2007 RM250 bike build

40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
2/24/2019 11:45am Edited Date/Time 5/20/2019 1:50am
So I’ve never posted or commented on here but figured it’s winter and I got time now I’ll share my build bought the bike for next to nothing mainly because it was an 07 but it was hammered


,














6
|
Headling
Posts
336
Joined
3/13/2017
Location
GB
2/24/2019 12:23pm
What a turnaround! Looks really beaten up and like Ronnie Mac had ‘customised’ it! ?

Going to look amazing once it’s done!
4
40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
2/24/2019 12:35pm
Heading basically the same thought I had, it was rode hard and put back wet for sure lol
1
4the7ove
Posts
108
Joined
8/6/2014
Location
Billings, MT US
2/24/2019 1:15pm
Good for you man, nice save! Those white hubs are gonna pop!
Rickyisms
Posts
4141
Joined
10/5/2017
Location
FL US
2/25/2019 8:01am
Holy hell that poor thing. Good work man, Shame it got beat to shit at one point.

The Shop

SLOWTIME
Posts
578
Joined
12/1/2014
Location
OH US
2/25/2019 5:01pm
Care to share any info on the fork caps? I need to replace the OEM caps on my 05, and I’ve seen those on ebay.
40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
2/27/2019 8:34pm Edited Date/Time 2/27/2019 8:35pm
SLOWTIME I just seen the message they are just fox stage 2 billet clickers that look good and are way easier to adjust your forks also has a fill and vent screws for easier filling of fork oil I found them on eBay one day but I believe fox still sells them they run about 200-220$ from Fox
1
Headling
Posts
336
Joined
3/13/2017
Location
GB
2/28/2019 1:53am
Carbon engine mounts!

This is looking spot on so far
1
SLOWTIME
Posts
578
Joined
12/1/2014
Location
OH US
2/28/2019 4:24pm
Thank you for the response!
1
ebers
Posts
903
Joined
8/21/2008
Location
western, NY US
Fantasy
170th
2/28/2019 6:40pm
Incredible turn around! What rear brake pedal/setup is that? I see Hammerhead... but for what bike?
40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
2/28/2019 7:25pm
Ebers it’s a 2015 RMZ brake pedal with the RM250 brake clevis the RMZ clevis wouldn’t work
mattman631
Posts
332
Joined
12/16/2015
Location
Mcalester, OK US
3/1/2019 11:27am
Wow, I am super jealous, and this makes me miss my 07 RM250 more than anything! Does Tusk now make hubs for the RM? when I was building mine a few years ago they did not and I had to find a set of stockers and PC. Cant wait to see the finished build!
mattyhamz2
Posts
10850
Joined
7/6/2015
Location
So Cal, CA US
Fantasy
760th
3/1/2019 11:50am
Looking great so far! Tell me you did the "Ronnie Mac" customization yourself as a joke....
40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
3/1/2019 12:03pm
mattman631 wrote:
Wow, I am super jealous, and this makes me miss my 07 RM250 more than anything! Does Tusk now make hubs for the RM? when I...
Wow, I am super jealous, and this makes me miss my 07 RM250 more than anything! Does Tusk now make hubs for the RM? when I was building mine a few years ago they did not and I had to find a set of stockers and PC. Cant wait to see the finished build!
No the front is a 08 yz250 wheel with the spacers trimmed a little, the rear is a 06 KX250F wheel that we had to get bearing sleeves to make work so it didn’t have slop in it, it’s fits perfectly with the wheel spacers in the swingarm but 08 yz250 rear wheel has same axle diameter but haven’t tested it out
40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
3/1/2019 12:03pm
mattyhamz2 wrote:
Looking great so far! Tell me you did the "Ronnie Mac" customization yourself as a joke....
Haha I wish I could lie and tell you I did but unfortunately that’s how I got the bike when I bought it
1
mattyhamz2
Posts
10850
Joined
7/6/2015
Location
So Cal, CA US
Fantasy
760th
3/1/2019 12:58pm
mattyhamz2 wrote:
Looking great so far! Tell me you did the "Ronnie Mac" customization yourself as a joke....
40ozhero wrote:
Haha I wish I could lie and tell you I did but unfortunately that’s how I got the bike when I bought it
Haha! How much longer until she's finished up?
40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
3/1/2019 1:01pm
mattyhamz2 wrote:
Looking great so far! Tell me you did the "Ronnie Mac" customization yourself as a joke....
40ozhero wrote:
Haha I wish I could lie and tell you I did but unfortunately that’s how I got the bike when I bought it
mattyhamz2 wrote:
Haha! How much longer until she's finished up?
Not to much longer got my gas tank in today and waiting on a couple small motor stuff
1
davermz450
Posts
167
Joined
5/19/2018
Location
Lexington, KY US
3/1/2019 1:04pm
You know how people tell you they "rescued" a dog from the pound? I feel like you did that for a beautiful motorcycle.
3
40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
3/2/2019 2:59pm
Got the new shock spring installed and shock cleaned up, the aluminum tank and shrouds fitted, and the light speed carbon skid plate installed today
mwssquad827
Posts
1463
Joined
8/4/2016
Location
Twin Falls, ID US
3/2/2019 6:38pm Edited Date/Time 3/2/2019 6:45pm
No comments on the cut front zuki fender???????
Bike looks good and thanks for the brake pedal info and the clockers are cool as well ... I wish you would have kept the stock tank/shrouds but that aluminum tank is tits!!
40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
3/2/2019 6:42pm
No comments on the cut front zuki fender??????? Bike looks good and thanks for the brake pedal info and the clockers are cool as well...
No comments on the cut front zuki fender???????
Bike looks good and thanks for the brake pedal info and the clockers are cool as well ... I wish you would have kept the stock tank/shrouds but that aluminum tank is tits!!
I still have the tank and shrouds I’m not sure what I wanna do with them yet I do have a NOS Escondido cycle center supercross team graphics kit laying around
deccr250
Posts
449
Joined
2/25/2018
Location
GB
3/3/2019 7:19am
Looking good man, great save! Smile
40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
3/3/2019 8:33am
deccr250 wrote:
Looking good man, great save! Smile
Appreciate it man!
1
40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
3/3/2019 8:36am
Started to mock up the body panels and everything to make sure it fit correctly and no bends or tweaks in the subframe.
4
4the7ove
Posts
108
Joined
8/6/2014
Location
Billings, MT US
3/3/2019 10:33am
Beautiful.. this is the 125 ive been building over the last year or so.. similar in a few ways to yours ha! just out of curiosity how much did the aluminum tank fight you?? The shrouds weren’t a huge problem but the tank itself mounted to the frame like shit and I had to play with the seat quite a bit too. Great build so far, love it.

1
40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
3/3/2019 12:08pm
4the7ove wrote:
Beautiful.. this is the 125 ive been building over the last year or so.. similar in a few ways to yours ha! just out of curiosity...
Beautiful.. this is the 125 ive been building over the last year or so.. similar in a few ways to yours ha! just out of curiosity how much did the aluminum tank fight you?? The shrouds weren’t a huge problem but the tank itself mounted to the frame like shit and I had to play with the seat quite a bit too. Great build so far, love it.

I’ve been watching your build on IG a lot actually really cool the tank bolted to the frame fairly easy had to move the rubber frame cushions up on the bottom and down on the top a little bit so it would sit correctly and had to raise the seat mount on the tank up a couple threads so I’m going to run a little longer screw and place a shim it up with a washer! That should fix the small issues
Lightning78
Posts
6306
Joined
12/12/2007
Location
Huntington Beach, CA US
3/3/2019 12:37pm
As hammered as the bike was when you got it, it still came with carbon fiber engine hangars???
40ozhero
Posts
115
Joined
2/24/2019
Location
Lake Linden, MI US
3/3/2019 12:42pm Edited Date/Time 3/3/2019 12:50pm
4the7ove wrote:
Beautiful.. this is the 125 ive been building over the last year or so.. similar in a few ways to yours ha! just out of curiosity...
Beautiful.. this is the 125 ive been building over the last year or so.. similar in a few ways to yours ha! just out of curiosity how much did the aluminum tank fight you?? The shrouds weren’t a huge problem but the tank itself mounted to the frame like shit and I had to play with the seat quite a bit too. Great build so far, love it.

If your wondering about any of the other parts I’m using like the brake pedal as such I’ll make a little list to clear any future questions you may have because I’ve probably had the same at one point,

The wheels are mismatched lol the front Is an 08 yz250 wheel it bolted directly up may have to shave a little bit off the stock wheel spacers I still got a little bit of measuring to do to see with the stock wheel on

The rear wheel is off an 06 KX250F it did fit perfectly with the Kawi wheel spacers that tusk gives with the wheel, although the axle diameters are not the same i read on multiple post that it was directed bolt up but it’s not to a point (Kawi axle diameter is 25mm RM250 is 22mm) so I searched for awhile to get custom bearings made but had no luck, so we ended up finding bearing sleeves on Amazon that were a 22mm INSIDE diameter and a 25mm outside diameter and 20mm long we stuck 3 inside the wheel and it fit perfectly without trimming any of them and now the wheel has no up and down play.
After reading a little more the 03-08 yz250 shares the same rear wheel axle diameter the only thing I can see without trying is that they use 2 bearings in the rear hub compared to Kawi and Suzuki use 3 ,Yamaha might use slight wider bearings is all, I have not tested a Yz250 rear wheel yet but if I get my buddy’s off and by my bike I’ll try it and update the info.
The front brake rotor is a galpher 280mm for a yz250 but you have to order the Suzuki caliper bracket separately because the Yamaha one has different mounting hole spots.

The front brake caliper is off of a 2014 CRF450 they were lighter and used hollow pistons so the pistons push a lot easier. That is a direct bolt up to the Suzuki braket.

The rear hammerhead brake pedal is for a 2015 RMZ the pedal works but you have to use the RM250 brake clevis and the RMZ brake pedal return spring.

The head is a phathead racing Billet Head with interchangeable domes, it eliminates the o ring style head like the oem head is and uses a dual layer metal gasket from cometic, my motor is a Eric Gorr 300cc SM so I’m only able to get the gaskets from him because cometic can’t seem to give me the right part number and gasket may only be used due to the fact of it being a big bore I’m not sure

Rear lower link pro circuit still stocks.

Fork caps are fox billet stage 2 clickers so you have easy adjustments like the stock 16+ KTMs

Boyesen makes the supercool oversized water pumps but only for 05-08 Rm’s

My bar mounts are Xtrig PDS mounts for suzuki (newer 450s/250fs is my guess) the will work fine as long is its a triple clamp that can use the stock bar mounts on (oem top clamp, ride engineering) they will not work on a sunline or rg3 clamps for sure because they use brand specific bar mounts as the wholes are not the same for the bushings.(found the sunline one out personally)

Footpegs are Raptor titanium Suzuki 2T specific with Yz250 titanium pivot pin (hollowed out center makes them a little lighter and less prone to get mud stuck in them)

And I know it will get asked when I post it I’m sure

My carborator and intake mods were done by Watts’s perfection out of Shelby North Carolina (Ricky Carmichael’s factory HRC mechanic)
He mods the carb, intake boot to the reeds, and mods the reed block (VForce3 reeds to be exact that’s what he wants)

I hope this helps you or anyone else who may have questions for future builds and is not 100% sure if info is correct and do not have money to waste like i did guessing off other people’s trash output on most forums...all the info up here is 100% accurate atleast for my 07 RM250

3

Post a reply to: 2007 RM250 bike build

The Latest