I had an 82 and 2 83s, great bikes. On mine the 82 had a piston in the reservior of the shock and the 83 had a bladder. You had to put the piston in the middle of the reservior the add oil to the oil side , have the shock. assembled and bleed then hook up the hose and charge with nitrogen to 145 PSI.. The 1981 RM250 had a bore of 67mm and stroke of 70mm. So for 1982, bore is 70mm and stroke is 64mm, well oversquare. This naturally requires new porting, expansion chamber, crank, connecting rod and full circle flywheels.. July 1982. Current subscribers can access the complete Cycle World magazine archive Register Now. More From This Issue.
1982 Suzuki RM250 For Sale. This bike was considered a Works bike in it's a day. Fastest 250 and best rear suspension ever produced. Has '83 43mm. forks with DLS brakes, DG pipe & silencer, newer Maxxis tires, aftermarket air filters, Boyesen reeds, new crank seal, 4th over bore, new plastic & seat cover, etc. The bottom end is an '83 and the.. 1981, 1982, and 1983 Suzuki RM-250s had that style of swingarm. I'm calling it a 1982 just because that's what you're saying the bike is, even though the 1982 RM had a black frame (that you say has been painted blue). By the way, the Suzuki model year code letters around that time period were: X = 1981. Z = 1982. D = 1983