WR250X done right...

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

That's true...unfortunately,I was forever soured on the "turbo bike" idea after one ride on my buddy's Turbo Kawasaki back in the 80s... I literally considered my V-Max a "tamer"/safer ride!

I think that all depends on application and how it's engineered. If it takes all day to spool up then WOOOSH... yeah, I wouldn't be interested... From the looks of it and the dyno chart, it's relatively progressive.

[pickle.of.doom]

At the very beginning of that vid when he is idling it up, it sounds like it is running like shit, but might just be the sound.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by pickle.of.doom

At the very beginning of that vid when he is idling it up, it sounds like it is running like shit, but might just be the sound.

I noticed that too but,I've never heard a turbo single before... It could be that,like all turbos,you have to lower the compression so the motor rarely runs "right" before the turbo starts to come into play...at least in my experience.

Don't get me wrong,I like speed as much as the next guy but my admittedly limited experience with turbo bikes found the lag and hit too long and too abrupt,respectively. There's no replacement for displacement,at least when it comes to bikes IMHO,of course.

[PhiSig1071]

And to think my bike makes more HP (when it's running! ) and cost me less than the original purchase price of the WR. It does have some turbo cool factor, but it's kinda like a chrome grill on a Yugo.

[was92v]

Grenade....

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by was92v

Grenade....

I was wondering about that too...although if you lower the compression enough...

[Rider]

50hp out of a 250 is a lot to ask of it. I can't see the motor lasting very long.

[ceo012384]

Unreliable...

and the powerband on that thing makes a 2smoke 250 GP bike look like it has a flat torque curve

How do you spell highside?