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Discussion in 'The Pub' started by kiffsta, Nov 3, 2013.

  1. ShaneP

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    Tried to get the Across started for someone to view it to buy. It didn't start, but they're going to buy it.
     
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    kiffsta Senior Member

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    Bought a cmx 250 for parts


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    LethalCelt Old Dog, New Tricks

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    The only 'pet' I want to leave home is the friggin' dog that 'someone-not-me' bought back in 2011 - "coz the kids'll love her"! Could have bought a couple more 2fiddy's to play with for what she costs per day - and I'd rather clean up oil spills than dog turds and vomit!
    Agree with Murdo - Mymia, enjoy your new 'baby'. :thumb_ups:

    Latest additions to my Teazy: She has mirrors (so I can see the blur behind me - my eyes are shot, so I see blur in front too), and Headlight Protector. I had a mate cut these for me from a template I drew up in Adobe Illustrator, then I moulded them using al-foil, an oven, and some swearing! I'm fussy - it took me a couple of goes to get the fit the way I wanted it. EXACT.

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    I'm also making a Headlight Cover with Red Vinyl over it - so it makes the cowl look like a 'race-fairing' - why? Why not! Just fer fun and coz I'm all creative and ****.

    Fired her up and revved her little guts out on the weekend - 'smokin'!' Sounds and smells so sweet. She needs a good run. Proper road test not far off as I managed to clean the leaking fork seals with the old '35mm Negative Film' tool and fitted a new oil cap due to the old one being a touch cross-threaded.

    Also managed to get the FZR going - to the point I could ride her around the block (much to the joy, amazement and awe of all my neighbours in the court). Mind you, no seat, so the oversized and protruding battery I was sitting on really hurt my 'mangina' (that one's for you Ruckusman :lolsign:).

    Have a top day fellow 250 nutters!
     
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    LethalCelt Old Dog, New Tricks

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    Looks like plenty of clean parts on it - most of that chrome appears to be in good nick too!
     
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    my67xr Bike Enthusiast Staff Member Premium Member Contributing Member

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    I took the front disc off the XT250 today to clean it up, had baked on dirt etc, gave it a bead blast, etch primed then painted with caliper paint, also did the caliper and caliper mount at the same time and replaced a couple of bolt's for the cable bracket and disc protector.
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    Today i went out for my first offroad ride on the XT.
    I met up with another 3 rider's (Husky 510 motard, DRZ400 motard, and a WR250F) and we went down to some track's down south, including a few hill climb's, a few soft sand track's, some down hill run's with massive channel's where 4wd's rip up the dirt road's etc.
    I came off through the sand after having to stop for another rider that went down, took a bit to get my bike started again but it did, then i got the back wheel stuck on a root and dug it into the sand up to the axle.
    It was pretty hard to get it out again, and i was so worn out i had to cut my ride short.
    To give you an idea on how hard it was, all up i did 35km's off road which took us 1.75 hour's to get through.

    The other 3 rider's kept going for another hour or so after i left.

    I'm really feeling it tonight, my right leg is the worst from all the kick starting
     
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    Would the IT200 hundred have been more fun in the circumstances? and perhaps a little bit lighter...
     
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    Yeah around 25kg lighter than the XT,
    but the Husky and DRZ both got through easy enough, the DRZ inc rider was around 240kg
     
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    Today I picked up a ZZR250, well most of one. Another crazy idea project.

    I also did a count of bikes, I have 12 and 3 quads that that belong to others. Of the 12, I've marked 7-8 as keeping, 1 as sold and only 2 that are going to be fixed up. This all sounds expensive and time consuming. And I've ran out of space for them.
    (PS. This was yesterday, I fell asleep typing it).
     
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    Charged up the battery.
    Glued up the back fairing & airbox mounts.
    put a bolt (again) in the rear exhaust mount.
    tightened some loose frame bolts and checked some others
    checked engine mounts where tight.
    removed choke
    then in started raining
    I think it's stopped now... I better go get this airbox back on.
     
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    Old Gold Motorcycles in Northern Sydney is having a bit of a EOFY "project bike" clean out (Info on Facebook from Thursday 29th of July 2017). Might be a few good opportunities in there. @risky - this has your name all over it!

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    nah mate, the friends 350 k4 is now running sweet.dah risky had to re do the work a professional was paid to do. nuts i tighten up do not vibrate loose.
     
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    Old Gold Motorcycles' facebook page. Here's hoping for a 1976 Royal Enfield! :crazypilot:
     
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    IMG_0924.JPG I bought a Suzuki tlr1000s , I paid what I thought was a good price to wreck it, but to be honest if you can get past the bad paint job, you will see she is a peach, she runs and rides quite well. One of my
    Mates said it looks like a giant veiny........ , hopefully a paint job won't be too expensive to right this wrong and return her to its former glory
     
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    So, I have had a DR350 that's been getting rebuilt for months (maybe a year or two). I finally got serious about working on it, finishing it. I got about this way... DSC_0098.JPG I spent most of the cleaning parts, making the stand (yes, getting it down will be a problem) and pulling more parts off. I cleaned up the rear brakes, and then discovered it wasn't working.. I think I will rob parts off the other bike (I have 3 and half of them) to finish this for sale. Then to finish the day, I finish assembling the motor but then there was a click/snapping noise when I turned the motor...

    So much to do, but getting there. I am worried that I might get too attached and want to keep it.
     
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    Supercheap sell spray cans for about $3... It couldn't be much worse.
     
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    That...that looks purple. I think I'm going to have to keep my eye on this build. :cool:
     
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    Purple was the colour of dirt bike frames in the 90s.
     

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