Hello,
My name is Daniel from Johannesburg, RSA. I've just begun stripping a SR250 that I'll be hopefully turning into a neat little tracker for my wife to use. She often sits on the back of my bike and has been talking about getting one of her own, so thought this would be a nice excuse for me to build up a bike.
At the moment the bike is stripped and I'm in the process of detabbing the frame. I've come across a few issues along the way. The left rear shock mount as sheared off the bike and is inside the shock. The previous owner must have used the bike like this for some time as it shows some wear where the shock vibrated against the frame. The original nuts were also missing and just had a long bolt running through it. I'm hoping that I can find someone nearby me who can weld a new one on.
Anyway here are some pix of the going so far. I'm looking forward to sharing my experiences with everyone and learning from all the pros on these forums.
Regards,

The bike how it began


Stripping...

The trouble shock, note the long bolt

No those are not my feet...

The sheared off mount

The other side, how I assume it the other should look like

I'm still looking for a way to remove the steering bearings, is there a special tool for that top nut?