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Aha another hooligan darn sarf. Loomies I go there quite often on the X7 or the 1216

Its been a while since I have been on the site but back now. The X7 is finished and been on the road for a couple of months now and for a tiddler 250 it rips up the road at a fair old pace. During the resto mod the tank chucked up a massive surprise, 12mm deep filler on the top of it and numerous dents containing filler all over the other places. I though it was a lost cause beyond repair. One place quoted £800 ex vat to sort it, get fooked i thought to that. I found a place nearby that quoted me £400 for the tank repair, welded on pins and pulled the dents out as much as possible and used just a skim of filler to flatten it out. The price also included painting the panels and tail piece, fitting the supplied graphics and a nice few coats of lacquer to finish it off. Damn fine job was done too. I also had to make my own torque arm for the back brake out of one from a gn250 that I had to shorten. I put a chrome chain guard on it off of a gn125 just had to cut a bit off it and it fitted straight on. A few photos of during the build to the finished bike attached I have discovered that riding the X7 like you stole it is big fuggin fun

Some pics of my 1216 hooligan slingshot, It now has the ABE wave discs fitted on the front but not shown in the pics as they were away being re-rivetted at the time.

I would be very careful about jump starting, i once blew my cdi box doing this on my old efe. If you do jump start it take the battery out of the other bike/car and connect it to yours to be safe. cdi's ain't cheap cost me £100 for a second hand one for the efe. Going by whats been discussed on here I and leaning towards the battery being duff through not having much use. Good luck

As it is at the moment, not a lot done as plans were interrupted by work and being on call (shit) Bores have been done and head skimmed. Have started to put the bike back together but not a lot of progress due to feckin work getting in the way with play time. I have primed the wheels but they need a bit more. Paint is here grey primer and satin black. On call at work until Thursday morning and Friday off so will be burning the midnight oil on Thursday to catch up and get the engine back together and get the bike back up on it's wheels. Can anyone suggest a good tough satin clear lacquer in aerosol form to put on the wheels ?

How old is the battery. have you put a multi meter across the battery terminals to see what the voltage drops too when it is turned over.

That is the years they built them but the release dates were different around the globe. In England new model registrations used to be in March so you could infact have a 1990 L model registered in 1991 from stock left over in dealers and they would have been discounted to make way for the surge in new sales of the next model due to people wanting to be the first on the road with the new reg letter in march.

The 1100L were built in 1990, the M in 1991

Picked up the frame and a few other bits today. Waiting for some new bearings to turn up so I can start putting it back together. Was expecting the bearings to turn up today but no

I sent emails to all the big names and not one reply, how strange

I put a bit of a shine on the forks just to tart them up a bit. I have ended up stripping the bike completely and the frame and arm are off being blasted and coated, only the parts of the frame you could see had been painted the rest was shite. I took a look in the engine as I noticed the two stroke oil tank was dry and what a surprise there was waiting for me the oil had migrated to the crank cases as in the photo. nice. Also the reeds did not cover the slots in the reed block and there was a score in the left hand barrel. So they are off to be rebored and 1mm over size piston kits ordered. So thats it everthing else checked out ok. So much for putting an mot on it and using it. will start being put back together at the weekend

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Just a bit of an update the head is going off to the people that make magic happen with the gases. Although the bandit twelve head is working very well indeed I feel the need to have it done proper. I have some ape heavy duty valve springs to send off with it so I can fit and dial in a nice set of performance cams when I get it back. My wallet tried doing a runner when I decided to get the head done proper but I soon nailed that fucker down. Better volunteer for overtime at work now. Who or where would the best place be to use to do a proper gas flow , that can be trusted to do a good job. I have not been keeping tabs on who is the best to use for some time. Any Ideas please. Alf

Now thats an idea worth looking into i think

I see no reason to upgrade the valve train unless of course you are going to fit some performance cam shafts then I would fit some orient express or ape heavy duty valve springs to guard against valve bounce.

Any info will be much appreciated. Thanks

Just bought a 1979 250 X7 that has been partly restored just needs the decals putting on. I have been after a Suzuki 2 stroke twin for ages but the prices people wanting for them was always out of my reach until now It has a set of micron zorsts and a Giuliari saddle on it and is in very nice all round condition and it's red. Now I want to put wider wheels on it , has anyone done this and could give me a few ideas or starting points. I was thinking of bandit 400 front and back ends and see what happens. I dont want to machine, weld or cut any of the x7 as I want to be able to put it back to standard whenever I want. Think i might have a bit of a job on my hands but if anyone has any info or experience of doing this could you let me know. I give £900 for it and seeing what has sold on eblag over the last few months I have quite a bargain apparently. I will put up some pics later Now some pics of it. looks a rather fetching pink in the photos but it is not it is red its just how it came out in the pics. Brand spankers new front fender to go on, headlight rim, and a few other bits. The mirrors are incredibly arse as they were when they first came out and will not be going on. First job is to get up to MOT standard and start using it and develop it as it is used. First on the agenda will be wider wheels. then the rest of the restoration and no it wont be anorak resto not into that bullshit but it will be able with a few hours work returned to standard used condition should I sell it further down the track Alf

yes bung it straight on, new gaskets and away you go. The part number for the wiesco kit is the same for the K/L/M/N models as well as the 1200 Bandits

Yes

I have just been reading through this topic and it has got me intrigued. I run a Dyna 2000 ignition with dyna coils (green ones) and Taylor leads. Would there be any benefit from running cop's with the Dyna 2000 and would the dyna 2000 be up to the job of running them safely. Or stick with what I have. Alf

yes but you will need the tail piece back light and seats from the L. the seats on the M are slightly wider

If you already got it give it a go

No need to change cooler just stick with the standard slingshot one as I have on my 1216 unless its for looks then an earls 19 row cooler kit will do just fine

I got my ABE discs re-riveted at last and put them back on. Time to give the bike a proper wash and polish up then touch up bits of the paint, bit of a mid summer freshen up. Its been busy over the last couple of weeks terrorizing the tarmac.

1100L frame with 750L swingarm and the best bouncy bits you can afford at each end