18' TC250 updates.

So I've been riding a fair bit lately and really loving the bike, coming off a 2013 YZ450F that totally shattered my confidence in all aspects of my riding, its awesome to push past my personal barriers each time I take it out for a ride. The more I ride it the faster I get, its amazing to be able to take corners at pace and be able to hold a line and hit a jump and know whats going to happen.









Anyway, I've clocked up 6 hours on it now got a few bolt on bits for it and heres a few things i found. First off the exhaust system definitely is not a necessity with this bike, I got it because I wanted to be able to put the original exhaust away so that when the time comes to upgrade again in a few years I can jam it all back on with all the Original plastics (that I took off before I even rode it) and it will look brand new.

The day I put the deposit down on the bike I went unto the parts counter and ordered a few things straight up, some where based solely off Motocross Actions recommendations with 17' model, other stuff was for looks. Got a Faast Co rear brake return spring kit because apparently the rear brake pedal springs were breaking and ordered a full Pro circuit system, with the works pipe and R304 shorty. Not impressed PC stuff at all, the muffler didn't fit well and honestly has the worst finish I've ever seen on a brand new exhaust, the sticker was all faded pink and had scratches on it new out of the bag. I don't know what the works pipe was like because after waiting 3 months for it to arrive in Australia I cancelled the order. The shorty made it hard to ride and was hard to keep the terrible scotch bright finished bare aluminium nice. I've seen better finishes on those cheap Chinese radiators you see getting around on flogged out 06 CRF250R's...

So after enquiring about how much longer the works pipe would be on back order from the states (if thats where they are really made...) the importer got back to us and said it wasn't in their last shipment for the year so it would be here "sometime in the new year, maybe". So canned that and straight up ordered an FMF factory fatty and Titanium Powercore 2.1, Both arrived 5 days later... Anyway I'm super Impressed with the FMF stuff spot on fitment as always and it just looks tough, I did some riding with the stock silencer back on and loved the way it rolled on nice and smooth, coming off a lifetime of four strokes its what I need but I also didn't want it to be 300exc. the 2.1 silencer is best of both worlds its crisp but smooth and gave the bike a bit more over rev with is nice. The FMF fatty seems to be pretty similar to the stock husky pipe.















Few other little things, I fitted V-Force 4 in it because I heard of the issues with the 17's getting gaps between the cage and the petals, sure enough at 3hrs on the clock I pulled it out and it was bad. Got an Acerbis black plastic skid plate, easy lightest thing out there, its full coverage more like a full on enduro bash plate but it looks nice and is tough, but it can be fiddly to mount up especially when your in a hurry to ride. I still say Factory Effex make one of the best seat covers you can get, I've tried and fitted for others a lot of covers (not all mind you) out there and Factory Effex are are at the top for me. ODI lock on grips are the best! end of story!



Future mods down the line will be a Lectron 38mm HV carb setup, Airbox battery tray deletion, a suspension revalve for my speed, I've also been thinking about getting an SDI bladder kit for the shock as I've heard good things about it, coming from Jap bikes it does feel a little different in the back. Maybe I'll powder coat frame black and get some proper gold rims and anodise the hubs black. What do you guys think? any other things worth mentioning if you own one? 17 & 18 250SX owners too!