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good point, they must be rubbish. thanks for answering my initial question. I'm glad i didn't pay $40 for a new SV650 shock when it would probably have been worse than whats in my bike already.

if you haven't yet found them, they are attached to the spark plug leads...

yes but i did. i originally asked if anyone knew if the SV650 shock was a good match for the EX250.
Then i said "any other good match-ups accross models" but should have said Makes, not Models.

sounds good.
i'll have a look

SV650 is a Suzuki tho... not an EX...

I have read a couple of times in other places that an SV650 Rear Shock is a good upgrade for the ZZR250.
Anyone know of this?
Any other good match-ups accross models worth metioning, these sorts of lists are always usefull.

she's now in the bike shop getting herself cleaned out and should be running in no time!

here's my baby, she'll look good when i get the new fairings onto her that i've got on their way from abroad.

the ZZR250 i'm getting has green coolant in it, it is still full and bright green. tho it has been sitting for near 2 years unused and i dont know how long it was used before that.
would you recommend i flush it out and put new stuff in? I have a bottle of this good Toyota Red at home...

I will soon be seeing if my ZZR250 is going to turn over when i hook up a car battery to it.
first i have to drain the fuel completely and flush some fresh premium through it, if i can work out how to do that.

sounds like i might be best off taking it in for a service of the carbies, after sitting ...

the local bike shop here in Kununurra priced a sealed battery for me at $85.00. hows that compare?
they also told me that if i need a new front brake master cyl it will be 450.
after adding up the possible costs i'm up for with this bike, i've offered her 400 bucks for it and she's accepted.
should ...

will find out what the ridings like when i get this bike on the road.
anybody got any advise for me?
put the battery on the charge last night, looks like its completely stuffed, no response at all to the charger.
i hooked up another little 12v battery i had with me for testing, and i turned the key ...

Hi, i already posted in the ZZR discusion area i think.
I will soon have a ZZR250 98 model, and I asked some advice on it.

I live in Kununurra, affectionatly called "Cook-a-nurra" by some... hot has hell at the moment, although we've had a nice bit of cloudy weather just now with the Cyclone not ...

Hi all, I'm new to Bikes pretty much, I'm lookin at a friends ZZR250 '98 thats been sitting out the back of her unit for 2yrs without being used, it has been dropped at some stage and the fairing could use replacing, front left and the head shroud around the headlight, and the right hand side is a ...