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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: ...and now...Your starting line up EMX300 Germany

« on: May 15, 2017, 09:28:57 PM »

I have a hard time keeping the Euro stuff straight the classes don't make sense to me.

What is EMX?

--Ron.

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Technical / Re: 07 KX250 lean condition in Gouts and whoops ???????

« on: April 28, 2017, 12:01:44 PM »

Push on the carb when you are doing the leak check and see if it has any impact.

It seems like it has to be something that is moving under certain circumstances that normally sits still.

Let us know what you find, I'm very curious to know what it ends up being.

--Ron.

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Technical / Re: 07 KX250 lean condition in Gouts and whoops ???????

« on: April 27, 2017, 11:42:20 AM »

That is an interesting one.

At first you might suspect the floats but in a G-out situation the floats would be forced into the open position not the closed.

Stuck open reeds will actually create a rich condition because the air moves back and forth through the carb picking up an extra fuel load. Early bikes without reeds used to load up really badly at low rpms because the air would change directions 2 or 3 times.

Have you carefully inspected the carb boot for cracks?  In a hard G-out the carb can move down a surprising amount and may open up a crack you can't readily see. Try pushing the carb down and see if something appears.

Also check your throttle cable for enough slack. If the carb moves down and the cable is too tight it can pull the slide up.

Some of the things you think are stationary really aren't when the bike is under a G load, I would be looking for things like that that would fit your issue.

--Ron.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Good, Bad and the Ugly of 125's?

« on: April 20, 2017, 06:29:12 PM »

buy the newest model you can afford/like. look for models that relatively stay the same over quite a few years as parts are more readily available. good luck

Add to that the one that has good local dealer support.

You can get everything online these days I suppose but being able to walk into the dealer and get questions answered and get stuff NOW when you need it is a good thing, trust me.
 
--Ron.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: the Beast is Back and part of the rebel alliance

« on: April 20, 2017, 06:21:50 PM »

He was one of my favorite riders back in the day.

I still have my 93 YZ250. Been thinking of making it a Bradshaw replica.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: the Beast is Back and part of the rebel alliance

« on: April 19, 2017, 06:07:27 PM »

Hell yeah.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: racer x race report ACR RD 1 Budds Creek

« on: April 19, 2017, 08:57:23 AM »

Vintage racing is definitively a different experience.

Much more laid back and pretty much everyone is there to have a good time.

Our season just kicked off the first weekend of April.

Thanks for report its cool to see all the bikes.

-Ron.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Suzuki bringing back the RM125?

« on: April 19, 2017, 08:46:15 AM »

Well.. Maybe a 250 too?




http://dirtbikemagazine.com/two-stroke-tuesday-aluminum-framed-rm250ts/

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: YZ 250 EFI

« on: April 08, 2017, 08:33:32 AM »

I will have to order that issue.

Flettner (Uniflow) and this thread is a large part of why I bought this site and spent all the hours to get as much of the old content back as I could.

--Ron.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Two Stroke Tuesday...on Wednesday

« on: April 08, 2017, 08:30:17 AM »

I have a 92 CR500, it is a lot of fun to ride, but gets pretty brutal by the end of the moto.

--Ron.

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General Two Stroke Talk / 125 Dream Race Tripple Crown

« on: April 08, 2017, 08:29:13 AM »

On the http://www.pulpmx.com/content/fly-racing-moto60-show-archive-39 David Pingree revealed there will be a 125 Dream Race exhibition at  three of the Nationals this year, Glen Helen, Thunder Valley and Washougal.

We were at Washougal last year when they did this the first time. Ah the sweet music of a 40 rider gate of 125's.


--Ron.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Sad to say we lost two rebels for the cause

« on: March 27, 2017, 07:45:20 PM »

That is sad on so many levels.

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Vintage Two Strokes / Re: 1982 PE175

« on: March 23, 2017, 03:05:35 PM »

If you can't find a local guy I know a guy here in Washington state that can do both the bore and the crank.

Unfortunately you are going to miss out on the free stories that go with all the jobs but he does great work.

1 of the 3 piston "rooms"


--Ron.

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Technical / Re: Footpegs What's your choice and why???

« on: March 23, 2017, 02:59:45 PM »

Fastway because they have options for mounting.

I'm 6'2" so I like to run them down and back, makes it just a bit easier going from sitting to standing.

--Ron.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Transfer Port Injection

« on: March 23, 2017, 02:57:21 PM »

KTM will gladly let you ride one -- if you hand them a check for $11k

I was kind of hoping for a more economical introduction....

--Ron.