I recently picked up a 1986 RM250G "blue engine" from a older gentleman who owned for years and was stored in the garage for many years well I got it home cleaned it up along with the carbs etc...long story short she fired up and runs great! Also Love your videos! Keep them coming lol
Had an '86 RM125 back in 1994, lack of low end power was unreal even for a 125, ergonomics also poor. Next bike was a 1990 RM125, night and day difference.
Wow,,almost feel sorry for the old Suzooks,,I owned the 83 RM 125 & 80 and thought they both were sturdy,,reliable,, fun to ride,,,and g r e a t looking !!
I totally agree! I covet the brochures I collected back in the 80's and later back when I first got started in riding. It was always a treat to collect brochures when we went to Anchorage and visited the dealerships. You channel has given me a whole new appreciation for them as I was wondering why both the quality and availability had declined over the years. I was into the RM's back in '86 as I rode an '84 185 Quadrunner and wanted to get a dirt bike. I totally remember the magazine article commenting about the RM not needing rebound damping. As I was watching the video I thought about that and then you mentioned it, too funny! I really enjoy watching your videos and how much work you put into them to show the technical aspects. It's a shame they don't offer this literature anymore. The internet is great and all but brochures don't break, don't get viruses and don't get deleted or held for ransom like a Photobucket image and destroy forum threads and history. You gave me a who new appreciation to the work that went into the photography and presentation of this media back in the 80's. It was an amazing time to grow up in powersports. One last thing, Suzuki continued to use the Full Floater with a single dogbone (liek a Uni-track) in their Quadracer 4-wheeler until 1990 I believe. I think the '91 and '92 went to the eccentric cam style rear suspension but I could be remembering that wrong?
Great video! Can you do one of these for the 1987 Suzuki line up? I have an '87 RM 125 that I've thought about restoring. I broke my neck on the bike and got paralyzed in '92. It'd be nice to restore mine and I'd love to see a similar video for the '87 models.
I think the fenders and plastics from 84-87 looked unique, It gave the bike a oriental pagoda look. Mericans dont understand, but if your were a rich biotch, you could own all 4 bikes and admire em in your massive garage. 89 the zooks look too cr ish, but if there is a cherry 86 or 87 rm id love to have it...
Hi Tony. Firstly great work. What a channel! I am loving Covid 19 lockdown in New Zealand only because of the MX Vault. I know you cant do every bike every year,but l am restoring a 1992 KX 250 an was wondering if you could do a KX 250 review of maybe the changes made from 89 to 92. I think as you will agree Kawasaki was changing massively in this era and would be cool to have some of that locked up brochure, magazine and memory of the big changes at Kawi over that time. Chur Bro (as we say here)🙂🏍️🏍️
Backing 85 my grampa took me to susuki I had a choice rm125 or quad sport 230, well I picked the quad , no regrets, I wanted the quad racer but gramps said don't push it, doth the ,125 and230 were 2500$ brand new
My first bike was a used 84 rm 80 . I remember the Suzuki dealer telling me to run 32:1 and I keeped on blowing motors and I thought it was the biggest POS but then I found out it was suppose to be 20:1 after the fact . So basically I would never know how good or bad the bike was
20:1 !?? I only remember hearing 30:1 for RM85s.. but everyone runs 32:1 an NEVER ISSUES! RM85s known as most dependable small MX bikes. U really did something wrong bk then . Sucks bro .
Tony do you have any specs/magazine articles on the 1998 YZ250? I owned one for a short while. Also what about an '89 KX80? Thanks for keeping this wanna-be MX-er entertained on your channel.
@ The Motocross Vault could you do a video on the 1994 Kawasaki line up if you have it i,these video really help with getting infomation on the old bike thank you and merry Christmas.
I recently picked up a 1986 RM250G "blue engine" from a older gentleman who owned for years and was stored in the garage for many years well I got it home cleaned it up along with the carbs etc...long story short she fired up and runs great! Also Love your videos! Keep them coming lol
Love SUZUKI RMs. Keep it forever!
David Klimmek join the club 👍
Loved the RMs back in they day always had YZ's but always like the Suzukis.
Same
What the 86 RM's lacked in performance, they made up in looks. The blue motor really looked sweet.
The bodywork looked pretty awful IMO.
Tony the holes in the rear suspension cam where they optional adjustment, also 86 was the year Bob Hannah used the Boyesen link on his 250 GP bike
I don't know, but I would imagine those were there for lightness.
That boyessen bike was cool!!
Had an '86 RM125 back in 1994, lack of low end power was unreal even for a 125, ergonomics also poor. Next bike was a 1990 RM125, night and day difference.
Wow,,almost feel sorry for the old Suzooks,,I owned the 83 RM 125 & 80 and thought they both were sturdy,,reliable,, fun to ride,,,and g r e a t looking !!
I totally agree! I covet the brochures I collected back in the 80's and later back when I first got started in riding. It was always a treat to collect brochures when we went to Anchorage and visited the dealerships. You channel has given me a whole new appreciation for them as I was wondering why both the quality and availability had declined over the years.
I was into the RM's back in '86 as I rode an '84 185 Quadrunner and wanted to get a dirt bike. I totally remember the magazine article commenting about the RM not needing rebound damping. As I was watching the video I thought about that and then you mentioned it, too funny!
I really enjoy watching your videos and how much work you put into them to show the technical aspects. It's a shame they don't offer this literature anymore. The internet is great and all but brochures don't break, don't get viruses and don't get deleted or held for ransom like a Photobucket image and destroy forum threads and history. You gave me a who new appreciation to the work that went into the photography and presentation of this media back in the 80's. It was an amazing time to grow up in powersports.
One last thing, Suzuki continued to use the Full Floater with a single dogbone (liek a Uni-track) in their Quadracer 4-wheeler until 1990 I believe. I think the '91 and '92 went to the eccentric cam style rear suspension but I could be remembering that wrong?
Great video! Can you do one of these for the 1987 Suzuki line up?
I have an '87 RM 125 that I've thought about restoring. I broke my neck on the bike and got paralyzed in '92. It'd be nice to restore mine and I'd love to see a similar video for the '87 models.
c6quad3 absolutely
I think the fenders and plastics from 84-87 looked unique, It gave the bike a oriental pagoda look. Mericans dont understand, but if your were a rich biotch, you could own all 4 bikes and admire em in your massive garage. 89 the zooks look too cr ish, but if there is a cherry 86 or 87 rm id love to have it...
Thank you sir for another history’ lesson 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it
Had hundreds of brochures - like everything else overtime most were tossed out but got a ton of dirt bike magazines and still got those.
I'm so glad I kept mine
I had a 1986 RM80 in 1991...
Loved the bike.
Have you watched the 80's Mx movie...winners take all?
126er Of course I’ve seen that classic 50 times
Still have my 86 250 fully restored now!
Good job Tony
Hi Tony. Firstly great work. What a channel! I am loving Covid 19 lockdown in New Zealand only because of the MX Vault. I know you cant do every bike every year,but l am restoring a 1992 KX 250 an was wondering if you could do a KX 250 review of maybe the changes made from 89 to 92. I think as you will agree Kawasaki was changing massively in this era and would be cool to have some of that locked up brochure, magazine and memory of the big changes at Kawi over that time. Chur Bro (as we say here)🙂🏍️🏍️
I will be doing on the KX 250 as well for sure
Cool video! Very interesting stuff
Thank you!
Backing 85 my grampa took me to susuki I had a choice rm125 or quad sport 230, well I picked the quad , no regrets, I wanted the quad racer but gramps said don't push it, doth the ,125 and230 were 2500$ brand new
Suzuki RMs #1 bub!
Yellow army for life 💪
What year rm 250 is at 6.45?
Excellent informative vid
Thank you
1985
My first bike was a used 84 rm 80 . I remember the Suzuki dealer telling me to run 32:1 and I keeped on blowing motors and I thought it was the biggest POS but then I found out it was suppose to be 20:1 after the fact . So basically I would never know how good or bad the bike was
20:1 !?? I only remember hearing 30:1 for RM85s.. but everyone runs 32:1 an NEVER ISSUES! RM85s known as most dependable small MX bikes. U really did something wrong bk then . Sucks bro .
Tony the holes in the cam where they optional adjustment do you know ?
@@TheMotocrossVault Sorry no, the cam on the rear linkage
Tony do you have any specs/magazine articles on the 1998 YZ250? I owned one for a short while. Also what about an '89 KX80? Thanks for keeping this wanna-be MX-er entertained on your channel.
I have a good bit of info including test for both and I plan to do videos on both models down the road
@ The Motocross Vault could you do a video on the 1994 Kawasaki line up if you have it i,these video really help with getting infomation on the old bike thank you and merry Christmas.
what happened to the original video ?
I made some corrections and changes and deleted the original video