Kawasaki Z250 Exhaust

 Attempts were made to fit the 2 into 1 exhaust back on the bike but no matter how much pulling and twisting went on, they could not be made to fit and it appears that one of the down pipes is not the correct one for the bike. How this has happened we have no idea. One of our new members is going to try and re-design the downpipe with a spot of cutting and welding. Terry (Yanto) Williams completed the strip down of the carbs to try and find why the right hand carb was overflowing. The float heights looked similar but the rubber tip of the right hand needle valve appeared to have a groove in it that may have been causing it not to seal properly. Terry also found that one of the primary (idling) jets was completely missing. How the engine managed to run at all like this is something of a miracle. The inside of the carbs on the bike were still quite dirty and Phil H our club mechanic took them away to give them a sonic clean. Hopefully the missing jet and a better needle valve can be found in the spare set of carbs we have. To top things off (literally) Rachael did a fine job of spraying the carb tops black. Aside from the carbs and the exhaust the next major job on this bike is installing the re-chromed fork stanchions.