When 250R Actually Meant Honda 250R

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12/16/2022 8:30am
quadmx301 wrote:

So rad. I’ve got a shot of me as 3-4 year old riding on the crossbar pad of my dads LT250R. Good times. 

Here's my 86'. Wish I would have held on to this one.

 

 

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12/16/2022 8:32am
CPR wrote:
250R also applied to two wheels  

250R also applied to two wheels

 

Yes it did and “elsinore”.

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12/16/2022 10:15am
CPR wrote:
250R also applied to two wheels  

250R also applied to two wheels

 

This is the correct answer... but glad to see the rainbow crowd showing their 3/4 wheeler pride!

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12/16/2022 10:35am

Awesome pics and memories boys....

 

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12/16/2022 12:09pm
Richy wrote:
The thought of hitting even a semi-big jump, commited, on a quad or three wheeler is pretty scary to me haha 😂 Not my thing, but...

The thought of hitting even a semi-big jump, commited, on a quad or three wheeler is pretty scary to me haha 😂

Not my thing, but good to see folks having fun and some retro photos whatever it's on 👍

One time my parents took off for a cruise and tasked our super cool Grandma to watch me an my two brothers while they were gone. We weren't even supposed to be riding in general, but my Grandma egged my brother who was a pretty good moto rider to jump a double on our track with my dad's Suzuki utility quad. Thing bottomed out so hard and folded a rim but he got away pretty clean.

I don't remember what they were, but they were 2 wheel drive Suzuki 250 semi autos, so they were really light and if you knew how to ride it they got down pretty hard. We used to dog those things though trails in North Carolina. Some of the most fun I've ever had.

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12/16/2022 1:30pm
Magoofan wrote:
Oh man...those 3 wheeler 250Rs bring back some painful memories.  Both my brothers bought them when they first came out. Those things were deadly.... and if...

Oh man...those 3 wheeler 250Rs bring back some painful memories.  Both my brothers bought them when they first came out.

Those things were deadly.... and if you crashed you couldn't get away from them.   God forbid you ever put your foot down out of habit. 

 

Pstar75 wrote:
I've done that!!! I was telling somebody just about that situation today when you put your foot down and you get sucked up underneath the back...

I've done that!!! I was telling somebody just about that situation today when you put your foot down and you get sucked up underneath the back wheel

Sully wrote:

I dislocated my left knee when I was 14 when it got sucked into the back wheel of my buddy's 200X. 

i got away unscathed but I too had my leg sucked into the back wheel of a 200X, My friend was surprisingly quick on it. I wanted no part of it after riding it once. 

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12/16/2022 2:55pm

"bikes".   bi cycle.  2 wheels.

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12/16/2022 4:42pm

Man, I've got an '84 250R three wheeler sitting in the barn, untouched for decads....Unsure

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12/16/2022 5:37pm Edited Date/Time 12/16/2022 5:56pm

 Not a 250r but kind of a funny atc story. I bought an atc 110 in a box for 50 bucks one time. By the time it was running I had 600 bucks into it. Roughly twice what a running one would have cost at the time.Laughing  Oh well live and learn it seemed like a deal at the time. So I get the thing going and ride it up and down the street and it's all good.  My neighbor was a Harley guy and had never ridden a 3 wheeler before. After a couple beers worth of directions and helpful tips we send him off up the street. It's summer and hot af so he's wearing sandals and shorts. It went great until the left hand U-turn (attempt). The classic 3 wheels on pavement crash, up on two wheels, right leg sticks out like an outrigger canoe, hits the pavement and gets sucked under the right rear tire, which then climbs his leg and starts doing a burnout on his calf, meanwhile his knee shin and top of his foot are getting ground away on the hot asphalt like they're on a belt sander. He gets it stopped and then burns himself trying to get out from underneath it. Tell you what he was a tough mother fucker man he sucked it up pretty good lol.     It was a fun little toy, when they were developing the back country in San Clemente me and a buddy would go fart around in the construction zones on it 3 or 4 nights a week. It was small and easy to load in the truck. Rode it in the annual fiesta parade one year. It was fun toy I should've kept    

 

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12/16/2022 6:36pm Edited Date/Time 12/16/2022 6:37pm

 

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12/16/2022 8:02pm Edited Date/Time 12/16/2022 8:05pm

You can't hardly ride when quads are around.  They dont ride the track they just spin donuts here and spin donuts there.  I was hitting a jump at a spot and id wait for the quads to get out of the way before i roll, and this mf’er on a quad goes across my line, cool hes out of the way here i go…..oh shit mf’er spins a donut and goin back across the line!  And over and over again all day.  Not hatin on quads they just ride different.  Like being a bmxer at a skatepark with all skaters.  Theyre always in the way, i dont stop rolling and the skaters are always standing around next to the ledges or whatever.  Anyways.  When the quads show up its time to bounce.  

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12/16/2022 8:23pm
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Haha... Nice. I had a brand new 99 YZ250, a Shitty purple Raptor and a slammed S-10 all at the same time. I thought I was...
Haha... Nice. I had a brand new 99 YZ250, a Shitty purple Raptor and a slammed S-10 all at the same time. I thought I was so cool. Cool

Shit, don’t sell it short. You would have been real cool with a set up like that in high school!

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12/16/2022 8:27pm

How does that saying about bridge builders go? Something about “You can build a thousand bridges…” can’t remember the rest 

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12/16/2022 8:34pm
Pstar75 wrote:
I've done that!!! I was telling somebody just about that situation today when you put your foot down and you get sucked up underneath the back...

I've done that!!! I was telling somebody just about that situation today when you put your foot down and you get sucked up underneath the back wheel

Sully wrote:

I dislocated my left knee when I was 14 when it got sucked into the back wheel of my buddy's 200X. 

MPJC wrote:
i got away unscathed but I too had my leg sucked into the back wheel of a 200X, My friend was surprisingly quick on it. I...

i got away unscathed but I too had my leg sucked into the back wheel of a 200X, My friend was surprisingly quick on it. I wanted no part of it after riding it once. 

Same shit happened to me   riding bitch my buddy hit whoop trail way too fast,  feet came off the pegs and under the wheels.   That asshole still gunning the throttle.  When we finally scared to a stop on my legs I asked him what the fuck was he thinking he thought somebody attached to grappling hook to the back of the ATV I said what the hell are you talking about GI Joe.

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12/16/2022 8:44pm
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 ESR 310  all the frills, thrills,  dyno tested 38hp at 9700rpm.   Its outside I my garage right now.    First kick start.  It's a Honda 

 ESR 310  all the frills, thrills,  dyno tested 38hp at 9700rpm.   Its outside I my garage right now.    First kick start.  It's a Honda 

Don't hate the beast.   For a 2 stroke, it's reliable,  fast as hell, and fun to ride.  No it's not covered in advertisement.   They aren't paying me to advertise their products.   I just do my best to break them    

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12/17/2022 5:48am
Pistonslap wrote:

You haven't really lived until you've had your leg sucked into the rear wheel of a 250R with paddle tires.

Sully wrote:

I was at Ocotillo when I did my knee, so luckily no paddles. 

Yup saw that alot. I had one for a short while and there was always discussion that my paddles were on backwards. I ran mine that the point of the v touched first. They all told me the legs of the v were supposed to touch sand first. Really could be either way as there was no cup.

But which way was right?

TM

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12/17/2022 8:13am
Pistonslap wrote:

You haven't really lived until you've had your leg sucked into the rear wheel of a 250R with paddle tires.

Sully wrote:

I was at Ocotillo when I did my knee, so luckily no paddles. 

ToolMaker wrote:
Yup saw that alot. I had one for a short while and there was always discussion that my paddles were on backwards. I ran mine that...

Yup saw that alot. I had one for a short while and there was always discussion that my paddles were on backwards. I ran mine that the point of the v touched first. They all told me the legs of the v were supposed to touch sand first. Really could be either way as there was no cup.

But which way was right?

TM

I had Kenda Nomads. They were budget paddle tires and I don't belive they were directional. All I remember is they were half the price of skat tracks and had way too much traction for a trike with no back brakes or wheelie bar. 

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12/21/2022 12:35pm
Pistonslap wrote:

You haven't really lived until you've had your leg sucked into the rear wheel of a 250R with paddle tires.

Sully wrote:

I was at Ocotillo when I did my knee, so luckily no paddles. 

ToolMaker wrote:
Yup saw that alot. I had one for a short while and there was always discussion that my paddles were on backwards. I ran mine that...

Yup saw that alot. I had one for a short while and there was always discussion that my paddles were on backwards. I ran mine that the point of the v touched first. They all told me the legs of the v were supposed to touch sand first. Really could be either way as there was no cup.

But which way was right?

TM

I’d say it’s backwards only because the paddles have a scoop to them, so I would think you would want to mimic that design. 🤷🏼‍♂️

12/21/2022 1:31pm
Sully wrote:

I was at Ocotillo when I did my knee, so luckily no paddles. 

ToolMaker wrote:
Yup saw that alot. I had one for a short while and there was always discussion that my paddles were on backwards. I ran mine that...

Yup saw that alot. I had one for a short while and there was always discussion that my paddles were on backwards. I ran mine that the point of the v touched first. They all told me the legs of the v were supposed to touch sand first. Really could be either way as there was no cup.

But which way was right?

TM

JayByrd wrote:

I’d say it’s backwards only because the paddles have a scoop to them, so I would think you would want to mimic that design. 🤷🏼‍♂️

There was no cupping on those. It was a choice of pulling sand under the tire or pushing sand out from under the tire. I maintained you want to push the fluff away and get to more dense sand, my friends said to pull the sand under so you're not pointed uphill.

TM

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Every designed sand tire I’ve used looked like a “V” pattern from behind the machine. 

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