89' Suzuki RM 250 questions?

BAGZ

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Apr 14, 2010
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Ok I have a few questions about the RM 250 I recently bought.

1- It starts right up within a few kicks without the choke while engine is cool but if I'm out riding and I shut it off even just for a minute sometimes it will start 1st or 2nd kick but if it doesn't I have to kick start it a lot before it starts sometimes like 10-15 times. Why is this? Am I supposed to use the choke to start it even after its warm or what? This is my 1st 2 stroke so I'm not sure if this is a problem or if there's a trick.

2- I'm planning on rebuilding the front forks and I wanted to know what parts I'll need. Is it just the fork oil, bushings, oil seals, and dust seals? When I was looking for bushings they had outer bushings and inner bushings, do I need both or which do I need? Anything else I should replace while rebuilding them?

3- when I kick start it it makes this weird almost popping sound from the exhaust not like a backfire I cant really explain it but does anyone know what I'm talking about and is it normal?
 

BAGZ

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Apr 14, 2010
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Idle questions? Rm 250

My 89' rm 250 runs fine but when I put it in neutral after riding I have to keep revving it every few seconds or it stalls, is this supposed to happen? If not whats the problem? This is with the choke off by the way.