We're located near Findlay, OH about an hour south of Toledo. There's a couple of reasons for going with the 38mm SmartCarb. First of all, SmartCarbs have no jets at all. Therefore you can adjust the rich/lean on top and the idle on the side and that's pretty much it. They're guarenteed to work for your application. You can get different metering rods for special applications but it's not necessary here. We were going to wait for the 40mm cast version but after talking to APT and finding that these build a broader powerband, dropping to the 38mm is actually going to give us more of what we're looking for which is a bit more power down low before the powervalve hits. Worse case if it doesn't work, we'll move it over to my TRX250R and go with an 88-90 carb.
Definitely have some clean up to do. The front a-arms, shifter, and rear brake pedal all need cleaned up. Everything else is there, right down to the key switch. He ordered the OEM nose piece, tool kit, and rubber strap that holds the tool kit in place. I want to either clean the a-arms or find someone parting one out and get another set and get a brake pedal as well. The shift lever should clean up pretty easily.
I've heard good things about Jerry Hall and was told he was a person to reach out to for information before I joined here. He just joined a TRX250R site about the same time I stopped visiting there so our paths hadn't crossed yet. Hopefully I can catch up with him here.