ride Videos

« on: June 07, 2014, 01:23:20 PM »

[video=youtube;69F7Qds-vF4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69F7Qds-vF4[/video]

5

Pics and Vids / Finished Pics and First Real Ride Videos

« on: June 07, 2014, 01:22:42 PM »

Hey Guys. Just figured I'd post a few pics of my first 250R I just finished. I bought it set up for MX and the 310 engine was ported for drag racing and a ESR TRX11 pipe. So I changed almost everything from rebuilding the engine myself, TRX7 pipe, radiator, plastics and graphics, antivibe stem, Flexx bars, Precision stabilizer, Hipers and GBCs, all suspension to LT Motowoz and JD, etc. I think it turned out awesome. Here are a few pics before and after and also a few videos. Let me know what yall think.



[video=youtube;LonCpbIgSYc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LonCpbIgSYc[/video]

6

Engine and Bottom End / Overheating! Please Help!

« on: April 25, 2014, 02:50:34 PM »

Yea the IR Thermometer was a fluke so it should be pretty decent one but I was just going off what Jerry said about the different surfaces.

If it's over heating it would spit a lot of water into the overflow right? My level would change significantly right?

7

Engine and Bottom End / Overheating! Please Help!

« on: April 25, 2014, 12:49:21 PM »

Derek, did you measure around the inlet tube on the radiator? You should have taken a some measurements around the top tank where the inlet tube is.

yea i did.  i dont know how accurate all this is after reading jerry's post but it seemed to be around 165 just like the hoses and gauge block were

8

Engine and Bottom End / Overheating! Please Help!

« on: April 25, 2014, 12:36:32 PM »

so yesterday i started it and let it warm up and went for a ride around the neighborhood and also let it rip a few good times on the road and on this short little trail.  i stopped and let it idle in the middle of the ride for a few minutes and also let it idle awhile after riding before i started checking and comparing temps.  the highest i saw it get yesterday by the gauge was about 195.  when i was checking the IR thermometer the gauge was at about 185.  with the gauge at about 185 the IR thermometer showed around 140 around the cylinder, around 185 on the head and about 165 on the block of the gauge and about everywhere else on the hoses.  so what do yall think?

also i tried squeezing or putting a little pressure on the lower hose and revving it.  it kinda felt like water was flowing through there but it didnt feel like it was trying to collapse or suck itself together.

i think i am just gonna have to go to my local spot and ride it like i would normally be riding it and watch the gauge and the overflow tank?

9

Engine and Bottom End / Overheating! Please Help!

« on: April 24, 2014, 12:22:06 PM »

thanks black, puma and jerry.  i still have the stock overflow bottle on the back and when it was supposedly overheating i dont know if it was spitting water into the bottle or not.  i didnt pay close attention to the fill level before i started so i dont know if it overflowed any in there.  i will pay close attention to that today.  hopefully i have time to mess with it today and ill report results back tonight or tomorrow.  thanks for all the comments and help

10

Engine and Bottom End / Overheating! Please Help!

« on: April 24, 2014, 10:05:07 AM »

Hey guys. Hopefully get to check the quad today to see if it actually is overheating. Been really busy and had no time the past few weeks.

I have a question tho that is probably a stupid one. The inline temp gauge, does it only measure the temp of the coolant when passing through? The reason I ask is this morning I looked at it before I left and the gauge showed 65 degrees with the quad just sitting in my garage. It was only about 45 degrees in my garage this morning. Should the gauge read basically what the outside air temp is or should it only have a reading with the engine running and coolant passing through it?

11

Engine and Bottom End / Overheating! Please Help!

« on: April 07, 2014, 03:36:34 PM »

Is there any way to really check the cap itself?

12

Engine and Bottom End / Overheating! Please Help!

« on: April 07, 2014, 01:06:23 PM »

thanks black.  Where should I point the IR thermometer, just on the cylinder anywhere?  Ok I will try squeezing the hose while revving it and see how it feels.  On the very first start up and for all the other stationary heat cycles during break in I did allow it to idle with the cap off.

13

Engine and Bottom End / Overheating! Please Help!

« on: April 07, 2014, 12:44:23 PM »

So yesterday I rode my 250r I've been redoing over the past 6 months for the first time.  I only rode it once when I bought it before I started the makeover.  When I bought it it had an ESR 310 kit on it with trx11 porting and pipe.  I ride woods so I got a new 310 kit from ESR with trx7 porting and pipe.  Yesterday it was about 60 degrees outside and after maybe 15 minutes of riding the temp showed 220 on a new ESR inline gauge.  About another 5 or so minutes later it had reached about 250 so I cut it off immediately.

The only time I rode it like it was when I bought it, it was about 55 outside and it seemed to run around 220 but it had aviation fuel in it, regular coolant, and that was on a different inline gauge.  Now I am running VP110 and 100% destilled water with water wetter.

I have a 38pwk carb running 1.25 out on air, 48 on pilot and 172 on main and I think the needle was DGH with clip in the middle.

Where would you guys start?  Should I measure temp some other way just to rule the gauge out first?
Does that jetting seem close?
How should I check the cooling system?

Thanks in advance,

Derek

14

Suspension and Chassis / Shock and A-Arm Questions

« on: March 13, 2014, 11:18:46 AM »

Derek, you didn't mention anything about your rear shock. This is very important as well. What shock are you planning on running? What type of linkage do you have?

The rear shock is a stock one that has been revalved and all. It doesn't feel as stiff as the fronts so I was gonna try to ride it some and see how it feels.  Eventually I would Prolly put a motowoz back there like on my 450.

As far as the link it's a 18.5 inch lonestar swing arm with the stock link. Are there any after market links for the rear? Like on my 450 I have the lonestar dc4 link. I'm new to the 250rs but all I've ever seen is the stock link or a cr 500 and a cr 500 won't work with my stock frame and that swing arm correct?

15

Suspension and Chassis / Shock and A-Arm Questions

« on: March 13, 2014, 09:53:21 AM »

Cool. Thanks guys