Welly to ChCh on a 250 - what roads?

[Teezer]

Dont get boozed up the night before the ferry not a good 3 hours

Its a nice drive down SH1 pretty straight after u get past kaikoura though. wtf how come its got a bicycle speedo

Sounds like a good tip dude - and with a morning sailing meaning I need to be there for 07:30, one I'm gonna go with.

Why the cycle speedo? No freakin idea. This thing is unseen by me, and was a project for the previous owner. The instrument stack on a TDR was pretty ugly, and seeing as the fairing has been skipped and the speedo drive junked, I guess he fancied something a little more... erm... basic...?

Will get up some pics and a first ride dooberry once I've got my mits on the thing.

Cheers for all the pointers folks - and not one slagging off yet for chosing a ring ding 250. I'm impressed!

[TimeOut]

depends when you wanna get to CHCH. SH1 is fast to CHCH and pretty boring for about 120-140 kms north of CHCH. Take the scenic road inland just after kaikoura for a more entertaining ride. takes aboue an hour or so more.

if you have the time go over west coast ways. windy as roads that were made for motorcycles. not nealy as much traffic either but weather can often be dodgy. alot longer to go that way but if your coming for a ride, thats the way to ride.

+1 Scenic road is good so the west coast, can't wait for summer

[Murray]

having lived on the West Coast for 3-4 years you have to head this way. As said prior head to Blenheim then take the road to westport head down to Greymouth through the Punakaiki rocks and then take the Otira Gorge road, through Kamara, over to Christchurch. Watch out for the one lane Railway bridge!!! Great windy coast road between Westport and Greymouth and through the Buller gorge into Westport.

Great Trip and Good luck

[gammaguy]

Cheers for all the pointers folks - and not one slagging off yet for chosing a ring ding 250. I'm impressed!

its cos theyre all jellous of our superior acceleration,advanced maintenance skills and manly thirst.

[Teezer]

siezed it 200km from picton. Got recovered to a motel, and will be on a bus tomorrow. Bike will follow. Arse. Sent from my mobile so pic and details will follow when i get home. Thank fuck for full aa cover!

[Grub]

GAH! Was that on the way south or on the way back home again? It seems yet another confirmation of why not to mess with 2-strokes. I know they go like stink and make cool noises ... but I think I enjoy my touring way too much

Good luck in getting it sorted.

[Teezer]

27 hrs from the breakdown, I've just walked in the door.

Credit where it's due, the AA have done all they said they would with no quibbles.

The start of the day was not an auspicious beginning. As I arrived at the ferry the gear-change bolt fell out. Further inspection revealed that it has threaded itself and so I couldn't fix it.

Called the AA and they met me off the ferry in Picton, and I was on my way within the hour.

Got to St Arnaud and fuelled up, but on the way there noticed the bike starting to surge, and would refuse to pull over 100kms/hr. Checked it out, and after stripping tank and checking wiring, assumed fuel starvation so figured I'd ride it out till Westport and give it a good look over there.

Now - and this is important - on collecting it I noticed the temperature gauge was faulty. It needs a new sender, so I coulnd't fix that in Welly, and figured I'd sort it as soon as I got home. BIG MISTAKE. If it had worked, then I would have seen that a slow head or base gasket leak was sucking water from the cooling system and it was running hotter and hotter. When the water ran out, the thing locked solid. Check out the darkie from where it locked up on the pic.

Shit happens, and them's the breaks when you buy a bike sight unseen. However, Iwill be asking the vendor if he has a conscience as in addition to the temp sender, both fork seals are completely fucked, the battery is a bodge job of 2 small units linked together, and it had a petrol leak. None of which was mentioned prior to sale.

Ah well, you live and learn - time now to rebuild and at least I'll have a known engine from here onwards.

[gammaguy]

BUMMER DUDE.oh well,its time to get to know the devil you know instead of the devil you dont.giz a yell if you need workshop manual PDF s etc.

[Teezer]

Too right dude. The AAa dropped it off today, so I'll be getting involved this evening to diagnose the probs. My missus is in the UK this week and I've got a few decent contacts for TZR 1kt/ 2ma barrels, pistons and gasket sets so if poss will get her to bring it all back with her. Depends how bad it is really.

Who would you reccommend in ChCh for a crank check, and possibly balance, along with a cylinder rebore? Also, if I luck out in the UK, any NZ places you know of who have TZR engine parts? Trademe is very sketchy.

Cheerz!

[gammaguy]

HPE engineering can do all your machining work(03 3794166 )and as for the other bits just be sure to get good quality pistons(I put genuine Yamaha in mine)but there is a lot of parts around for them especially in the UK.Fingers crossed your aint on max oversize,but even then there are aftermarket kits that go bigger than the factory oversizes.one crowd over here that do a good piston(PRO-X)are R2 enterprises,auckland.sorry i dont have their number but they will be in the book.i think they may have crank kits too.

good luck!!

[Teezer]

Nice one on the numbers. PM'd ya re manuals etc.

Took the engine out last night (a bitch of a job compared to a TZR) and it's not as bad as it could have been. Both pistons seized - r/h scored but moved, the l/h had welded itself to the barrel but a bit of hammer action had it free.

Seems like nothing fell into the crank, so if I wanted to take the chance I could rebore it, slings some new pistons in, and be moving again.

Except that would still leave all the other issues this bike has. Powervalve linkage basically fell off as I was trying to remove it, revealing all sorts of bodgery beneath. It's been leaking through the seals there, and the wear is so bad that the l/h ally bush just dropped out. The r/h retaining bolt fell out too.

Taking the oild pump cable off, it seems that the carb cable for the same snapped at some point in the distant past. Hmmmmm....

I am truly gobsmacked at the state of it.

It being friday and me needing a chuckle, I'll be off to the parts shop to have a good laugh at the prices I'll be quoted. Ah, the joys of a 20 yr old stroker

[gammaguy]

sounds like a nightmare dude.i guess the only way is to start at the beginning and work thru the carnage.i have pm ed you with a few (hopefully)helpful things to cheer you up.meanwhile,where does the previous owner live ? lol