magician 250

[ranchhammer]

I will soon be receiving my 1st motorcycle a rps magician 250 dual sport from txpowersports i could use any advise or suggestions on upgrades or improvements to the bike since i am clean slate newbie when it comes to motorcycles thanks

[Sport Rider]

gotta love this quote from the RPS site:
"The Magician is a lightweight version of the popular Hawk 250. This unit may not have the Hawk's aggressive acceleration, but is better suited for casual riders, with superior gas mileage."

that may mean there are some tuning differences. the primary changes to the hawk revolve around either sprocket changes, or carb tuning with a mikuni. you may have to tinker with carb jetting to find the sweet spot for the Magician.

[2LZ]

Make sure you go over the bike at assembly carefully and check all fasteners. Also, make sure all cables are adjusted properly and that the chain is adjusted properly and the rear wheel aligned.

Odds are, it will come jetted very lean so after you get some miles on it, you may want to change the carb or find some jets for the stock carb.

Post pics when you get it! We like shiny things....

[ranchhammer]

what type or model number of sprockets and mikuni carburetor do i need and where is a good place to get them also what type of carb jets do i need

[Ariel Red Hunter]

Originally Posted by ranchhammer

what type or model number of sprockets and mikuni carburetor do i need and where is a good place to get them also what type of carb jets do i need

Mikuni VM-26 works really well on these engines. Easy to get jets for too. ..........ARH

[ranchhammer]

which one of these would the best choice for the magician 250 mikuni vm26-606 mikuni vm26-8074 mikuni vm26-ttr125

[ben2go]

Originally Posted by ranchhammer

I will soon be receiving my 1st motorcycle a rps magician 250 dual sport from txpowersports i could use any advise or suggestions on upgrades or improvements to the bike since I am clean slate newbie when it comes to motorcycles thanks

Check out motocheez on youtube. He has one and he does a solid review of the Magician. He also has some other vids on the Magician. It's also one of the bikes I am considering to train my soon to be 14-year-old son how to ride.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfs...sZwINrc4KSbAlQ

[culcune]

Originally Posted by Sport Rider

gotta love this quote from the RPS site:
"The Magician is a lightweight version of the popular Hawk 250. This unit may not have the Hawk's aggressive acceleration, but is better suited for casual riders, with superior gas mileage."

that may mean there are some tuning differences. the primary changes to the hawk revolve around either sprocket changes, or carb tuning with a mikuni. you may have to tinker with carb jetting to find the sweet spot for the Magician.

Motocheez shows the bike as quite fast in his videos.

Which brings me to--watch Motocheez videos on his Magician; start with this one...

[LunaTech]

BTW ranchhammer, where do you live? There might be one of us close enough that we can come give you hand if needed.

[ranchhammer]

i live in a town called beaver Oklahoma in the panhandle

[ben2go]

Originally Posted by ranchhammer

i live in a town called beaver Oklahoma in the panhandle

It's surprising to hear anything about OK in my area of SC, but I have actually heard of Beaver,OK. A fellow advrider member attended one of our local meet n greets. He was talking about traveling AR, where he lived, and parts of OK. He mentioned passing through a neat little area called Beaver,OK. It seems your little town maybe a sweet spot for future adventure riders. I know I'd like to pass through there on my way out west.

[ranchhammer]

he must have seen the beaver state park its got sand dunes for bikes and 4-wheelers along w/ over-nite camping and rv hook-ups and a small lake for fishing

[Ariel Red Hunter]

Originally Posted by ranchhammer

which one of these would the best choice for the magician 250 mikuni vm26-606 mikuni vm26-8074 mikuni vm26-ttr125

The best one is the $86.00 one. It uses a starting circuit instead of a choke butterfly for cold starts. But most people, (not as fussy as me) get along fine with the $30.00 one, which has the butterfly choke. Look on e-bay.....ARH

[Ariel Red Hunter]

Originally Posted by culcune

Motocheez shows the bike as quite fast in his videos.

Which brings me to--watch Motocheez videos on his Magician; start with this one...

Before you buy a Magician, watch ALL of Motocheez's videos on the Magician. If I recall correctly, he is 5'10" - 220 lbs, and says the Magician is way too small for him-uncomfortable to ride.....ARH

[2LZ]

Originally Posted by ranchhammer

which one of these would the best choice for the magician 250 mikuni vm26-606 mikuni vm26-8074 mikuni vm26-ttr125

I have two of these and they run great. Currently unavailable but that's just Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Here's another:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mikuni-VM26-...mtr&rmvSB=true

Here's the jetting options:

http://jetsrus.com/a_jets_by_carbure...-486_pilot.htm

http://jetsrus.com/a_jets_by_carbure...arge_round.htm

Depending on your altitude and exhaust options, I usually run anywhere between a 110 and 115 on the main and a 25 or 30 on the pilot.
Slide clip in the forth position down and idle mixture screw set at 2 turns out, then adjust from there.