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Offline Sideways17

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Hello all, new here!
« on: February 16, 2011, 05:44:39 PM »
Hello ladies and gents,
i found this forum today and have been reading the posts here. Seems like my kind of people! I have a 2003 RM250. I recently thought about selling it and moving on to a 4t but I cant seem to buy a bike that I cant do a topend on. The RM is, however, getting a little old and it has its problems (I asked in the tech section today on what someone thought might be the issue) so Im still thinking about getting a new bike. Ive heard the 2005-2008 RM's are better than the 03 version I have and Ive also read alot of good things about the YZ. Im not sure...

Im currently healing from surgery I had 2 weeks ago. Last June I highsided and crushed my left collarbone. 6 months went by, it never healed so the Dr. went in a plated it with 9 screws total! Ive been spending my off time researching bike, reading everything I can about suspension setup and trying to figure out what bike to buy next!

Glad I found this site!

Here is my RM:
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Offline GlennC

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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2011, 06:10:14 PM »
Welcome aboard sideways.

Nice looking RM. Sorry about the clavicle, Mine is a mess as well.
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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2011, 06:24:23 PM »
Welcome to the site Sideways!
I'm sure you will get plenty of opinions on bikes here. :)
Clean Suzuki!  ;D
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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2011, 06:47:53 PM »
Welcome.
If you like RM's stick with them.
Great cornering bike's. ;D
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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2011, 07:16:39 PM »
welcome my fren.

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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2011, 07:58:30 PM »
Quote from: TMKIWI on February 16, 2011, 06:47:53 PM
Welcome.
If you like RM's stick with them.
Great cornering bike's. ;D
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Thanks! I've been doing some reading, the 2006 RM250 sounds like its the best RM that was released. Is the 06 the same bike as the 07 and 08?
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Offline TMKIWI

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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2011, 08:30:38 PM »
I think the 06/07/08 are all the same.
Sure someone here can confirm.
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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2011, 08:46:34 PM »
Off the top of my head I think Suzuki made some slight porting changes to soften the hard low end hit in the 07-08 models.  Not sure on that though.

Welcome to the forum, nice RM!  :)
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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2011, 09:10:46 PM »
Welcome to the site!
Sick bike!
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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2011, 04:42:15 AM »
Welcome, nice bike!
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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2011, 05:24:26 AM »
Welcome, sorry about the crash. I don't know why you would want anything else other than an RM250. They have the best suspension, cornering, and IMO look better than the YZ (although the front fender could go down a little farther in the front - nitpicky though). Depending on your weight, you might think about a KTM 150.
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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2011, 05:44:29 AM »
Welcome to the site sideways, that's a nice bike, Honestly the newer models aren't a whole lot better than what you have now, just minor changes here and there. If it were me I'd hang onto it, keep up the maitinance, and add some mods here and there like suspension valving, and springs for your weight, ceramic bearings in the lowerend and trans, triple trees, billet junk, folding levers, etc. The RMs of that family from, I think 01 and up, are all great bikes, some of the stock components were kinda chinsey, but that was due to Suzuki realizing that most of those parts would be replaced w/ cool aftermarket stuff anyway. I'll go look at your other thread and see if I can help you out.
See ya round
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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2011, 07:31:17 AM »
Quote from: MyckMcClung on February 17, 2011, 05:44:29 AM
Welcome to the site sideways, that's a nice bike, Honestly the newer models aren't a whole lot better than what you have now, just minor changes here and there. If it were me I'd hang onto it, keep up the maitinance, and add some mods here and there like suspension valving, and springs for your weight, ceramic bearings in the lowerend and trans, triple trees, billet junk, folding levers, etc. The RMs of that family from, I think 01 and up, are all great bikes, some of the stock components were kinda chinsey, but that was due to Suzuki realizing that most of those parts would be replaced w/ cool aftermarket stuff anyway. I'll go look at your other thread and see if I can help you out.
See ya round

Wow! Thanks man! I really do like my bike. I have the suspension valved and sprung for my weight already. I got that done last winter and it really was a great investment. My bike has vforce reeds and the pro circuit pipe and R304 silencer combo. I think I may just do that man, keep it. I have to be honest with myself, I really won't be able to ride a lot.

I need to find some comfortable bars. I've never had good luck picking bars. My Team suzuki/mike alessi bars were close but they had too much sweep...and they were destroyed in my crash. I'm gonna try the Windham bars this summer. I also want some really nice levers and perches. Thanks for the help!
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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2011, 07:50:05 AM »
Howdy Sides! Welcome here.
Nice RM250. I would say from 2004 onwards, all RM250's are good.
Some small changes to the brake(hose), porting, and some different needles, and graphics,
they're the same. If you put RM-Z plastics on, it looks like a 2010 RM250.
But if you concider another Japanese 250, i'd say the YZ250 is pretty bulletproof from 2007
onwards. Specially with the SSS suspension. But it's all up to you.
If you take the bugs out of your RM, and mod it a bit, it's all very close in terms of pure fun!
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Re: Hello all, new here!
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2011, 07:56:40 AM »
Quote from: EJ on February 17, 2011, 07:50:05 AM
Howdy Sides! Welcome here.
Nice RM250. I would say from 2004 onwards, all RM250's are good.
Some small changes to the brake(hose), porting, and some different needles, and graphics,
they're the same. If you put RM-Z plastics on, it looks like a 2010 RM250.
But if you concider another Japanese 250, i'd say the YZ250 is pretty bulletproof from 2007
onwards. Specially with the SSS suspension. But it's all up to you.
If you take the bugs out of your RM, and mod it a bit, it's all very close in terms of pure fun!


RMZ plastics will fit on my 03 or are you saying the 04 and up? I think a port job on my bike would be cool, although it already is pretty damn snappy! It blows my buddys CR out of the water, when it comes to the powerband. That CR is kinda boring...
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