just bought my lt 250 an the neighbors garage sale for 500 bucks all stock practacly brand new 86. its prolly gonna be the new ice racing machine. anybody have any good ideas or tips and tricks with these neat lil quads. I have had like 5 banshees now. but know nothin bout these 250s. any help would b awesome.

Before starting it, kick it over SLOW at least 5 times then rail it and it should start 1st or second hard kick.

Also, before you park it, shut the gas off and let it idle out of gas. Otherwise, keep up on maintenance.

I completely disagree with running it out of gas! This is a 2 stroke and the piston gets lubricated by the fuel. Running it out of fuel is also running it out of lubricant! I would not run a 2 stroke dry.

ya. not tryin to be an ass here but i as looking for the weak points and string points and things to look for on these. i know my way around a 2 strike pretty well. just looking for someone with experience on these bikes to tell me a little mor bout them. thanks

What year, I have had a few, they are fast and fun when you throw somw mods at them.

its an 86. practacly new. still has paint ont he a-arms

pics? i have never had one so i would not be any help but i would like to see some pics

I just got ahold of a 1986 also... it's not in near as good of condition as yours is. so far i've found a bad coil on it and just got it ordered. I'm hoping that's all it'll take to get the ol' girl running again.

ya mine runs awesome. it has stock 22 in tires on it and wcerything else is stock. and it still eats up my z i plan ot turnin it into an iceracer. but im just lookin for some names of the "good parts" for these things they seem to b hard to find good speed parts for. iaybody out there wanna help a newby out.... I GOT SICK OF BUILDIN BANSHEES FIGURED I WOULD TRY SOMETHIN ELSE!!!

Duncan Racing is your best bet, man. They're one of the early LT 250R pioneers out there that are still in business. You might find some stuff from CT Racing, too. They did good work on this engine. Try those guys first, check their webpages for tips and tricks. They both still have hard parts available, but I don't know how "readily available" those parts might be. Phones calls work wonders, too. Phonecalls get guys looking on the back shelf for stuff - things they don't even know might be there. Seriously.

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