1978 Suzuki PDI Factory racer

Edited Date/Time 6/14/2022 11:01am
I restored this bike 2005, and raced it about a dozen times at Ahrma/ Midwest vmx events. fun bike.

Always when sitting in the staging area, people could not believe/ or would ask if i was going to race the bike.

They were always surprised that I was going on the track to trash on it. Yes was always my response
even in a mud race

I used this bike to test cylinder porting, pipes. I tested 77,78,78.5 cylinders

The best set-up for the 77-78.5 RM250's is the small 76-77 pipe/ or small cone pipe
long silencer, mild port cleaning/deck cylinder, up the main

the pipe pictured on the bike is the 78/78.5 c/c2 pipe which actually was a low-mid pipe
only not much on top( I did not like the performance of that pipe)
The bike was sold a few years back, with the pipe and cylinder set-up for low to mid
and easy riding











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slotsquid
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A friend of mine has it now. He still races it, I do a little work on it now and then, a sweet bike...
Howie
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ledger
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2/17/2013 6:10pm
Outstanding bike,great job also.I see a CR 125 playing peek-a-boo ?
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2/18/2013 7:41am Edited Date/Time 2/18/2013 7:41am
That is where it ended up, cool
I will have to look for the file on the bike
If that is the cylinder it left mn with, is still on
the bike,
Try a short head pipe 76-77 style / stock pipe
And see how different the power output is!
77 jemco pipe, would also work
Never tried a pro form

I have a 1st place Ahrma race trophy i won, riding that bike.
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2/19/2013 7:27am
I have all of a sudden seen a few of these swing arms lately.
Rob, what is the story with them. Did PDI make them, themselves? Did they start with a stock arm?
Pete
2/19/2013 9:40am
PDI Z arm one of the 1st banana arms
Sandcast aluminum section's tig together


Made at
Performance dist inc Burnsville mn
They made all types of trick parts for
Twin shockers
Heads, fork kits, swing arms, porting
Chain guides etc
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slotsquid
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That is where it ended up, cool I will have to look for the file on the bike If that is the cylinder it left mn...
That is where it ended up, cool
I will have to look for the file on the bike
If that is the cylinder it left mn with, is still on
the bike,
Try a short head pipe 76-77 style / stock pipe
And see how different the power output is!
77 jemco pipe, would also work
Never tried a pro form

I have a 1st place Ahrma race trophy i won, riding that bike.
Thanks for the Info on that bike. He loves the grunt on that bike and does well on it. That bike always get compliments!
Here is a picture of Wolfgang (rider) and "Stormin" Norman at last years Hannegan Vintage race.
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6/13/2022 3:36pm
That is where it ended up, cool I will have to look for the file on the bike If that is the cylinder it left mn...
That is where it ended up, cool
I will have to look for the file on the bike
If that is the cylinder it left mn with, is still on
the bike,
Try a short head pipe 76-77 style / stock pipe
And see how different the power output is!
77 jemco pipe, would also work
Never tried a pro form

I have a 1st place Ahrma race trophy i won, riding that bike.
Did you ever find the file? I just picked one of these up yesterday.
6/14/2022 11:01am
sorry that was 10 years ago, everything for that bike was sold, given away, or tossed out.
I still have the tooling for the 77 Fox bike/ drawings
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