This car is nuts!!! 200 hp?!? No way.

[Chazbo]

Make sure you change out those powerbands at regular intervals. They lose their elasticity and become brittle over time.

[mid_life_crisis]

Originally Posted by troek

so the paddles cut out if you turn the wheel?

If you turn the wheel far enough that you have to move your hands on the wheel, you can't reach the paddles anymore.

[robwbright]

Originally Posted by J_kennington

That's cause you need that power band . I been riding myself since I was 8. Still ride a yz250f.

I'm trying to sell a YZ250f right now... turns out that at 5'4" and 41 years old, I have more fun on a CRF150rb than on a 250f... and my lap times are pretty much identical.

Did you use the red powerband for low end, the blue one for top end or the black one for more power everywhere?

[mid_life_crisis]

Originally Posted by Chazbo

Make sure you change out those powerbands at regular intervals. They lose their elasticity and become brittle over time.

Originally Posted by robwbright

I'm trying to sell a YZ250f right now... turns out that at 5'4" and 41 years old, I have more fun on a CRF150rb than on a 250f... and my lap times are pretty much identical.

Did you use the red powerband for low end, the blue one for top end or the black one for more power everywhere?

If it's fresh you can give it an extra twist for more torque off the line.

[J_kennington]

Originally Posted by robwbright

I'm trying to sell a YZ250f right now... turns out that at 5'4" and 41 years old, I have more fun on a CRF150rb than on a 250f... and my lap times are pretty much identical.

Did you use the red powerband for low end, the blue one for top end or the black one for more power everywhere?

To be completely honest, i wanted a 250 2 stroke. But this 250f came up for sale when my friend was unable to pay for the full rebuild(and I mean full...motor, forks,rear shock was all rebuilt). The builder was a friend of mine, took the bike under a mechanic Lien and sold it to me for 850 dollars. I just couldn't pass it up. Sadly at 5'6 135 lbs at 23 years old. I had to respring both front and back so I could actually put a tip toe on the ground lol.

[robwbright]

Originally Posted by J_kennington

To be completely honest, i wanted a 250 2 stroke. But this 250f came up for sale when my friend was unable to pay for the full rebuild(and I mean full...motor, forks,rear shock was all rebuilt). The builder was a friend of mine, took the bike under a mechanic Lien and sold it to me for 850 dollars. I just couldn't pass it up. Sadly at 5'6 135 lbs at 23 years old. I had to respring both front and back so I could actually put a tip toe on the ground lol.

My 250f had a complete motor rebuild when I bought it for $1000. Looked like crap but ran great - and came with full Yoshi Ti exhaust, GPR steering stabilizer, and a bunch of other stuff. Then I tore everything off the frame, sandblasted it, 5 coats blue, 2 coats clear, new plastics, etc... See linked before and after pics. I had Pro Action use internal spacers to lower it 1" front and rear. Made a huge difference. But it still weighs 230 lbs as opposed to the 170 or so of the 150rb.

[J_kennington]

Originally Posted by robwbright

My 250f had a complete motor rebuild when I bought it for $1000. Looked like crap but ran great - and came with full Yoshi Ti exhaust, GPR steering stabilizer, and a bunch of other stuff. Then I tore everything off the frame, sandblasted it, 5 coats blue, 2 coats clear, new plastics, etc... See linked before and after pics. I had Pro Action use internal spacers to lower it 1" front and rear. Made a huge difference. But it still weighs 230 lbs as opposed to the 170 or so of the 150rb.

Very nice. I was going to get new plastics/decals. But, I hardly have time to ride anymore. So I leave it like it is. No more racing so I could care less what other people think of the way it looks. Long as it rides good is all that matters

[robwbright]

Originally Posted by J_kennington

Very nice. I was going to get new plastics/decals. But, I hardly have time to ride anymore. So I leave it like it is. No more racing so I could care less what other people think of the way it looks. Long as it rides good is all that matters

Doesn't look quite that nice now... but I just cleaned it up for sale. Same issue here - that bike was only out twice all last year. Turns out that taking a new job as in house counsel for 4 corporations keeps one quite busy.

Keeping the other bike, though - my 10 year old likes to ride her ATV (trying to get her away from the dark side this year) and my nearly 5 year old is ready to start riding.

[Jen]

My commuter car is a Prius with 322k miles on it. I ride motorcycles on the weekend (FZ-09, if you ride, get one of these!!!). Coming back to the Prius is making me crazy.
I want a manual. I haven't tried the AT, but manual cars are fun.
The FRS was all over the road though. I wonder if the BRZ is similar. It felt like the rear was sliding.

[J_kennington]

Lol. Don't get me wrong. I ride atv's too. Buuut they are for mud . I thought about sellin the bike to get an exhaust and oft for the frs. But couldn't bring myself to do it lol.

[robwbright]

Originally Posted by J_kennington

I thought about sellin the bike to get an exhaust and oft for the frs. But couldn't bring myself to do it lol.

The money from my bike is likely going towards the Phantom Electric Supercharger and Open Flash Tablet.

[robwbright]

Originally Posted by Jen

The FRS was all over the road though. I wonder if the BRZ is similar. It felt like the rear was sliding.

The rear slides relatively easily in the BRZ, as well (compared to a "normal" car), but what you're describing sounds "looser" than either car would normally be. I haven't driven the FRS, but in the BRZ I have to intentionally want the rear wheels to slide - i.e. gas it hard turning after a stop or corner it at the limit (which is a pretty high limit if you're driving at or near the speed limit - heck, the BRZ will take most cloverleaf on ramps at nearly twice the recommended speed without sliding. Of course, if you jerk the wheel a bit, then all bets are off).

[Ashybone]

Originally Posted by Silver Ignition

I honestly cannot believe that this girl went out of her way to make an account so that she could post up her praise for OUR car and you all have the nerve to troll and be just downright rude? Bashing YOUR own car? I've never seen such a group of childish keyboard warriors than on this forum. WTF is wrong with people on this board?!

YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! Jen, I love you. We can be friends now. I have a 91 VR4 sitting in my front yard. I just got some new TD05 turbos for it and getting the engine built by Pampena motor sport after I get the crank. But as far as we know so far, Mitsubishi is saying they MAY bring back the 3000GT or at least a 3000GT inspired successor since they officially killed of the Evo (thank God). It's going to be a Hybrid though. Couple interesting reads if you haven't read them yet.......
https://autos.yahoo.com/news/mitsubi...120023682.html
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mitsubi...0gt-set-return

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ANYWAY, welcome to the forum first and foremost. Sorry for the paranoia as FR-S owners we get that alot. I gotta agree with the others. It feels fast because it's light, low to the ground, and gearing ration (which I'm kinda surprised hasn't been mentioned yet). I can tell you this. You want to kill cars on the road get up past 5k RPM. that's actually when you'd start pulling on cars. I can tell you from experience I kept pace with a V8 mustank (year before 5.0's came out) and beat a charger from a stop light as well as a Infinity Q45.... Or I.... Can never remember. Turbod, their some beasts.

[Jen]

Yeah, I'm done racing people. They will take your car away now. It's not worth it.

(Pampena is great...I actually just emailed Steve yesterday about working on one of my cars)

The reason I got the Challenger was that I wanted a VR4. I love those cars, the turbos, awesome car. My husband said no way, get a new car. I was going to get a base camaro. I got his favorite car ever, a plum crazy purple Challenger. He drives it 95% of the time. It's okay. I love him and it makes him happy. So, four years later, I'm once again looking. The Camaro looks nice but doesn't have what the FRS does, the feeling you get.
I really thought, "what could this thing possibly do with only 200 hp?" Apparently a whole lot!