I'll give you a tip - you are nowhere near the limit of your bike, you have found the limit of your skill and experience. Practice and experience are what you need, not a bigger bike.
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So Brendan, if - and I say IF - you have found the limits of your 250.....what has Tim found on the CB......
I'll give you a tip - you are nowhere near the limit of your bike, you have found the limit of your skill and experience. Practice and experience are what you need, not a bigger bike.
I'll give you a tip - you are nowhere near the limit of your bike, you have found the limit of your skill and experience. Practice and experience are what you need, not a bigger bike.
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Re: bore kit for a 250
You are correct there Strika, for example my old CBR250RR ... std engine / equiv to Brendans but not as nice, was good for 1.53's around Eastern Creek. There is a benchmark for you Brendan 
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Re: bore kit for a 250
Brendan,Brendan,Brendan, as some people have kindly put it, you still have a very long way to go before you have that 250 on its limits.
I think Phil has a point....You have found YOUR limits, not the bikes. Whats Tim finding on his CB 250? That's a good point. I would say the limit.
1.53 at the creek.
I'm going to be timing you Brendan. 
I think Phil has a point....You have found YOUR limits, not the bikes. Whats Tim finding on his CB 250? That's a good point. I would say the limit.
1.53 at the creek.
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ummm tim has a ZXR250 as well 
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Re: bore kit for a 250
thats bloody quick!!! how about we set brendan... and myself for that matter when i do one... a time of say 2:10 or something...robracer wrote:You are correct there Strika, for example my old CBR250RR ... std engine / equiv to Brendans but not as nice, was good for 1.53's around Eastern Creek. There is a benchmark for you Brendan
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Re: bore kit for a 250
robracer wrote:ummm tim has a ZXR250 as well
Rob we are refering to Tim from Como who comes riding on Sundays. He has a CB250 while his bikes been rebuilt.
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Re: bore kit for a 250
no, he has a CB250..........robracer wrote:ummm tim has a ZXR250 as well
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OK ......are we thinking of the same Tim?..username: kawasaki250...... think not
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The CB has limitsJetPilot wrote: Whats Tim finding on his CB 250? That's a good point. I would say the limit. :
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robracer wrote:ummm tim has a ZXR250 as well
tim has a HRC honda twin
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Re: bore kit for a 250
Found the limits of your bile already Brendan?
Bullshit.
Givitere and I'll show you what it can do!
If you find your abilities too far above the capabilities of the bike then perhaps you should be looking at ways in which to make it handle and corner better, perhaps look at your own riding style and make improvements there. Sure in a straight line you may be wanting the greater HP but essentially you can enter corners at or above the same speed as a larger capacity machine, its what you do from there that counts.
Try this on your 2fiddy. Get your knee down. On your bike its a piece of piss and you can do it at 30kmh - its when your doing it at 130kmh I might believe you have found its limits.
Bullshit.
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If you find your abilities too far above the capabilities of the bike then perhaps you should be looking at ways in which to make it handle and corner better, perhaps look at your own riding style and make improvements there. Sure in a straight line you may be wanting the greater HP but essentially you can enter corners at or above the same speed as a larger capacity machine, its what you do from there that counts.
Try this on your 2fiddy. Get your knee down. On your bike its a piece of piss and you can do it at 30kmh - its when your doing it at 130kmh I might believe you have found its limits.
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Re: bore kit for a 250
What does putting a ZXR400 engine into a ZXR250 involve? The engine in my 250 blew up, so I'm after another one anyway
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Having the dimensions of engine mounts, output sprocket exhaust would be a start. Perhaps an engineering can-do attitude may help. Try Googlemomo wrote:What does putting a ZXR400 engine into a ZXR250 involve? The engine in my 250 blew up, so I'm after another one anyway
http://www.fuckinggoogleit.com/ ----- taking the piss there obviously
Have a go and see.
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I can see this is going to be an interesting trackday
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Pissed I can't do the day but I'm showing up with the stopwatch...........
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Re: bore kit for a 250
haha I'd like to but I dont have the money to experiment when it'd probably go wrong somewhere from engine mounting points -> fitting new carbies -> fitting airbox airbox under the tank -> mounting the exhaust -> new CDI and other electronic stuff. Not sure where to get my hands on a 400 engine, anyway. They seem to be even rarer than the 250s.Slow and wobbly wrote:Having the dimensions of engine mounts, output sprocket exhaust would be a start. Perhaps an engineering can-do attitude may help. Try Googlemomo wrote:What does putting a ZXR400 engine into a ZXR250 involve? The engine in my 250 blew up, so I'm after another one anyway
http://www.fuckinggoogleit.com/ ----- taking the piss there obviously
Have a go and see.
