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cal's ZXR250A project log.

Discussion in 'Kawasaki 250cc In-line 4's' started by cal, Aug 21, 2013.

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    nice ride mate we need some roads like that down hear
     
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    yeah we got some nice short twisties all over the place, tons of patchwork and pot-holes to dodge mind you:lolsign:
     
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    What's that black stuff on the road lol
     
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    ^^ a video taken from our saturday ride, trying to chase my mate on the Gixxer 1000, was a good day out!

    my zxr was running beautifully all day long :) over 400km of outback twisties:D
     
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    Excellent! ..... looked like perfect weather also :thumb_ups:
     
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    was little wind lots of sunlight and the tarmac was melting from the bare sun, i actually had my back tyre slip out a little into a corner from some melted road surface :idk: got that on camera too! XD
     
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    Looking good Cal, engine sounded good and hinterland looks great.:thumb_ups:
     
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    always looks amazing after some rain, still a few stray cattle out on the roads looking for grass..... man i would hate to spud into a big lump of steak at full noise :neo:
     
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    totally agree, wouldn't be good, have hit a cow on a train and felt it, on a bike, NO WAY.
     
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    ^^ there's my close call, was an easy corner, but hit something rather slippery, possibly hot tar or motor oil :/
     
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    Did notice you backing off a tad, with good reason. Have encountered same in the hinterland, a little scary when you hit it, I backed off big time.
     
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    Take care Cal nice run bud
     
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    already uploaded this on another thread, putting it up here for book-keeping purposes ;)
    since having them back on the paints set in nicely and no longer smells like paint, very pleased!
    next big job: check valve clearances and do a compression test (before and after new shims)
    headers back on.jpg
     
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    That looks awesome, hard to comprehend the age of your machine. I've done the same on the pipes, painted them hooked on a close line, can't begin to tell you how many coats went on, end result was great. Well done :thumb_ups:
     
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    i did the same thing! hahaha had to keep rotating the clothes line as wind direction changed, then touched up the rest on an old box. i really hope the engines health continues to be strong now with all the tlc, shims will be far overdue judging by the state of the bike when i got it.... most likely never had them checked/adjusted since being imported
     
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    Awsome job cal i should do mine rusty browns not a good look :lolsign: seen your vids she seems to be running well mate touch wood fingers crossed. good luck
     
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    thanks mate i reckon she's running and riding right where i want it to be at the moment. i'm almost game enough to call my bike "complete for now"
     
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    That`s game bud
     
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