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    More HP wanted

    Where can i start?
    my fzx250 (same engine as fzr250r) needs more horsies.
    I have a "custom" exhaust (baffles were taken out by previous owner) that i have actually fixed.
    what next? some carby tweaks?
    anyone know much about these engines?
    anybody got a 400 i could slot in?

    Help!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blakamin
    Where can i start?
    my fzx250 (same engine as fzr250r) needs more horsies.
    I have a "custom" exhaust (baffles were taken out by previous owner) that i have actually fixed.
    what next? some carby tweaks?
    anyone know much about these engines?
    anybody got a 400 i could slot in?

    Help!
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    have a licecne thing stopping me for a while
    when i left Aus my motorcycle licence expired, so when i got here i had to start again so 250 aint quite doing it for me

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    NOS or put a turbo on it!!

    Sorry Blakamin, I'm part of the "Fast and Furious" generation We've only got two wayz to tune carz

    I'd advocate going for a 400 or 600 now. As long as your not going to be playing silly buggers on it I think the constabulary would be unlikey to inspect it's cc rating. Only downside is you'd need to hang onto the FZX or beg/borrow/steal a 250 for your restricted and/or full license test.

    Otherwise, assuming you've had a full car license for >=2years you'll likely be eligible for the CBTA license assessment, which would get you legal quickly and onto a WT special!

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    hehehe...just trying to sort out a deal at the mo.... i'm sure i could beg/borrow/test ride a 250 for my licence

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blakamin
    have a licecne thing stopping me for a while
    when i left Aus my motorcycle licence expired, so when i got here i had to start again so 250 aint quite doing it for me
    Do the accelerated license programme.

    Call these people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2
    Do the accelerated license programme.

    Call these people.

    Andrew Templton at road safe: http://www.sawyers.co.nz/roadsafe.html
    yeah, i spoke to him.. lotsa $$$$
    Iwould rather take my time and not spend a fortune... bad time of year and all that... rego in 4 weeks , mrs b'day, baby b'day, xmas.....

    and if i did that i'd want my monster NOW!

    oh well!

    still need ponies!

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    Might be swapping the zeal for this
    http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/a...17&permanent=0
    any comments?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blakamin
    Might be swapping the zeal for this
    http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/a...17&permanent=0
    any comments?
    Try:

    http://www.ukbike.com/reviews/bikes/cbr400.html
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blakamin
    Might be swapping the zeal for this
    http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/a...17&permanent=0
    any comments?
    If ya haven't got the license you get pinged $200 every time you get stopped. At Christmas time you could get stopped enough to lose your license.

    Dats my coment.

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    Just swapped the zeal for a CBR400



    But it might not last as the mrs has spat it... dont blame her..
    might have some sorting to do
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    HAHAHA. Hmmm those cbr can be good or can be dodgy. As for licencing well i had to wait till my full to get a bigger bike, not to worried about my capabilities but the big issue is INSURANCE. They don't pay out if you are outside your licence restrictions and that was the main motivation for me to wait. Must be pretty bad though if yo had a bigger bike in aus and now have to "downgrade"

    You could always file the engine casing and slap 250 stickers all over it cause they not that much bigger than a 250 version.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aff-man
    Must be pretty bad though if yo had a bigger bike in aus and now have to "downgrade"

    You could always file the engine casing and slap 250 stickers all over it cause they not that much bigger than a 250 version.


    i still have a 1976 Kawasaki z900 sitting in bits in aus... and yeah, the downgrade is killing me.

    Not a bad thought there

    dunno if this deal is gunna stick yet tho... the mrs is spewing!
    might have to do the "right thing" as it was part of our deal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blakamin
    dunno if this deal is gunna stick yet tho... the mrs is spewing!
    might have to do the "right thing" as it was part of our deal.
    Why's the missus spewing Mike?
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by celticno6
    Why's the missus spewing Mike?

    Coz i cleaned the zeal every night and looked after it, she thinks i'm going to regret getting rid of it... and she hates green... and she thinks i'm an idiot (not far off there) actually, its a lot like the time i spent $2,500 on a laptop without telling her first but she got over that pretty quick.
    I'm a tad impulsive/impatient at times

    will wait to see what happens when i ride home tonite!

    ps...even the office chicks like it (late 40's)

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