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MC22 - this could be my new daily ride

Discussion in 'Honda 250cc In-line 4's' started by kiffsta, Jun 21, 2014.

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  1. kiffsta

    kiffsta Senior Member

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    Howdy,

    I was browsing Gumtree last week and spotted a MC22 in Brisbane as an unfinished project, I dropped by for a quick look and it was very clean but didn't run. The seller did drop his asking price by a 1/3 as he was leaving the country shortly. Not hearing it run I thought, hmmmm what's wrong with it, I decided to sleep on it.


    On Friday the seller texted me to say he had charged the battery and she still wouldn't fire up. I made him an offer and he accepted. So Phil and I went out and picked it up this morning, I had a good feeling about it so when we got her home I poured about 5 l of fuel in the tank and hooked up the jump pack, nadda, nuffin... no lights no disco.

    Phil said it must be a fuse, so we pulled the main fuse and it was blown, I grabbed a 30 amp spare and popped it in, I also grabbed my spare battery off my track bike and popped her in, I then tuned the petcock on and hit the starter, it took a minute or so and she started up, the exhaust didn't smell good at all ( old fuel) , but after 5 mins of running she started to come good. It had a factory pipe on her that has been drilled out and sounded like a F1 car (from last year) so I fitted a spare that I had here. When I blipped the throttle she would stall so we left her running for a bit more and I then thought bugger it, I will run her up the street, as I was pulling away she backfired , clearing whatever was the blockage and she opened up nicely.

    I bought some new oil and Phil and I did a quick oil change and fitted a stock exhaust , its very clean for a 20+ year old bike, The tank cover needs some paint and the rear brake is slightly dragging, one mirror is a tad loose but all in all she is a nice little bike. Not much needed for rego :thumb_ups:

    well here she is

    MC22 002.JPG MC22 004.JPG MC22 015.JPG MC22 020.JPG MC22 025.JPG
     
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    Dam I was gonna make offer lol
     
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    Was hoping if I sold fizzer have enough left over to make offer and track it lol
     
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    nice pickup :thumb_ups:

    Im not a fan of the usual CBR schemes but that one looks pretty coolio :D
     
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    Hey Tim..
    show me the Greenbacks
     
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    ................ If you could start the bike over the net you would... Wouldnt you Chris... Wouldnt you...
     
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    It would just be a youtube video away :p
     
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    why would I do that ? , I can just call you so you can hear it running :thumb_ups:
     
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    And here is my rebuttal........ ahem...IUSBFGIWRUFBIDSCVJSFIWSUBFIWSEDFUBEFIOSIDFNIUEB....ASS!

    lol
     
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    We will show him saturday!
     
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    C'mon, greenbacks? really? I thought you would do it for the love!
     
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    hahahaha We will get kit sorted and i wont be so up in arms about the baby blade.. wait till you hear this pipe mate.. i want to see how the track bike's pipe sounds too....
     
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