1980 Yamaha SR250 - A Tracker named Mexico

[sxecafe]

nice job man. I had to retry about 5 times when I laced my wheels until I got the start and pattern right. Still have to touch up the scratches I made in the process. >(

Are you having someone else true them or are you doing it yourself?

[SteveG]

Cheers.  I'm going to have a go at trueing them myself using and old swing arm and a pointer.  If I can't manage it I know a guy who builds wheels.  I'll post some before and after pics of the wheels when I get the new tyres fitted, hopefully by Monday.

[MILKY]

Hey Steve

It's probably a little late now, but there is a flat option of these battery's available that I'm going to use in my sr250.

Have a look here (four cell)

http://antigravitybatteries.com/?page_id=994

i found a good option.. you can get lipo4 cell packs on eBay... and other suppliers... do a Google for >
"123A lipo4 4s1p" 123a is the battery type, lipo is the make, 4s refers to the number of cells, 1p refers top parallel wiring . tiny tiny batteries that come in at 13.5 volts....

[SteveG]

Finished lacing my powder coated wheels with new stainless spokes today, and I'm very happy with them.  You can see from the pic below that I used my old swingarm and a pencil to get them true.  It takes a while, but it saved me £80 and I have the satisfaction of knowing I did it myself.  I'll be getting the tubes and tyres fitted tomorrow.

[SteveG]

A bit of Sunday Night orange bike porn:

[SteveG]

Here are my wheels with their new shoes on, and I think they look great.  Well chuffed.  Also, here is a pic of my new seat and speedo that arrived today:

[SteveG]

Primed the last of my bits and bobs.  I'm spraying the swingarm rather than powder coating as the bushes are in good condition and I didn't want to knacker them by taking them out.  Just waiting for my new swingarm bolt to arrive from Holland and I can start the rebuild.

[SteveG]

A quick update - the rebuild begins! :

[andrew6v]

Are you doing the orange/black? I really love that combo.

Great work so far.

[VonYinzer]

Wow man. Looks great so far. Keep the updates coming!