What do you blokes mean when you say 80n for the shock? Is that newtons? If so should it not be in kg/mm2 or lb/in2 ? (Newton is static, whilst kg/mm2 is moving)
Good info once I understand what we're talking about.

Update. Had the purple ding ding for about 6 months so got thinking about tweaking it more to my likening. One thing I found was the expansion chamber blew smoke out of an odd spot and a large dent also on the top at chamber guard. Sniffed about online and for a $1.1k including postage :OMG I could ...

jompy wrote:

CRMpurple wrote: i have the pics of the different stages of the scar if you want to see them

Gee thanks mate but only chicks dig scars.....

Since the last lot of posting and assistance from you blokes, have had the CRM tuned (was the pilot valve blocked, stale fuel) got is rego'd (cash for the NSW gov :o ) and charged around the DSMRA org'd Kowen Forest ride in Canberra (https://www.facebook.com/kfr2016/) Bike went really well but the n...

A lovely tale of woe and angst jompy Learnings though life experiences . No tales of being thrown down the road so you're still a winner

Australian AR 1999. Working on rego and then hit Kowen for a ride
https://dsmra.wildapricot.org/event-2083607
Just lucky I got my ticket in January.....

G'day all :D Excellent website and have gleened sheet loads of stuff to assist me in my purchase. Obtained myself recently, a May 1999 built CRM 250AR purple bike in pretty good nick. As I'm an Aussie in NSW it was ADR compliant and the Gov types really mess about making these road rego'd. I'm going...