Project Neglected MC22

Welcome to the forum
Look's like you are making a lot of progress on your bike.
The stuff in the bottom of your tank look's like it's been lined with something, possibly a tank sealer/liner.
The only thing i can think of to remove it would be industrial paint stripper, but be very careful u don't get it on the outside of your tank.
Someone here may know what sort of sealer it has now, you may be able to reseal over the top of where it's lifting with another layer of the same brand sealer without removing the old stuff first ?

And congratulation's on your future baby too.

 

Firstly congrats on the impending arrival.

The black stuff in your tank is a liner , I,would assume at some point that your tank was rusty , the liner is a dense liquid that spreads and cures inside the tank effectively sealing it , you may have to reline it if your liner is lifting.

Good to see you are getting a litetek kit, I would recommend checking your carb insulators , if yours are hard then replace them, xcitebikes.com.au stock them. Make sure you lube all your cables.

I would replace the coolant if it has sat that long, hopefully clean coolant comes out. Mc22’s can have water pump issues if they sit for too long.
I would also look at bleeding both brakes , brake fluid doesn’t like to sit for long periods.

Lastly , check your tyres, make sure the rubber hasn’t gone hard and cracked, they are date stamped on the sides.

Sounds like a fun project, looking forward to hearing it run.

 

2 babies to look after and love. enjoy both and welcome.

 

Welcome and thank you for your order. It goes out tomorrow and will take 10 to 14 days. There is always good advice on this forum and helpful people. All the best with the new family member, your life is about to change.
Cheers
Blair

 

Although you could order new OEM bolts, I would recommend you to take one of these bolts to a fastener shop nearby and get some replacements. As long as they are the correct size and rust-proof, it will work just fine.

There should be a small air filter inside this box. I guess it disintegrated with time. Some people improvise a new filter, I'm not sure what to use.

If the filter is not damaged, leave it there. If it is damaged, you can remove the old one with a plier and some "brute force". A replacement OEM filter is not really cheap, so check if you really have to replace it or not.
There is a o-ring at the bottom of the filter (we can see it on the photo). You may want to replace that. If this o-ring doesn't seal properly anymore, you will have a small leak from there.

This order works, but good idea in correcting the leads. The lead going from coil 4 to cylinder 1 seems very stretched, I think that should be going to cylinder 4.

Have fun!

 

Congrats on the babies.
To get the filter from the tank (and you will have to get it out to reline it or it will block the filter) use a small lever to get the O ring out then if the filter will still not move a drill bit carefully screwed in by hand will usually grab it so can be pulled out.

 

For the fuel bowl bolt's i've replaced my FZR carby bolt's with some 316 stainless socket head bolt's,
i first used some 304 bolt's but the socket head's round out easily if you take them out and refit them a lot.
They are like these but you'd need to order the size and length you require-
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/M3-to-M10-Button-Head-Hex-Socket-Cap-Allen-Screws-Bolts-A4-Stainless-G316-Marine/272996764141?hash=item3f8fe009ed:m:mBFYnIN0rZsz_e_zfKqdpHw&var=572221963660
And use some antiseize on them so they never seize up again.



This Lanotec is recommended for stainless to alloy's to prevent galling and corrosion, and can also be used on all your electrical terminals to prevent corrosion too
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LANOTEC...003995&hash=item2ab14b37a3:g:8ygAAOSwQupXVxv3



Here's a new fuel filter for the tank too
Look's like there's a ring that fit's inside the filter to retain it into the tank outlet, first remove the o'ring then you should be able to pick the retaining ring out the filter and it should come out easier
Sometime's using a self tapper screw lightly screwed in can help you pull them out or a drill bit like @Murdo suggested
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HONDA-CBR-250-HURRICANE-ALL-YEAR-FUEL-FILTER-16952-KAZ-000-GENUINE-NEW-OLD-STOCK/230775985208?epid=1070938491&hash=item35bb521438:g:1VYAAOxy1klRbMiz&_sacat=0&_nkw=16952-KAZ-000&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=0|0





For the crankcase breather you could use a bit of paper element from an old air filter and cut it to size, or cut a bit of lawnmower foam air filter and use that inside the plastic houising

 

Welcome to the forum. Good to see another Melbourne-based 2fiftycc owner. There's a local club (club250) that has a few CBR250R owners in it and plenty of other quarter litre riders. The club president (@Joker) is on this forum from time to time.

 

MC22 coil leads , left one does 2 and 3, right does 1 and 4

 

My 2c on the Chinese boots ... run for the hills, they will get hot and split. Xcitebikes
Has oem ones in stock and are worth the peace of mind

 

I'm pretty sure that tank liners (once they've cured) are resistant to fuel, so you could leave it and put a filter in the hose to monitor what comes down from the tank. I wouldn't think the liner will break apart or erode away. You might find it's all good. One less job to do.

 

Yeah but you can't have an open edge as fuel will get under it and it'll start to lift.
So that area need's to be resealed as a minimum.

 

Hi guys. So I life happened and I never got her up and running at all. But I need a vice, I need to reacquaint myself with my first love.

I visited her a few months ago. She was sad and lonely. She was in the worst shape of her life. I decided to pull her out of storage. Since my last post there has been several house moves and additions to my family. She surely has been neglected.

Fairings were damaged during the house moves.


It’s gone from that to this .

Heaps of parts ready to go.


So glad the litetek hoses now come in black.

Wonder if I can switch the horn buttons? Yeah nah, probably not the same size.

I finally got it.

Bit of cleaning.




Gone to Keo.

Carbs back together. Every o-ring replaced with green litetek ones.



Gotta look up on how to whiten the plastics.



Do I restore it back to it’s original black/red scheme or JDM tri color it!!??


Found an uncut fender from Greece.


Guess that’s it for now. Using this post as my journal for the bike and to gain some wisdom from you fine gentlemen. Will add more soon.


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Dear diary, here is an update of things I have done since the last post.





So I started painting them on Sunday and the weather was beautiful. Ending up running out of paint after 3 coats. Couldn’t be bothered getting more from bunnings. Got more paint and resumed painting after work Monday. Weather was wet, cold and miserable (Melbourne). Started the 4th coat and after a minute or two the paint started wrinkling. Sections of the rim looked like reptile skin. Panicked, so I just kept adding more thicker coats. Not good enough, still contemplating re-stripping and starting again or wet sanding with 800grit to try save the ~100 bucks in paint stripper and paint… not happy jan.




Recieved my rear shock back. Really glad I went to Keo race prep and suspension. He advised that it had no oil, inside bore was scored and the bump stop had swelled, softened and shrunk. So I had it replaced.



I couldn’t get the stains on the bottom out at all. Reinstalled the coolant resevoir and my wife asked why it’s still dirty. Told her I couldn’t get it out. Asked me to take it out, and with a woman’s touch, it’s clean as!




Triple clamp blasted and repainted! Steering top and bottom bearings replaced and greased up! Progress!!




Litetek chain slider. I managed to destroy the top side plastic ‘rivet’ as I was tapping it into the hole after drilling it out. I also destroyed the spare plastic rivet. Took the broken plastic screw out and just sent a bolt in. The head of the bolt sits proud. I may have to fix this.


Swingarm bearings replaced and greased up!


Blasted and painted the sub frame. Happy with the result.

Now onto the forks, wheels and brakes!


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If you drill the hole to 6mm you should get the push rivet to go in easily. You should be able to find a standars sized one and just sand the head diameter down to fit.

 

Fresh paint to fork lowers and handle bars. Front forks rebuilt. Yippee!


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Thought I’d sort the new rubbers out.


Old tyres were from 2006.


Fresh valve stems.


New bearings and seals.


Glad I didn’t buy a $1000 rabaconda.


Balanced.


New brake rotor.


I want to renew this, looks like it’s melted. Wonder if I can just switch the housing with the writing. I don’t want to change keys..


Might just try paint the faded plastic on the OEM and lose the word ‘start’. Aftermarket feels nasty.


Slowly coming together.


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