What a mission
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 7:38 pmso i took possesion of my new toy last week (a zzr250) tooke her for a spin after the roadworthy.
the fellow who i bought t from cleaned the carbies out for me as it had been sitting for 5 years, after my first succesful run then failing to start on me-i emptied my fuel tank the sat it upright with the tank on "prime" and let it flow out and what came out was the color of a nice strong tea (fuel was 5 years old..yes 5!!)poured this into a 10L bucket, then left the lid off and put it beside my house to evaporate- i also used it to clean my air filter.
however a bit of shit went into my carbies after i filled up with new premium, as it had no fuel filter- so then i had to strip down my carbies and blow them out then re assemble, and do it all again becuase the left side flooded again, and now i am having a bit of difficulty with idle speeds and i think the carbies need to be balanced as when its warm i can set the idle to 3000 rpm, twist the throttle and then when it settles it goes down to 1500, or sits high on 6ooo or stalls.
but this is a bike that hasnt been ridden in 5 years
(yes i also changed spark plugs as they were stuffed, put new oil and coolant in) and i put some new dunlops on it too.
bought the bike for 1750 and with roadworthy rego (was a WA bike-now its victorian) and bits and pieces its cost an extra 1300 so far, ive got my eyes on some aftermarket faring from a place in vic- (600)
then i will be done- its my learning bike-i will upgrade in 6 months not sure what to yet though. i have to pass on my thanks to this little purple pocket rocket, as when i started out i had no idea about bike maintenance.. and now i do, i can take the fairing and tank off in under a minute haha.
hopefully when i get home on the 17th its not raining and i can take it for a spin (managed to get 120ks on it on my last week home, even with the terrible weather)
if any one is in gippsland and interested in a ride over xmas pm me!
the fellow who i bought t from cleaned the carbies out for me as it had been sitting for 5 years, after my first succesful run then failing to start on me-i emptied my fuel tank the sat it upright with the tank on "prime" and let it flow out and what came out was the color of a nice strong tea (fuel was 5 years old..yes 5!!)poured this into a 10L bucket, then left the lid off and put it beside my house to evaporate- i also used it to clean my air filter.
however a bit of shit went into my carbies after i filled up with new premium, as it had no fuel filter- so then i had to strip down my carbies and blow them out then re assemble, and do it all again becuase the left side flooded again, and now i am having a bit of difficulty with idle speeds and i think the carbies need to be balanced as when its warm i can set the idle to 3000 rpm, twist the throttle and then when it settles it goes down to 1500, or sits high on 6ooo or stalls.
but this is a bike that hasnt been ridden in 5 years
(yes i also changed spark plugs as they were stuffed, put new oil and coolant in) and i put some new dunlops on it too.
bought the bike for 1750 and with roadworthy rego (was a WA bike-now its victorian) and bits and pieces its cost an extra 1300 so far, ive got my eyes on some aftermarket faring from a place in vic- (600)
then i will be done- its my learning bike-i will upgrade in 6 months not sure what to yet though. i have to pass on my thanks to this little purple pocket rocket, as when i started out i had no idea about bike maintenance.. and now i do, i can take the fairing and tank off in under a minute haha.
hopefully when i get home on the 17th its not raining and i can take it for a spin (managed to get 120ks on it on my last week home, even with the terrible weather)
if any one is in gippsland and interested in a ride over xmas pm me!
