Forum: Performance
07-31-2019, 06:51 PM
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Before putting the K&N in, I took the stock air...
Before putting the K&N in, I took the stock air filter and cut out the restrictor and let the filter soak in detergent all night. The K&N was on the way anyhow, so if it ruined it, it wouldn't have...
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Forum: Performance
07-15-2019, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 2
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The jets arrived, so I sawed off that air...
The jets arrived, so I sawed off that air restrictor and put #140 main jet in. All I can say is oh my god. Top speed went from 65 on a serious downhill to 78 on a gentle downhill. I feel like it...
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Forum: General Maintenance
07-08-2019, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 48,129
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Forum: Performance
07-07-2019, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 29,046
Doing "Stage 1" of that one power increase thread
Hello all,
As above, i'm about to do the re-jetting of the carburetor and put in the K&N SU-5589 while i'm at it. Main jets 140, 142.5, 145, 147.5, 150, and 152.5 are on the way in the mail, as...
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Forum: General GZ250 Talk
06-03-2019, 03:37 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 12,405
Painted the exhaust!
So the exhaust was a rusty mess, and was visibly getting rustier every month despite hosing it down with corrosion inhibitor.
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So I took it off. First step I did was a SHORT good scrubbing with...
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Forum: General GZ250 Talk
05-31-2019, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,845
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From what I can tell, it uses the same...
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From what I can tell, it uses the same mounting configuration. It uses those two big rubber discs on the center of the frame and two mounting holes that also double as the mounting points for...
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Forum: General Maintenance
05-31-2019, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 35,858
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Forum: Gadgets & Farkles
05-20-2019, 11:45 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 20,147
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Forum: Gadgets & Farkles
05-20-2019, 11:41 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 20,147
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Forum: General Maintenance
03-18-2019, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 35,858
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Forum: General Maintenance
03-18-2019, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 19,648
Update so far, I've done the first MMO soak to...
Update so far, I've done the first MMO soak to bring it out of storage, and it fired right up very smoothly. So far so good. I did the Seafoam soak, and when I was sucking it out, it was amber...
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Forum: Gadgets & Farkles
03-18-2019, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 20,147
Fuel filter!
Here's how I went about putting a fuel filter in that was too large to simply place in.
This was the smallest in-line fabric fuel filter I could find. They had smaller ones that were mesh or...
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Forum: General Maintenance
03-08-2019, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 20,045
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Forum: General Maintenance
03-04-2019, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 19,648
Spring cleaning
As I was fogging the cylinder for the Siberian deep freeze here, I noticed that the piston head was absolutely covered in carbon. It looked like a piece of charcoal in there honestly, comparable to...
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Forum: General Maintenance
03-04-2019, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 30,678
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Forum: Troubleshooting
02-21-2019, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,152
+1 Sounds like a problem that I had as well. I...
+1 Sounds like a problem that I had as well. I fixed it by replacing the battery. They are temperamental things as they get older, and despite putting out 12.6 volts or whatever full charge is, they...
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Forum: General Maintenance
02-21-2019, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 30,678
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Forum: General Maintenance
01-19-2019, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 35,858
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Forum: General Maintenance
01-14-2019, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 35,858
Update:
The bike moves after I did a brake...
Update:
The bike moves after I did a brake fluid flush. It still has quite a bit of friction. I'm going to do some hard stops to see if it fixes things.
Update 2:
Did not work.
After a call to...
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Forum: General Maintenance
01-13-2019, 03:27 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 35,858
'01 Front brake pad replacement, too thick?
First post! I'd like to start by thanking just about everybody that posts frequently on this forum, I read about 20 different threads for each job that I try to do myself, and I believe you guys are...
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