Long story short, some friends have been bugging me to go riding... I have a motror to build and dont have 3K for a 450 F... Buddy had this 97 KX250 in his garage as a backup. Told me If I didnt come get it he was going to leave it in my driveway. He did.
Buddy wanted me to start riding with them.. He had this thing in his way. SO... Now its in mine...
400 dollar 1997 KX 250:
Already had:
Boysen Reeds
FMF Fatty gold pipe
Xtra paddle tire
Im in it so far:
Rear wheel bearings (They were fuccccked)
Air filter
Clutch lever
Trans oil (Cleaned the shit out of the box and checked the basket as its super grabby when cold... all good)
Grips
Silencer packing
A good cleaning...
Changed its old ass gas to Castor 927 and a half and half of Q16 (I had laying around) and 92 (It makes me hard THINKING about how good it smells). WOuld run good on the choke but die off it after warm. made sense... Ranon the choke so figured main jet was fucked up. After talking to Keith and my gut... Completely disassembled the carb and cleaned the fuck out of it (Main jet had a big chunk of shit in it).
Fired her up and its a mean bitch. Stands straight up in 3rd with me standing on the pegs.
Forks are sprung light, so I have fucked with the dampening and well see how it is for now... Feels alot better they were diving hard. Dont seem so bad now. Ill deal with tha tlater. Rear susp is good.
Only thing left to do is bleed the front brake better (That or it needs the master seal replaced) EDIT: Ended up replacing the MC with a CRF 450 master with an ASV lever on it I got off Ebay. Bitch stops on a dime.
Got it like this
Pipe was beat to fuck, so welded the small end shut, made a coupler with a compressor fitting.... filled it with 50 PSI and blew the big ass dents out with some heat via MAP gas
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151081715645378&set=vb.639350377&type=3&theaterFab new Pipe bracket:
cleaned up and good to go.
Im in it under 500 with new plugs I bought
Currently full of Q16 and castor 927 Smells better than sex. Loves me a 2 stroker smoker. Bitch is fast.