GN250 Cafe Racer

**TheRealWolf** · 20th August 2012, 03:54

Hi there,
Im posting my rebuilding of a Suzuki GN250 to a kind of cafe racer. I Am from the south of Germany and our TÜV, somthing like your WOF is vry restriktive so lots of modding is not allowed.
I have startet with a bike like this:

and I ended with this:

only the seat I want to change in a nice cafe racer style but first I have a ride to the Tüv to get my licence.
Greatings from the real Wolf from Germany

**Paul in NZ** · 20th August 2012, 09:07

Good effort so far though.....

**ducatilover** · 24th August 2012, 00:00

Love it, keep up the good work!

**Matariki** · 2nd September 2012, 01:58

Very nice!
How much has it cost you so far to get it to its current stage?
Did you do the paint job yourself?

**TheRealWolf** · 14th September 2012, 03:35

Hello,
the costs until now are not very high, parts to pay are the handlebar, the turn signals, the air filter, the rear light, I think all in all about 150 Euro, about 300 NZDollar. The paint job is only the black colour, the race strip is a decal, also the red lines.

Now I try to tune the careburator to the new air filter. I need a bigger jet. With a rear sprocket wheel with 16 sprockets the GN is now a little it faster. I need a chain wheel with 37 sprockets for a little bit more topspeed, I hope i can reach the 140 km/h. At the moment I reach 130 km/h at 7900 rpm.
Maybe I try the 300ccm Cylinder which you can get via e-bay. Here in Germany som people are very happy with it.
Greetings from the real Wolf...

**ducatilover** · 14th September 2012, 09:08

The 300cc kit works okay, it's a noticeable difference
Mine destroyed the clutch with the 300cc motor

**TheRealWolf** · 22nd September 2012, 23:25

Hello,
a little update while I'm working on my bike: I raised the rear end of the tank about 6 cm to get it paralell to the frame. Now i have to raise the seat at the front end for a little so the line goes straigt from front to end.

Greetings from beginning autumn at lake constanze, Wolf

**Smarsh** · 9th October 2012, 11:27

hey mate, bike looks great. was just wondering how exactly you went about lifitng the tank to get it paralell to the frame?

**ducatilover** · 9th October 2012, 13:13

Originally Posted by Smarsh

hey mate, bike looks great. was just wondering how exactly you went about lifitng the tank to get it paralell to the frame?

Put a spacer under the rear mount with longer bolts, same as I've done.
You can also modify the front rubbers to bring the front down too

**Smarsh** · 31st October 2012, 16:20

Originally Posted by ducatilover

Put a spacer under the rear mount with longer bolts, same as I've done.
You can also modify the front rubbers to bring the front down too

Hey, thanks for the reply. I had a look, did you have to bends the rear tank flange, or elongate the holes, because as I lifted the tank, the holes in the tank and the threaded holes werent on the right angle. Also do you know anything about modifying the seat so its more in line with the tank, so the bike doesnt look like its folded in half?
Cheers

**ducatilover** · 31st October 2012, 20:11

Originally Posted by Smarsh

Hey, thanks for the reply. I had a look, did you have to bends the rear tank flange, or elongate the holes, because as I lifted the tank, the holes in the tank and the threaded holes werent on the right angle. Also do you know anything about modifying the seat so its more in line with the tank, so the bike doesnt look like its folded in half?
Cheers

The holes in the rear of the tank should have spacers or washers in them, take them out and the holes end up being about 15mm round. Then you can put the tank on any angle you want

I removed the seat cover and trimmed the foam and seat base (you can see it in my signature pic) then re-fitted the seat fabric. Fairly easy to do

**aimee** · 1st November 2012, 10:10

Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. You've taken a bike that started out being pretty cute, and made it even cuter

/ponders doing something similar with hers (I have a GN125)

**TheRealWolf** · 17th November 2012, 18:36

Hello,
sorry my replay comes so late, I had trouble with our Internet. As was said I put spacer under the rubber Part that is at the rear end of the tank. I had to change the front mount of the seat to fix it. Because of the cold weather here I cant take a Picture, but whe the weather is better yuo get it.

Foggy autumn:

first day winter:

No comes the hard time riding

greetings, Wolf

**TheRealWolf** · 17th November 2012, 23:49

Hello,
here is the picture of the spacer which hold the tank:

Greetings, Wolf

**cave weta** · 18th November 2012, 08:04

Originally Posted by TheRealWolf

Hello,
a little update while I'm working on my bike: I raised the rear end of the tank about 6 cm to get it paralell to the frame. Now i have to raise the seat at the front end for a little so the line goes straigt from front to end.

Greetings from beginning autumn at lake constanze, Wolf

That is just what it needed- instant transformation
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