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Re: [suzuki250fours] Re: 84 GS250FW-S

Hi, not sure on you revs but my 250gf red lines at 13,000..and is good for
putting about at around 6 to 8 thousand revs. It has a dead spot between 8 and
8,700 but after that hang on. They are set up to giv best performance at around
10./11. thou. I just give my bike a mid life paint job and i used a high temp
black paint ( in a spray can ) that i got from bunnings, its desined for
manifolds and headers.
Good luck with you bike they are a lot of fun...
----- Original Message -----
From: casper05james
To: suzuki250fours@...
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 9:51 AM
Subject: [suzuki250fours] Re: 84 GS250FW-S


My bike reads 11,500rpm redline, but I read somewhere that they are
10% out which makes it 10,350rpm redline.

I am not a speed demon and for that matter am partially afraid of
riding the bike in the first place!

So they run best at 5000rpm but will they put around town at lower
rpm's, if so what is the lowest rpm at what speed, will they do
60km/h in top gear? I weigh only 50-60kg

I also found on another site that someone ran a dyno test and found
less than a 5% change by fiting a high flow exhaust system, in NM
that is. So I won't worry about any fancy exhaust setups.

Does anyone know why they use a oil bathed air filter?

Apart from being incredibly restrictive I can only denote that its
for catching fine dust particles. Is this a big problem anyway?

My old mower had a similar setup but it's stiring up large amounts of
dust all of the time.

I will have the exhaust repaired and converted into 4/1 and run a
single 2" chromed Turbo muffler with silencer @$99 it's cheaper than
a bike muffler and will offer a softer note!

I also need the rear stop lamp!

Does anybody know what will fit or what I can use for rego purposes?





--- In suzuki250fours@..., "John Avis"
<john_avis@h...> wrote:
> The GF250 (and presumably the GS250FW) has a 13000 redline.. Like
many 4
> cylinder 250s they operate best at higher revs, usually above
5000rpm. The
> gearing encourages riding at higher speeds anyway.
>
> I doubt any exhaust changes you make would make a noticable
difference to
> power or torque.
>
> If I was in your shoes I would ring around every motorcycle wrecker
in
> Australia and try and get a second hand exhaust system. Its been a
while
> since I looked but I used to see wreckers advertising wrecked
GS250FW's in
> the motorcycle trader magazines on occasions.
>
> -John Avis




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Got it for $300. Needs carbs rebuilt due to fuel blokage. The bike is near new, black in colour and only 20,000km. Garaged since 1993. Another $500 and i'll...
casper05james
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Jul 6, 2005
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Assuming that you'll be doing this yourself, I'd recommend you download the workshop manual from this site - then go and look for a GSX250F (Across) manual as...
Carl Johnston
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Jul 7, 2005
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Thankyou Carl, I downloaded the PDF's They were helpful! Do you know if the Across has alot in commen or just the carbs? Also where would I find this carb...
casper05james
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Jul 9, 2005
1:21 am

The Across has (what I believe to be) a later version of what's in the GS250FW, the manual won't help you with specifics (valve clearances etc), but it will...
Carl Johnston
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Jul 10, 2005
11:29 pm

Thanks, The carb cleaner worked so well it stripped the paint clean of the carbs!!! It took me almost 2 HRS to get the air filter box out??? Not sure how you...
casper05james
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Jul 12, 2005
10:32 am

Excellent :) Those air boxes are a PITA.. I found that I could pull the carbs out before the air box with quite a bit of force, but it is hard :) Someone ...
Carl Johnston
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Jul 12, 2005
11:41 pm

BUGGER! I forgot to check the diaphrams!- They did look good though jammed with babypoo coloured crap! I was wondering if another suzuki 4 would...
casper05james
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Jul 14, 2005
6:23 am

The GF250 (and presumably the GS250FW) has a 13000 redline.. Like many 4 cylinder 250s they operate best at higher revs, usually above 5000rpm. The gearing...
John Avis
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Jul 14, 2005
6:56 am

My bike reads 11,500rpm redline, but I read somewhere that they are 10% out which makes it 10,350rpm redline. I am not a speed demon and for that matter am...
casper05james
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Jul 14, 2005
11:51 pm

Hi There, You'll find that the bike has more usable power (for a 250) above 5krpm, I'd be keeping it above that - just in case you need to accelerate away from...
Carl Johnston
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Jul 15, 2005
12:13 am

Once again thankyou. I should imagine that I will have to rejet as the exhaust will not be standard anyway. Also I can only fit 2 filters not 4, and the K&N...
casper05james
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Jul 15, 2005
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Hi, not sure on you revs but my 250gf red lines at 13,000..and is good for putting about at around 6 to 8 thousand revs. It has a dead spot between 8 and 8,700...
tiamay
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Jul 15, 2005
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6-8000 rpm putting ? My car redlines at 6krpm ! So if I tried to ride my bike at 3krpm it would just stall? This must be why they aren't so good on fuel? What...
casper05james
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Jul 15, 2005
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I used to own a GF250 previously. I can only say that I actually found that it would happily putt around town in 5th, though I found 4th in town a bit more...
Jim Richardson
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Jul 15, 2005
7:49 am

Thanks for the advise, handy to know! SV650 that's exactly what i was thinking of.... For cutting in half! No seriously as a reverse Trike! I take it you own...
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Jul 15, 2005
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