will do, I love this bike it also has a cobra pipe so its wicked load my ded hates it LOL

I thought you sold your 230?
you might check the magneto, a few people I know had the magnetos give up on there 230s.

 

hey I was wondering does anyone have a spare shift lever they would be willing to part with. mines messed up, it works but not good. its the only part not included w/the engines I have, if you have one or know where I can get one let me know.

 

I did, I still have my girlfriends though. Been sitting in her mom's garage while I've been playing with all my stuff.

Here's the before this weekend pics:




And I'll put the afters up later tonight.

 

I'd check the good 'ol eBay first, then Bike Bandit second.

I'll see what I can find quick...

 

Alright, kicked over that 230 again this morning and it fired right up...

What should I have the idle and low speed screws at with a DG pipe? Any rought estimates? Could it be the wheeler is flooding out when I went riding?

How about the needle? Where should that be?

 

Shift lever:

85 SUZUKI LT230S LT230 LT 230 SHIFTER SHIFT LEVER : eBay Motors (item 110484057744 end time Apr-20-10 08:30:31 PDT)

$60 @ Bike Bandit...yikes.

1987 Suzuki LT230SH OEM Parts, 1987 Suzuki LT230SH OEM Motorcycle Parts - BikeBandit.com

 

Well i havnt been on here in a few, i've been busy rippin it up with the 230.....but sadly today she had a pretty sever incident. Well a few months ago i installed some new swing arm bearings. Yesterday i went to a buddy's house and was hitting some nice table tops. Well i guess all the jumping caused the swing arm bearings to fail. I believe because they failed it caused my chain to jump and bind up against the case, cracking it. i also noticed i am missing teeth off the front sprocket. Im sure all of these things had some thing to do with it. Its not a bad crack, but im not sure how badly its damaged, my friends tell me i can just put some jb weld on it, but im more the type to do it the right way. i already planned on buying a k&n filter, front tires, exhaust, and a new different carb(mines f'ed up and wont idle right and the chock is siezed), that stuff would run me about 500.....now i need to get a new chain, case possibly, front sprocket and swing arm bearings again. Any adive would be great. Should i put the money in the 230 or save it and put it toward a newer machine. I'm stumped....O i also might need a new swing arm, last time i did the bearings, i noticed the bore was out of round and also the bearings went in a little easier than i would have expect being 25 years old.

 

Anyone know the stock carb size for an 85 230, also can anyone break it down to me the difference between a flat side carb it think its called. Also how larger of a carb i can go and still have it work right

 

If I were you, I would save my $500, JB the case to where it looks decent and doesn't leak oil, put on a new front sprocket ( I have a 13 tooth I can sell you for cheap), and sell it for another $600-$800. That puts you around $1100-$1300, and around here, you can find Z-400s around the $2K range. The 230 is a great machine, but they don't even compare to a Z.

Just my $.02.

 

I'm not much of a carb guy, but I can tell you that the carb is a Mikuni VM26SS. So its a 26. I've only talked to a few guys on here who have larger carbs. I think JustRandy runs a 30 something but it took a lot of work and mods.