Back in a past life.....I had an '85 ATC 250R...... 6sp.....liquid cooled.... 2 stroke power...... weighed 293lbs if I remember right...... mine was ported....polished....shaved head.....wiesco piston...... FMF pipe...reed cage....silencer.....and a 36mm oval slide Kehein carb..... mine would run right at 100 mph with a CBR 600 along side to clock it when I bumped the front sproket up to 14 tooth..... would run 80-85 with the stock gearing in the tune I had..... ran it at the 100 yard dirt drags all the time. I won 1st place (in my class) many times.....and usually placed somewhere every time out.
It would outrun most Banshee's around here at the time.....stock....modified.....or otherwise. Sold it around '95. Years later....there was some around here with much more $$ in mods and on alky......I'm sure they were alot faster...... but at the time...... it was a force to be rekoned with. I also used to love to climb sandhills..... that was sooo much fun!
NICE bro.. Yeah them 250r's are bad!! I know a buddy of mine who has the 250r qaud.. And he loves it all. but parts are way over priced and not as available as say a banshee!! Almost 20 yrs of making banshee's your gaurenteed parts for a life time and not to over priced..Im not to crazy on em.. i jus like ripping around the feilds and the trails..Put put me on a track is where i shine!!.. And in southern NJ we dont have many hills .. u guys out west probly call our hills piles of dirt haha.. Glad to see there are some riders on the forume!! Do you have anything to ride now??