1982 RM250 in dirtbike or MXA HELP

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The 1982 RM250 was fast for it's day,,,so fast I remember reading a 250 shootout test issue a few years later and they had a sidebar explaining a stock 82 showed up while they where testing,,and that bike beat the current models they where testing in drag race.
What exact issue was that???????

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Likely faster than every RM250 up to about 87-88…
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thomas mitchell wrote:
Dirt bike September 1985 page 70.
Would post picture of article and cover please?

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In the original MXA test of this bike, it says that it will whip open bikes in a drag race.
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TG130 wrote:
In the original MXA test of this bike, it says that it will whip open bikes in a drag race.
I never forgot that DB article. Same time it was printed in 1985 I was racing 125s,,and watched the 250 class starts to get my gate timing. All season at Flagler this 82 RM250 pulled holeshots against new 250s.How impressive!


30 years later I found a clean one to buy/ race.Yes it's a 83 with slightly heavier crank and 43 forks. I know for a fact this thing flies. It has the 82 head(key to the 82 power), stock cylinder(same as 82),DG exhaust. I ran open class for 1 1/2 seasons in B and then A class post vintage,, and I got more than my share of holeshots vs 465s,490s,400s. That engine I start in 2nd,,,shift quickly to 3rd and let it eat.
Boy Suzuki made a engine with that one.

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thomas mitchell wrote:
Dirt bike September 1985 page 70.
riv187 wrote:
Would post picture of article and cover please?
thomas mitchell wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/01/16/528641/s1200_E9FFB485_5BF9_4A82_9772_D36C5CEBB20D.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/01/16/528642/s1200_F68FDB93_2B2B_4030_AD91_C93C3964DB2C.jpg[/img]


Thank you!

I spent hours pouring over issues and google trying to find where that was.
I kept think it was in 250 shootout issue or the modified 250 test issues.

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