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Old September 26th, 2013, 03:26 PM   #146
The_big_dill
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Motorcycle(s): 1987 Ninja 250 custom gold

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Originally Posted by n4mwd View Post
With 15 owners its a good chance that it was abused so a complete rebuild might be worthwhile. But not cost effective just so you know. I bought a 2007 pregen last summer for $500 and it was in worse shape than yours. Long story short, it cost me about $600 to rebuild the engine. But there is also the learning experience value.

Better, stronger, faster.

Not a bad idea. However, you can't really change the sprocket on the crankshaft.

Idle mix screw on the carbs? It just screws in, why JB-weld it?
I tend to care more about the experience than the money

So do people typically change the cam chain without changing the sprockets? From experience, thats a nono.

The idle mixture screw sits in a little cylinder which has the thread for the idle mixture screw, that part literally broke off:

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