Thanks! I like to tinker too

The easiest thing to do might be to take the ujoint apart and add a 4 inch driveshaft and another ujoint.

Alpha Sports - Suzuki ATV Parts Catalog


That sounds right to me. I don't know... maybe you need an exorcism? lol

A while back a friend had a 250s I could set an empty beer can on the kicker and it would sink lol. It ran great, but he didn't put any oil in it to be blown out, so not sure what would have happened.

 

just gonna keep an eye on it... maybe the problem will show itself sooner or later, or maybe i fixed it, who knows

 

Keep us posted!

Well the king quad project has been shelved for a while... there's some trouble getting a cam chain. Apparently Tsubaki had the wrong chain listed in their catalog. Since it would cost bikebandit as much to send me a return label as the chain costs, they just told me to keep it. Yippy. I guess I can use it on my 250s.

So with my new-found free time I decided to tackle the piston lightening project.

This is what I did so far:



I think it looks pretty snazzy! I managed to get 5 grams off it.... which is pretty good I hear. Most guys get 3 off V8 pistons. But I give most of the credit to wiseco for making the thing so freaking heavy to start with lol

A stock 66mm 230 piston weighs 151 grams and the pin weighs 32 grams. 183 total.
A 67.5 wiseco 230 piston weighs 173 grams and the pin weighs 50.5 grams. 223.5 total.

Don't think 1.5mm should weigh 40.5 grams either because a stock 68.5mm 250s piston weighs 163.4 grams and the pin is 50 grams. 213.4 total. Its a full 1mm bigger and 10 grams lighter than the wiseco.

The 73mm wiseco weighs 200 grams and the pin 56.4. 256.4 total. And I managed to remove 5 of it lol

Here's what it looked like before:



It really is pretty easy and so long as I don't have any catastrophic failures, I'm going to make this standard practice on all my builds.... for whatever its worth. Lets not forget these:







wish me luck!

 

my chain came off today and broke my cover more than it was. gonna try and jb it back together so we will see what happens. possibly a new cover in my future. and some chain mods along with sprockets and new o ring chain

 

That's a bummer!

 

ya it was already jb welded and siliconed. im gonna get it back together tonight hopefully and maybe come tax time i may buy a new cover.

were do i get the gasket from for that cover or can i use rtv?

also does anybody have a choke lever laying around. mine doesnt have one and i would like to put one on it. if ya do let me know what you want for it

 

I would just use rtv. I wouldn't buy a cover until you get the chain problem fixed... and I don't see a new chain as a solution.

 

ok rtv sounds good. im doing a full tear down over the winter. motor and everything is comin off. i already have new handle bars and grips. another set of rims with paddles for them. couple other things. everything is getting painted and fixed. chain is wore out pretty bad and the sprockets are kinda wore out. so im gonna go ahead and replace the while i have everything tore apart

 

You really need something like this

 

yup im gonna make up something like that. only difference is mine will be u bolted on most likely