Anmic
Active Member
Hi all, ive been a reader and a contributor here for a while now and thought it’s time to post up my build.
I bought a 1981 Suzuki GSX 250 from a bloke $500 here in Australia. Im planning on building it to use as a daily ride to and from work as its cheap rego for anything under 300cc.
It had been sitting for about 5 years outside and looked a little worse for wear. Most of it looked like grime to me and not so much rust. The bloke I bought it off also hooked up a car battery to prove it turned over, which it did so that was a plus.
I got it home and madly started stripping the bike down. About halfway through I realised that I should probably have tried to get it running so that I knew everything worked properly before I stripped it. So I started putting so bits back on and hooking the wiring back up… Long story short the electrics had me by the balls for about 4 months and between my race bike and accident I didn’t have much time to look at the poor girl. A couple off weekends ago I took it up to my GF’s dad and we traced all the wires and discovered that I had managed to get them all right apart from one wire… Once we fixed that the starter motor was turning over so that was a good sign. We hooked up a funnel with some fuel and a little “start ya bastard” in the carbs and away she went! Turns out I did actually know how to clean the carbs and bench set them.
Anyway I left her there for me GF’s dad to play with as he already had the tank and fairings that he is painting. So we’re now in the process of figuring out the seat just before we strip her right down.
I bought a 1981 Suzuki GSX 250 from a bloke $500 here in Australia. Im planning on building it to use as a daily ride to and from work as its cheap rego for anything under 300cc.
It had been sitting for about 5 years outside and looked a little worse for wear. Most of it looked like grime to me and not so much rust. The bloke I bought it off also hooked up a car battery to prove it turned over, which it did so that was a plus.
I got it home and madly started stripping the bike down. About halfway through I realised that I should probably have tried to get it running so that I knew everything worked properly before I stripped it. So I started putting so bits back on and hooking the wiring back up… Long story short the electrics had me by the balls for about 4 months and between my race bike and accident I didn’t have much time to look at the poor girl. A couple off weekends ago I took it up to my GF’s dad and we traced all the wires and discovered that I had managed to get them all right apart from one wire… Once we fixed that the starter motor was turning over so that was a good sign. We hooked up a funnel with some fuel and a little “start ya bastard” in the carbs and away she went! Turns out I did actually know how to clean the carbs and bench set them.
Anyway I left her there for me GF’s dad to play with as he already had the tank and fairings that he is painting. So we’re now in the process of figuring out the seat just before we strip her right down.