250-500cc wr 250 vs 360

No, don't seem to have the trouble some guys have with the mikuni. Bike runs great after warm up.

^^^We've all been in denial about this at one time.

One buddy of ours had a WR300. We ride in temps that range from 10-95 degrees F. He always claimed that his mikuni worked fine. We were always waiting for him to change plugs, jets, pull start his bike with the truck etc... He finally sold it and bought a new KTM 250xc. This made us all happy.

The mikuni is a mysterious POS.

my 93 360 has the original Mikuni 38mm and always runs great, but the 99 was a different story

360 is really a different mongrel to the WR250. Like others have said, if you ride the 360 in the best part of the rev range (low to mid), you'll be rewarded with a bike that, for a 2 stroke, is very 4 stroke like in that you can be lazy with the gears meaning that you can often stay on a higher gear rather than revving the tit's out of it (which IMHO does nothing on the bike)...short shifting the 360 and you can power up hills and fairly tight ST's.

The drawback is the subtle weight difference between the 360 and 250 in real tight ST's which l found the 360's to be harder to steer then the a 250 (this is comparing my 95 360 to a 00 250). Also, there is a knack of starting the 360 and many riders get put off trying to start my bike especially guys acustom to to button starts .

I just came back form a 4 day ride which l took my Berg 350, WR360 and WR250 and came back with the some of following opinion:

• I suck going down hill on a 4T.
• I'm sooooo much better going down hill on a 2T.
• 360 doesn't have the tractability of the 350-4T but shits all over the 250.
• 350-4T then 250 so much easier to chuck about side to side then the 360 but we are talking a 2013 to 2000 to 1995 tech here.
• Rocky hillclimbs - dead even for me between the 350-4T and 360, the 4T can tractor and bit more clutching and button start is great but the 360 can do the same thing but that 2T acceleration from down low l still love..the 250 required more clutch work.

My bro (who owns the 250) pretty much had the same opinion...in the tight ST stuff he would pick the 250, more slightly open and hillclimbs the 360.

If you can mate, take both bikes for a real good ride and then form an opinion.

I couldn't agree more! Don't worry Juicy I wouldn't nick it from you!

Probably in America any way lol

I know, I doubt I could afford the postage to get it out here anyway!

East cost usa, Be along time before i figure which motor to keep. for now, I`m just looking forward to getting the bike running. I bought it four years ago with a blown motor. i`ve never had it running! it became a full frame resto.

Greg, there actually was a husky update needle that made the 90s 360s run like mad but it was only available from husky. They ran very clean and you could set and forget it, of course that carb is different than the newer ones that people are complaining about.

Don't think I'm in denial. Had and have alot of bikes starting back in the seventies. If it was that bad I'd trash it. Actually have a lectron from my 1977 astro with 250 kit. They were seizomatics back then without the power jet setup. Not saying new lectron wouldn't be better. Thats what has me thinking. Don't want to hijack this thread. Sorry.

different carb than what the 360 had. none of the mikuni bikes i have or my 360 pre lectron foul plugs or any of the above treatment..i have never owned a tmxx tho..just the tmx and earlier

denial.

Switch any bike from any variation of mikuni TM to a keihin or lectron and you will ride more, wrench less - That shitty carb has wrecked more rides than al gore.

LOL~

Dunno about that...rather a TM Mikuni over that POS Dellorto that came with the 95 WR360's

Ok so you ever hear the saying crap rolls down hill?
Lectrons king of the hill, sort your old carbs out in order down the hill.
Don't think anyone can lay claim to being better than a lectron carb.
Not even efi for simplicity!

the biggest advantage of a Lectern over EFI is the EFI has electronics and a pump
Lectern has 2 moving parts, which do you plan to rely on

lectron is sweet for sure and a nice upgrade. i really had no problems with the tmx tho...no flooding, fouling etc.. started 3 kicks max. usually 2 cold, first hot. going further back, the mikuni vm is solid as a rock...the lectron is just easier to work with and smoother. the tmx on my 95 certainly never gave me problems on the trail, or left me stranded. perhaps it was jetted correctly?

I like the way you think! I told my buddys, I would keep both motors. Just to keep them guessing as to what i was bringing on any giving ride!

Those Mikunis seem to be funny things! I have an old TM on my 96 360 & it seems to work flawlessly, my brother has a TMX on his 05 wr250 & it's great! Yet the one on my 13 wr300 seems to be a cantankerous fickle thing! Yet if I remember correctly the older YZ's ran TMX carbs & I don't recall hearing anyone complaining about them? Go figure!
Sorry to hijack the thread!