2 Strokes Down Under

Sorry, resolution isn't good enough. At least you can see the extent of the damage

Let's see if this works...

Seems I stirred a hornets nest by mentioning cafe racer. Perhaps I use the term more loosely and you have some definition in mind. When I was a impressionable youngster, a cafe racer was simply a bike that was stripped of unnecessary parts and mods done mostly to save weight and clutter. In our scen...

I took some photos but they're too large to attach and iPad doesn't allow me to reduce the file size. Will make another plan. The bottom of the carbs have at least 2 differences I can spot and the float bowls have a hole in the one but not the other.

Bitsa? Bits and pieces? The bike used to run fine when it was still running. Never liked getting wet though. I spent many miserable evenings after work trying to get it started during rain

I'm mostly 9-5 but can be a bit flexible. Actually, I meant Pitman's the other day when I mentioned the racer - somehow wrote Perry's! Getting old and confused... They put me onto the idea of just buying new carbs after quoting me for needle and seats (and finding I might have to wait months)

Ha ha. Good comments. Trouble is, as soon as I check prices of gaskets, jets, etc, a new set of carbs seems cheaper. Do you have any suggestions for removing the corrosion? I tried deruster and it works to some extent, but when I blow air through the various bits the two carbs behave differently. Al...

I have a set of carbs on my bike with corrosion due to water getting in - the bike was outside and exposed to the elements for some years. Anything new appears to be duplicates of the same thing, while the internals on the originals are different. I'm not sure if that matters. How would the choke wo...

You all make good points and I appreciate the insights. For now I'm hoping to get the engine into running shape. I imagine the internal seals would need replacing. I've never opened up an engine (aside from top end), so might need to get professional help with the checking. I suppose you're all shak...

Thanks for all the thoughts and advice. Happy to get your views as I go along. At first the plan was to sell the bike as spare parts, but then I thought there might still be life in the essentials. BRG, I'd be happy to catch up and look at your bike. Perry's has a nice racer on display. My bike is i...

North East (Tea Tree Gully area)

Hi All I'm an Adelaide local and have been riding 2-strokes for a long time. I stumbled on this site while hunting for info on RZ250's. I'm trying to resurrect a '84 model which has been sitting in a paddock for several years. Hope to get it into some sort of cafe racer, but long way off. Water got ...