newbie from australia

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hey guys looking on some info and hopfully a good place to get some plastics from!!
I have just recently purchased a 1996 honda ATK crm250 apparently it was imported into aust in 1998 and is classed as a grey import which means no dealers in australia stock any parts for this bike :(
Any help would be great any info would be much appreciated!!
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[quote="troblesome-2strke"]hey guys looking on some info and hopfully a good place to get some plastics from!!
I have just recently purchased a 1996 honda ATK crm250 apparently it was imported into aust in 1998 and is classed as a grey import which means no dealers in australia stock any parts for this bike :(
Any help would be great any info would be much appreciated!![/quote]
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ok just looking at some pics and looks to be the same as the mk3 model posted a pic but not sure if it can be seen
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Welcome :D

what does the ATK mean?

looks like you have a mk3 - you should still be able to get any parts from your local honda dealer if you give them the part number.

check out the 'FAQ's - check here first' section for lots of info. there are several other members from Austarlia on here so you are not alone!!!

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not very sure at all on the ATK part mate- thats what is stamped in the on the complience plate alot of the dealers are also stumped by the marking- most of the dealers have put it down to something that was added when the bike was being complied here in Australia for the first time. Before i handed cash over to get the bike i was told that the bike was actually a 1996 frame with a 1998 engine- i think this is because the complience plate is maked 1996 Honda ATK CRM 250 and states that it was built in 6/98 however the dealers tell me that this was more than likely the month and year that the bike was complied to meet with australian standards- all in all its one hell of a find as none of the dealers will admit to bringing one of the CRM250 to australia before 1999
Thanks heaps for the help Skidmarks the help was greatly appreciated and i hope that gives you a bit more info towards the bike- if not confuses the smoke out of you as it did me
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Hi there, welcome, yes Mk3. ATK, ?? Australian Touring King?
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may well could be mike thanks for the welcome and the reasurance on the mk3!!!
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:D Looks good, and is that some of Honda's finest Atomic fluorescent RED plastics I spy on the front end? :D
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lol- you spy very well mike and from looking at your prfile you seem to be quite a crm buff- took pics of the better side as the other side looks like a mk2 side plate has been modified to fit but is only held on with one bolt and definitely looks well out of place. Any help on a good place to source the plastics from?
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It's probably going to be the dreaded Ebay, un;less someone's breaking one.
Leisure Trail, if you have a deep wallet.
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thanks a bunch mike its great to see people like yourself and skid willing to help out us novices!!!! once again much appreciated mate!!!!

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