I am looking at a 1994 Mojave that was formerly a XC racer. It is pretty trick w/ beadlocks, Maier racing plastic, nerfs, XC grab bar, and a PRM Products front bumper. The motor has been bored and stroked to a 360, and this is the area of the bike that concerns me. I was wondering if anybody had any knowledge or experience with such a kit. My ATC is very trusty, and I don't want to get rid of it for an unreliable bike. Thanks for your time.

Derek Osthoff
1985 ATC250R

 

Upon reading my post, I left out some important information. I checked the bike all over pretty good looking for weak spots, welds, and other little goodies associated with race bikes--It's actually very clean. The motor seems to have good compression and does not smoke a bit, but it does cut a slight bit on the top. My local dealer is going through the bike and doing vital tests and is going to try and straighten out the carb situation. I just want to be sure that a kit such as this one won't be a constant headache and I would also like some input as to the power I could expect from this bike. Oh, and by the way, it has Works triple rates on the front and Works Duracross on the back.

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That sounds like a pretty nice setup. As far as the 360 kit is concerned, I have no personal experience, but I have heard things about certain methods that some engine builders will use to achieve say, 360cc's of displacement. My question would be who bored/stroked it? Is it possible to find out even? If you can't find that out, I doubt they will tear the top end off so you can inspect the engine work yourself. So at that point it sounds like somehat of a gamble, one thing to remember is Team Kawasaki runs a Mojave 410 built off the same 250cc original engine. Also noting the pristine condition you say the bike is in, the engine should be in pretty much the same condition- I doubt someone would dump that much money into an ATV if the engine work they had done made it unridable.

 

A couple months ago there was an article on a mojave 360. The guy said it was a great bike and could smoke banshee's and probably your 250r so if every thing is good with the mojave buy it.

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Maybe that Mojace was teh FSt one in the ATV mags not to far back.

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*400EX* *LT250R* Evan Johnson Email: JaVa003@AoL.CoM

 

Derek, as someone has suggested already, I'd find out who did the engine work, and depending on their track record, it could be a good mod or questionable. If that info still has you interested, check with Kelly blue book to see what the machine is worth with those mods. www.kbb.com
Didn't see a mention of price, but if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Let the buyer beware.

Cal, the Az hard packer


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[This message has been edited by hot_shoe_cv (edited 07-29-1999).]