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Marque Remarks => Suzuki => Topic started by: Quicksilver on June 24, 2008, 03:44:29 pm
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Pic 1 & 2...Can someone ID the swingarm/shock and those disc forks please. Year and model.
Pic 3 & 4.... These are RM250 but what year? Was thinking of using them on Zookmah project. Forks are 38mm. Rear wheel has no backing plate.. Damn it!!. Front wheel is single pull brake.
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/Quicksilver_032/DSC00242.jpg)
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/Quicksilver_032/DSC00243.jpg)
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/Quicksilver_032/DSC00246.jpg)
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/Quicksilver_032/DSC00247.jpg)
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RH 250 [TS250x] is my guess would have been disc originally.
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Yes TS shock for sure , swing arm I am not sure . I lost track of how many we repaired over the years. Usually the alloy body is worn and have to be replaced with a steel body .
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That shock and swingarm where in my RM250B frame. It was a beauitful job and worked perfectly, shock is in great condition. It was almost a shame to remove it . No damage was done to frame another then two little mounts weld just below the original shock mounts. They will grind off easlier.
The forks in picture were also on the RM250B frame. Note checkerplate bracket to hold drum brake backing plate on the left fork.
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/Quicksilver_032/DSC00230.jpg)
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/Quicksilver_032/DSC00233.jpg)
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The rear is definately TSX250. The Floater linkage setup on this model is totally unique to this model and like no RM or PE. I'd say the rear wheel is from the same model and the front looks like RM125 from '81ish.
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Doc.
The wheels were both marked in wreckers yellow pen as RM250, but wreckers didnt write year on them.
I have since taken a closer look at the rims and both are marked 10.81 and are both Takasago.
Those wheels were not on, part off or had anything to do with RM250B with the mods. They came from elsewhere along with those 38mm forks they are pictured with also marked RM250 in wreckers pen.
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whats the free length on the forks ( Rm ) , and does it have a machined groove in top chrome section
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Quicky, TSX250 used the same rear wheel/hub with the straight pull spokes but unlike the RM of the era the TSX had a disc brake up front so I've no doubt they be '81 or '82 model RM if RM is written on them. Same critters, same wheel as the 465X and Z as well only they had the twin leading stopper. With the rear wheels the 250X and Z shared the same wheel as the 125X/Z but the 465 rears were different. Near tempted to get my TSX back off my bro AS well as my DR500 ::) I know for certain he'd like an RL to ride instead ;)
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do the forks have ajusters in the bottom of the legs
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Quicky, TSX250 used the same rear wheel/hub with the straight pull spokes but unlike the RM of the era the TSX had a disc brake up front so I've no doubt they be '81 or '82 model RM if RM is written on them. Same critters, same wheel as the 465X and Z as well only they had the twin leading stopper. With the rear wheels the 250X and Z shared the same wheel as the 125X/Z but the 465 rears were different. Near tempted to get my TSX back off my bro AS well as my DR500 ::) I know for certain he'd like an RL to ride instead ;)
Doc.
Would you have a backing plate for the rear wheel we could come to some arrangement over.? ;)
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Quicky the only hub I have for this model is on the bike..$1500 includes the bike ;)
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do the forks have ajusters in the bottom of the legs
Heres pic of bottoms mate.
(http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii279/Quicksilver_032/RM25038MM.jpg)
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i think they could be rm 250 82 z model forks im not about the drain screw in the bottom but i dont think they had them see them in the last pic you posted, they are not 81 or 83 rm 250 forks im sure of that, they are not rm 125 forks im sure of that. i will keep looking but mabee they are ts forks that go with the swingarm
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Nah. Their no way they are TS forks. Those forks came from completely different place to where I got the RM250B with TS rear. I got those from same place I got the wheels, at the same time. :)
Have a look at picture 2.. I think those are the TS forks because they were on the 250B with the TS rear end. ;) Pictures 3 and 4 different place, different time.
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ok i only have info on RMs nothing on ts the others arnt rm forks ither mabee they are ts then
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quicky check out page 31 on VMX mag # 34 ( forks )
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i bought a set of forks today that came from an rm 250 z model and they are the same as the ones you have Quicky
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Crs is right, those legs are RM250Z. They could not be TSX250 simply for the fact all the TSX's were all disc brake a year before it was released on the RM series. I didn't look close at the second pic and assumed it to be the same as the forks in the above shot. The ones with the clamps at top are definately TSX and the lower ones, as Crs says, are RM250Z. Will look closer next time ;)