YZ250 Woods Bike Build? Help...

Why not get newer YZF foot pegs? Wider and really nice. A ton on ebay right now.

Retard the timing a degree or two. Will add to the tractability of it and will lessen the snap.

You could also buy a 250X CDI.

Also, no skid plate?

TrailDigger wrote:

Retard the timing a degree or two. Will add to the tractability of it and will lessen the snap.

You could also buy a 250X CDI.

Also, no skid plate?

Updated! And i like the snap. The bike will lug up a lot of hills as is.

Alec138 wrote:

Updated! And i like the snap. The bike will lug up a lot of hills as is.

Not sure if you are banging it off rocks, but you may want to get a metal skidplate. I’ve seen plastic ones crack and snap from good hits. They don’t protect much when you smash a rock and the plate bends or cracks into the engine.

The YZ engines are easy to tinker with and find a happy medium.

Have you had the head cut? The stock dome and head shape isn’t the best and you can do a squish test with solder and send the results and the head out to be cut for pump gas and whatever riding you prefer. Gives better gas mileage as well as making it run better overall. The stock head shape can cause detonation on pump gas and if the timing is advanced. The timing marks on the case aren’t accurate btw.

I have a rekluse clutch on mine, one of the older ones, despite what you hear on here it works awesome makes the bike really easy to manage on hard enduro single track. You can soften the engagement and a flywheel weight is not needed. I didn't think I needed it or would like it but after I tried it I don't think I could ride tight trails as well without it now.

FWW, Rekluse and a G2 Throttle Tamer turned my hard hitting 08 RM250 into a smooth pulling tractor.

All these mods still maintain the original 'snap' but at the same time makes the power more modulated and easier to control. You may currently like the snap but against the clock, smooth and tractable is nearly always quicker. Plus it makes the bike less tiring which helps a ton in 2/3 hour enduro's (if that's what you're competing in?)

Also don't forget the suspension. MX valving is incredibly harsh for woods riding, so a woods specific revalve will make the bike feel 100X better, easier to ride and faster.