I ordered the HPD trail pipe and cluch kit for the 250 and the RCR stage 1 for the 400 from Rick Ritter today. Now I'm going to go nuts waiting for them. Rick seemed a little flattered when I told him how highly all you guys speak of him. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

congrats! i love my stage one kit. and i know how the wait goes....seems like forever. Oh well, it will come. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

You couldn't have picked a better guy to do business with. Rick has been a lot of help for a lot of people. He won't do you wrong

 

does anyone know how the hpd pipe and clutch kit compares to the RCR stage one kit. you all talk about the hpd kit but do u have the trail pipe or race pipe and do u have the aggressive clutch kit or the standard. thanks

 

I intended on getting the RCR stage 1 but Rick Ritter told me that his pipe wouldn't work on the 03' 250. So he sold me the HPD trail pipe with the mtq silencer. Rick told me that the pipes are every similar but that you have more of a selection of silencers to use on the HPD. HPD suggest at least a standard clutch kit with the pipe. The standard kit comes with everything the aggressive kit has except the helix. I'm not sure what the RCR clutch kit consist of. If you call Rick he will help you out.

 

From personal experience, the HPD pipe has a much better sealed fit. And the difference in clutch kits is Ritter just offers a primary spring with his bargain deal. It works, but not to full potential. Hpd offers 2 clutch kits, the cheaper version has primary and secondary springs and weights, the more expensive kit offers the same plus the helix, with w stiffer primary spring. If you're gonna do it, do it right, go HPD with full clutch kit....makes a huge difference.