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Our summer came slow ,but this summer was pretey good and this fall is making up for it esp the last few days near 20's and sunny was out most of the day yesterday .Been to the northern beaches this morning,home for a quick lunch and then back out to hit the south beaches.Hope this fall keeps right like this nice to have the full gear on and not sweat at all.Might even need to change the back tire if it keeps nice,was just going to leave it till spring but it's just about down the wear bars.Even the local tracks that normaly colse this turkey weekend are staying open till the end of the month. Happy Turkey weekend

Yes it will be out but he can use a wr250sm speedo or drive cant remember the quick fix or just do any other options 1 ignore it and get used to the higher speeds shown, and remember what speed means what 2install another speedo that can be recaculated, 3install a gps and/or cell phone with gps& use it lots of options. But a very good point he my have over looked AH

When it comes to the dt175 I leave it to the guys here who know everything about them ,but non of them motors are yz as the yz never had a tack drive or came in a 175 that would be a IT but again they didnt have tack drives ,so you must have some mix mash or as Airhead said it just a u model?

17's are the preferd choice size of rims 5.5 for the rear and a 3.5 for the front,D.I.D, Acell, are good but your side their are lots more places to buy from so I am sure others can direct you better for spokes and havin them built. How about some pictuers and starting a project page?

OH man not a good week at all eh? Not the best way to be doing up grades , but the black looks good. BH groucho is back, this reminds me of when katie said she used to do her maitence by throwing her bike down the road,groucho just had bad luck with that xt

Thats good it worked out for you,shame the fuel companys cant stop messing with it and don't realy consider how it affects bikes.I try to buy my gas from the places that sell the most so at least you know it's fresh,The B dont seem to care what I put in but the wr sure does. What octain rating is the bike suggested to use?

extraced from a review of the 1250 that you rode Task.From Top speed "After its debut, the Bandit managed to become an icon in its segment in a pretty short time. Since then the motorcycle has been completely upgraded and today the Bandit 1250 continues to be one of the most wanted nakeds in its class It stole the imagination of open road riders everywhere. Now the Bandit is even better with its unmatched balance of superior performance, eye-catching style and advanced technology.In developing the Bandit 1250 the dedicated team of Suzuki engineers have produced a cruiser of unmatched performance, style and value. A machine that truly owns the highway and gets you away." Word's like ICON and Imagination,most wanted,cruiser of unmatched performance about a bike with no sole HMMM all for the bargin price of 7176 euros vs 12900 euros for a fjr1300 lots of cash left over to do any upgrades or just buy gas and tires ,hell for the 5k difference you could put a turbo on the B and have a 300hp. bike.Or for 1400 euros more have 2 Bandits and I bet if you were buying 2 you could get them for less. 13 years owning my B and not a single problem just basic maintence so build quality is good,I would put that in the bullit proff catigory.And working on it is easy just as the fj pop the tank and everythig is right there complety accessable. Just because you don't like it and dont think it is a great bike doesn't make it a POS just means your narrow minded,and building the same bike for 30 years dosent make it a great bike just makes the manufacture lots of cash because they dont have to re tool,and to quote 1052 steve elephant size dosen't make for a SPORT touring bike to me,it makes a it a tank touring that has some sport styling. It is a capable bike a good bike but not as good or capable all around.I would rather have a bike that does everything well than a bike that does 1 thing well and can be forced to do the rest. I am a hooligan by nature and the b brings out that sole in me.

Welcome to the nut house,bring your old broken or tired,, mind bleache is your choice if you dare enter the foamy world LOL

Yep your diaphram is buggered it should hold vaccume and keep flowing fuel,best find a new fuel tap. You can try making a fuel source from anything ( plastic pop- bottle ect)and let the fuel just flow to the carb to prove it and block the vac line off. Just be careful not to have alot of gas and do it outside so if you spill any it wont catch anything on fire.Use common sence and have garden hose fire extinguser bucket o water ect just incase. I think thats your problem. Of course fix anything esl that broken too but the main problem is lack of fuel delivery. Edit; just use a long piece of hose and fill the carb and hose keep the hose taped or what ever up and see how that works the bike should run till the hose is empty. might be the safer way.

He alive folks how the duck you been groucho ?

Welcome Scottie does the whisky run from the tap at home then? The water in my house become's shine and beer,I dont drink water fish fuck,piss and shit in it you know.

Thats cheap considering it has very little rust and complete

Currious Mac whats a bike like that go for your side? If you could,,, please tell me in Can dollars.

FMF make a pipe for the wr 200 that will fit cost $370 usd with sliencer, graphics are the same as well for the 2 bikes and the 230 is not much different so I cant see why they wouldnt fit. The wr barrel is better as it has boost ports in the exhaust ,so a mod you might consider when rebuild time comes. Wheels you can make just about any fit,you might need to have a axel made and spacers to re center the wheel,but go for some from a 250 -400 bike as the 125 ones will be week in the hub,you could just get rims and spokes and re do yours.

Hi Paul welcome

Yep thats a vac tap the small pipe on the bottom gets hooked to the intake no need for a filter in line in that hose... my guess ..someone didn't know what they were doing and put it in the wrong hose if it has any gas in it then the diaphram in the tap is leaking. hook up a hose to the small pipe Use a long hose so you dont end up with a mouth full of gas clear fish tank hose will work for this and suck on it you shouldnt be able to draw any air through or fuel..with it installed in the gas tank when you suck on it fuel should flow from the larger pipe freely. and stop as soon as you stop.

They do if your careful but it still leaves the cables at 120 not 180 I have seen them jam up as the barrel they fit into is not being pulled straight down the splitter and wears the one side till one day it just dosen't return. I think it was pingle who made the injector cable eliminator splitter

+1 long storage drain carbs and tank get storage fog and fog the carbs and tank and eng My boat is a royal pain to get to the carbs to drain so I use fuel stablizer and fog the eng internals never had to have the carbs off thank god it always starts in the spring.

One small problem if you have completly removed the pump,you now have nothing to keep the 3rd cable tight and the cables all fit into 1 houseing at 120 degrees apart without any tension on the pump cable the barrel they all fit into can jam and jam the throttle open. either install the pump and remove the gear that drives it or make a new housing that keeps the throttle cables 180 deg apart.Someone used to sell them but I cant remember who. I suppose you could put a spring in where the pump goes and hook the 3rd cable to it as well but the pump allreay has it and a place to hook the cable

All I do is pack all the connectors with dielectric grease,keeps 100% of the water out, terminals stay clean and corrosion free. Mo less the same as vasoline but made for the job dosent harden over time.

Well tere you go straigh from the horese for course mouth LOL from someone who has enough saddle time on both. At 5'10" and 180lbs I have no complaints about the suspension work's excelent for me and I fit the bike well enough for the farring to work and pound down miles As for rust it's not been a issue for me but I don't live by the salty sea. The front wheel was a option but dealers felt people might like one so imported the bikes with the option LOL It does help during parking lot manuvers otherwise it rarely see use.

Ok simplisty of ownership the bandit to adjust valves you need noting more than basic tools that come with the bike,feeler gauges IMO basic tool and can be done in 1 hr tops, Tires I can buy anything from full race to full touring, 92 fj NO ....tires your limted and in a few more years even more so as tire manufactuers will make less choices The fj you need to measure the clearence then get the old shims out ,special tool to hold the bucket's down 2 at a time ,I have one pain in the ass to use and you have to use the cam caps to hold it in placeing stress on them. Or pull the cams after measuring all the valves clearence and then with a micrometer measure the old shims and recaucaulate the correct new one to put in,,, but waite you can't get shims that fit exact you have to compromise and go loose or tight plus you need to buy them$$$$ and if you dont have them your bike is down. Bandit you can change the valve clearences and get better fuel mileage at .006 or go full on race mode.002 with the tightest clearences you want max lift and duration= free hp And less hassel On a FJ a well set up set of smooth bore carbs work well and some have been known to run flat slides from .... you guesed it a gsxr on thier fj's because the stock carbs go to crap and cv carbs will never be as good as full mechanical carbs for racing,though the ones on my B have never given me aproblem but again free HP could be added with factory parts,and they fit. The bikes comming to Canada generaly have more hp (NOTE I DON"T LIVE IN THE USA) as our emmissions are not as tight assed as yours or the USA The 1250 is noting like the 1200 ,they are 2 completly different motors,and the fact you know little about FI and how to make it work to even start it dosent suprise me why you didn't like it. I am not a fan of ABS ,WC,or TC and pull the fuses before riding bikes with ,,if I can't turn it off. Possibly why alot of new bikes dont "do it" for me,I like to do stopies ,wheelies and drift the rear wheel out of a cornner.3 things the Fj does not do well Sure there are lots of bike's that are faster than the B but none that do everything as well imo,a 1200 that feels more like a 600 can carry 2 no problem,, can go to any type of track and be competive BONE stock,and load up the gear and go 1000 miles in comfort it's just a hard package to beat. Sorry but the fj just can't do that! Don't like it but it's a better all around bike,has race winning heritage, has a more comfie seat and again can be turned around on the stand so while your stuck in the mud or adjusting valves ,pissing with broken /pluged carbs,,I will be out riding.

Bone stock I ran a 10.7 drop the tire pressure and ran a 10.4 after installing the gsxr exhaust cam it ran 10.0 cost free was sitting on budys shelf after he put cams in his old 1988 gsxr 1100 so there goes your agument about soul the heart is from the 80's.he is running in the 8.80 class no wheeli bar with brand new bmws zx 14's ect with nothing more than a 6' over arm cams and carbs and the head cleaned up.With the same set up I could too,you wont get the fj into 88 class with that little work,I know cause I have a friend who put the 1400 kit and carbs and cams on his and still cant break the 9's he's close but to get to the 88's hes is going to have to go to a new rim and drag tire and then he cant run in the 88 class Your hp figuer are un real the b makes 107 stock and 120 with the cam that puts it at .54;1 with factory parts all my bikes see track days so yes that matters to me and not all roads are straight.A B will crush a fj on a circut with 0 mods. Real world the b is easier to filp about so less wories when avoiding cagers. Roll on who cares thats why they have shifters. The Fj is a good bike but the B is better at everything.Year for year the 88 gsxr 1100 made the fj look like a touring bike and the B is a refined gsxr for real world SPORT TOURING you can quote all the articals in the world but seat of the pants tells me,I ride a wr because it better than the rm and a B because it better than the fj,I am not a brand loyalest I buy what's best.And at 14yrs old if someone was to build something that was so much better than my B I would buy one,but I did all the test rides again this year and still cant find anything,I considered the Fj when buying back in 01 but the B was just plain better a little better looking to IMO from 01 up. You can fool yourself into thinking the FJ is faster,by quoting articals but it's not unless everyone I have ridden or with was broken. And the simple fact that I can turn it around on it's stand without it breaking proves it LOL.

Lmao yep thats how many a thing get fixed by thoes who dont know how to fix it right,, NSD I wouldn't piss about pulling the swing arm off a 1982 I would go your route... he hasen't come back anyway 1hw me thinks

Ya got to agree the last 2 are rude and just plain stupid,funny is funny but igornant and stupid is just that. As I said about the creem pie my 14 yr old gets it but I dont expect him to be fully responsable yet,there is growing up and then well??Your waisting my time and insulting people lets just try to keep it semi sane please.