FZR250 - Project Awesome

[Darth]

Let the awesome commence!

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Dont really know how this going to pan yet as it is obviously very early days however it is my hope that I can get it running reasonably and get it road legal once again. Will worry about any minor cosmetic issues it may have after that stage is complete

Day one - Stage one - liberally douse whole bike with all WD40 left in my shed.
Discovered battery looks half empty but hoping it might charge up after a top up. Discovered choke lever and cable in a plastic bag so that probably wont aid starting. Shock appears to be predominantly rust, same with chain although hoping that will scrub up for the meantime.
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[damz]

i do miss that bike sometimes, until it gets round to finding parts. you should be glad to know that when i had that (before muzza and after dave hogg) i refurbished the brakes with new seals etc. took about 4 weeks for seals to be sent over from japan.

might be a few random stuff lying in my garage that might fit onto the bike. I bought a few things to fix it up with that i never got round to doing. Also the fuses are house fuses not blade ones, took me ages to find them.
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Current Bikes RVF400 - 94
Cars: RX7 FD, Eunos Roadster
Former Bikes: FZR 250R 89, ZX7R 98

[Darth]

Yeah, have been on the lookout to see what is available - like you say -not a hell of a lot!

Gimme a shout of you find anything that may prove useful and i will take it off your hands
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[Darth]

Coils discovered to be rotten. Replacement set bought off ebay, tested tonight so now has a functioning ignition system.

Fuel in the tank was a nice muddy/watery brown - all drained out now but still needs a good flush around. Hoping to not have to strip and clean the carbs for the meantime but if needs must. Would like to see at least some sign of life first.
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[evoboy]

Parts from other Yamaha's of this vintage may well fit. I know ive got a few bits from other Yams on my TRX. So dont go looking for just 250 bits.

What length is the shock? I have a few ive been using to test fit into my TRX.
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[Darth]

I had heard this. Havent measured the shock yet. I am being fairly methodical with my spending for the meantime - just gonna get try and get it running before i think about anything further down the line. Will drop you a PM i fi make it that far
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[chris-red]

AFAIK If the exhaust it rotten you will not be able to buy a new one off of the shelf and used ones are extremely rare (in good nick).
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[Darth]

Yeah. I was aware of this. I have a friendly welder
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[hmmmnz]

dime a dozen here in new zealand,
let me know if you get stuck for any parts, i'll pop into the wreckers and see if they have what your after
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[damz]

afraid i couldnt find anything of use in my garage, also i thought i should let you know to watch out for water in the spark plug wells, fucked me over totally once while riding in heavy rain.
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Current Bikes RVF400 - 94
Cars: RX7 FD, Eunos Roadster
Former Bikes: FZR 250R 89, ZX7R 98

[Darth]

Cheers for looking. Noticed the plug wells full of water when i first started tinkering.

Havent gotten very far with it yet. Got the replacement coils tested but then one of the leads fell out! Replaced that with one of the old ones and got it turning over for a good while with fresh clean fuel but it wasnt just for firing into life. There was a the most minute change in tone now and again which gave at least a glimmer of hope but gonna need some further investigation yet. Had hoped for at least a bit of a cough and splutter. Am gonna try again with a good dose of easy start before i pull the carbs off.
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[Darth]

Its runs!

All it wanted was a good lung full of easy start and it was off. Idling pretty high and was only going for a couple of mins as the radiator is in the shed but progress none the less. Happy days!
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[Darth]

Had it running for about 10 mins yesterday. Number 1 downpipe isn't getting hot
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[Pete.]

Fire some fuel down the carb - not too much though - and run it then see if the pipe is getting warm. If it is you need to sort the carbs, though from the sounds of things you need to do that anyway.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Darth]

Yeah - next step will be to pull the carbs off for a clean and see whats what in there.
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[ando]

She's mine now, needs a bit of work right enough, but i will get there....

So far have serviced the forks, rebuilt the subframe, removed engine, added a rear hugger, moved the bars above the yokes, stripped the tank, fitted a new seat unit, replaced rear shock...

Plenty more to do, biggest concern is the swiss cheese header pipes, but looking at getting some 32mm stainless and hiring a pipe bender..

Ditched the exup valve, gonna keep it simple even if it means a loss of torque (like it has any anyway)....
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[Darth]

Nice one - get some pics up
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[Darth]

Ps - i never chopped the subframe or dropped the clipons. The dude it sold it too did that, initiated a clever marketing strategy rebranding it as a "cafe racer project" then sold it for near twice what i gave it to him for!
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[ando]

[Drake]

turned into a typical "street fighter"

also would it not be better as you have used a mito seat unit, integrate the rear lights into the fairing instead of being bodged on underneath?
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[Darth]

I would say that the seat unit follows the right lines for the bike, the lights look fine to me too. Also keeping the rear mudguard/numberplate section is hardly "typical streetfighter"

I think what has been done so far looks pretty neat and is certainly an improvement on how i last saw it!
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Harold_Shand wrote: I suppose it's like anything, you get your fingers burned when you start out, you learn from it and eventually become a complete arsehole about the whole thing.

[ando]

[ando]

[Ivor-Byke]

that seat unit looks hideous you need a smaller one like a tyga gp style that would then look the dogs borricks

[damz]

davehog-> Me -> muzza-> darth -> Ando

going through a lot of ppl now, i think i was the 4th from bcf.

Parts were a pain, had to redo the entire brakes and weld up the exhaust as it spat out flames are random points. Glad to see works being done on it. Ironically I now have a job thats decent pay and lots of free time so tempted to get a new project bike that i can finish
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Current Bikes RVF400 - 94
Cars: RX7 FD, Eunos Roadster
Former Bikes: FZR 250R 89, ZX7R 98