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[Praterjack]

Hey all my name is jack i live in northern ky where i work at toyota and go to college for criminal justice to be a police officer. I just bought my 2000 gz250 red in color bought it for 1300 dollars it has 4600 miles on it i know i probably look dumb on it but o well. Also if any one has a good deal on a carb for one let me know thanks will post pics in the next couple days of the bike.
Later
Jack

[music man]

Welcome, you have found "The place to be for all things GZ". But why do you think you look dumb on it.




Later :rawk:

[Praterjack]

I say that cuz im like 6'2 or 3 and pretty hefty :)

[music man]

I Haven't actually met anyone that is on here but from the descriptions most of them give of themselves, "Including me" I am

6'1" about 200lb's, I think you just described in the height and/or weight department you just described most of the people on

here.



What you look like on your bike really only matters to you. Just some "food for thought".



Later :rawk:

[Praterjack]

That is a good point i dont care i love this bike i just want the darn carb and the rain to quite so i can hit the road on this thing. :rawk:

[Easy Rider]

i just want the darn carb

Gotta ask: Why do you need a new carb ? That's not an item that "wears out" too often. :)

[Praterjack]

I need the carb because it got a vacume leak in an odd spot and the dealer said it would be more cost efficient on me if i bought a whole carb.

[primal]

Well of course the dealer told you that... they probably make more money off replacing a carb than rebuilding one. Are you having them replace it, or are you going to do it yourself?

[Easy Rider]

Well of course the dealer told you that... they probably make more money off replacing a carb than rebuilding one.

All dealers are not demons. :roll:

His statement about the leak being in an odd place, leads me to believe that there is a HOLE somewhere in the BODY of the carb......as opposed to a leaking gasket or similar........something that might turn out to be not repairable. Under those circumstances, I think I'd want a new one too.

[patrick_777]

All dealers are not demons. :roll:

Just to nitpick on your generalization, SOME dealers are indeed demons.

...it's all in good fun.
;)

[primal]

All dealers are not demons. :roll:

His statement about the leak being in an odd place, leads me to believe that there is a HOLE somewhere in the BODY of the carb......as opposed to a leaking gasket or similar........something that might turn out to be not repairable. Under those circumstances, I think I'd want a new one too.

Perhaps, but lets face it: Its far more likely that a gasket is bad than there being an actual HOLE somewhere in the carb. At least that's what I would imagine...

[Praterjack]

It is a hole in the carb i figured it out by my self and they said that they may be able to fix it but id rather have a new one for safe feeling on my side so im going to buy one and my dads going to help me put it on . But as for the dealer thing it could go either way some are good and some are not.

[Easy Rider]

[quote="Easy Rider":3an00a25]All dealers are not demons. :roll:

Just to nitpick on your generalization, SOME dealers are indeed demons.
[/quote:3an00a25]


Mmmmmmm..... :cuss:

Not all dealers are demons.
or
Some dealers are not demons.

Better ??

:neener:

[Praterjack]

either way :roll: :)

[jonathan180iq]

It is a hole in the carb i figured it out by my self and they said that they may be able to fix it but id rather have a new one for safe feeling on my side so im going to buy one and my dads going to help me put it on . But as for the dealer thing it could go either way some are good and some are not.

I'm not questioning your findings. But unless someone drilled a hole in the body of the carb, I just don't see how that's possible. You're just never going to have any kind of impact under there that could cause damage like that, unless it was intentional.

[Praterjack]

I have no clue how it got there but it did who knows how it got there you never know with some of the people in this world. But i bought a new one of ebay earlier for 156 with shipping so hopefully ill be on the road soon. :tup:

[Easy Rider]

I'm not questioning your findings.

No? Well what would you call it then? :??:

Let it go please. :cry:

Metal castings are not perfect. There are sometimes bubbles that later become holes.......or pipes press-fitted into a hole that work loose because of vibration. Though not common, there are LOTS of ways a carb. can fail that are not (easily) repairable.

[gnu88001]

The hole could be possibly from a poor casting from Day 1.

For the record, I'm usually a little wary of dealers who want to sell me a new unit of one kind or another.

[Littlethumper]

[quote="patrick_777":3ch2dx2y][quote="Easy Rider":3ch2dx2y]All dealers are not demons. :roll:

Just to nitpick on your generalization, SOME dealers are indeed demons.
[/quote:3ch2dx2y]


Mmmmmmm..... :cuss:

Not all dealers are demons.
or
Some dealers are not demons.

Better ??

:neener:[/quote:3ch2dx2y]

:lol: 50/50 to me!

[Praterjack]

Oh well im just glad to hopefully be getting this thing on the rode soon its killing me just staring at it.

[davtnn]

Dont worry what ya look like riding the bike ...a lot of us are on the non petite side... the important thing is that your enjoying the ride and the trips to the gas station aint bad either.

[Praterjack]

yeah im sure the trip the the gas pump will be easier on me then my big truck especially at 4.16 a gallon around where i live. Yeah ive started to notince there are a lot of people around town that are my size riding bikes like mine but o well i dont care i just wanna ride :rawk: .

[bigwonton]

Greetings - and I hope you're able to ride soon!

Like others have said, don't worry about what you look like - just enjoy the ride! I went riding with a buddy this weekend - me on my GZ250 and he on his Vulcan 500. We stopped off in town and parked next to a dozen H-D's. I didn't feel like any less of a biker. :rawk:

[patrick_777]

I didn't feel like any less of a biker.

Especially when you calculate your MPG and figure out how long it'll take for the bike to pay for itself.

[Praterjack]

Thats for sure and thanks for the welcome all.