Eva, the ZXR250 bitsa.

So I can just break the cam chain I have, hook the new chain on the end of the old chain, then wind it all the way through?

 

I managed to get a cam chain tensioner from a GPX 250, it seemed to have dulled the rattle down a bit, but I can hear a slight grinding noise. I'm going to replace the cam chain, should I replace the guides to?

 

I've ordered the new cam chain, i've got a refurbished tensioner, now all I need is the guides...

I'm reading through the service manual and I'm trying to figure out if its possible to remove the cam chain guides without having to have off the cylinders.

 

I'm looking at peening tools on ebay, what size should I get?

 

Can chain tensioner and guides were all fitted the rattle has for the most part subsided a lot. The cam chain didn't need replacing but everything else did.

Still waiting on the clutch. Turns out he seems to have stalled for 45 days so I couldn't lodge a PayPal claim.

Now that the 45 days is up, the seller refuses to answer any messages.

 

as far as the part numbers go, the A and C have the same clutch... I'm pretty sure.

 

I was having some issues with the bikes RPM falling while I was idle so I decided to clean the carbs and install an inline fuel filter.

When I reassembled the carbs and put everything back on the bike, the bike wouldn't start and I got hydro locked.

Fuel was spilling out of the top of the carbs out of those 2 brass ports, Does anyone know what causes this?

 

Just an updatee.

I tried balancing the carbs and found out that the diaphragm cover was cracked.

After the engine got flooded and I fixed the carb, the bike started firing on 3 cylinders.

I have good spark, but one of spark plugs always ends up pretty sooted up.

I think when one of the float valves got stuck, it might have bent the float tab.

 

It's been a while since I updated this page and a lot has changed.

First up, I lost my license 2 days away from my opens. I was booked for rolling a stop sign over Christmas. 6 points and a $600 fine and that got me straight on suspension. So I decided to do a little work on the bike for the 3 month suspension, save a little cash and hopefully get back on the road with a problem free bike.

I noticed that it was chewing through a lot of coolant, but because it wasn't smoking, and it didn't have mayonnaise for oil that the head gasket was still intact... It wasn't.

In the 3 months that it was sitting and I was trying to figure out the cooling system, doing research and gathering parts, coolant managed to seep its way into the cylinders and cause some pretty bad rust, because of the rust, 2 of my piston rings somehow turned to dust.

Somehow none of the coolant go into the oil and i'm amazed by that.

I was quoted by the bike shop who was going to just balance and tune the carbs that it would cost about $5000 to get her working again.

Unfortunately, Eva is dead, and I have another project that I have to work on to get transport.

I don't think I'll be able to walk away though. I do have a cylinder hone and too much time on my hands. I've invested too much time, money, effort, blood, sweat and tears into this bike to just call it quits.