jan de groot engine ,af frame

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

sorry sm pro rim not sun.....itsgetting late!!!

[Friar-Tuck]

 Hey Roy,
 The unfortunate events of the last outing appear not to be able to keep you from making progress on your bike.
      "You Can't keep a Good Man Down"   
    Looking forward to the next update.  
Take Care!
      Tuck-O \o/

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

made reed spacer ,fitted , cut off old mounts on silencer , tacked on to try. cut off mounts on exhaust re welded on rear , marked front , having to make kxf clutch cable inner 20mm longer, rectifier arrived airbox on to mark for ali adaptor plate , tigged and polished silencer (photo to come) .
waiting for throttle assem,rubber seal for silencer ,marked rear brake lever gonna have to heat and put a dog leg in and lathe up a 3mm spacer to suit ,need to tig on tapped block to frame for front exhaust mount not much to do now ...apart from new plastics and custom graphics!!

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

just finnished the adaptors for the airbox , will post pics later today , sold my boys kx125 deposit payed being picked up next w/end .
last little niggly things to do assemble airbox , fit kill switch,weld on last exhaust bracket , tap and tig mounting bracket for exhaust to frame , purchase set of ufo plastics , just designing graphics based loosly on the attached set, corby kawasaki instead of cornwall and other tweeks no 901 etc .
if any body needs templates for kx250 to kxf250 airbox using 99-2002 airboot i can help there!!! laters

[Friar-Tuck]

  Very Nice RC!
I think you are gonna be surprised with the 38 airstryker and carb spacer. I ran that for quite a while before
 swapping things around to the 39 and no spacer. 
  I bet you only need two gears, 2nd for starts and third for everything else!

   Don't be surprised if you need to jet to what seems crazy lean.  The last jetting I had in mine was a 38 pilot and 162 main n82m on the 2nd clip.  (I wanted to get a needle richer in the top end but no $'s)
   My 39 and no spacer is 168 50 n82m 3rd clip
   Now granted I'm not racing, and ride between 3500' and 6000' but the smaller carb has so much more velocity it draws lots of fuel.
 There's a 500 site for team Red that have a  few more singletrackers running the 38 and they can
confirm the smaller jets.   
Tuck\o/

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

Hi Tuck , didnt have any option on the carb spacer , had to move the carb back to fit the air boot hence the spacer  . i believe its ment to add torque lower down but we will see ! the carb isnt standard i would have to look to see what size it is i think the main jet is larger than you think i cant remember off the top of my head what size it was but i dropped a size as it always was a bit rich i will have a look 2moz . dont forget its only a 250!!

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

Hi Tuck and all
                     checked out the carb 168 main , 52 pilot, No 7 slide, needle No n0ze ! clip position in the middle 39mm carb No G202 AKAM
finnaly finnished the painfull airboot cursed job very near completion will be on the track in about two weeks if all go well !!

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

airbox sandwich ! only back brake lever to sort ,last exhaust mount  to do and order graphics .....sooo close

[Friar-Tuck]

Cheers RC,
    Smart looking bike my friend, I'm sorry, totally forgot I was looking at a 250  
  You kept saying how bad that airboot was gonna be, however you appeared to have nailed it first time around.
If the carb spacer mucks up your top end, would it be possible to add the spacer in "The Sandwich"? 
( instead of between the carb and reed)  I know it sounds easy for me to say, hard for you to cut...
  Looking Good! 
  Tuck-O  \o/

 P.S.   How has that hand healed up?  it looked pretty bad... 

[stevea100m]

what airboot did you use?

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

steve, i used a 99-2002 airboot fitted realy well but had to use a reed spacer or the carb was too far forward .templates available if required.
tuck im hoping the reed spacer should not make that much difference on the top end , havnt heard otherwise only that it makes better low down-mid power . good news had it running for the first time yesterday was a git to start put lots of 2t oil in the bore/mains as it was idle for some time seems to run well picks up lovely no hesitation at all ,revs out good should be a flyer, sorting out the graphics as we speak hopefully plastics by the end of the week, just a few very minor bits to finnish the project

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

Hi Tuck sorry forgot , the thumbs ok havnt rode since i came off , been concentrating on the hybrid , sold my boys 125 and now hes on my 250f had first ride yesterday and loved it , going to have to get a heavier wieght spring as hes a large lad at 16 , im only 13 stone with all the gear on hes much more .
unfortunatley i cant space from the airbox (exterior side forward) as the collets on the airfilter cage are too short to accept a 10mm spacer as well + the airboot already is up against the shock, will have to keep an eye on that!! thankfully not dead tight shouldnt chaiffe its way through!
will post some pics as soon as thers some progress!

[Friar-Tuck]

  No worries about catching up with me mate, I'll be here!
     Thanks for taking the time to post the picc's and solutions.  You never know who will be in the same spot.
  Take Care!
   Tuck-O \o/   

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

got my graphics design come through today from danger uk, ordering up should all be done for next weekend , for its maiden flight hopefully wont have to adjust anything too much

[royceymon@hotmail.co.uk]

all ready ...only waiting on graphics and plastics , been a long road getting there.