Pinned So what have you done to your bike today?

Well, there's been a little of this and a little of that, but it all adds up to too much of nothing: I have too many projects! Even my running bikes are on the work list. The trials bike needs a teardown, coolant leaking into the oil - these are known to have corrosion issues, so it'll probably need repairs, and the main bearings are noisy. The late model YZ 125 needs a carby mid-body gasket before I go doing the tune, again. The older yz125 just got a parts order for an engine rebuild, but chassis needs tidying up, too. The YZ 250 needs suspension and steering bearings and parts cleaned/painted before assembling. It'll probably need a plastics kit, graphics to hide the tank and seat cover, too. Then there's the WR250F with the YZ250F motor that was started on but the motor had an issue. I worked on it years ago and found the motor would seem to drag at a particular point; I found out why on Saturday.

It bend a conrod and was running on the crank. Must have drank some water. And then drank some more water since I have owned it:

So, the question is: sell most of them and buy a brand new bike, or throw time and money at these? You can get a SWM (the Italian Husqvarna) in a 300 4banger for under $9k, or the big 500 for under $10k - I've been warned that the 500 can be too much of a handful. Or, because I seem to have a fixation with 2t bikes, buy a Beta Xtrainer 300 for sub $12k. Any which way, I can't afford it yet, I have unload some bikes. It is just how much work I do before selling...
Oh, and I worked on a couple of quad bikes for the nephews.

 

Lemon tree is in the garage due to freezing weather, so I peed on it. Burt Munroe goes fast and he pees on his, so I must be doing something right.

 

lol.

 

Well I haven't posted for AGES. The weather here in NZ has been excellent. So I have been riding my other bike as often as I could. Hence why i have not done much work on the ZXR250C. In the past week I have replaced the thermostat and seals, removed the carby rubber thingys to clean and check for cracks etc, rekitted the front brake calipers, ordered new brake lines, had the coolant bleed device made up by an engineer, put the rear wheel back onto the swingarm, replaced the output shaft seal, ordered a new front 14t sprocket. so thats about it. Now that it is cooling down I will go out to the garage and work more on it. Have a great day everyone.

 

That bleed screw needs a copper or alloy washer under it.

 

Burt lived down the road from where I am now.... about half an hour away.
Haven't pissed on our lemonade tree as the wife would have a fit.
Got a lot to do on this thou as it's been in the family for over 20 years. Rego on hold since 1999.

 

I found Fusion 360 much easier to use than Autodesk AutoCAD, Solidworks or the other program that I tried - they were so infuriating! But I learnt on Solidedge 20+ years ago, so it is similar. Good luck.

 

Well, the 2004 yz125 is back together and running! Not a pretty bike, the fork uppers have shed the anodising, steel frame has surface rust, everything is at least 5 years old except the new rebuild on the engine. Now to sell it, hopefully. Well, I'll need to do some things to it, grips and a tidy up.
If I get a sale, then the question will be whether to rebuild the WR250F

 

Living the dream!

 

I opened the think tank again today, so many bits wanting to share the same spots

 

Beware of the file type you save to send to your machinist,AndyCH,talk to him, ask what program his CNC uses, I spent a couple of weeks creating a complicated part, saved it as a .STEP file (Fusion 360), then discovered this file type cannot show details like threads

 

Will be taking these apart for a full clean. This weekend and the next.

 

Well what month. Ordered my new front brake hoses 8/2/22called last week to see if they are ready, no joy. Hadn't even sent them away so they could make the new ones up. I sometimes wonder why some people open a business and provide **** service. So collected them from that shop and went some where else. Done within a week. So i have been on holiday for three weeks and today i have decided i better get my arse into gear. Started this morning by disassembling the carbs. The O rings are shot, hard and crusty. so they should keep me entertained for a few nights. Will assemble the new brake pads/calipers/hoses too.

 

Thanks, already have the litetek carb kit. all looking good.

 

2 Calipers and discs are better than one.

Whether split or monoblock, radial mounted is better than axial mounted but that is a whole other kettle of fish.

My old R6 had blue dot axial mounted calipers with non-USD forks, after braided lines, new pads and fluid it was stoppies/endo's on command all day long.

If you end up going with a single disc/caliper setup... consider a tokico 6 pot from ZXR750/ZX7R/ZX9R