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Had an interesting chat with Ben at Rayspeed yesterday regarding my proposed winter build project, I explained that I was thinking about building a powerful touring spec motor and in perticular had been looking at the GT240 kit but what could he offer/recommend. He explained that they have an RB 250 but in a spec that delivers its power lower down and much more smoothly than the standard RB, something he referred to as a 2016 spec kit and combined with a 62 stroke crank would give me what I was after, I have to say he really knows his stuff and was wondering if anyone on here runs this kit and what are your thoughts/opinions of it?

Cheers.

That's interesting, I am thinking of going down that route and that set up sounds ideal. Last time I was in they were in process of getting the exhausts updated and improved which were going to be a better quality.

Ben has done a few for me like that, latest one was my misano with a 64mm 125 rod, steel lined 72mm rb barrel, before that on a std casing 64mm 118 rod 72mm rb 250 barrel both still running

I put the 2016 spec RB250 onto a 62 GT crank with the GT case (260cc)...pulls well. But I put the ADs 6 RB pipe on...a bit of an animal

peter357bikes wrote:I put the 2016 spec RB250 onto a 62 GT crank with the GT case (260cc)...pulls well. But I put the ADs 6 RB pipe on...a bit of an animal

Hi Peter, this may come across as a rather daft question but what is your fuel consumption like on that? The reason I ask is this will be my touring build and consumption is a big deciding factor.

Scooterdude wrote:Had an interesting chat with Ben at Rayspeed yesterday regarding my proposed winter build project, I explained that I was thinking about building a powerful touring spec motor and in perticular had been looking at the GT240 kit but what could he offer/recommend. He explained that they have an RB 250 but in a spec that delivers its power lower down and much more smoothly than the standard RB, something he referred to as a 2016 spec kit and combined with a 62 stroke crank would give me what I was after, I have to say he really knows his stuff and was wondering if anyone on here runs this kit and what are your thoughts/opinions of it?

Cheers.

Hi did you go for this RB25 mono ...if so how have you got on with it .ie power is it torquey engine

lou wrote:

Scooterdude wrote:Had an interesting chat with Ben at Rayspeed yesterday regarding my proposed winter build project, I explained that I was thinking about building a powerful touring spec motor and in perticular had been looking at the GT240 kit but what could he offer/recommend. He explained that they have an RB 250 but in a spec that delivers its power lower down and much more smoothly than the standard RB, something he referred to as a 2016 spec kit and combined with a 62 stroke crank would give me what I was after, I have to say he really knows his stuff and was wondering if anyone on here runs this kit and what are your thoughts/opinions of it?

Cheers.

Hi did you go for this RB25 mono ...if so how have you got on with it .ie power is it torquey engine

Hi mate no never went for it in the end, someone I ride with sometimes has one, drinks like an alcoholic (the engine not him) put me off.

In the end i went for an RT 225 with full MB touring tune and reed, longer stroke crank etc, i think on balance I’ve made the right choice.