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January 21st, 2014, 10:54 AM
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ninjette.org member
Name: Nate
Location: UK
Join Date: Feb 2013 Motorcycle(s): Frankenstein Posts: 49
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Rescued ZZR
As per my other thread:
Quick story, I bought a cheap spare engine on ebay which was advertised as coming with "some spares". Upon arriving at the blokes house I found to my astonishment/delight the "some spares" turned out to be the entire bike! Yep the whole lot, I bought an engine for a cheap price and got this. It's a ZZR250 which had been dumped under a pile of crap in a pub garden for the last three Years "never to see the road again". So I decided to have a bash at getting it running, and with a weekend of tinkering, new fuel, a good strip and clean of the carbs, replacement fluids all round, new air filter sponge and a fair bit of fault finding with the moldy (very) wiring connectors and it's burst into life!! Everything works and it even runs pretty good! Sure enough as you can see it's battered as hell and uses a screwdriver to operate all the locks but most of my bikes are like that anyway :P and for the price of a cheap engine I ain't complaining. Been zooming round the country lanes on it all day and aside from the soggy forks I really like it. If it keeps running this nice for the next few months I'll dump the plastics and use it on my 5,000 mile trip round Europe in April 
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January 21st, 2014, 10:58 AM
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ninjette.org member
Name: Nate
Location: UK
Join Date: Feb 2013 Motorcycle(s): Frankenstein Posts: 49
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Added a 99p weatherproof LED strip to the grab handle, really boosts the visibility of the brake lighting on these dark evenings.
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January 21st, 2014, 11:00 AM
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The Corner Whisperer
Name: Chris (aka Reactor)
Location: Northern KY
Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much.
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Cool stuff! Some people have all the luck.
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January 21st, 2014, 11:17 AM
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Certified looney toon
Name: Teri
Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV)
Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot.
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Score! Nice backyard find!
Ah, a cruise around Europe, that sounds like such a great adventure!
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January 21st, 2014, 04:50 PM
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Ms. Personality
Name: CB
Location: Murvill, TN
Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): Depends on the week you ask Posts: A lot.
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Nice find!
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January 21st, 2014, 08:32 PM
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Certifiable nontundrum
Name: Harper
Location: NC Milkshake stand
Join Date: Mar 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2013 SE NINJA 300 Posts: Too much.
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That's good stuff bravo sir... Bravo
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January 21st, 2014, 08:58 PM
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ninjette.org sage
Name: Bob
Location: NY
Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250 2009 Ninja 250 Posts: 730
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Looks like it even has a "real" frame too
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February 15th, 2014, 12:27 AM
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ninjette.org member
Name: Nate
Location: UK
Join Date: Feb 2013 Motorcycle(s): Frankenstein Posts: 49
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Thanks for all the nice comments
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