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[QUOTE="motometal, post: 962380, member: 24727"] Ok, here are my impressions so far, after the maiden voyage of the '05 RM85L tonight. Right off the bat, I could tell that the ergos are more roomy in general than the KX. Sitting to standing transition is better, I'm running tall bars, might look for a upper triple clamp that moves the bars forward, also I wouldn't mind trying a tall seat, although the stocker is not far off for me at 5'11". It is flat and firm, very comfy. The shock spring is too soft for my 165 lbs, but really not as far off as you would think. I'm at 92mm sag with about 15 mm of static. The fork springs are further off for my weight, I can push them almost 3/4 of the way down just pushing on the bars with the front brake on. Overall though, the suspension has some real potential. Both front and rear feel surpisingly stiff/firm, without being too harsh (although it will probably soften up some with break in). This is with neither the front or rear compression adjusters anywhere close to max. I immediately felt comfortable enough to do a fairly tall 50 foot double, the forks might have bottomed but not hard-both front and rear appear to have excellent bottoming resistance. After the 45 min of breaking it in, I was ready to try out the engine-it's been awhile since I rode the KX, and that's all I have to compare it to. My KX is a 2000 with the updated larger carb and other minor mods. The RM definitely feels softer way down low, typical of a little motor with a big carb. THe round slide carb may not be helping matters any, jetting is not too bad but generally flat or oval slide carbs give better low to mid response, I may try the one off the KX. Anyway, once you get into the midrange it's wakes up, and there's plenty of smooth power just before the powerband kicks in. It revs out "ok", not to the moon but good power and this is still with the stock main jet. Very easy to bring the front end up all the way through 4th gear, and by that time you are moving right along. As long as I was on the gas, I didnt have any problem with bogging, it pulled quite well and the gearing isn't any too low or tight. Porting/exhaust/jetting to just let it rev out a bit more on top would really complete the package, but it's pretty fun as is. I goofed up the rear fender removing the safety sticker. Almost like it was painted on, and the fender is not made of very durable plastic. Nearly looped it wheelying over a thick vine that was suspended about 20'' off the gound. Clutched it up a bit too much in 1st gear, it went vertical RIGHT NOW and I was going to loop it, stabbed the rear brake just as I got over the vine, couldn't grab the clutch soon enough and I killed the motor. This tried to toss me over the bars, but then the engine bump-started and all was well. Would have made a good video! the trans shifts so easilly, you can't hardly feel it. The lever seems to have more leverage than it needs, but the position of the lever is fine. The bike starts like a dream, and weighs in at 158 lbs full of fuel. My KX weighed between 170 and 180, but this was with the motard wheels on it (that I need to sell). mods: already did 756 front tire, tall bars next will be:spring(s), upper triple clamp if I can find one, tweak jetting and/or different carb, possibly gear it down a bit nitrous anybody know of a good source for the upper triple clamp? [/QUOTE]
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