RGV250 rebuild?

[Fast Eddie]

Have you considered cleaning the bits before reassembling the bike?

hard to keep things clean when your working outside and on the ground hehe..

making good progress tho, should be riding in no time..

my poor aprilia in the shed, neglected.. lonely..

.. but very clean...

[ducatilover]

Have you considered cleaning the bits before reassembling the bike?

Nothing like assembling a frame, engine and swinger without getting you hands even slightly dirty
Anything that comes off my bikes gets cleaned, polished or painted. But, we know I'm a little odd.

[bogan]

Nothing like assembling a frame, engine and swinger without getting you hands even slightly dirty

Fucking eh, assembled the electric in a sleepout, after having all the parts lying on my bed while I CAD'd em up!

[ducatilover]

Fucking eh, assembled the electric in a sleepout, after having all the parts lying on my bed while I CAD'd em up!

You take the cake there! I'm not allowed to put my bikes inside sadly, I reckon they'd look choice in front of the fire or beside my piano!

[imdying]

hard to keep things clean when your working outside and on the ground hehe..

making good progress tho, should be riding in no time..

my poor aprilia in the shed, neglected.. lonely..

.. but very clean...

Heh, yeah I'm just giving him cheek

Mine is going to be my track slut, so clean isn't super high on the priority list, just clean enough that I can see shit failing hahahahaah

Tokico monoblocks arrived for it this morning Just need to decide which brand of discs...

[Drew]

Tokico monoblocks arrived for it this morning Just need to decide which brand of discs...

A tough decision to be sure. Even the best brands, have different quality items available. Let us know what you go with.

[imdying]

I'm thinking either OEM or EBC Prolite, probably EBC. Price is basically the same, so might as well go for the lightweight ones with the square drive buttons.

[Fast Eddie]

Heh, yeah I'm just giving him cheek

Mine is going to be my track slut, so clean isn't super high on the priority list, just clean enough that I can see shit failing hahahahaah

Tokico monoblocks arrived for it this morning Just need to decide which brand of discs...

yea i like to keep most of it clean so I can see any cracks or leaks. not as anal as ducati lover tho while its apart it got a good clean though. better than it will ever get until its in pieces again

mmm yum, monoblocks did you get your forks yet? think last time I asked they hadn't arrived yet.. zxr400 ones or something? sorry can't remember. hazy weekend.

I'm just gonna clean up my Brembos all round dunno how good they are but they say brembo on the side and they are gold so all good haha.. nah they seemed sweet when i first bought the bike did a wee stoppy so good enough!

mmm i just need a measley (estimated) 200 nz dollars to finish my bike... pulling the couches apart and feeling under the car seats..

[imdying]

yea i like to keep most of it clean so I can see any cracks or leaks. not as anal as ducati lover tho while its apart it got a good clean though. better than it will ever get until its in pieces again

mmm yum, monoblocks did you get your forks yet? think last time I asked they hadn't arrived yet.. zxr400 ones or something? sorry can't remember. hazy weekend.

I'm just gonna clean up my Brembos all round dunno how good they are but they say brembo on the side and they are gold so all good haha.. nah they seemed sweet when i first bought the bike did a wee stoppy so good enough!

mmm i just need a measley (estimated) 200 nz dollars to finish my bike... pulling the couches apart and feeling under the car seats..

Yeah, forks arrived, Showas from an 08 ZX6R. Lovely looking, and you can get all the latest hop up crap for them. The calipers are great, so much lighter... no cross bolts or any of that jazz required. The RS250 calipers are fine, the bike weighs bugger all. Nothing wrong with RGV calipers either, same reason... but they won't fit a radial mount fork.

Nice, I'm only short ~$7500 + a paint job and some tyres

[Asher]

Got a bit done on the bike tonight.
Spent some time trying to bleed the front brakes with some success, still heaps of air in the lines but managing to get a bit of fluid out the bleeding screws.
I got the carbs, radiator, hoses and thermostat all hooked up and got the rear subframe on and started on connecting all the wiring. I will probably pull the carbs back out to try and route the loam better as im just creating knots at the moment.

[tigertim20]

looking good.

re: loom, consult a manual if you can for pictures, manufacturers seem to thread them through in the most awkward fucking manner sometimes!

[Asher]

Spent the day on the bike and got a fair amount done.
Brakes bled.
Loom wired up.
Carbs in.
Exhausts on.
Dash on.
Powervalves set up.

Last thing i did tonight was put some coolant in it to leave overnight to see if there were any little leaks and straight away there was a puddle forming on the floor looked like it was coming out of the right exhaust port so i pulled that chamber off and drained the fluids so i will probably spent most of tomorrow fixing that.







I had hoped to start it tomorrow but not too sure about that now. I plan to take it to Ruapuna on Saturday for the HAGD so i might have a few late nights this week.

[Asher]

Im pretty sure i used every swear word in my rather extensive swearword vocabulary today.
I got the water leak sorted out, got the chain on rear and front fairings on then spent about 3 hours trying to sort out the kickstart.
I put premix in the tank and got the oil spigots out ready to start her up and prime the oil pump but the kick start was really tight and wouldnt spring back.
Is this how the kick start springs are set up?:

[Asher]

Turns out the clutch cover was crushing the kickstart causing it to jam so i put the other one on and it was perfect.

[ducatilover]

Fuck yeah!!!!!! Well done dude