Templar X 250

[Chewalla]

Originally Posted by Nutcracker

Thanks for the info. Got some more research to do. I don't believe you can go any higher than a 13 tooth front drive. There's just not enough clearance if it binds your looking at a broke case. I have a 12 tooth that I believe should fit from my sons Honda 150f but that's the opposite I want to go. What I'm really wanting is a complete back rim with street tire and the proper tooth count. Not sure what rim is going to fit yet...I believe the bike has the power to maintain 55 mph at a much lower RPM. I did hit 70mph yesterday. "67 my speedo is off 3 mph"... Motor was completely wound out.. I hit 300 miles and decided to push it. Only problem is the chain completely stretched and has a few stiff links..

Check out “custom everything” on YouTube and peep his adv build on the Templar x, big bore and running 14t front 40t rear, says it runs 83 mph at 6500 rpm

[CC-John]

Just pulled the trigger on a blue 2024 Templar X. Powersportsmax just dropped the price to $1,899.95 with 299.95 shipping. Now the wait for a shipping confirmation then delivery begins..

[Aussie_in_MO]

Originally Posted by CC-John

Just pulled the trigger on a blue 2024 Templar X. Powersportsmax just dropped the price to $1,899.95 with 299.95 shipping. Now the wait for a shipping confirmation then delivery begins..

Awesome! I've had my blue '23 Templar X since February of this year and I love it. You're gonna have a great time

[CC-John]

Originally Posted by Aussie_in_MO

Awesome! I've had my blue '23 Templar X since February of this year and I love it. You're gonna have a great time

Definitely looking forward to it.. Got the "mountain bike shop" in the front room of the house all ready for its arrival. This baby is gonna be assembled in air conditioned comfort!

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[Crossbar]

98degF and about the same humidity when I put mine together. ugh.

[Crossbar]

The beer was cold though...

[CC-John]

Originally Posted by Crossbar

98degF and about the same humidity when I put mine together. ugh.

Originally Posted by Crossbar

The beer was cold though...

Yeah, the only good thing about our summertime weather down here is that it tends to keep the riff-raff out..

I work out in this heat all day maintaining a 40 pool service route, so I damn sure ain't gonna come home to work on the bike in a hot garage.

And, there will be plenty of frosty adult beverages available during assembly.

[chinazuki]

seen this? I apologize if previous posted...

[Crossbar]

Glad you posted, I've only had my X for a few months and was wondering which fuel petcock setting worked the left and right side tank. Took mine on a long road trip couple weeks ago and ran out of gas in heavy traffic at about 75 miles. Kind of panicked at first figuring I should have been fine on fuel but reached down and turned the petcock over and it fired back up. I wrote it off as I was on paved road for so long and wasn't sloshing any fuel around in the tank.

[CC-John]

Well, my Templar arrived last night, without a single bit of shipping damage. The only part I found missing was the rubber plug that covers the end of the swingarm mounting hardware on the right side of the frame. In the process of going thru the bike checking/Loctiting fasteners, checking wire routing, and spraying Fluid Film in all the non weatherpack connectors. Hope to be able to fire it up this weekend and give it the first oil change.

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They're now shipping the left rear side panel loose to prevent the damage seen on some bikes from the front wheel brake rotor hitting it during transit.

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I got it loose from the shipping crate, reinstalled the front axle into the forks and horsed the beast into the house and parked it on my lift to do the final checkout and assembly. No way I'm gonna deal with that in a 100+ degree garage, when I can sit in air conditioned comfort in the house.

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[Crossbar]

If you plan on any road use, expect a lot of wheel vibration over about 40 unless you wheel balance. I got mine dialed in pretty good now but it took a lot of weight opposite that single rim lock.

[Texas Pete]

No way it will balance easily for road unless you pull out the rimlocks. You can get rubber plugs to plug the holes in the rim. I think mine were from Honda. Without rimlocks its trivial to balance the wheels with not too many weights.

[Mumen Rider]

Mine is balanced with the rim locks in place, wasn't hard to do.

[buzz]

total bull shout\\\\\\\\\\\\\

[CC-John]

Originally Posted by Crossbar

If you plan on any road use, expect a lot of wheel vibration over about 40 unless you wheel balance. I got mine dialed in pretty good now but it took a lot of weight opposite that single rim lock.

Since this bike is gonna be 80% pavement pounder, the stock knobbies and rim locks won't even see use. I've already got a pair of Kenda K760 Dual Sport tires on the way, along with heavy duty tubes, balance weights, and plugs for the rim lock holes on the way. Gonna be spending this weekend stripping the tires/tubes from the rims and toss them on my Harbor Freight wheel balancer to run through all the spokes with a torque wrench. The rear sprocket is also getting dumped for a 42 tooth for better performance on the street.

I may end up buying a second set of wheels from PSM and mount up the original knobbies for the occasional times I use the bike for off road riding. Far easier to swap a set of wheels than having to break down a well balanced set of road tires.