Honda 250R REVVING AND RIPPING! Plus History of Klemm Research Exhaust!

[@MichaelSabo]

Also guys, don't forget, this pipe is probably 30+ years old and more than likely could use repacking. Never the less, I think it sounds classic af!!

[@tpastor94]

I'd keep it on the MX build. Refinish it, and repack and call it a day.it looks awesome imo #oldscoolcool

[@MichaelSabo]

What do you guys think, does the Klemm Research pipe sound good?Thank you for watching my video!

[@lamontekennard5004]

I love that sound it sounds so sweet bro love that 2 stroke . My bike almost sounds like that not quite as fast and loud

[@lamontekennard5004]

It almost looks like my DG exhaust on my 99 blaster very similar looking

[@benfinetto2226]

Michael Sabo starts the build I’m so anxious 😟

[@wyattbarton2678]

ledperformanceengines.com/product-category/honda/trx250r/exhaust

[@GlynGBryson8965]

Michael Sabo i personally think it sounds sick I’d run it just polish it with some mother’s or something and it will look awesome too.

[@DirtObseXXion]

Sounds good! Peeps gonna start realizing 3k was actually a good deal for a strong running 250r...

[@F5Tornado44]

I actually have a Klemm Research pipe, silencer and 2 cylinders for an 88 Suzuki LT250R. I was sponsored by them from 88-90 along with Sean Finley, Mark Ehrhardt, and Shannon Smith. I won the Denver Mile High Stadium MTGP 250 ATV main event in 89 with a Klemm Research National motor package. They were a great co. and I truly appreciate their support for my racing career.

[@rcollins_250r]

I have a hand made Klemm pipe! Slightly different than the one you have, I’m currently rebuilding my entire engine right now with everything internally brand new. Only thing I’m using from when I got my 250R is the cylinder. It’s bored out 1.25 over stock and sounded great when I first got it. The piston was broke and the exhaust only had one spring holding it to the cylinder with no packing in the silencer but still sounded so good for what it was. Cant wait to hear it! I threw it in the fire pit and burnt all the oil out then got some frayed steel cable to get every speck of dried oil out as well as remove any rust. 2-3 weeks and I should be able to fire it up for the first time in a year! I never even got to ride the bike because the day after I got it I found out both cases were broken so I immediately tore it apart

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

So Mike if you're going to go Moto with this 87 250R, the number one thing that most guys did on that model year was the shrink the swingarm one inch. 1988 and 89 models came with a 1 inch shorter swingarm because the factory Racers were always complaining that the 86/87 was having a tendency to slide out around corners. I could tell from the video that that's the same problem you're having, it gets a little too far and you have to bring it back in. The shorter swingarm makes the Quad much more nimble it does get a little light on the front wheels but it's definitely a wash because it's a lot easier to control that then try to stop yourself from spinning out in corners... 😀

[@neo-americanrevolution332]

Did you know that even tho they shortened the swingarm they stretched the frame to make up fpr it. Not disputing what your saying but didnt know of you knew the quad was still the same length.

[@michaelboots7690]

I love the way it sounds but I'm sure it will sound good when you're done with it too! I want one now.

[@MichaelSabo]

I think it sounds great too 🤘 thanks for the comment bro 👊

[@peytoncaminiti1720]

That klemm sounds awesome though man I love those little rare pieces of moto history. Best piece of history I had was probably a 1986 ktm 80MX that had the factory performance exhaust from KTM, heavy shock in rear that was adjustable, bunch of other cool little things like that. I got it completely dead got it running great had intentions in restoring it but couldn't find anything for it anywhere other than Australia, piston for an 80 was like 200 bucks.. I gave up and sold it to a KTM collector that had all the other stuff to make the bike 100% again. Miss it like no other best 80 I've ever ridden most power for sure.

[@jaybirdls1]

Thumbs up just for the intro 👍🏻 Even as a banshee fan I’m really excited to see this build. I’d love to park a built R in my garage!

[@BraapEffex]

I remember seeing these pipes in the 80s, on Suzuki LT250r and some lt500r as well 💯 💯

[@dane947]

I had a Klemm Research competition ported '87 250R AND then a 300cc Klemm Big bore kit, back in 88. Both ripped and sounded amazing but the 300 kit was a local quadzilla killa. First time out it ripped 3 out of 4 holeshots at Hyman Myers Speedway in Tallahassee Fl. I wasn't known for pulling holeys so, the questions immediately started flying who did the Big Block work on my "R"!! I just laughed... Great videos/quad builds on the channel, thanks for the trip down memory lane, cheers.

[@wdsrdr42069]

I had a 87 500 Quadracer that was ported by Klemm and had a Klemm pipe (only made a few) It absolutely barked. Harry was a 2 stroke genius.

[@DawidSlodyczka]

Man I just wanna see this 250r to start aready! Love the vids as always Mike!

[@thirty2toone]

Good sht! That was me that unboxed you the klemm vintage link this morning

[@poppawheelie6925]

Sounds mint asf it brings back memories of my blaster i had a full toomy exaust on it. Sounds just like it keep up the vids man cant wait 2 see what your gonna do to the 250r 👌👍

[@lamontekennard5004]

I still got my 99 blaster with 240 big bore kit aftermaket reeds and full DG exhaust

[@coppracing]

Just saw this video and was trying to find something on my 87 banshees pipes and now I know I have the silencers. Didn't even know they were rare at all. Thank you for this video

[@2fast4yu55]

I really hope you keep this bike like how you kept the banshee for so long. I love the trx250rs. I will never sell any of mine. I like watching your vids while I work on my bikes. I just installed a 2000 cr250 ignition on my esr310

[@250rtrxjunkie]

Cool story🙃🙃 Now let the build begin🥰🥰🥰

[@Coolkitty639]

Interesting timeline. My brother had a '88 lt250r with a klemm pipe and porting. It made very good top-end.

[@jjordan1202]

I appreciate the old school.... I run a set of Answer silencers from 1989 on my '87 J arm.... Still sound great

[@lakeshorerides]

Badass, I been looking for some old answer silencers for a while.

[@gfkk2131]

After seeing this video, I just realized I have a klemm silencer and expansion pipe on my 85 atc250r. The badge was missing off the silencer when I bought it so had no idea what it was. But very cool info!! Thank you again👍

[@MichaelSabo]

Thanks for watching man, apparently the expansion pipe is even more rare!

[@Commander4AL]

250'r Hondas are so cute with that tiny little single 250!! Perfect girlfriend quad!

[@jaydensdream714]

If your worried about the bike sounding stock, it doesn't. It sounds like it's got a good pipe on it. Its period correct and imo, until you reveal your new bore size, its good. The bike runs crisp but I know power comes from cubes. I think the pipe and silencer should stay. Sounds amazing in the woods. Not best sounding at rear of quad but it barks on the reverb!

[@scrilla2376]

That R sounds very healthy 2 thumbs up! I love that it has period correct performance mods and it definitely seems like it was well cared for

[@armandocordova5949]

I have a 1985 suzuki lt250r with a clem research pipe and silencer. Also it was ported by clem research. The bike runs very well for the age.

[@wdsrdr42069]

i had a klemm pipe on a lt 87 LT500, nice, he ported the cylinder also,work of art

[@g-moneyracing127]

Just came in from riding my banshee. Nothing sound better than a 2 stroke ripping it!!!! Looking forward to more videos bro!

[@wyattbarton2678]

I've heard really good things about the LED pipes.

[@tpastor94]

Me too. Mine is a 4-6 week wait time. Thankfully I'm in week 3 now, so hopefully not too much longer.

[@bruceland9279]

Great content and history of the silencer. Your 250R runs well and I can't wait to see the finished product.

[@catmandan93]

That sounds good! Another interesting one to look up is the history of Answer hard parts. I had a '92 YZ250 with Answer Accutrax. They also made exhausts in the 80's and 90's as well.

[@danielparret3623]

I’ve got an aftermarket CPI ignition on my 86 atc 250r and it helps a lot with that low end power, you might wanna invest in one of those

[@MichaelSabo]

Thank you for the suggestion man!

[@corypinkney9769]

Thanks for the history

[@andyb9994]

Laking a little power on low end, but that's a 250R. Anyway good buy on that R and the pipe sounds great, and love stories like that. It's amazing who built what, and where they built stuff. Many smart guys in this industry. I will be looking for Klem parts now and forever in the future.👍

[@cbr600rrturbo]

400ex brake light,I bought one for mine to,God I love those gold rims

[@neal24v29]

Tac how’s your R coming along?

[@cbr600rrturbo]

@@neal24v29 check my 2nd channel

[@AaronMartinCOOLVIDEO]

Definitely a cool piece of history thank you for sharing Michael.

[@skeetlybeet2584]

Go with an Eddie sanders exhaust. They make awesome top end kits too

[@edgarvazquez9309]

Yea brow. Making progress in the launching jaja proud of you. Now practice in the banshee 💪✌👊

[@tackhammer222]

Yeah that was very interesting. I remember the name well from the 80's. Thanks for the video

[@royhenson3379]

Michael I think the Silencer sounds awesome.. Which quad do you prefer for handling? The 250r or the Banshee?

[@indybama80]

Always loved the sound of a 2stroke. Ive got a 01 yamaha warrior, lookin to get a blaster for my boys. Ive got a project quad ive been workin on too... Chinese Taotao 4wheeler but i stuffed a kawasaki kx60 2stroke in it lol. Need to drag it back out n finish it

[@frankrodriguez6585]

That thing sounds great!! dont get rid of it put the MS touch on bet that thing gonna be sounding even better 👍👍

[@ronaldseabury734]

Dyno-Port is Rich Daly who is out of up state New York really good guy he used to build really BADASS cone pipes and is one of the very few left 2-stroke gurus.

[@DJBeck-nb9ek]

Pipe sounds awesome! Love the history and the costume lol good video

[@mattijsleerink6740]

THAT SOUND 🤩🤩🤩🤩 i follow this project for sure!!

[@bobbymckinney1264]

Looks like a alot of fun..you do some awesome work..

[@cirilomedina1474]

Jetting is spot on!!!

[@robertgonzalez8419]

It sounds great. I would restore it.

[@albatrossgarage4454]

Wow you really got it running very well. I have 2 Rs and love them. I just finished my recent build early this year. you can see the walk around on my channel. keep up the content.

[@MichaelSabo]

Thank you bro! I'll check it out when I get a chance 🤘

[@benson4u215]

Wasnt expecting the phone bit to be so funny xD

[@covid8317]

Sounds good go me. Thanks for doing the research for us

[@chrisvillanueva1974]

You know you've gotta do LT500 next 😏 🦖⬅️Godzilla 🤷‍♂️

[@danstevens2204]

Chris Villanueva quadzilla

[@OGKILLa9365]

Get the pipe chrome plated and keep it

[@williamgreen2364]

wish i could bring my 88 250r build to you for a break in and tune up. had a custom motor machined for it and need a good two stroke tuner to give it a once over. any recommendations for some one around arkansas? love the channel bro watch it as often as i can

[@MichaelSabo]

Thanks for watching man 👊 I'm out in the Philly area, unfortunately I dont know of anyone in your area. Maybe check on the facebook group, trx250r owners for life?

[@williamgreen2364]

@@MichaelSabo thanks bro , keep up the good work on the 250r videos huge fan throw in some good parts for us to try on our builds!

[@talanrobinson2389]

you should get rid of all the other exhaust and buy all Paul Turner racing exhaust that’s what i got on my 88 and it sounds amazing

[@fullyford]

keep the pipe and silencer, they are worth there weight in gold. they made some pretty trick stuff for the fl350 odyssey. never seen that pipe before though

[@reggiexp69]

Gold?

[@dylancold23]

When is a new video being released !? Excited for this build

[@jasonwulff8341]

Sounds great.

[@lazarmrsic5623]

That silencer and header is 600 There is one shiny restored one on ebay

[@867diesel]

restore that Klemm exhaust and find the Klemm head pipe to go with it . it is so fucking cool with all the history and rareness

[@brockpeck7073]

Sounds super good

[@danstevens2204]

Ffs what have you been smoking 😂 funny stuff mate

[@LiveFreeOrRIP]

that R sings pretty awesome!!!!

[@alexescobar3924]

Sounds clean

[@colinmattos4547]

Yo did you ever build blaster because the parts are cheap and that can come out sick

[@bryantucker6725]

The lt 250 and 500 best of the 2 strokes

[@trx250rpuma4]

Sounds sweet

[@bajsgubbe]

Sounds really good!

[@streetrossi937]

For that exhaust to be that old it sounds good And are you going to sell the exhaust to the guy

[@reggiexp69]

Hope not unless the price is right, i would polish it and make it bling bling again

[@MegaKikeGasGas]

Sounds exactly like mines!!!!!!

[@Fox250R]

What’s the best needle for a 38 air Stryker ?

[@specializ20]

Vid was super funny nice job. I also dmed you on Instagram. I have a huge lot of 250r parts I'm trying to get rid of.

[@arturo5819]

I picked up a honda pilot and has a silencer very similar to that one but I couldn't find any markings to identify the brand

[@MichaelSabo]

I do believe Klemm made exhaust for the Pilot so its possible.

[@arturo5819]

@@MichaelSabo I'll take a better look when I get home but it has the pipe also! I have 2 250r myself

[@MichaelSabo]

@@arturo5819 good taste in off road vehicles it sounds 😎

[@arturo5819]

@@MichaelSabo well It definitely looks like a klemm silencer and has a cone pipe

[@muffinman428]

Nice post. Braaaap!

[@DR.P3RKY]

I had a 1984 yz250 with a richter performance muffler. Anybody know anything about this brand?

[@joesmoe5006]

It sounds good to me I’d keep it

[@nationalblake5743]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! Do in depth videos in rebuilding it. There’s seriously no videos on here about rebuilding them and walking you through the motor and stuff. I also feel as this will get you more people watching as there’s seriously no videos. I’m also rebuilding my 87 250r. And I’m going off of pure past experiences with other 2 strokes being how nobody has a complete in depth rebuild.

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

Longlivethefourtrax250r

[@everydayoutdoors6187]

Do you still have your banshee

[@MichaelSabo]

Yessir

[@83cjwest]

I say sell the silencer back to klemm and get a full LED exhaust for the 250r. Not only do they look great they perform even better.

[@jimmadonna1436]

When Honda when to a case reed 250 they went backwards in order to push 4 stroke technology. There's too much volume in the intake tract.

[@mariomessinese4072]

Harry is the owner of Group K

[@daveoneal5544]

Gotta get a lt250r now

[@ShortkillaProductions]

Badass bro

[@jaytill1831]

I had one on my 87 lt 250

[@sac-1H]

I would keep the 250r and the shee over any other quad

[@NlGHTWATCHER]

Jesus Christ this is f****** hilarious

[@brettdufrene2723]

Big bore?

[@richykobalt7517]

Come on throw a wheelie or two in there 🤣🤣💪💪🤘🤘

[@jjsfitnessgoals4898]

How much money do you charge for a pipe?

[@MichaelSabo]

I don't sell parts

[@acadienunlimitedsubliinmx1969]

Sound like the dirt bike in terminator 2 jugment day

[@jcguereca3887]

That bike rips 3000$ all day

[@justsomeone6835]

I have magazines with that ad buy it at the track

[@greenrancher350]

Braaaap!!!!!

[@larryterry7468]

To me it sounds just like a old 250r with a aftermarket pipe FMF LRD fatboy and the list gos on they kind of all sound the same on a stock motor.

[@handendaer]

Dont sell pipe. Save it use for decor or use even.

[@barkus921]

Sounds good like a two stroke should. But I can tell that motors tired.

[@MichaelSabo]

Oh yes for sure; supposedly on original bore... which I doubt

[@barkus921]

Never know man, I got an 87 banshee first bike. And that was still original bore. Should of never sold it.

[@MrJmoney1980]

If you want to talk to Harry just call Group K

[@Pete_Heiderscheit22]

So are you going to sell the pipe to him

[@keatin1063]

4:34 who in the right mind puts the pipe on the bottom of the bike lol

[@jimmadonna1436]

DG stands for Downers grove.