Recent content by puddle pirate

Good luck with the tank cleaning. Vinegar and "the works" toilet bowl cleaner will both eat or remove the rust pretty quickly. The problem I had was the instantaneous flash rust. I ended up going the POR15 route on two motorcycles, no complaints so far. You can get a small rubber plug from...

If you are just looking for a start, all you really need is fresh fuel, power, 12.7 or better to the coils, and a ground running to the negative on the battery. You can use a charged car battery sitting outside the bike just to get proof of life. You can even use that to jump just the starter...

I found a guy that had it on CL for i think 80 bucks. He had taken a cheep 250 ninja, made the motor into a rail and had the empty frame sitting around. There are a few of these builds if you google search 250 ninja and CB400 they pop up. I think there are several on this site. Honestly i...

well it rides well enough with the neighbor kids pushing me around the cul-d-sac ;D

Keep in mind a EX250 front end bolts right on. I also think i still have the whole front end somewhere in the garage. JT