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Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:17 pm**

Pic's of my baby Z 250 A1 project; here's hoping

A bit rough but with a little help!!

As you can see, a bit rusty, been stood for a least twenty years, bent on the front end and scraped both sides, more pic's on way

Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:25 pm**

Cannot wait for this one nice to see something differant. I remember we used to give these away with to anyone buying a new Z1300.

Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:26 pm**

Always me favourite colour scheme :wink:

Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:40 pm**

Like it , seems to be mostly there but clearly rough enough .
Look forward to seeing this little un take shape :up

Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:25 pm**

Had a race with one of them back in the day :roll:

Me on my rd250e 2 stroke thinking he had no chance on his 4 stroker,it was just in a straight line so no skill.He won :shock:

Quick little bike only thing was i dont know for sure if it was standard :?:

he said it was,but then he would :roll:

Only thing was a few weeks later he blew it up :lol:

Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:22 pm**

Cracking bike's....

Bought one of these back in 82-ish as a winter hack, you could pick up 250's for next to nothing as the law had just changed meaning you could only ride a 125 on 'L's'.

Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:06 pm**

DavidZ1R wrote:Pic's of my baby Z 250 A1 project; here's hoping

A bit rough but with a little help!!

[img]http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l556/davidmarlow/Z%20250%20project/z250project024.jpg[/img

I'm doing the same at the moment, Z250 A-1. Are you sure the one in the picture is a A-1 ??? I thought the A-1 was only finished in starlight silver or metallic green. Would help to know, also how compatible are the parts from the B model.

As you can see, a bit rusty, been stood for a least twenty years, bent on the front end and scraped both sides, more pic's on way

Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:15 pm**

Defo an A1 the Ballington rep was offered at the same time as the stardust silver and the green ones. First one I saw was a Ballington rep in Brookspeeds shop at Dutton between Runcorn and Northwich must have been '79.

I had the silver one, it was an unreliable pile of shit that went through 3 cylinder heads and cams in 18 months, mind you it got ridden hard, had the rev counter through the red and out the other side and saw 95 on the flat one day

Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:32 pm**

davejames wrote:Defo an A1 the Ballington rep was offered at the same time as the stardust silver and the green ones. First one I saw was a Ballington rep in Brookspeeds shop at Dutton between Runcorn and Northwich must have been '79.

I had the silver one, it was an unreliable pile of shit that went through 3 cylinder heads and cams in 18 months, mind you it got ridden hard, had the rev counter through the red and out the other side and saw 95 on the flat one day

Hope it aint the one i've got :lol:

Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:43 pm**

When I worked in the trade I spent most of a day sorting a mis fire out on one for a customer, then when it was sorted it was running well I took it for a test ride and wrote it off straight in to the side of an Austin 1100. I limped back to the shop to tell him I'd sorted the mis fire but trashed the bike..... :??

Posted: **Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:42 am**

So do I hope you havn't got it Phil................FVU358V just in case :oops:

Posted: **Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:47 am**

davejames wrote::oops: So do I hope you havn't got it Phil................FVU358V just in case

Not that one, i can sleep at night now :lol:

Posted: **Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:01 am**

Was there some sort of filter in the sump that needed cleaning on a regular basis on this engine?

Good luck with the project

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