New RM250 from Suzuki!!!

[boogieonmyfinger]

I wonder why they never came out with this stuff?

[yz250guy]

Originally Posted by boogieonmyfinge

I wonder why they never came out with this stuff?

I would hazard a guess that it never went into production because it sucked. Scuse my french there, but if it was better than what they had at the time and cost effective, it would have been in production. Maybe in the early 90's the technology just wasn't there yet. It took Honda until 1997 to debut their aluminum frame, and from what I understand, it sucked. They have fine tuned it since that time and from what I understand, it rocks. Maybe one day I'll even ride one.........naw, probably not.

[crdude]

Originally Posted by yz250guy

They have fine tuned it since that time and from what I understand, it rocks.

from what i hear the 97 AL frame on the CR is not as bad as people say it is.

[yz250guy]

Originally Posted by crdude

from what i hear the 97 AL frame on the CR is not as bad as people say it is.

Well, what people are you talking about, and how bad did they say it is?

[boogieonmyfinger]

Originally Posted by yz250guy

I would hazard a guess that it never went into production because it sucked.

Even so, don't you think they would try to perfect it, instead of just dumping the idea?

Suzuki Engineers: Hmmm, the aluminum frame doesn't work too well. What else can we do?

Suzuki Marketing: How about new stickers? We'll think of a slogan to go with it!! We're all geniuses!!

[yz250guy]

Originally Posted by boogieonmyfinge

Even so, don't you think they would try to perfect it, instead of just dumping the idea?

Suzuki Engineers: Hmmm, the aluminum frame doesn't work too well. What else can we do?

Suzuki Marketing: How about new stickers? We'll think of a slogan to go with it!! We're all geniuses!!

lol...that about sums it up.

[mxpunk]

That frame was supposed to come out in 97 along with a one-off swingarm that was "kinked" it never happened though

perhaps they had problems with it breaking, like Kawasakis 05' First Gen. KX450F..

[Deano249f]

I hope Suzuki come out with an aluminum frame RM250 next year, same for Kawasaki.
It's about time all of the 250's got Ali frames.


Yamaha have got it right!
...oh, and Honda I suppose.

[wamxp1mp]

It's simple and why the never did long before look at the frame closely and compare it to a newer design. You'll see on that RM there's tubing everywhere vs a new design that use's castings or forgings/extrusions. The technology was there but it was to exspensive on a mass production scale if that bike would have come out in '91 it would have costed like $9000 that was alot when a 250 was like $4000 new otd. That bike was a last of a dying breed better known as a works bike test mule "one off" it was never going to see production.

I wish I had a better scanner I'd scan the pic's out of this MXA from '95 that had a steel premiter framed CR 250 with convential works showa forks.

***Plus I only first saw the yellow and aluminum I thought it was an '07 you suck! "stop screwin around, you screw around to much"