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MODEL SPECIFIC => SUZUKI BANDIT 250 & 400 => Topic started by: waruta on November 22, 2010, 11:34:56 AM

Title: Carb switch on a '92 250?
Post by: waruta on November 22, 2010, 11:34:56 AM

Hi all,

   I currently at a crossroads as to whether I should rebuild my carbs with either the factory kit, the "bakudan" or "bomb" kit they have here in Japan for tuning the Bandit or just replace them with a GSXR 250 set of carbs.  My buddy and I are stripping down the 250 and putting on a pair of GSXR USD forks on the front, RGV banana swingarm on the rear with a GSXR 1100 shock and generally replacing everything on the beast.  I even had an offer a couple of days ago to hard chrome the entire frame for $200 (if I could get them a bare metal frame to the factory direct that is).  I am pondering the possibility of stripping down the entire bike to frame and then building it up again.

I guess I wanted to know if swapping carbs is a possibility and would it cause some headaches down the road (tuning, compression etc....)?  Whats compatible with the stock '92 250 engine?

Thanks for the replies.

Regards,

W.

Title: Re: Carb switch on a '92 250?
Post by: Red01 on December 01, 2010, 04:55:43 PM

I don't have an answer for your carb question, but unless you are building a show bike, I would avoid chroming a steel tube frame, such as the Bandit.  The chroming process (electroplating) can cause hydrogen embrittlement.  One of the reasons you rarely see factory built bikes with chromed steel frames.

Title: Re: Carb switch on a '92 250?
Post by: Unique on December 02, 2010, 05:40:48 PM

hydrogen embrittlement

http://uk.ask.com/wiki/Hydrogen_embrittlement