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[WOracing]

CRF250R!!! im excited i pick it up tomorrow morning. i no longer ride quads (that i own) but i love the site and everyone here...except for a select few:chinese:

ill let you guys know how i like it!:)

Originally posted by WOracing
CRF250R!!! im excited i pick it up tomorrow morning. i no longer ride quads (that i own) but i love the site and everyone here...except for a select few:chinese:

ill let you guys know how i like it!:) make sure to change your oil every 4ish hours and check your valves alot-

[WOracing]

4 hours...i know they have some valve problems but every 4 hours...

Originally posted by WOracing
4 hours...i know they have some valve problems but every 4 hours... if your riding it hard,then yes,4 hours. If your trail riding you might be able to get away with like 7 or 8. Is it an 04,or 05?

[WOracing]

05

Originally posted by WOracing
05 check the valves every 10 hours. Unfortunatley,its neccisary.

[WOracing]

why? im new to bikes so dont mind my "stupid" questions

Originally posted by WOracing
why? im new to bikes so dont mind my "stupid" questions no problem. The valves on the crf's go out of alignment,and they use oil.sometimes thevalves are fine for 20 hours,sometimes there fine for 3,you never know. Im just warning you to take these precautions because when you blow up a 4stroke dirtbike,it takes out everything. Each vavle alone is $200 a peice.Were very good friends with our engine builder and he told us about a crf motor he had that blew up-$2000 to fix it:ermm: So just air on the side of caution:macho

[WOracing]

Originally posted by aLLoY MX 428
no problem. The valves on the crf's go out of alignment,and they use oil.sometimes thevalves are fine for 20 hours,sometimes there fine for 3,you never know. Im just warning you to take these precautions because when you blow up a 4stroke dirtbike,it takes out everything. Each vavle alone is $200 a peice.Were very good friends with our engine builder and he told us about a crf motor he had that blew up-$2000 to fix it:ermm: So just air on the side of caution:macho

appreciate everything!:) ill keep an eye on the valves

[FoxRacing81]

Congrats! Bikes are awesome...every now and then I think about selling mine for one...

[Warnerade]

ya...change the oil a lot, no oil tank on those bad boys

[Honda400exrox]

Originally posted by WOracing
CRF250R!!! im excited i pick it up tomorrow morning. i no longer ride quads (that i own) but i love the site and everyone here...except for a select few:chinese:

ill let you guys know how i like it!:)

if u do lots of mudding dont worry about gettin stuck, my ttr-125 went thru more mud then all my friends 400exs lol that was a funny day

[Flynbryan19]

The Crf's are the highest maintnance 250f of all of them. As Alloy said, they are VERy well known for going through valves. The Yamaha seems to be the least amount of maintnance.

[WOracing]

well see how it goes..

[MotoX3]

nice man....250f's(or 250r in your case) are awesome...youll have a blast on it

[Tommy 17]

i'm jealous!!!!

my friend has a crf and it has over 70 hours on it with not one problem in teh valves... he changes the oil every 15 - 20 hours...

[I-7]

Originally posted by aLLoY MX 428
no problem. The valves on the crf's go out of alignment,and they use oil.sometimes thevalves are fine for 20 hours,sometimes there fine for 3,you never know. Im just warning you to take these precautions because when you blow up a 4stroke dirtbike,it takes out everything. Each vavle alone is $200 a peice.Were very good friends with our engine builder and he told us about a crf motor he had that blew up-$2000 to fix it:ermm: So just air on the side of caution:macho

04s had a more serious problem. My crf has over 40 hours and the valves are still in alignment. Make sure you change the oil every few rides however. It never hurts. You'll love it its great. The low end power is great and the handling is incredible. Break it in right and you will have no problems. Valves will go out of alignment for the people who think "duhh i don't need to follow break in procedures my friend tells me blah blah blah. I can ride it as hard as I want."

Just giving some info if your are buying it new. If its used start her up see if it runs good and if it makes any ticking or other unusual sounds..


Heres a pic of mine the day I bought it.

[400exrules]

sorry, im stupid with dirtbikes, but i noticed these on my friends yz125, and i can see them on your 250, what are those 2 black hoses right under the frame by the pegs?

[WOracing]

Thanks Tommy 17 and I-7!!! those are the comments i needed:)

[WOracing]

Originally posted by 400exrules
sorry, im stupid with dirtbikes, but i noticed these on my friends yz125, and i can see them on your 250, what are those 2 black hoses right under the frame by the pegs?

overflow hoses:)

[muddy400EX]

im so jealous! i want a crf250 so bad.

post some pics of that bad boy when ya get it:)

[YFZ450Ridr]

Originally posted by 400exrules
sorry, im stupid with dirtbikes, but i noticed these on my friends yz125, and i can see them on your 250, what are those 2 black hoses right under the frame by the pegs?

im pretty sure thier like drain hoses from the carb and stuff. but im not positive on that either...

id like to have a little 4stroke yamaha 125 to mess around on. good lookin cfr:cool:

Holy **** everyone is switching to bike! lol

[YFZ450Ridr]

Originally posted by kickerkfx444
Holy **** everyone is switching to bike! lol

whats this world coming to:ermm: j/k, i want one myself. but id like to keep the quad also.

Im saving for a yz125 the 2 stroke bikes are so cheap now!

Originally posted by Honda MaNiAc 01
Im saving for a yz125 the 2 stroke bikes are so cheap now! Because they're DEAD:macho

[Mxjunkie]

Just ride the thing and change your oil every 1-2 months and do your mataince dont be like the people that change their oil after every ride and such its so pointless imo...

[CannondaleRider]

Originally posted by NacsRacer027
ya...change the oil a lot, no oil tank on those bad boys

Frames the oil "tank" man;)

Or are Honda perimeter frames not the oil resevoir like Cannondales?

[MotoX3]

Originally posted by aLLoY MX 428
Because they're DEAD:macho heh....i love it when people say that

[muddy400EX]

Originally posted by Mxjunkie69
Just ride the thing and change your oil every 1-2 months and do your mataince dont be like the people that change their oil after every ride and such its so pointless imo...


werd^ if you did that you would go broke from buying oil:ermm:

[ny300exrider]

awosme man let us know what the thing is like!!! im possibly thinking about an rm125 after winter and getting rid of my 450r

also let us know how the valve issue goes

Originally posted by aLLoY MX 428
Because they're DEAD:macho

Sorry im not a spoiled brat that gets everything he wants n buys his own things

[Mxjunkie]

Originally posted by muddy400EX
werd^ if you did that you would go broke from buying oil:ermm:

Yeah man, Every 4 stroke we have ever owned its allways been changed 1-3 months depending on how much we rode them and such. If it was raced we changed 2-3 races. Hell I can barley afford to buy my 2 stroke oil I dont know how the guys are buying 4 stroke oil all the time lol..

Originally posted by Mxjunkie69
Just ride the thing and change your oil every 1-2 months and do your mataince dont be like the people that change their oil after every ride and such its so pointless imo... Do that with crf250 and post your results:macho. And dont be surprised if after 2 weeks u have a 2500 bill to fix the thing.

[Mxjunkie]

Originally posted by aLLoY MX 428
Do that with crf250 and post your results:macho. And dont be surprised if after 2 weeks u have a 2500 bill to fix the thing.

yeah ok thats why my cousin does the same thing and his runs fine :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Mxjunkie69
yeah ok thats why my cousin does the same thing and his runs fine :rolleyes: does he do trail rides or race for 2 twenty minute motos every weekend?

[Punk'd]

Originally posted by 250EXridr
whats this world coming to:ermm: j/k, i want one myself. but id like to keep the quad also.

You trader James.. If you go bikes who am I going to ride with:mad:

[YFZ450Ridr]

Originally posted by Punk'd
You trader James.. If you go bikes who am I going to ride with:mad:

u can ride with zorro randy:blah: :eek2: i just want a put around bike, ill never sell my quad:bandit:

[WOracing]

Originally posted by aLLoY MX 428
does he do trail rides or race for 2 twenty minute motos every weekend?

im not going to race mine either...

[450r51]

i hate ppl who dont race and try to talk like they know things. mxjunkie69 im willing to bet uve never ridden a 20 minute moto in ur life. what alloy said is what every pro rider does along with the a,b,and c riders do. its just common since if ur a racer to get new fluid in the engine every race. and mxjunkie69 u must be real poor if u cant afford oil that is $10 a quart.

[trick450r]

Originally posted by 450r51
i hate ppl who dont race and try to talk like they know things. mxjunkie69 im willing to bet uve never ridden a 20 minute moto in ur life. what alloy said is what every pro rider does along with the a,b,and c riders do. its just common since if ur a racer to get new fluid in the engine every race. and mxjunkie69 u must be real poor if u cant afford oil that is $10 a quart.

you you must be a real ****er if you make fun of people because they are less fortunate than you...

Originally posted by aLLoY MX 428
Because they're DEAD:macho

If there so ****ty and your 4 strokes are sooo good why dont you put it a 250 vs 250? Then we will see what are DEAD.

Originally posted by banshee91
If there so ****ty and your 4 strokes are sooo good why dont you put it a 250 vs 250? Then we will see what are DEAD. what did i say about 250 two strokes? What? Nothing? Oh,ok.

[WOracing]

Originally posted by 450r51
i hate ppl who dont race and try to talk like they know things. mxjunkie69 im willing to bet uve never ridden a 20 minute moto in ur life. what alloy said is what every pro rider does along with the a,b,and c riders do. its just common since if ur a racer to get new fluid in the engine every race. and mxjunkie69 u must be real poor if u cant afford oil that is $10 a quart.

wtf was all that about....honestly id rather listen to josh than alloy mx 428...only because i dont plan on racing and alloy races. you have no reason to blow up like that in my thread this was meant to be a thread to let people know i switched to bikes not telling someone how poor they are:mad:

on the positive note:) i just picked it up and only rode it from the driveway to the garage but from what i can tell its a **** load faster then my 450r:chinese: i think im going to like this new thing

[WOracing]

and actually josh used to race;)

Originally posted by WOracing
....honestly id rather listen to josh than alloy mx 428...only because i dont plan on racing and alloy races. http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/news/08/10/scarface_screen001.jpg

just kiddig-anyway if your just riding i would change the oil every 8-10 rides and check the valves.

[WOracing]

lol glad to see you can take a joke:)

ill make sure to keep an eye on the valves though. you ahve been alot of help to me since i made this thread

Originally posted by aLLoY MX 428
what did i say about 250 two strokes? What? Nothing? Oh,ok.

You said they were dead so i was makeing my point.:o . 2 questions for you. How much faster and what is it like when you comepare your rmzs to a 125? And do you race?

Originally posted by banshee91
You said they were dead so i was makeing my point.:o . 2 questions for you. How much faster and what is it like when you comepare your rmzs to a 125? And do you race? im alot faster on my rm-z's. There just so much easier to ride. and no, i dont race, im sponsored to ride in my back yard:rolleyes:

and btw,what was a 125 two strokes best finish in the outdoor nationals this year? Hint-it has to be before unadilla-because after that there werent any 2 strokes in the 125 class:macho

Originally posted by aLLoY MX 428
im alot faster on my rm-z's. There just so much easier to ride. and no, i dont race, im sponsored to ride in my back yard:rolleyes:

Do you have some pics of you jumping you rmz or w.e?

Originally posted by banshee91
Do you have some pics of you jumping you rmz or w.e? i only have one on a 250f- im sure theres pics of me on the girls website that takes pics at Rausch- www.rapidimagephotography.com

whoops- heres the pic, only one i have-really small table

sweet pics. Give your mom the camera and head out to your track..:ermm:

[WOracing]

alright i just took it out in my backyard:) im loving it, im really happy i did the trade now. the power is amazing and it handles so good. almost got out from under me in one turn but i saved it;) i know im not fast at all right now but im gonna work on it. ill let ya guys know how it treats me when its dry out.

one more thing...when im going in a straight line do i have to keep reving it when i pull the clutch in? it dies everytime i dont rev it alot or at all... help me:)

On my cr when you have the clutch in it sounds like it is cut but when you crack the throttle she comes back to life. Mabe the same with yours or mabe you have to turn the idol up a bit. Ask alloy were it is he knows a **** of alot more than i do about 4 strokes.

Originally posted by banshee91
sweet pics. Give your mom the camera and head out to your track..:ermm: what? you lost me.

[WOracing]

Originally posted by banshee91
On my cr when you have the clutch in it sounds like it is cut but when you crack the throttle she comes back to life. Mabe the same with yours or mabe you have to turn the idol up a bit. Ask alloy were it is he knows a **** of alot more than i do about 4 strokes.

no it dies...

Originally posted by WOracing
no it dies... sounds like an idle or jetting issue

Originally posted by aLLoY MX 428
what? you lost me.

Give your mom the camera and you go ride your track and she can take pics and then you can put them on here so i can see.lol

[EvilJester400EX]

Idle screw.

Originally posted by banshee91
Give your mom the camera and you go ride your track and she can take pics and then you can put them on here so i can see.lol my mom doesnt go along to the tracks-but ill get my dad or riding buddies to take some pics this or next weekend

Originally posted by aLLoY MX 428
my mom doesnt go along to the tracks-but ill get my dad or riding buddies to take some pics this or next weekend

Good man;)

[EvilJester400EX]

Alloy, do you have the Boyesen waterpump assembly for your RM-Z?

[WOracing]

def. not jetting... ill mess with the idle screw. thanks everyone:)

Originally posted by EvilJester400EX
Alloy, do you have the Boyesen waterpump assembly for your RM-Z? yes

[EvilJester400EX]

Any noticeable cooling gains?

Originally posted by EvilJester400EX
Any noticeable cooling gains? im really not sure, because boysen told us an easy fix for the overheating problem that plauged 04's- you just have to run engine ice? and make a "y" in one of the radiator hoses to force fluid into the other radiator.Im pretty sure thats all u have to do.

[EvilJester400EX]

I was looking at some of the Boyesen products for my YFZ, funny you mention Engine Ice, Liquid Performance coolant actually runs a little cooler than that.

Originally posted by EvilJester400EX
I was looking at some of the Boyesen products for my YFZ, funny you mention Engine Ice, Liquid Performance coolant actually runs a little cooler than that. really,ill have to look into that.

[WOracing]

it was the idle screw. no more dying:) also i had my first fall in my front berm:eek: lol gave it a little to much gas. i tried to jump a small bump about 2-3 ft high and i cant lol i cant get used to twist throttle this soon

[ny300exrider]

this thread is making me want a bike!! i dont know if i should go the 4 stroke or 2 stroke route yet. i wont be racing just open feilds and trail riding, but all of the reliability stuff on the 4 strokes scare me alittle.

woracing- let us know how the crf is doing after some riding time, im interested in seeing what they are like for a regular rider

[muddy400EX]

Originally posted by WOracing
it was the idle screw. no more dying:) also i had my first fall in my front berm:eek: lol gave it a little to much gas. i tried to jump a small bump about 2-3 ft high and i cant lol i cant get used to twist throttle this soon

i had trouble getting used to twist also when i first got a dirtbike awhile back, youll get used to it tho.

post some pics of the new toy:macho

[WOracing]

Originally posted by ny300exrider
this thread is making me want a bike!! i dont know if i should go the 4 stroke or 2 stroke route yet. i wont be racing just open feilds and trail riding, but all of the reliability stuff on the 4 strokes scare me alittle.

woracing- let us know how the crf is doing after some riding time, im interested in seeing what they are like for a regular rider

maintence i also heard for a regular rider is just oil and check the valves every so often:p if i was you id def. recommend the 4 stroke because ive ridden both now. well who cares what i tell you go ride both of them and see what YOU like:) id rather go 4 stroke. i like the powerband ALOT better.

[WOracing]

Originally posted by muddy400EX
i had trouble getting used to twist also when i first got a dirtbike awhile back, youll get used to it tho.

post some pics of the new toy:macho

dont have a digi on hand but as soon as i do i will... ill try and get some action shots to. maybe a jump or two after i get used to this beast:eek: