New LT250R owner!!!

[fasterblaster2002]

I cant believe i bought a suzuki, but anyway, ill share with you what mine has and i have a few questions about it.

1987 LT250R with 1988 motor (i think)

all this stuff has about 5 tanks of gas worth of time on it.

powdercoated silver frame
new maier plastic, carbon fiber look hood
ct racing built motor-
new cases, gears, bearings, hot rods crank, wiseco piston, pro design cool head, hicson billet clutch basket and discs
39mm (i think) PWK airstryker carb
ct pipe and silencer
chrome stator cover, chrome water pump cover, boyesen reed cage, SB design polished case saver and motor mounts
chrome +2+1 burgard a-arms
ASR tie rods and ends, ASR dual ss braided brake lines
stainless bolt kit
durablue +2 rear axle and durablue +1 hubs
polished front brake calipers, brand new front and rear brake pads
brand new front and rear wheel bearings
LSR parking brake block off
DG grab bar, front bumper, and nerfs
billet 24-fin inline water cooler
K&N filter, new JT chain and sprockets
new motion pro clutch cable
iRazr front and rear tires, douglas red label wheels
renthal bars, LED taillight, new seat pad and cover
and a whole bunch of new and used parts.

The rear shock is kind of spongy, the lower steering stem bushing needs replacing, and a few other little things are wrong with it.

I paid $1825 for this.

Now, some questions.
1. Did I get a good deal on this?
2. It has honda 250r front shocks on it, but what are the length of stock 87 front shocks? ( the honda ones are too long) Also what other shocks work good on lts?
3. It has a hesitation or sputter or something in at least the first two gears, any idea what that could be? (the plug color looks like the jetting is dead on) and when you shift up, the sputtering stops.
4. How do you tell what year the motor is, if this makes any difference, it has a six bolt reed cage. it is at least a 87 beacuse it has a powervalve.
5. Where do you measure on the carb to tell what size it is?

ill get some pics up later, and what is the best way to put pics on my posts?
thanks

[fasterblaster2002]

also how good is a ct pipe? this bike has the ct national kit.

[fasterblaster2002]

also, anyone who has burgard a-arms, do you kow if they use the same shock length as stock?

[drag lt guy]

Damn you got a good deal on that thing.

[Chewy67420]

Originally Posted by drag lt guy

Damn you got a good deal on that thing.

What he said. I'd say you paid about the right price for just a good running lt much less a worked over one.


Lets see some pics!

[quadracer12]

Damn you got an awesome deal, that may be the best deal i've seen on a built LT. CT pipe is good, it is not the absolute best but i would not spend money on a new one. A pair of Elka's or ohlins would be sweet for the front, not sure if it is the stock length shock with the a-arms though. You can measure the distance from upper mount to lower mount at free length, then call the shock companies and ask them the length of their shocks.

About the sputtering, make sure you have good gas in there. With the porting you probably need at least 100 octane (that is normally how CT does it) also make sure you are getting good spark and that your air filter is clean. Congrats on the buy man

[jsmstorm]

Hell yea you got a good deal on that thing I would be looking at about 3500 easily for something like that out here..... The carb should have the size on it.... Works are a decent front shock better than factory but elka, and ohlins are much better from what I have heard if you have the cash... You got any pictures of this thing? Where you at in illinois? I grew up near mattoon / effingham

[jj67]

Pictures, where are the pictures?

JJ

[4dgasm]

the 10th diget of the vin is the year code. f=85,g=86,h=87=j=88,k=89,l=90,m=91,n=92. the vin on the motor should be under the carb.
you measure the inside of the out port on the carb.
hope this helps.

[gogoquadzilla]

i think the 6 bolt reed cage was 88-92, 87 had 5 bolt. anyone else know if thats right?