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at last after lurking and researching for months..i-m finally on the case
i bought this sr250 for the wife, way back in january, then we moved house, changed jobs and the whole project got put back until now. The bike stood in abaot yard in barcelona for over a year and was running up until then.. but as usual the local scrotes kicked it about a bit.. and so it came to me for the grand sum of 100 euros including papers and name chane over to me...
reckon i-ll budget for a 1000 euros to spend on it....
ideas change weekly so all help and idea welcome..
Nice bike, looks like someone has already had a go at doing it up. Give me a shout if you need help finding parts as I've bought most of mine already. Just waiting for my frame, rims and hubs to come back from the powder coaters. It's good that someone is building a SR250 at the same time as me, it may give me a few new ideas. Good Luck.
Nice bike, looks like someone has already had a go at doing it up. Give me a shout if you need help finding parts as I've bought most of mine already. Just waiting for my frame, rims and hubs to come back from the powder coaters. It's good that someone is building a SR250 at the same time as me, it may give me a few new ideas. Good Luck.
nice one... the bike was moved last week to our new house on the coast... left it in the street, got up this morning to find someone had nicked the front light glass and the throttle! feckers...
never mind i wanted to get a new unit anyway... gonna strip the engine down in the next two weeks.
here-s my list
strip and rebuild engine
deconstruct all electrics / replace with 12 volt litium battery and simple loom
black frame
polished tank
bob the front mudguard *fender
lose back fender and use tail and number plate as fender
lose air-box and side panels
new carb~_ mikuni_
pfff that's it so far....
lets stay in tou8ch .. i got manuals and bags of research to share
where you based? I'm a Brit abroad living in Barcelona Spain
yep .. there some good video up there... fuel pump etc... I know hampshire a little I went to art school in winchester for a while (back in the day)... so we used to go to southampton for gigs and giggles... "the joiners"? loads of raves back then too mainly around fleet services "left mt brain somehwere in a field in hampshire"
i had a real messed up DT back then and the Trip from leafy winchy to southampton was a scare...
i have stripped everything off the bike save the front forks.. everything is now neatly packed away in little blue freezer bags.. labelled and filed away in the cupboard under the stairs..
next job is to de tab and strip the frame of old paint...
over the winter i'll be cleaning all parts and polishing what i can... its going to be a nuts and bolts rebuild!
yep.. i love these little machines.. i'm building for my wife to ride.. inspiration from some great guys here in Spain..
NO NOT CafeRacerDreams (for me all their bikes look the same!) BUT a little outfit here in barcelona called LA CORONA...
http://lacoronamotorcycles.blogspot.com.es/
also below some nice details from other builders...
my wife really likes the flat seats of trackers with the drop bars of a cafe.. so somewhat of a hybrid in mind...
black frame
black and pearlwhite tank
watch this space.
i'm off to buy de-greaser, paint stripper and HCL to get the rust...
Hi mate, I've got 335mm shocks on mine (about 40mm longer than stock). If you go over 330mm you will have to move the tab that your rear brake spring is attached to (I have). Hope that gives you an idea how longer shocks will look when compared to pics of my bike.
Hi mate, I've got 335mm shocks on mine (about 40mm longer than stock). If you go over 330mm you will have to move the tab that your rear brake spring is attached to (I have). Hope that gives you an idea how longer shocks will look when compared to pics of my bike.
im looking 365 springs.. so i will remove the tab. so mine will be 65mm longer than stock... i want a really flat look but i may well reconsider and go for 330... i'm going to drop the tank mounts too to make it even flatter
how much track can flat tracker flat if a flat tracker can flat tracks?
Started grinding off the unwanted tabs this Sunday (until i realised that it was Sunday and my neighbours who are usually tolerant of my tinkering probably would cease to be so !).
cut off:
airbox tabs, end of frame "flares", original seat lock, seat hinges,
little photo update... had an unexpected day off yesterday..and even though its novemeber it was 24 degress outside.. so got a few bits done.
1) ground off tabs...(took ages... still not satisfied with the finish)... the original welds are horribly thick so i smoothed a few off (nothig weight bearing just cosmetic).
2) also mocked up the seat.. (at least by eye) the original seat was very wide so i have just taken the back kick and the front "box" *that covers the tank nut. The idea is i will join these two parts with a fiberglass seat pan, that sits low.
3) also dropped the tank by about 2cm by removing and repositioning the two side knobs and replaced the rubber with two door stoppers from the local hardware store.
anyone got any grinding tricks?
nest up strip frame of old paint .. attach back loop with "kick", make seat pan to fit snug just recessed inside the seat frame and loop.
.. just a couple of picks of the tank.. I'm really pleased that it has no badges! .. i prefer the smooth tank with ot badges and i don't really want to have to fill the recess made by the rivets that would normally hold the badge in place.
as for colour scheme.. . thinking pearl white/dark grey tank following the original teardrop on the tank.,and very dark grey frame.
.. just a couple of picks of the tank.. I'm really pleased that it has no badges! .. i prefer the smooth tank with ot badges and i don't really want to have to fill the recess made by the rivets that would normally hold the badge in place.
as for colour scheme.. . thinking pearl white/dark grey tank following the original teardrop on the tank.,and very dark grey frame.
Also wanted to ask- do those door-stops hold the tank in there pretty firm? I'd like to drop down the front of my tank on my 250, but I'm having a hard time finding the right rubbers..
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