Rgv250 Vj21a Illusive

After Owning a Rgv250 Vj21a for the last 2 years I've decided to give it a thorough strip down.

South Africa-Western Cape-Kleinmond

Reasons.(many)

1. Bike is filthy 
2. Metal fatigue 
3. Rust (chain,bolts,sub-frame back and front,tank)
4. Heavy fuel consumption
5. Fork seals leaking
6. Fairing and paint job not original
7. Back shock saggy

I probably was able to ride the bike for about a year, bike started to cut out intermittently.Little did I know this was a small filter in the fuel inlet mouth of the carburetors that was blocked.I have no mechanical background what so ever ,but decided 'hay couldn't be so difficult to fix it right'?....A year later and its lying in bits in the back yard.

I will shortly explain the above mentioned reasons for where I am today.

1.Filth-The bike had freshly sprayed fairings on the first time I went to see her.It was love at first sight.

...frame is chipped in various places, engine looks like a speckled egg baked on dirt on barrels, head ,carbs and that stuff dosn't come off.(Leave the oven de-greaser for ovens i bathed my carbs in them big no no).

2.Metal fatigue-bolts stripped extremely quickly left me sawing them into flat screw heads.Stay away from the clutch cover if there's nothing wrong!I however had the lets explore feeling and did this.

 

Not very easy to see ,just focus on the place the kick start shaft goes (bottom left hole) if you put the shaft in and not line the clutch cover and gearbox plate perfectly your shaft will destroy your gearbox plate.pieces go into your crank case and that can be disastrous,but i did a pretty nice patch job that never really worked i was 2mm not flush and therefor pushed the clutch cover which caused a oil leak and the kick start not to recoil automatically.

3.Rust-chain badly rusted ,lots of rust inside tank(clogging those carb filters)bolts rusted,exhausts rusted.I live at the sea what can I say.Used ns4(rust converter) to paint the pipes , all came off one day after hitting 180km/h came off like a snake shedding and made a terrible smell. 

4.Heavy fuel consumption-Broken emulsion tube clanking inside a carb.Although not sure whether that the cause or me blitzing from corner to corner 10 000 rpm at a time... 5 km/l.Bought replacement parts will see where that gets me.

 5.Fork seals-Seals were leaky bought some cheap generic ones ,didn't work oil was pissing out when bike was stationary.Still a good idea was almost no oil in the forks and the one spring assembly was badly rusted.

6.Paint job-Tank has a ding, rims are gray. I would like to return to a original paint scheme and this would be the reason for staring this blog.I got no clue what my bike originally looked like.

7.Rear shock-Took the rear shock out drained the oil , got to the part where I need to compress the spring so that i can take it all apart.(My vice is to small FFs)

The Illusive Rgv250pj

.Not being able to find much out about my bike I've decided to bring everything on the web here don't know what type of copyright laws there is on web info but I will list as resources somewhere.Now to add all pics and info I can obtain off the web

Off the bat you google rgv250 j and u get a thread discussing whether the 88 j was restricted apparently not-So the normal J has 45hp(Japanese bike).

Secondly I get here http://www.suzukicycles.org/RGV-series/RGV250-Gamma.shtml does not tell me much except that the two 88 versions is 45hp one is normal and one is a sp.

Next http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x319/stone_044/?action=view&current=100_0871.jpg&newest=1

This paint scheme seems to be legit as I've seen similar on another website, except for the gold rims and mirrors of course.

Wikipedia tells us "

All RGV250 models, with the exception of the Japanese domestic market's version (restricted to 40 hp), make 50+ hp. The model designations are:

VJ21:1988-1990: quoted power; 1988=58 hp, 1989=59 hp (90° V-Twin, i.e. the space between the cylinders)" 

Next site with chronologically order http://www.2-takt.net/000angol/16street250/rgv/rgvwgyari.htm which frankly confuses me .

Next was a site I've used a lot ! http://www.rgv250.co.uk/index.html/_/articles/japanese-market-bike-info-r25 VJ21A models

This model bike came in 3 versions, The FJ,FK and FAK model. They are identical to the uk spec rgv250 L model bike but feature a restricted control box and different jetted 12c61 indexed 32mm mikuni carbs.

Great site very helpful.

 So on to the Japanese sites

found rg250.jp

How to identify a model year-VJ21A "· exterior coloring"

For the owner of the car Suzuki V-type two-stroke engine ... all.
You can tell the model year in the exterior coloring.

F.No. VJ21A-100001 ~ 1988 formula type J

Pepsi color

F.No. VJ21A-101550 ~ 1988 model year FJ type


Advantage chic color
Apparently there is also the color of Pepsi STD?
F.No. VJ21A-117639 ~ K type 1989 model year

F.No. VJ21A-117654 ~ FK type 1989 model year
K type of silver thick red line between the red and have changed SUZUKI solid white J-shaped blue / white, white pearl black line K-type
Pepsi chic color color that FJ is limited car type silencer is in black type K is characterized by both limited car Direct Japanese translation.

but none list my rgv250pj
  

Ok so here we have a Rgv250 pj vj21a -108529

j-k fj-fk

One I've never heard of rgv250sk vj21a-125824

fj-101550

pj108529