07 RM-Z250 Clutch Fix From Suzuki?

Chili,do you have any dealings with Jeremy Wilkey? He is a smiling new owner himself,and do not get me going on his suspension! And Brandon is doing engine work!

I have been considering getting a rmz250 for my son to race harescrambles with next year just because of the contingencie money they pay. I've been reading on here about the transmissions giving trouble jumping out of gear. So now it seems they have clutch problems too. What's your though's Chili, on the 08 rmz250 will these problems be sorted out or should I steer away from the suzuki.

My son's RMZ 250 seemed to have avoided the bulk of the problems everyone has been suffering - despite the fact we've used it hard since we bought it in January. It has been a bit difficlt to select neutral sometimes and at odd times it has jumped out of gear.
However, two weeks ago it broke one clutch plate and completely destroyed another - more than two thirds of it had completely vanished. There was so much aluminium and fibre in the bottom of the gearbox it wedged the strainer gauze in pretty tight and it was a real job to remove it.
We've put a new set of good quality plates in and heavy duty duty springs to see if it will stand up this time.
I was reading on Thumper Talk that the cush drive rubbers in the original basket are not resilient enough and that fitting a Hinson basket is the real answer. Apparently the UK-based Suzuki teams are running a Hinson basket, RM 125 friction plates and standard springs and they reckon they now have reliability.
The newly listed parts may well be sufficient. If it makes the clutch identical to the RMZ 450 it should stand up. I haven't heard of similar problems affecting this model. I think I'll put them on order because it will be cheaper than running a Hinson. I doubt our dealer will stand for any replacement because he still maintains aboslute ignorance of any problems related to anything with a Suzuki badge. He even reckons the 04 RMZ's are sound.
I fully agree that manufacturers who do admit a fault and stand by their customers should be applauded, but don't forget Yamaha denied all knowledge of a faulty gear selector spring and atuator mechanism on 05 and 06 YZ 125s - but they quietly changed the part number on the 07s and I don't know anyone who got their wrecked gearbox replaced for free - except one and his bike was only two days old.
KTM have also had a disasterous year with their SX 125. Engines seizing up after abou three or four hours running and clutches exploding, generally taking the gearbox along with them, but the local KTM dealers have dutifully replaced the parts. One owner had about three or four blow-ups and so they took the bike back and did him a real good deal on an SXF 250. It would be nice to see all dealers/manufacturers backing up their products properly.
Martin Cole.