KZ200 I'm working on
- Romulux
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I have a couple questions that someone here might be able to answer. Tires for starters -- I will be replacing them. What style or type should I be looking for? The carb boots are pretty deteriorated. Could I find new ones somewhere and is this important to do? The chain looks OK, but should I replace it? The aluminum parts of the bike all have a layer of aluminum oxide or whatever the aluminum turns into when it rusts. This gives a dull appearance to the engine and other parts. Should I bother trying to make it shiny, and if so, how should I go about doing so? On the chrome and steel parts, I'm having good success getting rid of the rust, albeit with some pitting left behind. Down the road, I might want to put some luggage on the back. What kind should I look at? Do I need to do anything with cables like the clutch cable or the front brake cable? Are the front forks going to need any work besides replacing the oil, which I already did?
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Post edited by: Romulux, at: 2006/07/23 18:46
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Tires - I reccommend you cheap for starters. like ChengShin or something - be sure youre *in to* it before yo udump a bunch o' dough....I have a couple questions that someone here might be able to answer. Tires for starters -- I will be replacing them. What style or type should I be looking for? The carb boots are pretty deteriorated. Could I find new ones somewhere and is this important to do? The chain looks OK, but should I replace it? The aluminum parts of the bike all have a layer of aluminum oxide or whatever the aluminum turns into when it rusts. This gives a dull appearance to the engine and other parts. Should I bother trying to make it shiny, and if so, how should I go about doing so? On the chrome and steel parts, I'm having good success getting rid of the rust, albeit with some pitting left behind. Down the road, I might want to put some luggage on the back. What kind should I look at? Do I need to do anything with cables like the clutch cable or the front brake cable? Are the front forks going to need any work besides replacing the oil, which I already did?
Carb boot - yep, you don't want air getting in there. Well, you know what I mean. You can replace the carb manifold if it's cracked, or you can slather a buch of black silicone on it for now. The "boot" to the airbod should be soft and pliable with no cracks. Look on eBay for those...
Chain - Jeez, those are such low miles, the chains is probably fine as long as it's not rusty.
Cleaning - I'm no expert there, but do a search. There's been quite a bit discussed on this topic.
Cables - Again, really low miles. You can probably just lube them thoroughly and be fine, but give them a good look-over.
Another note - the fork tubes look pitted in the pictures. If so, the seals will be bad after you first few bupms, and the oil you just put in will start coming out...
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