Diff'rent Strokers

Thanks. I will consider a replacement but hoping to keep standard.

I managed to get a second hand mk3 shock but stupidly tried to put a bit of air in it while off the bike to see if the air line h ...

So took the shock out and rusty on the main travel part, all linkages moving good, so need a new shock Crying or Very sad

trouble is all ones on ebay I have messaged say they cant guarantee working order Crying or Very sad

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Well I have to loosen the tank to take apart the linkages shock etc so I'll check the oil light connection. Wondering if I'm gonna look silly and find the oil level a bit low and acce ...

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Finally got my rg250 finnished and took her for a run last night. Engine was running great and had a big smile on my face after 2 years of hard work getting the bike to a fair condition. A ...

ok, so after speaking to Garry who kindly answered my email, I decided to check the baffles, I looked inside and they do seem to be coked up and full of gloopy creamy oil which is similar to what I fo ...

Yeah glad none of them are on night work like I am lol. I had to put ear defenders on and me eyes were stinging Shocked

The oil just ran out as soon as I took the exhaust off to stand it in the ...

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knew I should have got too excited, thought the engine was ok now that the oil pump fixed so was going to take the wheels off to send to triple s for powder coating and looking forward to g ...

Thank mate, cant wait to get the bike finished and redo all the niggly bits and rusty bits that annoy me, I need to get an MOT first so I can get it registered so concentrating on the basics, so onc ...

Yeah there is a little screw to bleed at the pump but it takes ages for the oil drops to travel from there then up to the cylinder, The cylinder seems to suck the oil up a bit as it has vacuum so per ...

Just thought I'd put a pick of my RG brake callipers before and after. well pleased as first time attempt at restoring a set, was a bit weary of tackling them but just took my time and used in valuab ...

Think I sorted the oil pump, I made my own gasket as couldn't get one in stock.

OMG its a bitch to fit in because the pipes are so short and the oil feeds keep popping off as its put in place, to ...

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im hoping to get a gasket tomorrow so can put the pump back in, do you reckon the oil should be dripping out or like a constant flow at tick over? obviously it should flow faster at higher ...

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Finally got round to trying to start ''Violet'' as my 5 year old daughter has named her lol. I refreshed all fluids and after about 5 kicks started Very Happy

... tick over seems to be fine and sta ...

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My Rg250 frame has quite a bit of pitting in the aluminium and was wondering if there is a fix without a full frame repaint? Can it be rubbed back?.

Also looking for some advice on a good ...

Yes, once the piston is back in there is another seal that goes on like a dust seal. I'm going to buy a new seal kit but wondered if by cleaning off the rusty cylinders may cause the piston surface ...