rustyATV
02-24-2007, 01:35 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_TRX250R
Right now, it's just a blurb.
I had wanted to compile some reasearch and write an article on Wikipedia about the 250R, but quickly realized how much of my knowledge is experience or conjecture, and not written and verifiable. Unfortunately, Wikipedia being an online encyclopedia, that really doesn't cut it. To that end, I thought I'd enlist the online community for help to build this reference.
Anyone can contribute to Wikipedia; it's free to sign up and edit. There are standards to maintiain in terms of formatting and grammar (read about them on the site). What I find to be the tough part, however, is verifiability. Information added cannot be original research, but must be cited from published sources (if I read correctly).
While basic dry specs are easy to find, where I ran into a block was how to include a descriptive history and the influence the 250R has had on the quad industry.
My content wish-list includes:
-People inside Honda who worked on the design
-The early factory riders
-First national championships
-First aftermarket frames (or all of them, including LRD's aluminum and LoneStar's titanium pieces)
-Parts interchangability within the different years and different quads
-Big bore kits
-The hybrids from the 350RX conversions, the popular 450's, to the fading big bore KTM's
-Last national titles
This can be more than just a dry "what it is" type of article. Details such as spindle asymmetry in the 88-89 years, maximum possible overbores of the cylinders, or other tuning tricks can be added, as long as it's verifiable by someone reading the article. That way, should someone decide they want to restore a 250R some time down the road, the info would be available to do so.
So, is anyone interested in digging through old magazine articles and, if they're out there, books to contribute?
Marc
Right now, it's just a blurb.
I had wanted to compile some reasearch and write an article on Wikipedia about the 250R, but quickly realized how much of my knowledge is experience or conjecture, and not written and verifiable. Unfortunately, Wikipedia being an online encyclopedia, that really doesn't cut it. To that end, I thought I'd enlist the online community for help to build this reference.
Anyone can contribute to Wikipedia; it's free to sign up and edit. There are standards to maintiain in terms of formatting and grammar (read about them on the site). What I find to be the tough part, however, is verifiability. Information added cannot be original research, but must be cited from published sources (if I read correctly).
While basic dry specs are easy to find, where I ran into a block was how to include a descriptive history and the influence the 250R has had on the quad industry.
My content wish-list includes:
-People inside Honda who worked on the design
-The early factory riders
-First national championships
-First aftermarket frames (or all of them, including LRD's aluminum and LoneStar's titanium pieces)
-Parts interchangability within the different years and different quads
-Big bore kits
-The hybrids from the 350RX conversions, the popular 450's, to the fading big bore KTM's
-Last national titles
This can be more than just a dry "what it is" type of article. Details such as spindle asymmetry in the 88-89 years, maximum possible overbores of the cylinders, or other tuning tricks can be added, as long as it's verifiable by someone reading the article. That way, should someone decide they want to restore a 250R some time down the road, the info would be available to do so.
So, is anyone interested in digging through old magazine articles and, if they're out there, books to contribute?
Marc