96 Rm 250 Review

Water cooled 249cc two stroke reed valved engine.

96 rm 250 review.

I ride my bikes and tracks and was curios if this bike could handle the abuse of a modern day motocross track and jumps i also would like to know with the stock suspension of this bike could it handle a steal kicker. It turns out the 96 rmx lags along with minor updates to last year s engine while the 96 rm gets a truly new motor right down to the cases. At 214 pounds dry the rm was a full 6 pounds lighter than the next lightest bike kx250 and a staggering 21 pounds lighter than the heaviest yz250. By johnzmg december 24 2007 in suzuki 2 stroke.

New beings seals gaskets to start with. Garage blogs gallery browse. Going to blueprint the engine cases and cylinder surface s for a good seal for a good pressure test. With its excellent clutch action and smooth shifting five speed the 96 rm mill was the best suzuki 250 power plant since 1988.

My old cdi tested out bad per the manual. It turns out the 96 rmx lags along with minor updates to last year s engine while the 96 rm gets a truly new motor right down to the cases. History year country name frame engine 1982 north america name. The front forks are awesome as mxa said in their 96 250cc shootout the best forks on the planet period i still believe this holds true today and i have no idea why they were discontinued.

In the midrange it gave up several horsepower to the competition and only caught up at the upper reaches of the curve. Just purchased my 96 rm250 anybody got any good settings and upgrades and the like for this 96 model rm250 can t wait to tear into this fine machine. On the dyno the 1996 rm250 motor was no superstar. This story is from the january 1999 issue of motocross action magazine.

History specifications images videos manuals. On top of that seemingly earth shattering news from japan front end changes are just the tip of the iceberg on the rm250. The 250 class of 1982 was an incredibly varied group pf machines offering everything from the simplicity of air cooling kx250 to the complexity of liquid cooling and power valves yz250. I am having the same exact problem on my 03 250.

1996 suzuki rm250 photos specs and reviews. Another question of mine i. Products vehicles more. On top of that seemingly earth shattering news from japan front end changes are just the tip of the iceberg on the rm250.

I have a chance to buy a 1996 suzuki rm250 for 700.