My Suzuki GZ250, my Friend Intruder 250, Italy Countryside

[Dark Jackal]

hello there!!

last week me and my friend decide to take a ride off italy (Lazio) countryside, he own a Suzuki Intruder 250 (2000) and i own a Suzuki GZ250 (2007)

i thought i could share this pics with you ^^ unfortunately i took ehm with my self phone... so apart from the motorcycles pics, the other sucks a bit... we are organizing with something better anyway :P

we rode pretty much the stunning italian countryside, we rode for about 150 KM out of rome, it was so freakin awesome because we are pretty much newbie and that part is amazingly beatiful....

hope you enjoy the pics ^^

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[Water Warrior 2]

Looks like a great ride. The weather seems to have cooperated nicely too.
How does the Intruder compare with the GZ performance wise ? North America does not get the small V-twin so we have no real experience with them. They were available in Australia but I don't know if they are even still made.

[Dark Jackal]

Looks like a great ride. The weather seems to have cooperated nicely too.
How does the Intruder compare with the GZ performance wise ? North America does not get the small V-twin so we have no real experience with them. They were available in Australia but I don't know if they are even still made.

yep it was an awesome ride... weather was more than excellent, looking forward to go out this Sunday for another 150 KM trip, here it's full of little town and stuff like that... can't wait really

well it's not that much of gain, maybe the 4 more HP... other than that i must (too bad) confess that SUZUKI cared of details muuuuch better on the Intruder than Marauder... i didn't have the chance to test the performance difference deeply, but we will ride every week-end together so i'll keep you updated about that :P

anyway the engine "roar" much better than GZ.... it's sound kick some serious asses to be so small...

Intruder (VL 250) went out of production in 2004.... it's hard also here to find one in good shape.... there are far more marauders than intruders

[burkbuilds]

Great pictures, thanks for sharing them!

[adrianinflorida]

DarkJackal", Could you do us a favor, take a look at your bike, on the front of the motor, do you have an item that looks like the one below (The silver "valve" with a couple of tubes coming into it)?
It would be just below the point where the frame members come together in front of the motor, below the gas tank on the right side.

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[Dark Jackal]

DarkJackal", Could you do us a favor, take a look at your bike, on the front of the motor, do you have an item that looks like the one below (The silver "valve" with a couple of tubes coming into it)?
It would be just below the point where the frame members come together in front of the motor, below the gas tank on the right side.

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i'll take a look at it tomorrow, time to wash my baby ;)

[Dark Jackal]

yes i have it, i can confirm

what is that supposed to be?

[dannylightning]

yes i have it, i can confirm

what is that supposed to be?

yeah what is that thing..

[alantf]

yeah what is that thing..

Yeah, that's what we're all trying to find out - especially ME - because it's on my bike, & I don't know what the hell it is!

[mrlmd1]

If it ain't botherin' you, why do you want to mess with it? (Just kidding, but it would be nice to know what it does, what it's for). A prize for the first one who finds out?

[dannylightning]

it is a miniature turbo charger that produces half a lb of boost. what kind of prize do i get.. well it is something that we dont seem to have in the usa. the guys from itally and spain have it. it is probably for emissions or something. do you guys have your owners manuals. they might tell you what it is.. worth a shot to look..

come on Adrian you left every one hanging

[alantf]

do you guys have your owners manuals. they might tell you what it is..

That's the first place I looked. Nothing! Even the guy at the shop, who sold me the bike, doesn't know what it is. One pipe goes to the petcock, so it must have something to do with suction, & the two big pipes, well, one goes to the crankcase, while the other vanishes under the tank. I can't see where it goes, but probably to the air filter box. I'm guessing (& that's all I'm doing) that it's something to do with crankcase ventilation.

[dannylightning]

do you guys have your owners manuals. they might tell you what it is..

That's the first place I looked. Nothing! Even the guy at the shop, who sold me the bike, doesn't know what it is. One pipe goes to the petcock, so it must have something to do with suction, & the two big pipes, well, one goes to the crankcase, while the other vanishes under the tank. I can't see where it goes, but probably to the air filter box. I'm guessing (& that's all I'm doing) that it's something to do with crankcase ventilation.

could it be a fuel filter of some kind..

[alantf]

could it be a fuel filter of some kind.

Not even in your wildest dreams.

[dannylightning]

could it be a fuel filter of some kind.

Not even in your wildest dreams.

well if i had one of my wildest dreams i would hope it was a bit more interesting than a fuel filter

[adrianinflorida]

Since it has vaccuum, & connects to the crankcase I'm sticking with my original thought of it being either a PCV (Positive Crankcase Ventillation) valve of some sort.

[dannylightning]

Since it has vaccuum, & connects to the crankcase I'm sticking with my original thought of it being either a PCV (Positive Crankcase Ventillation) valve of some sort.

i thought you knew what it was. do you have that on your bike. and do we know for sure it has suction?? or is that just a guess.

funny, pvc valve was actually my first thought when i saw the picture. i had one go bad in my merkur xr4ti. the turbo wasent getting any boost (at least that was how it felt) after i replaced it hauled ass again. i thought of that that's why i made the joke about it being a mini turbo charger.

than the waist gate actuator went bad and stuck open about 2 weeks later, i lost boost again

[music man]

i thought you knew what it was. do you have that on your bike. and do we know for sure it has suction?? or is that just a guess.



No one on hear KNOWS what it is, that is why we are still talking about it and asking what it is, and yes it is a guess but a very educated guess, it is connected to the crankcase and the fuel petcock and more than likely the air filter box, I doubt that anything but air would be traveling to or from all three of those places.

And as far as we can tell, no one in the U.S. or Canada has that thing on their bike, so it must be a European/Spain device.

[Water Warrior 2]

Okay, here is a thought or maybe a clarification of what it is. It is a vacumn controlled PCV valve. The small front hose looks like a vacumn line and goes back to the petcock to share vacumn with the petcock after the engine starts. The vacumn opens the PCV valve after the engine starts and maintains that position until the engine is stopped. The 2 larger pipes or tubes will be for the crankcase and airbox intake.