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[Timati]

Full Top End Kit


Rings


Base Gaskets

Cool. Just the items I was looking for.

[motorbyclist]

items? do note that all you need is in the full kit

and we are assuming the cylinders aren't in need of a re-bore are we? (or plannign on a re-sleeve?)


(lol with a bit of luck we can clean it all out with the rebuild and she'll have more grunt just from having a clean - then as long as you keep her at very high revs she'll be sweet)

[Timati]

items? do note that all you need is in the full kit

and we are assuming the cylinders aren't in need of a re-bore are we? (or plannign on a re-sleeve?)


(lol with a bit of luck we can clean it all out with the rebuild and she'll have more grunt just from having a clean - then as long as you keep her at very high revs she'll be sweet)

I was thinking of just getting the rings and base gaskets rather than the full kit. What do you think?

[PirateJafa]

I was thinking of just getting the rings and base gaskets rather than the full kit. What do you think?

IMO it's cheap enough to get a full topend kit.

[motorbyclist]

i think we open her up and look - bike will be off the road til the parts arrive and cylinders finished (if they need it)

or you could buy the kit including bore

or assume it's ok.

[Timati]

IMO it's cheap enough to get a full topend kit.

i think we open her up and look - bike will be off the road til the parts arrive and cylinders finished (if they need it)

or you could buy the kit including bore

or assume it's ok.

Not sure what happened on Thursday night however I was on my way back from town and was on the motorway. Was having a smooth ride when the bike suddenly decided to lose power and came to a complete halt. I knew I had enough fuel as I had just topped up the tank and there was certainly enough oil seeing that I had also topped it up earlier. Anyway, I had to pull away from the motorway and had the bike towed to the mechanic the next morning seeing I couldn't even kickstart the bike the night earlier. I did attempt to kickstart in the morning and there was this clicking sound that I had never heard before and had a few blasts of fire coming out of the exhausts. Anyway, it's at the mechanic at the moment....so will have to wait till I get it back next week before looking at rebuilding it.

[motorbyclist]

new plugs, less siezure

wtf does a mechanic have it?

[Timati]

new plugs, less siezure

wtf does a mechanic have it?

You mean new spark plugs? Considering most of you guys are busy and the bike broke down at night, I had it towed the next morning to the mechanic.

[motorbyclist]

lol yeah fair enough - but now we have to get it from there to here


ummmm, when you say you can't kickstart it, it DOES turn over right? just wont start?

jets of flame (from one or both pipes?) indicate a couple of things

• awesomeness
• fuel entering exhaust unburned and igniting
• which may be from plugs failing to ignite fuel
• or perhaps the power valve is fucking up

[Slyer]

jets of flame (from one or both pipes?) indicate a couple of things

• awesomeness

That would be my diagnosis.
Leave the flames!

[Timati]

lol yeah fair enough - but now we have to get it from there to here


ummmm, when you say you can't kickstart it, it DOES turn over right? just wont start?

jets of flame (from one or both pipes?) indicate a couple of things

• awesomeness
• fuel entering exhaust unburned and igniting
• which may be from plugs failing to ignite fuel
• or perhaps the power valve is fucking up

Hopefully it should be sorted tomorrow. Mechanic said he's going to have a look at it today. The kick start did turn right. It just wouldn't start. As for the jets of flame, it was from one of the pipes. The upper pipe. It would have been neat if it was because of awesomeness :-).

[aewilliam]

Cool. Just the items I was looking for.

Sup...
Which mechanic you taking your pride-and-joy to? I for one can suggest one NOT to take it to...

With the top-end stuff...yup rgvspares.com has the AUD$385 kit as koba has posted
I dont know the full requirements of a tope end rebuild, but Colemans and rgv250.co.uk have RGV toppend kits that are around NZD$600 that add a couple things like gudgeon pins and head gasket to the kit to make up the difference in $$$...

Will hope to have one kit in the mail for my RS250...once my 'mechanic' gets his shit sorted.
Or i get my farking $$$ back from him.
Don't frikking ask.

Maybe we can somehow get two rs250s into PirateJafas garage for a synchronised rebuild?

[motorbyclist]

jafa's garage? no space and no tools and i hear he's moving sometime in the near future

squiggles has tools but space is an issue

i've got space and tools but need to buy a torque wrench and working impact driver and my space is conditional on the bike only being there a short while

[Squiggles]

jafa's garage? no space and no tools and i hear he's moving sometime in the near future

squiggles has tools but space is an issue

i've got space and tools but need to buy a torque wrench and working impact driver and my space is conditional on the bike only being there a short while

You should see the shed now, its so...empty

[PirateJafa]

jafa's garage? no space and no tools and i hear he's moving sometime in the near future

squiggles has tools but space is an issue

You should see the tidy-up we did in Squiggles' garage!

Also when I'm back out east I'll have space and most tools - so give me a coupla weeks.