hey folks ... hello to everyone ... just got my 1st crm - im no expert on these bikes, like the look and performance of them and before they all dead thought i gotta get one! -)))

1999 250R - dunno if its a mk III or AR or just R? ... maybe u guys cud tell me how to work it out! (its prob just an R lol)

wanna do some tidying up to it ... the usual stuff ...

s'excuse the upcoming stupid q's altho i will use the search thingy on here as much as poss.

wanted to load up a cpl pics but cant as not a contributing member yet .. an not sure about the [url] [img] thingy yet ...

if anyone wants to help me out i got some pics to post up! -)

Welcome to the site. If yours is a 1999, it should be an AR. There's some useful info here on how to tell: http://www.crm250.com/history.asp

hey alan ... on the bike swingarms it just says 250R ... on the left side of the engine block is a rectangular metal casing with 2 cables going into the top of it (looks like the powervalve on my dt125) ...
other than that it doesnt say AR ... only R on the swingarms ... so is this a bike that was imported from a country other than japan?

im kinda curious as to exactly what model it is. what other clues might there be as to which model it actually is?

thx for the reply btw! -)

If you use the link in Alan's post you should be able to tell.

Some importers registered models with later dates of manufacture than in acuality.

hey knackered & alan ... iv used that link and seen the different models of cmr250 mk I, II, III and AR

but ... theres no mention of the crm250R ... from the few bits of info iv got, it looks like it was sold in france anyways ... prob other countries as well ...

thats the bike i think i have ... either that or its a mk III.

anyone know how to tell the difference by looking at the bike as to whether its a mkIII or an AR

cheers guys.

All CRM 250s are CRM250R** except ARs.

See - viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5282

Only CRM125s were sold officially in France. There are very few CRM250s. The only official sales of CRM250s were in Japan and a few later models (mostly ARs) in Australia.

Quickest ways to tell...

AR chassis numbers and engine numbers will have "MD32" in them.
AR Engine side cases were originally gold.
If it says AR on the exhaust valve cover and the cover is pretty much like a square with the bottom left corner slightly trimmed, it's an AR. If the cover is wider than it is tall, it's not an AR.

From the info given, yours sounds like a Mk3 that's been incorrectly registered as manufactured 1999. If it was manufactured in 1999, it will be an AR as that was the last year they were made.

db ice3 wrote:


thats the bike i think i have ... its a mk III.



cheers guys.

post a pic

hey a bigsupermoto - im trying to pot a pic but not figured it out yet here on this site ...

alan + knackered - thx for yr help guys - yeah mine is defo a mk III (- ... wud luv an AR but cant find one for sale - they seem to have all gone.

is the mk III an ok ish bike? ... know very little about it - but luvin reading stuff on here - gr8 that theres such a loyal following for the crm -)

thx again for yr help.

until your a Site Supporter you can't upload pics direct. Upload pics into photobucket or similar and then link them here using the Img tags.

Regards
SkidMark

heres the linky tp pic of my crm then ....

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k453 ... MG5370.jpg

ps - stupid stupid stupid question i know - but is the chock off when its up or down? lol

db ice3 wrote:heres the linky tp pic of my crm then ....

http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k453 ... MG5370.jpg

ps - stupid stupid stupid question i know - but is the chock off when its up or down? lol

on when down (at least on my AR it is!) there should be a little arrow next to it and you really should be able to tell once its warmed up as it wont idle with the choke on - with CRM's the general rule is to get the choke off asap and hold a little throttle on if necessary till it idles on its own.

okies so lever down = choke on

cool thx for that! not been able to get the bike started yet lol - coz dont know about the lever position ... am once its started ill suss out when to put choke off -)

thx for the info skidmark -)