jus wonderin how much an '86 lt250R weighs. thanks

 

not very darn much. I went to pick it up by the front tire myself to load it and the thing tiped sideways onto the right tires my guess 250#.......roughly[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

293 lbs. claimed dry weight.

 

i think their claim is wrong. i know they were light, but 293 seems too light - that would put it weighing about 20lbs less than a blaster(which has no weight of a radiator and stuff and a relatively light air cooled 195cc two stroke engine) ...
im going to have to dig out one of my old books on this (back form the era when the books werent so full of $%#&).

i dont think the 86LT had the aluminum swing arm yet or any aluminum parts. i think when honda redesigned the 250R in 88, that's when suzuki followed with their aluminum parts to match honda's move. the trx250R with the aluminum swingarm and stuff weighed like 330+/- few lbs... the LT250 was slightly lighter though.

i lived those days and i dont remember the suzuki at any point being 30-40lbs lighter than the honda trx250r. seems like that would have certanly stuck out in my mind somewhere. maybe 5-8lbs, but not by a 30+lb margin.

 

Wrong! all the lt250r's had aluminum swing arms
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LOL. you had to cut and paste the whole quote for 1 thing?

you didnt back up the alleged weight of 293lbs. i dont care if it had aluminum or not. all i know is that there's no way it was 30-40lbs less than the trx250R, the real 250R.

 

The REAL 250r????????????Maybe my memory is fuzzy but i dont quite remember a 1985 honda 250r. I also remember as stated in atv action that in 1987 the suzuki's were faster and handled better than the 1987 and 86 trx 250r's. In 1988 suzuki stopped major design changes,and it just so happens that 1988 was the year honda went head first into redesigning and revamping and they brought out the 88trx 250,wich could finaly out perform the suzuki. The only major change suzuki made after 1988 was a different rear shock setup. It says in your signature that you dont even have the 88 or 89 trx250-the models that became legendary,you have the 86 that ran about dead even with the 86 suzuki. Suzuki was the first in 1985,and was the last in 1992. Honda may have ended having a better quad(88-89 models).But to call them the "real" 250r is a little wrong in my opinion. Would i rather have a 88trx 250r than my 88 lt250r? probably,but i wouldnt trade it for an 86 trx 250r----or i wouldnt take away the fact who was first and last

 

ihave to agree w/superevil,even though 86-89 dont mateer what you have is the best bike ever made, thats why there is a multi million dollar market based around the trx250r ---but the lt is the origanal 250- and yes it is 30 pounds lighter than a honda i have an 87 trx and my best friend has an 88lt his bone stock lt is the same weight as my trx and i have LSR swing arm alum bars and a ton of weight saving **** and there the same weight now

 

the 85-86 have a different engine design, only 5 gears, shorter trans shafts(because of only having 5 gears), no powervalve, smaller clutch, no conventional reed valve. smaller bearings in the engine. one down tube in front of the engine compared to the one to two on the 87-up. no upper motor mount. smaller front shocks. no rear fender braces.

with all that added up it must come up to around 30 pounds of parts.

 

Notice I said "CALIMED DRY WEIGHT" that means no coolant, gas, or transmission oil....... OR foaming blow-hard sitting on the seat.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

They (quadracers) are a flyweight machine, especially the 85-86's.