Hello 250r members. This is a build thread I'm making and will hopefully keep updated as I conduct this build. My deadline is Christmas as this bike will be a gift for my girlfriend of 3.5 years.
I tried teaching her on my 636 and she really started to get the hang of it in parking lots. So last summer I sent her to a MSS to get her license and now the next step is her own bike.
I have been trying for a couple years to get her one and the right deal came along for me to pick one up. I found this 04 in rough shape and has a salvage title thats unregisterable. The seller was willing to trade for my go kart, so I loaded it up and hit the road.
In exchange for the kart the seller gave me the 250 with a box of parts, a 90 zx600 parts bike, and a clean titled "250" frame (which is really for a ninja 500)
Here is the kart in the truck ready to roll
The two bikes in the truck
And the pics after I got it home
As you can see this bike is ugly as sin. I'd like to make it a full fairing bike again at least for the time being. I like some of the cafe racer and street fighter themes I've seen so far but I'd like to wait until my gf can get a good feel for the bike.
I live with her in Staten Island and the bikes are at my parents house in NJ. So the only real time I have to work on this thing will be weekends.
And since I accidentally uploaded it anyway, some good ass beer to round off a long day of traveling and loading.
It fits the theme of the thread too.
I'll be sure to not disappoint. Last night I busted out my Scotch Brite and some 320 and went to work. After about 3 hours of sanding I got here
I tried my best to save the stickers, the one for the front may be salvageable but the emmissions compliance sticker is finished.
So here is where I got after a light coat of primer
I wanted to do my best to avoid runs but my finger got so damn tired on the spray can that I had to resort to using my thumb which ended up causing runs -_-
So by about 11:30 last night I got a few good coats of primer on and thats when I hit the lights & opened a beer
So yesterday morning I went to a flee market and came across this bootleg dainese jacket lmao.
I started tearing apart the old bike and it didnt take me long to find some half assedness. The tail light was wired for integrated turn signals and I suppose the nasa engineer who wired them never heard of solder or even crimp connectors
By lunch time I got about here
Then popped off the air box lid and saw what I assume is someone's sick idea of an air filter -_-
I did notice a decent amount of oil in the air box as well as around the crankcase vent. Maybe eventually I can fab up a catch can or something for that.
So eventually I got almost ready to drop the engine out.
When draining the oil i noticed a lot of oil around the output shaft seal and the shift shaft seal so I'm going to order those today along with the o-ring for the water pump cover plate.
And so by 5:30ish I managed to get the engine out. So now its time to go back home and leave everything here as it sits
And now the grim realization that I only have 6 weeks left. So literally 12 days of working on it.
The stock 250 bars are bent to shit. Luckily the 600 I have uses the same type. However I did need to turn the ends down a bit in order for them to fit in the 250 risers.
With that being said and done, I noticed that the risers on the 600 are about an inch shorter than the stock 250's and the bolt holes and fork tube cutouts should line up. The only thing I will need to mod is where the risers meet with the rest of the top triple tree. Perhaps I'll do a writeup on this as it seems like a great option for someone who wants a little more aggressive bar height but doesnt want the crazy drop that clip ons provide. More on that next week.
I ordered a few things from bike bandit today. I'm currently debating on what color I want to paint the wheels. I'm tossed up between gold/bronze or silver.
Also if anyone on here knows where I can get a pdf of the fsm that would be great.
Im almost certain they were. It looks like a cheap foam and the shell that holds the element came apart. With any luck this wont turn into an issue and I can just replace the filter and move on
Yeah me too. The bike was running decently before I tore it apart and it looks like the screen caught most of the pieces of foam. I'm halfway considering getting rid of the airbox all together and just running 2 pod filters on the carbs. I've decided to go towards a street fighter look with this. That frame just looks too damn good to not have it show
I got a down payment from someone who wants to buy the whole 600 parts bike. He'll be comming next weekend from upstate NY to give me the rest of the cash and take the bike. I may snag some extra hardware off of it this weekend. At least I will be getting some of my money back that I dropped on the frame. :thumbup:
Yep. After seeing how well the frame turned out I figured it would be a shame to hide it. Plus none of the existing fairings are useable and I'd just be pissing money away trying to find some when I can make it look unique. Im currently contemplating if I wanna buy a new tank or fix the dents in the current one.
So it doesnt look like any of the parts I've ordered are going to arrive today, which is a bummer. I'll have plenty of things to keep me busy throughout the weekend tho.
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