'71 suzuki T250 project smoker

[Hellgate]

If you have spark I'm thinking your issue is compression. Given the general state of rust on the bike I think that may be your problem. The good thing is rings, and pistons are very cheap for a 2T. I'm guessing if you went with a 1st over bore you'd be good.

For shocks have you looked on Flea Bay for a clean pair from another bike that are about the same length? Many of those old shocks are non-rebuildable.

 

[johnnyontherocks]

On a two stroke that does not use reed valves rings and engine seals need to be in good shape. If you have bad rings/cylinders a loss in vacuum created by the upward movement of the piston the engine will not draw adequate fuel or lack of compression for combustion


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[# two]

Here she is running and smoking like a tire fire. Check out my sweet gas tank. Somebody told me the rings will sometimes get stuck in the groove of the piston and to drop a few drops of brake fluid in the spark plug hole, let it sit then kick it over to free em up. Must have worked caus it starts right up in a couple kicks. still not much of an idle but I did ride it up and down the...sidewalk a few times. That's why all my neighbors love me so.

 

[FZ1riderNY]

Awesome Pal!! Nice job! I'm so glad you got her running. Now after a little fine tuning she'll be purring like a kitten. Oh, and don't let anyone say anything bad about your custom gas tank. I love it! Haha! Seriously though, nice work.:cheers:

 

[TwItcH]

white smoke

white smoke that bad = bad piston rings and possibly scratches on walls.

 

[# two]

white smoke that bad = bad piston rings and possibly scratches on walls.

Is it possible the white smoke is from burning too much oil? I wasn't sure about the oiler and so i was told to run 32:1 for a tank or so then 50:1 to be safe. If the oiler is working properly and running 32:1 premix it's burning a lot of oil.

 

[Hellgate]

I think with 32:1 you are okay. 50:1 sounds too thin for an older motor. Remember that 2Ts need the premix oil to live and will seize up in a heart beat. White smoke is fine with a 2T, blue smoke is not good.

Have you check out this site: USA 2strokers - Powered by Web Wiz Forums™

 

[# two]

I haven't been on usa 2 strokers but I have been checking out 2 stroke world. It seems to be a good site (2nd only to this one) and I have already taken some very useful information from them over there.