Quest For The Track Bike

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Finally got around to taking all the fairings off today and doing a little maintenance. Yesterday evening I decided to take the lower fairing off to get to the engine. When I did the tabs came off



So the plastic was pretty much dry rotted and useless. I ended up leaving the lower fairing off and it doesnt look half bad. Next I took the seat off to try and get to the airbox but I realized that you had to take the tank off and I wasnt about to drain all the gas out of the tank.



A little dirty but nothing that cant be cleaned up.



Next I took the upper fairing off so that I could fix the crack around the one bolt.





Me and FT ended up super gluing the cracks together and it amazingly holds up pretty well. Its no longer loose and just hanging there like it usually is. Im still in the process of getting a set of turn signals and I found a new seat for $40 on ebay Maybe I will have this thing looking brand new in a couple of weeks.

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Took a couple days off of fixing it and I've been riding it around the neighborhood trying to run it out of gas so I can go down the street and get some. It feels so awesome to ride it! I can wait to get into battlefield park with it and ride.

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Today is new tire day for the 250. I've worn most of the center tread down on the old tire so I figured it would be a good of a time as any to get a new one. A friend of mine is going to put the tire on so I just took the whole rear wheel off and left the bike sitting on jacks. Yeah I know its stupid but it works





New tire.


More pics of the old tire and wheel assembly to come.

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Pics of the old tire, wheel, and sprocket.

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Well it took me all day but the wheel is finally back on So in order to save time and space here is an outline of how the takeout/install went:

-jacked up bike
-took wheel out, piece of cake
-spray painted wheel and sprocket black
-got tire put on
-went to put tire on
-WTF WHERE'S THE JACKS?!?!
-bike is on paint cans...had to take the jacks off in order to drive cars to Dollywood
-put bike back on jacks
-put wheel on..wait no jacks are in the way
-move jacks
-next hour or two consists of sighing and inaudible cussing and finally getting the chain around the sprocket and the wheel in place
-caliper wont fit rotor
-i get the bright idea to press the brake lever, brake locks up
-go to store to get more brake fluid
-drain all old brake fluid, pry calipers open, replace brake fluid with fresh
-finally get calipers to fit rotor
-regrease all necessary components
-put axle in, tighten everything up, and admire what took all day to do

So after that I take it for a ride and find the the chain is too tight. Go to loosen it and the left side of the axle wont budge So I loosen a bolt that looks like its welded into place an the axle finally moves. I get it aligned perfectly and tighten everything up and park it for a couple of pics.

New paint on wheel and sprocket (you may not be able to tell but trust me, its new paint )



A little dark



One thing I've noticed is that the bike handles ALOT better than it did and feels alot smoother now that the new tire is on. It's amazing what a difference a new tire can make.

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Got bored today so I decided to redo the right turn signal that was glued/epoxied/stuck together.

Before



After

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Well it was fun while it lasted but I decided to sell it and collect my money. I did, however, accomplish what I wanted to: fix it up and sell it for a profit. I ended up making a little money off of it which will more than likely be going toward college funds and my car. As much as I liked riding it, it really didn't do it for me as far as entertainment goes. I like riding but I don't like having to determine what other people are doing in conjunction to my own movements. Sportbikes just aren't doing it for me at this point in time, but rest assured, I will eventually have another one. My car is my baby right now and I've got alot of things planned for it in the coming months and I cant wait!

But as always,


Edit: I cant count my months