ADB magazine PE400 vs RM250 December 2015 issue?

[LWC82PE]

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

[brent j]

PM me your address and I'll post it tomorrow

Cheers

Brent

[Mick D]

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

[Oldfart]

I would be interested in a copy also thanks

[LWC82PE]

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[Mick D]

Great effort, thank you

[PEZBerq]

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.... Just goes to show you learn a lot fron reading motorcycle mags!

[80-85 husky]

Did anyone actually read that??? 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...

[Mick D]

Did anyone actually read that??? 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,,,

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.

[LWC82PE]

Yes there was PE400Z & PE250Z in 82 but after that there was only the 175D in 83 and 175E in 84.

[80-85 husky]

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 $$ )

[PEZBerq]

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.

[skypig]

"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!

[80-85 husky]

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