Another newbie

Jumpinjacks · Post by **Jumpinjacks** » 17 Oct 2007, 13:46

Hi all,
I am looking at getting a CRM250 very soon for a bit of on/off roading. looking at a MK3 maybe.
Hope to meet some of you guys at any ride meets that may happen.
Cheers,
Adam.

oneandonly04 · Post by **oneandonly04** » 17 Oct 2007, 13:54

go for gold lad, and have fun!

tomh · Post by **tomh** » 17 Oct 2007, 14:07

Good choice, got my MK1 last week and im really pleased with it

slider · Post by **slider** » 17 Oct 2007, 14:39

welcome jj,good choice hope you enjoy it when you get one

Jumpinjacks · Post by **Jumpinjacks** » 17 Oct 2007, 16:50

Cheers all.
Any things to look out for when buying one?

slider · Post by **slider** » 17 Oct 2007, 16:58

this was discussed not too long ago,heres a link to the thread mate
viewtopic.php?t=3170

Post by **Gwyn** » 17 Oct 2007, 17:42

Welcome to the forum Jumpinjacks

CRM'S must getting really popular again, your the 3rd new forum member to post today

Jumpinjacks · Post by **Jumpinjacks** » 17 Oct 2007, 18:56

Thanks for the link Slider.
I am gonna be starting my training for my test next week, and prefer 2 strokes to 4 tbo. And it seems that the CRM is the best one t go for.

purple rooster · Post by **purple rooster** » 17 Oct 2007, 22:46

welcome dood

Jumpinjacks · Post by **Jumpinjacks** » 18 Oct 2007, 23:59

Do they burn much fuel / 2 stroke aswell?

slider · Post by **slider** » 19 Oct 2007, 00:33

how do you mean jj?.mpg i get around 120km or 75 ish miles from full to reserve wich is around 8ltrs of fuel so your looking at around 35-40 mpg
i've done green lane days where i've used roughly 3 tanks of fuel,so around 24ltrs of petrol and around 1/2-2/3rds of a litre of oil to refill the oil tank
i wouldn't consider them to be overly firsty but mines a mk2 not a mk3 and i'm unsure on the fuel/oil carrying capacity of the mk3.best bet is to carry some 2stroke around with you until you get a measure of the distances you can do on the petrol/oil the mk3 can carry

Jumpinjacks · Post by **Jumpinjacks** » 19 Oct 2007, 10:23

So they are fairly thirsty, I wasn't sure if they were as thirsty as crossers thats all. Did you use the 3 tanks in just 1 day?

slider · Post by **slider** » 19 Oct 2007, 11:43

yes mate,it was a long day of green laning 12hrs+ ,had a serious case of monkey butt by the end of it

Jumpinjacks · Post by **Jumpinjacks** » 19 Oct 2007, 14:56

Sorry it may be a stupid question, but what sort of performance have these bikes on road? Are they much cop when hitting the tarmac ( accelaration wise and top speed, and banking it over )?

Post by **knackeredMk1** » 19 Oct 2007, 16:41

Acceleration is brisk - depends what you are used too?

All will top a ton (if you are able to hold on!) though Mk1 is slower at top re less total power but more to do with gearing.

Banking over is all to do with tyre choice.