P_Star Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Ok, as you spammers will know I picked up this little thing essentially by accident... Guy I used to work with bought it off a mate for a bottle of bourbs... it then sat in the work carpark for a couple of years due to him not having anywhere to work on it... everyone was getting sick of it being there. I saw it months ago for about 5 minutes and offered him a hundy to take it off his hands, he accepted eventually. Truth be told I didn't even know what it was when I made the offer other than it looked moderately complete. Turns out it is a 198? (87/89 or so) Yamaha FZR250 Genesis with 8500kms on the clock, super tidy and complete. Only issue is a crack in the left hand side fairing that is easily enough fixed. Otherwise mint including factory tools etc. only downside is it is dereg but has a vin plate etc so shouldn't be too much of an issue to rectify that situation. Essentially it has been parked for the last 13 years, so I wiped off the dust and this appeared: Plan at this stage is just drop all the fluids, top up, throw a battery at it and see how it runs, looks like all is ok but we shall see. Then re-vin ride/sell(assuming I don't fall in love haha) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 good luck letting yourself sell that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Will give you 200 as is /actually would be a little interested if the price is right without the re-vin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Star Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 good luck letting yourself sell that I know, that's why I'm not looking forward to riding it haha... it was such a pleasant place to sit even without it going haha. Will see how it goes, worst case I can always keep it/sell the scooter instead/worry about it later. Will give you 200 as is /actually would be a little interested if the price is right without the re-vin Will let you know how progress goes/keep an eye out here and you will notice if I start getting sick of it haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Will let you know how progress goes/keep an eye out here and you will notice if I start getting sick of it haha Sweet as, will put 2 hundy aside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 get in line buddy! lol Sweet score Vince, as already mentioned in spam potentially keen I reckon you'll get attached once you get it going and revving it to 15k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Star Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 haha, wouldn't surprise me... my dad got all fizzing at the bung (it's in his garage currently) with the info he managed to google 190kph @SEVENTEENTHOUSANDRPMS lol, cute dad is cute... he can't wait to get it going so he can take it for a burn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hop Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Dude that is a score! These bikes kick ass! 18 thousand 5 hundred REDLINE! and quad CV carbs! A friend has one and it is definitely faster than my GSXR250 of the same vintage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Star Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 Well oh my fucking fuck... spent the day working on this thing. It is actually in surprisingly good shape... So pretty much did this: Drained fuel and oil, replaced both + brake fluid which had gone rather jellyish... Pulled the carbs apart and as suspected found them full of shit, no holes in jets, just shit... gave errthing a clean up and mother of fuck... IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Runs good, idles, revs and everything... this is kind of a miracle for me, took a thing which refused flat out to go and made it go. Tomorrow = Pick up diff for lada then bolt all the fairings and whatnot back on and take for a hoon... Old man can't wait lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Lol told you you'd fall in love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Do a flip! Jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_Star Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Reassembled and took it for a spin today, goes just fine... still a 250 so moderately underwhelming and it needs a good tune up by someone with some ability in that area but overall, bloody good old girl. Looks like re-vin won't cost a fortune which is nice then I can move it along, they seem to fetch fairly good money which would be lovely... No flips were attempted, nor were barrel rolls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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