RM250 '06 reasonable price

lecoen
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Full time reader of the forum but now I require a little help. I know a lot of you guys here own RM250's.

Coming off an RMZ250 I want to make the change to a 2 stroke. I have the opportunity to buy an RM250 from '06 for about 2240 US.

Would you guys say that is a reasonable price for that age? The bike is in good shape and looks fairly well maintained. No extras on the bike just stock.
Thanks.
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Cygnus
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5/3/2015 10:54am
Not bad. Show him 2k cash in hundos. I bet he will take it.
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5/3/2015 12:04pm
Those bikes are getting mid $2g's here in SoCal. If it's clean, I would jump on it.
HackMan162
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5/3/2015 12:07pm
Expect to put a top end, and full clutch (basket, pressure plate, hub and plates/springs). That's really only the weak point of these bikes.
5/3/2015 12:28pm
I paid $1800 for my 04' 2 years ago and it was a deal.

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lecoen
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5/3/2015 12:56pm
Sweet. I am checking it out tomorrow. Will let you guys know if I took it and post some pics.

lecoen
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5/6/2015 11:27pm
So I bought another RM250 but from '10 in wayyy better condition. Don't have a pitcure at this moment.

Question though, I can't seem to find where I can order the graphics on the bike below. Anybody could help me find them? Tnx.

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5/6/2015 11:39pm Edited Date/Time 5/6/2015 11:41pm
Cygnus wrote:
Not bad. Show him 2k cash in hundos. I bet he will take it.
Went to buy an Industrial Mig welder with a mate. He made the seller a low ball offer Blush , bloke showed no Interest, basically told him to piss off. He pulled out the cash. All in small notes, 5's 10's 20's etc. Showed him the cash. Seller still wasn't Interested. My mate dropped the cash, accidently on purpose. Seller helped him pick it all up. As soon as the seller got the cash in his hands he wanted to keep it. .SOLD!

Smaller notes make for a much larger "wad" of cash Wink . Was beautiful to watch.
lecoen
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5/7/2015 12:42am
Ha. Talking about manipulation. Good tip. Everybody will be dropping money on deals now.
5/7/2015 1:14am
Hard to compare prices around the world, but in Australia, excellent low hour 06+ RMs list for around USD $4k and never seem to last long.
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5/7/2015 2:48am
I ended up paying 2834 U.S. for the '10.

But it had just had a suspension rebuild, top end rebuild and gear changed. And it looks in really good shape.
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5/7/2015 4:04am
lecoen wrote:
I ended up paying 2834 U.S. for the '10. But it had just had a suspension rebuild, top end rebuild and gear changed. And it looks...
I ended up paying 2834 U.S. for the '10.

But it had just had a suspension rebuild, top end rebuild and gear changed. And it looks in really good shape.
A '10?.....As in a 2010 Model?

I guess that threw me off a little since the US is one of the only countries that DOESNT get the bike thats still or was still being made....

So dumb on Suzuki's behalf, just look at the Yamaha YZ's...they sell all they make every single year,

(well just about, some sales expert on here will come on and tell me they had 23 leftover from a complete lot of 5000 that were shipped to the US ...LOL)

it doesnt make sense that suzuki and kawasaki dont follow Yamaha's lead on this and sell their two strokes here. I understand but disagree with Honda's stance on 2 strokes but the rest of the japanese companies are missing out on some great revenue that would be close to pure profit, and they could keep them cheap and market them as a cheaper entry level bike or not I really dont care but since they have already recouped their payback on the r&d it makes no sense to let their market share dwindle and succomb to KTM, Husky, TM and Yamaha.....For branding purposes, ot selling the 2 strokes does have an effect on their thumper sales, not directly its more indirect
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5/7/2015 7:51am Edited Date/Time 5/7/2015 7:53am
Not bad, offer him $2400 cause thats still not bad.

And yeah, the clutches are total garbage. Suzuki has a serious problem building a clutch for anything I've yet to see (street or dirt). A billet inner clutch hub is a must. I would do the basket next, but the inner hubs trash out quickly and there is no filing trick to fix those.
lecoen
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5/7/2015 10:36am
Yeah, so It would be a wise thing to change the clutch basket. Nobody knows where to get those graphics I mentioned earlier? Or they just don't produce them anymore probably.
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5/7/2015 10:40am
Both the basket and inner hub (and pressure plate) are all buttery soft. As for the graphics, I've never seen those before. I would start with One Industries since their logo is printed in there. Gonna guess they are discontinued.
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5/7/2015 12:26pm
lecoen wrote:
Yeah, so It would be a wise thing to change the clutch basket. Nobody knows where to get those graphics I mentioned earlier? Or they just...
Yeah, so It would be a wise thing to change the clutch basket. Nobody knows where to get those graphics I mentioned earlier? Or they just don't produce them anymore probably.
Call wlm graphics,sure they can help uWink

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