Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 7m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 12/05/16 02:32 AM Share Posted 12/05/16 02:32 AM Coates hire rent bricksaws cheap cheap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 1m 14d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 12/05/16 04:17 AM Share Posted 12/05/16 04:17 AM That'd make our next rent inspection interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMeUp Member 1,045 Member For: 15y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 12/05/16 11:04 PM Share Posted 12/05/16 11:04 PM 22 hours ago, Ralph Wiggum said: You've got a lounge room yeah? Priorities Son. Kitchen FTW. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMeUp Member 1,045 Member For: 15y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 14/05/16 11:01 AM Share Posted 14/05/16 11:01 AM (edited) I've had a Kawasaki Balius sitting in storage for about seven years, and figured it was about time I got it back on the road again. Why the fuss about a 250? Instead of the usual boring single or twin-cylinder, this one's a high revving four-cylinder. Redlines at 18,000rpm, and sounds like a Formula 1 engine. Heaps of rust in the fuel tank. Bugger. Did the usual Google searching to find a solution, and found that heaps of people have had success with electrolysis. Ok, I'll give that a go - it's the cheapest option. Nup, fail. Can't get it to work consistently. Got a little bit of rust out, but not much. I'll figure it out sooner or later. And yes, I actually have been looking for a ways of replacing the standard two-piston Tokico caliper with a four-piston Brembo one. Build thread: http://2fiftycc.com/index.php?threads/reminiscing-about-my-old-balius.8630/ Edited 14/05/16 11:03 AM by PhilMeUp 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boganspeed Will do skids for food Silver Donating Members 1,177 Member For: 12y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth SOR Posted 15/05/16 12:32 PM Share Posted 15/05/16 12:32 PM I've previously tipped a hand full of nuts and bolts in a tank and then shook the sh*t out of it. Your rust issue is a lot more severe though. I also used a two part sealant that gets poured in and you just turn the tank over and over so it coats all the surfaces. So far its still holding up....I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 16y 5m 7d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/05/16 09:45 PM Share Posted 15/05/16 09:45 PM Apple cider vinegar is another good one to get rid of rust in the tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 11y 11m 23d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 15/05/16 10:24 PM Share Posted 15/05/16 10:24 PM Thinking about getting into the bike game again I've owned a gsx250f across and a gsx650 I miss the 650 a lot Such a nice bike to ride through the twisted and torque for days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boganspeed Will do skids for food Silver Donating Members 1,177 Member For: 12y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth SOR Posted 22/05/16 01:18 AM Share Posted 22/05/16 01:18 AM Got my engine back, threw it back in the bike and will finish off the install today. Now I just need to make a final version of the battery/cdi box at the front and it's about ready to get the new wiring harness made. I also collected this last night. Hopefully with the new Link ECU and CDI in the bike next season, I can get the bike to perform more consistently and I can finish higher up the order next season. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 11y 3m 30d Gender: Not Telling Posted 22/05/16 01:31 AM Share Posted 22/05/16 01:31 AM On 15/05/2016 at 8:32 PM, Boganspeed said: Your rust issue is a lot more severe though. TANK RUST? far out I've never had so much trouble until I came across this R1 tank! bike had been sitting for a few years but still. -started off using a kit where you clean the tank out, shake nuts and bolts around then put this sealant stuff in. fail after a week. -took it to professional who welded it all up on the cheap. fail straight away, lucky tank wasnt full. -took it back to professional who pressure tested it and found heaps of holes now it's all fixed. the reason I say it was so much trouble is draining the tank takes ages. your bike looks sick mate, something about a bike with no fairings on that gets me all revved up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boganspeed Will do skids for food Silver Donating Members 1,177 Member For: 12y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth SOR Posted 27/05/16 09:27 PM Share Posted 27/05/16 09:27 PM I took the day off work Friday and spent it at the paint shop prepping everything for primer. Today I just need to do the wheels and finish the new fairing and besides a couple of spots of knifing putty, it'll be all done. A fair bit of work in all that but it was good therapy to just switch off and sand stuff down and try not to think about work. Coincidentally I discovered rust in the K6 tank so I bought a sealing kit yesterday and will do the old nuts and bolts trick first and then seal it. Tip 1. Use steel nuts and bolts, not stainless, so you can fish the pesky buggers out with a magnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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