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General Two Stroke Talk / Millenium tech......

« on: January 15, 2013, 11:32:09 PM »

what kind of turn around times have you gotten from millenium?
My cylinder arrived there jan 3rd, ups. I just got off the phone with them and was told it is scheduled to be worked on the 23rd?  That means I won't see it till Feb. Seems kind of unreasonable. Are they normally this slow?
For the future, does anyone have another company to use?

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General Two Stroke Talk / If you could mod your bike exactly as you want it.. What would you put on it?

« on: January 12, 2013, 08:56:09 AM »

2006 rm250
boyesen clutch / ignition covers - the oem's are scarred
showa A kit suspension valved and sprung for my weight, for outdoor mx
ironman sprockets
fresh dunlops mx51's
fresh grips
oversized front rotor
that's about it. I'm not in to graphics or unuseful bling.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Whats the change you wish to see in moto/supercross?

« on: January 10, 2013, 04:50:06 PM »

Besides the obvious cc for cc racing irrespective of engine type. Could be a rotary diesel for all I care.

Mine would be this: Proper Production rule. By this I mean factory teams must run almost everything OEM style. The only exclusions to me would be new spring rates, valving (suspension only) and tires. No more several-hundred-thousand dollar bikes. The bikes MUST weigh within 5 pounds of what it does coming off the showroom floor. Everything engine wise including exhaust must be 100% original factory. No engine work, nothing besides spring rates valving and tires to suit the occasion.

This would serve a couple of purposes if you ask me. For starters, get rid of these rebuild every race 250Fs. Its bloody stupid. It sends millionaire teams BANKRUPT FFS!!!!! I mean when a sport that is supposed to be open to most people is sending millionaires bankrupt, something needs to be done. Secondly, it gives the privateers a more even playing field. They can run their engines for a good 40 hours before rebuilding. Thirdly, it encourages manufacturers to FIX THE ISSUES OF A BIKE AT THE FACTORY!!!! Eg: 2009-12 CRF450R. Completely Useless in almost every department. But it didn't hold chad reed back did it? He was running alright on it. Cos he had a couple million dollars to spare. Fourthly it brings more rider skill into the equation. If a rider has to run what the factory blokes brung, flaws and all, its bound to throw in some interesting line choices and it shows viewers that just because Monster energy/Pro circuit Kawasaki team has won the past god knows how many championships it doesn't mean its the best bike. Although according to MXA it is lol.

Now maybe I'm just being shortsighted. I know that alot of the appeal to watch pro riders for some people is in these crazy tricked out bikes they ride, but I don' think thats what it should be about. Maybe if this rule was put into practise, all the factory teams would tell the AMA to eat a d**k and pack up and leave (Assuming they didn't just buy the rule out) and the market would crash. Its hard to know.

I think it would help in so many ways, but of course theres downsides to anything.

I really like these ideas. Talk about a level playing field. Then it would be down to rider skill. I would like to see the business model of the big 4 .... I'm curious what their end goal is? Then add in to the mix the greed of the ama and we end up with the soup sandwich of today.

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General Two Stroke Talk / You call those Whoops??

« on: January 05, 2013, 09:23:22 PM »

i thought there was some good racing going on. That finish was awesome.

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General Two Stroke Talk / no toil biodegradable filter oil

« on: December 31, 2012, 08:44:32 PM »

Ive been using it for a few years. The spray oil (greenish) is the "new" formula. The red stuff in the bottle is the old formula. There was some speculation that the old stuff was eating away at the glue in the filters, due to the alcohol content. The new stuff doesn't have that issue.
I wash mine in the kitchen sink, then if the wife is away, put the filters in the dryer on low for quick drying  .

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General Two Stroke Talk / RM 250 LINK

« on: December 30, 2012, 08:08:46 PM »

I had a P/C link on my previous 06 rm250. It slightly lowered the rear, but the big benefit is that it really sucked the rear tire to the ground. It didn't seem to effect the handling other than calming down the front end. It still turned like a slot car.

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Technical / Yz 250 LC rebuilt to enduro bike

« on: December 29, 2012, 07:45:59 PM »

nice looking bike!

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Technical / rm125 reeds.... blue backing piece?

« on: December 28, 2012, 07:22:43 PM »

I would guess it would make the reeds stiffer. It covered about the lower 1/3 of the reeds.  Any idea why it would be used?

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Technical / rm125 reeds.... blue backing piece?

« on: December 28, 2012, 07:14:52 AM »

The reeds on my 05 rm125 had a blue plastic piece between the reed and metal backing plate. I don't think it's stock from looking at oem schematics. Whats it for?

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Technical / 2005 rm125 carb swap questions...

« on: December 22, 2012, 10:10:54 PM »

Any advantage to running a keihin carb? ... I ask because I have a 38 pwk sitting on the shelf in the shed. It may be a 39? It was on a ktm 125sx.
Would there be any advantage to running it? it is about 10mm longer front to back, but I believe it will fit.  The external bell diameters are the same.  I have a large selection of keihin jets and needles.....
Does the tps have to be hooked up? any adverse effect by not having one?

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Technical / 2005 rm125 jetting....

« on: December 22, 2012, 09:55:35 PM »

What's Suzuki recommend?  I would say you will make a better spread of power with the standard pipe. If you converted it to 115mm conrod with a GP piston would be a truely awesome bike. They are a very very good bike.

Pipe? I'm talking about jetting... I just picked this up and I'm going thru it to get it set up as a practice bike for mx.  What does the 115mm conrod do?  I ordered the gp piston.

thanks for the replies. I'm gonna look at the websites again....

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Technical / 2005 rm125 jetting....

« on: December 22, 2012, 06:26:29 PM »

In checking fmf vs p/c websites, fmf recommends a 440 mj, 40 pj and stock needle.  PC recommends a 370 mj, 40 pj.
Why such a discrepancy in the main jets?
Don't they generally do the dyno testing corrected for temp and elevation?  I know dyno's will vary, but I would think they would be closer.....
Anyone have a good baseline for their 05 rm125?  I will be running mine from 800' to 3000' asl,  temps from 60 to 80 f.

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Photos & Videos / cool video.....

« on: December 05, 2012, 03:11:12 AM »

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General Two Stroke Talk / This.....

« on: December 01, 2012, 01:57:53 AM »

Great read....
http://motocrossactionmag.com/Main/News/05feeedf-1851-4143-a169-a2c12392ae20.aspx

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Technical / Is stroke an issue on 144 kits?

« on: November 30, 2012, 03:03:05 AM »

the ktm 125, 144 and 200 all have different stroke lengths.
the recent ktm 125's can't be bored to 144 due to thickness of cylinder walls.
the ktm 150 is actually a 144cc .  they redesignated it the 150 for internal reasons. it has different bore and stroke. that's why they dominate any other 144 for power and torque...
they all share the same bottom ends, but different stroke lengths.