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Title: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: LWC82PE on June 05, 2016, 01:47:46 pm: I am looking for ADB magazine with PE400 vs RM250 article. I think it's in issue December 2015 but i am not 100% sure
Thanks
Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: brent j on June 05, 2016, 03:35:49 pm: PM me your address and I'll post it tomorrow

Cheers

Brent
Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: Mick D on June 30, 2016, 11:01:59 pm: Hey is there any chance one of you guys could scan this test and put it up for the rest of us to read when time permits?
I reckon a smile is as good as a please :)
Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: Oldfart on July 01, 2016, 07:34:53 am: I would be interested in a copy also thanks
Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: LWC82PE on July 01, 2016, 08:26:53 am: https://image.isu.pub/151213172443-8c7a2eb8742769ba2c878af33d3d2781/jpg/page_1.jpg

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Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: Mick D on July 01, 2016, 07:24:09 pm: Great effort, thank you :)
Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: PEZBerq on July 01, 2016, 07:56:42 pm: Nice to see the old bikes getting respected in modern mags. Didn't know the PE400 was made 2000 - 2003. Would have sworn 1980. - 1983.... ;D Just goes to show you learn a lot fron reading motorcycle mags!
Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: 80-85 husky on July 01, 2016, 10:33:32 pm: Did anyone actually read that??? :o biggest load of cobblers ever. "If the PE runs off the track it has the weight to knock anything down" FFS its not a bulldozer. in 83 the RM was the class leader."at the time" there was nothing better. The PE was a very good enduro bike. lots of good features but some major issues with the forks and the shockers. they weren't up to scratch. (I had a new 82 250 and battled with the forks all over victoria). there is no point in having some 20 y/o ride these bikes as he can only compare them to the latest yz / cr /kx he has been ripping around on just as these bikes were for us 50 y/o back then .. the latestandgreatest. no idea where this article sits at all.
The pe range was discontinued I believe with the last being the PE 175 Z "floater' In 1983 along with the 250Z twin shock. I don't think there was a 400 Z but LWC82PE can probably assist there.... please. ???

have a mate with a genuine 250 z model, discernible by later RM clutch components apparently.
after it spat him off last weekend, It maybe for sale... :o
Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: Mick D on July 01, 2016, 10:48:24 pm: Quote from: 80-85 husky on July 01, 2016, 10:33:32 pm
Did anyone actually read that??? :o biggest load of cobblers ever. I don't think there was a 400 Z but LWC82PE can probably assist there.... please. ???

Well I did. Obliviously you didn't, or you would have read the bit where it says "and the second a 1980 PE400"

But yes I thought at the beginning that, "I am going to start buying this mag!"
Then I realised what you thought,,,

Quote from: 80-85 husky on July 01, 2016, 10:33:32 pm
biggest load of cobblers ever.

Full of self embedded contradiction, full of crap. If he come on here and aks me? I will be happy to point it out.
Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: LWC82PE on July 01, 2016, 10:56:51 pm: Yes there was PE400Z & PE250Z in 82 but after that there was only the 175D in 83 and 175E in 84.
Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: 80-85 husky on July 02, 2016, 10:18:53 am: cheers lw I wasn't up to scratch with the final outcome for the yellow bikes. i bought a new superseded 250x in 82, went green in 84 and white in 85. Am keeping my eye out for a 175 z or dx 175 to really work over for a fun zinging vinnie bike. plenty of pipe and port sorting with rm forks and aftermarket shock. (big plans ::) no $$ >:()
Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: PEZBerq on July 02, 2016, 11:36:33 am: I always thought the 175X motor in the Z floater fame would have been a great combo. The Z was a bit peaky in my opinion compared the the T and X that I had back in the day. Loved racing against the blue bikes and the occasional red thumper. Always amazed how fast some blokes could pedal an XR200.
Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: skypig on July 02, 2016, 05:24:03 pm: "Always amazed how fast some blokes could pedal an XR200."

I agree. They were so down on power (compared to >125cc 2 stroke) but some guys had an effective "hold it on" riding style and really used each of the 15?hp for much of the time!
Title: Re: ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?
Post by: 80-85 husky on July 02, 2016, 05:32:21 pm: steve chapman at the famous"tin mine
special test atfoster in 1983 blew everyone to the weeds on a 200 xr. I rekon he just pulled the slide out of the carb and took off. I don't recall it dropping from peak revs anywhere around the test. will never forget that, an awesome display of small bore riding 8)