Yes congrats. My son has a 2011 TM 250 MX that I picked up new and it's been solid and trouble free. He sent the head to RB to allow safe operation on 93 gas, added a FW weight, and had RB do his thing on the carb. Oh yeah they are FAST bikes. Enjoy.
I bought the bike from the original owner who says he only used it for a couple months. Apparently he bought the bike to race in the Idaho city 100 that he does every year. He told me he trained on it for a couple months bought a Scalvini pipe, FMF turbine, had the suspension revalved for single track, installed a flywheel weight and then'raced that one time. It seems really clean to me and the only problem on it is that the rear number plate is cracked (as seen in the picture) and replacement plastics are proving difficult to find. I don't have any ride time yet but my one complaint so far is also about the plastics. They are very rigid and very brittle! All of the fenders on this bike have almost no flex and give to them. So I can see myself breaking the oem plastics a lot unless there is an aftermarket option. Onto the race gas. I live in Idaho and ride from 4500ft-10kft, is it necessary to mix race gas or use octane booster at these elevations with 91 pump gas? Thanks everyone!
your going to like it!! Engine isnt really as wild as back in the day. Riding my 12 tm 250 mx back to back with my old tm (I think it was a 98 or 99) the old was was a HUGE handful. While the new one from what I understand even the moto model uses the same flywheel as the enduro version they sell and you can feel it. My bike NEVER stalled in tight woods. Geared rear sprocket up two teeth as most euro bikes are more suited for grass track gearing. Yours may have rubber mount bars which would be and upgrade as I felt the vibration... My stock Moto suspension in tight woods would really beat me up a little and I felt on this bike the better shape you were in the better the bike would reword you. Gas tank is to small for serious woods options and at the time I was told the cool aluminum tank that was available would not fit the bike....... Clutch pull on mine was horrible for a juice clutch however I did find out the bike had heavy duty clutch springs.... Unlike a Gas Gas (which I like as well) I found no quirks with the bike at all...Handling was very positive with NO bad traits as well as steering lock in tight woods was great with no problems. Parts at least for me were a minor issue and the us distributer at that time. I won't go into details was not my favorite. That and the clutch pull my biggest reason for riding something else.. For serious enduro I would say a revalve (most bikes need this anyways) a different muffler, lower gearing and to me a larger tank... (the tank is critical I think) Seat height is not bad and I am only 5'7" TM's are very light and most have their own trick in house made rear shock that is lighter then most shocks. If I decided to sell my 15 Husky tc 250 and buy another bike I would look into either a Beta or another TM.. I think you will like it and if you don't just let me know! Have fun. Awesome looking ride!!! PS brakes are good and a combination of brands. The front binder is pretty powerful as I learned once going around 25mph sending the back tire over the front and it took me awhile to get up... Rear brake is nice but no better then a red Husqvarna.
