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[EddieSC]

Hey folks!

Interesting to be back here again(last login was 2010!) but here I am.
My old 2002 GZ250 was the first bike I ever owned, it's what I learned to ride on, I had a lot of memories on that thing. Eventually, a fuel leak and the fact I am a tall dude caused me to upgrade. I missed that bike though.

I stopped by my uncle's house the other day and we got to talking and the subject of my old GZ250 came up. I was talking about how much nostalgia I had for the thing and he drops the bomb on me that the darn bike has been sitting in his garage this whole time. A couple folks tried messing with it to get it going but nobody really wanted to put any money into it.

So following the teenager in me that learned to ride on that bike, I loaded that puppy onto my truck and brought her home.

Preliminary examinations reveal the fuel leak was most likely a poor seal at the fuel petcock which I've ordered a replacement for as well and knocked the crud from around the seal on the tank. Since my uncle told me several folks have been into the carburetor and there's no telling what all they have and haven't done to it, I opted to just get an all new carb for it.

Which brings me to my first real question: What places/sites do you recommend for sourcing parts? Or are they just buy em as you find em?

I figure my first goal is to get it running. From there I got two options

1: See if the wife is interested in learning on it. The larger bikes kinda scare her but she's mentioned she'd be willing to try on a small bike. Can't really think of a better starter.

2: Failing that, just bob the thing and try giving myself a bit more leg room(knees by the ears wasn't comfy back in the day so it sure won't be over a decade on), turn it into a fun little weekender.

Anywho, nice to see this place still going strong and that there's a solid community around the bike continuing on. Looking forward to getting back into it!