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Newbie on a misiion!

Postby baliusretro » Sun Feb 24, 2013 1:05 am

Hi Everyone, just joined this forum today.

As you will see from my signature I'm undergoing a restoration of a '97 Balius 250. The bike was given to me from my brother who owned it since new. The bike a few years ago had some teething problems, and my brother lost interest. Now I have inherited the bike after sitting in storage for the past 5 years. The main problems that were an issue years ago was the carbie's, tuning, etc. The rest of the bike is compete, with a bit of surface corrosion that will soon be removed with some elbow grease.

If you have any suggestions of mecahnics in the northern Brisbane area, it would be greatly appreciated. Once I get it back on the road, I am looking at styling the bike towards a 70's "Stone" theme with bikini fairing, pod air filters, etc. :)

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Re: Newbie on a misiion!

Postby dutchy » Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:06 am

Hi Mike and welcome :kuda:

I'm sure there will be plenty of people here who will be able to help you out.
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Re: Newbie on a misiion!

Postby greenmeanie » Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:21 pm

Welcome to KSRC. :)

Mike i highly recommend Darcy @
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Darcy is a kawasaki man & great with old kwaka's. ;)
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Re: Newbie on a misiion!

Postby baliusretro » Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:16 pm

Thanks for the welcome, I'll try Darcy. He actually used to work on this bike, I was hoping there was someone in the Redcliffe / Caboolture area.

Thanks,
Mike
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Re: Newbie on a misiion!

Postby Possum » Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:34 pm

Welcome to the forum :kuda:
Nothing more rewarding that doing your own projects
Look forward to your progress reports and some pics?

(Im Adelaide so not much use to you re: Bris mechanics )

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Re: Newbie on a misiion!

Postby swearbear9r » Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:23 pm

Welcome mate 8)
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Re: Newbie on a misiion!

Postby ZXR750 » Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:53 pm

Hi, welcome. The Balius is a great little bike. If you are looking to change the style how about making it look like a baby ZRX complete with Eddie Lawson paint job.
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Re: Newbie on a misiion!

Postby Possum » Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:29 pm

ZXR750 wrote:Hi, welcome. The Balius is a great little bike. If you are looking to change the style how about making it look like a baby ZRX complete with Eddie Lawson paint job.


Ooo.. your an ideas man :kuda:
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