sbruton
Where the fvck is that money you owe me?!?
Hi all,
It's been quiet a while since I've been on DTT. I posted up an "intro" a short while ago, and thought I should get a build thread started. I took some time off from street bikes a couple of years ago for a variety of reasons, but won't bore you with the details. It was mostly a time issue due to "life stuff" and just couldn't get the last project to a finished state. To make a long story short, recent circumstances have afforded me the opportunity to get another project bike - a very clean 1980 SR250... which brings me to this post. My last 2 projects were 78 KZ650Bs, so I'm quite excited to be working on a single cylinder street bike. I'm primarily a dirt rider and have worked on various dirt bikes over the years, and thought this would be a great platform to make a dualsport type bike to ride around the mountain roads. I'm still pondering concepts and where this project will go, but initial plans are to make the bike a little more "off-road" worthy without straying too far from original (for now). If I could end up with something like this I would be very happy:
I'nitial plans are to simplify the dash, remove unnecessary electrical components, change tires but ultimately retain the road legal status. I might swap the rear wheel for an 18" but that is still up in the air. Without further adieu here is a pic of the bike as I received it from the previous owner:
Once home, I gave it a once over and got it running easily with the purchase of a new battery. Shockingly, the battery in it said that is was from 1981! No wonder it wouldn't take a charge...All the other wear parts (tires, chain, sprockets, brake shoes, cables etc) appear to be in good shape and should be usable for the short term. I ordered a factory service manual and started to disassemble the bike.
Anybody need any stock SR parts?? I'll probaby use some of the bits and pieces but most of this will go up on Ebay in hopes of helping to fund the project...
Carb was very clean... I was surprised that it wasn't gummed up. Apparently the bike has been sitting for over a year...
The only other work that has been started to date was a quick change of handle bars with a set of stock bars off a DR650 and the start of modifications to the wiring harness. I will be removing the starter safety circuits, the dash lights, and keyed ignition. Here is the modified wiring diagram that I am working to but still showing the keyed ignition:
That brings me up to the current state of affairs, but hoping to get more done this week. The next tasks on the "to do list" will be:
1.) Completely dismantle the bike
2.) Trim frame and install rear loop
3.) create space for electrical tray and reinstall required bracing
4.) Complete wiring harness mods
Thanks for looking and certainly welcome feedback and comments!
It's been quiet a while since I've been on DTT. I posted up an "intro" a short while ago, and thought I should get a build thread started. I took some time off from street bikes a couple of years ago for a variety of reasons, but won't bore you with the details. It was mostly a time issue due to "life stuff" and just couldn't get the last project to a finished state. To make a long story short, recent circumstances have afforded me the opportunity to get another project bike - a very clean 1980 SR250... which brings me to this post. My last 2 projects were 78 KZ650Bs, so I'm quite excited to be working on a single cylinder street bike. I'm primarily a dirt rider and have worked on various dirt bikes over the years, and thought this would be a great platform to make a dualsport type bike to ride around the mountain roads. I'm still pondering concepts and where this project will go, but initial plans are to make the bike a little more "off-road" worthy without straying too far from original (for now). If I could end up with something like this I would be very happy:
I'nitial plans are to simplify the dash, remove unnecessary electrical components, change tires but ultimately retain the road legal status. I might swap the rear wheel for an 18" but that is still up in the air. Without further adieu here is a pic of the bike as I received it from the previous owner:
Once home, I gave it a once over and got it running easily with the purchase of a new battery. Shockingly, the battery in it said that is was from 1981! No wonder it wouldn't take a charge...All the other wear parts (tires, chain, sprockets, brake shoes, cables etc) appear to be in good shape and should be usable for the short term. I ordered a factory service manual and started to disassemble the bike.
Anybody need any stock SR parts?? I'll probaby use some of the bits and pieces but most of this will go up on Ebay in hopes of helping to fund the project...
Carb was very clean... I was surprised that it wasn't gummed up. Apparently the bike has been sitting for over a year...
The only other work that has been started to date was a quick change of handle bars with a set of stock bars off a DR650 and the start of modifications to the wiring harness. I will be removing the starter safety circuits, the dash lights, and keyed ignition. Here is the modified wiring diagram that I am working to but still showing the keyed ignition:
That brings me up to the current state of affairs, but hoping to get more done this week. The next tasks on the "to do list" will be:
1.) Completely dismantle the bike
2.) Trim frame and install rear loop
3.) create space for electrical tray and reinstall required bracing
4.) Complete wiring harness mods
Thanks for looking and certainly welcome feedback and comments!