Pinned So what have you done to your bike today?

I put the GZ250 Marauder on the workbench and removed the seat and tank. Then left it to work on a PeeWee80

P.S. If you search PeeWee on eBay, you'll start getting female-oriented advertising because it associates it with a SheWee, which is like a funnel for ladies to use.

 

I see you listed this as wrecking, didn't want to try fixing it?

 

Received my new inlet manifolds today so promptly installed them as the old ones were perishing and reassembled my freshly repainted front fairings

 

Took the front end out to do fork seals and change a tyre, getting ready to register the ZX2R!

But on the weekend the money came through for the bike I sold! There was a plan to pay off some debt, but a mate is in need and was looking to offload a bike, so now I'm buying a zzr600 instead... Anyone want a zzr600?

 

Sorry mate.....already have one.

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Removed the tank decals, sanded and painted the tank the same red as the fairings, Tomorrow I'll mask off most of the tank and spray the knee curves black.

 

I had an injection into my shoulder today so the doc has put me on light duties, I was about to crank up some Netflix when the postie arrived, she had my carb seal kit onboard. Time to play with the bike, I fitted new float bowl seals and fuel valves and fitted the carbs.

The previous owner had stated the carbs leaked fuel into the oil so a quick oil change and fitted the carbs then a test fire, guess what, she fired up. I didn't realise there was fuel down the exhaust pipe as she was blowing white smoke then wooshka , a big flame... looked like an afterburner

I **** bricks I tell you... it went as quick as it came..

I used my carbtune to balance the carbs, she settled down and holds a nice idle and revs cleanly out to 16000





I need some spares if anyone has the bracket that bolts onto the carbs to hold the cables in place....

 

Yeah I have one spare, I will express post it up tomorrow.

 

so the question begs what to do with this one ?

Needs all the usual tyres, chain and sprockets, fairings need paint, air ducts , brake pads, fork seals etc I could easily drop another $ 1300 on it, is it worth going the whole hog or just flip it as is ?

 

Only you can answer that. But... will you get $1300+ worth of use or enjoyment out of it?

 

I have 2 bikes already, the question was more is it with spending all the money on a tidy up or leave it as is , the market seems to have fallen away in favour of r3’s and ninja 300’s

 

Hard for me to say, but I'd keep it if it runs well... I got rid of my project ZXR because the engine had to be changed or taken out and fixed, I didn't have enough time, tools or space to do it and it was going to waste... the joys of full time work...

 

Theres already a few higher end priced zxrs on the market that arn't moving, add the $1300 on top of what you would want for it as it sits now & you reduce the size of prospective buyers, better to move it & let them spend the money & time where they want it spent. --Have you thought about parting it out

 

I heard you have one. And I heard you got it cheaper, too.

 

Wrecking was mentioned. But what would you want as is? Knowing you, you got it cheap enough, but can you get $1000-1200 as it sits? If you can, take it! But in a tight market, who knows.

 

I already have a heap of parts , as it is a 1992 45 hp model, I might offload it as is complete and running, this engine sounds so sweet , hopefully someone wants a project bike

 

Well.... Someone was eyeing off my bike, so I might need a replacement zxr250... Not that I need another bike, or can afford one. I've had mine for months and only just getting around to registering it. But I have a GZ250 to do, a YZ250, a WR250, a DR350 to finish, a PW80 to finish and a ute to change rings in, so I mightn't need it soon. And there's the I-can't-afford-to-do-anything-about-it fzr250. But I should get a little more time in January to work on stuff!

 

I started a few things but really accomplished nothing. FZR's FTW.

 

well i had a different person want some stuff off a cbr1000 so i wrote down his rego on paper under heading of potential theif. the i got a neigbour to help me take the monsters around the back of the house. then the gate was padlocked again.