Kawasaki EL250
Created | Updated Apr 26, 2002
The Used Bike Guide says "Kawa's baby custom arrived in '93 courtesy of a detuned GPX engine with dragster styling. About the only similarity with the grown-up Eliminator is the name..."
The spec. given by the UBG is 248cc 8-valve dohc (double overhead cam) parallel twin, NU7, 27bhp, 90mph 55mpg
My comments:
The bike works... It is a little small for my 6 feet worth of frame and I would recommend that a rider be 5'9" or less so not to get back ache.
Oh Yeah! servicing. Interesting design... Try to get to the front sprocket - you need to remove the exhaust!!
Try to get the starter motor off - remove just about everything bar the engine, and that was touch and go (I was told) This little job cost me £300 a price reduced because it was thought, quite correctly, that I would not collect the bike should it be higher.
90mph Okay with a back wind and down hill maybe, 80mph it can hold for a while. But who really cares you wouldn't get a bike like this if you were a speed merchant anyway.
The bike is there for cruising. Around town brilliant. nice and stable in slow traffic. Looks not too bad.
Is it worth it though... Nah! I only hope the folk who come to look at it when I sell have not read this yet
The spec. given by the UBG is 248cc 8-valve dohc (double overhead cam) parallel twin, NU7, 27bhp, 90mph 55mpg
My comments:
The bike works... It is a little small for my 6 feet worth of frame and I would recommend that a rider be 5'9" or less so not to get back ache.
Oh Yeah! servicing. Interesting design... Try to get to the front sprocket - you need to remove the exhaust!!
Try to get the starter motor off - remove just about everything bar the engine, and that was touch and go (I was told) This little job cost me £300 a price reduced because it was thought, quite correctly, that I would not collect the bike should it be higher.
90mph Okay with a back wind and down hill maybe, 80mph it can hold for a while. But who really cares you wouldn't get a bike like this if you were a speed merchant anyway.
The bike is there for cruising. Around town brilliant. nice and stable in slow traffic. Looks not too bad.
Is it worth it though... Nah! I only hope the folk who come to look at it when I sell have not read this yet
