I need to find a WR250R owner in/near Columbus, Ohio

I'm in need of meeting a WR250R owner in Columbus, Ohio.

My bike is having some intense "sticktion" [sticky friction] issues with the front forks and I've actually sent them to Travis at Go-Race (twice) to cure the problem. The forks are butter off the bike, but on the bike the suspension is jumpy and inconsistant on the road. I've tried rotating the forks in the trees, aligning the right fork pinch bolts in different locations, installing the spension backwards to determine if the forks are bad.

Ultimately, if I find someone in town that has a WR250R I can push on their forks to see if it's just a WR thing (I don't recall it being that way from the factory) or determine if my forks, triple tree, axle, etc are tweeked.

I'm willing to supply alcohol and/or various tools for you to take home (I work in product development for an industrial distributor and I've got lots of sweet tools and supplies). Not to mention you can check out my custom fab mods. . .



Your help would be much appreciated! Just reply to the post if you are interested.

Mine do the same thing. I've had mine apart and can't find any thing and Go Fast has had mine to revalve/spring and they came back the same.. Do you feel it like 5" down ?? That about where I feel it....

If I extend the suspension all the way then sit on the bike I need to put about 3/4 of my weight on the bike before the suspension jumps to it's final resting spot.

It's definitely an alignment issue or something is tweeked. . . that's why I'm hoping I can find someone local to me that I could possibly swap forks, axle, etc with for a few minutes to determine which part is tweeked.

stupid question... you are torquing the pinch bolts? i have seen stiction problems overtorquing the pinch bolts. just an fyi.

I'm in Columbus with a 2008 WRX with low miles. Contact me via email if you want to test it's forks - channell.13 (at) gmail.com

aw113sgte wrote:

I'm in Columbus with a 2008 WRX with low miles. Contact me via email if you want to test it's forks - channell.13 (at) gmail.com

You have an email coming!