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Been Around the Block
Well folks, it's about time to start a build thread for my little SR250. I've been working on it slowly over the last few months, debating whether or not to write up a build thread... so here it goes.
After a few years of telling myself "I'll get a bike once I live somewhere with a garage," I finally made up my mind to just go ahead and get a bike anyway. I grew up driving and wrenching on a '68 VW Bus, and I'd really been missing diggin' in the grease. So part of me really wanted to get into a full rebuild project, and part of me just wanted a bike to ride... so I decided to do a "soft build" and try to slowly pull each part one at a time to rebuild or replace, while trying to keep the bike ridable for as much of the process as possible.
I unfortunately don't have any 'before' pics, but it looked just like this...
(photo from google, but I feel like I've seen it here on DTT?)
After a few years of telling myself "I'll get a bike once I live somewhere with a garage," I finally made up my mind to just go ahead and get a bike anyway. I grew up driving and wrenching on a '68 VW Bus, and I'd really been missing diggin' in the grease. So part of me really wanted to get into a full rebuild project, and part of me just wanted a bike to ride... so I decided to do a "soft build" and try to slowly pull each part one at a time to rebuild or replace, while trying to keep the bike ridable for as much of the process as possible.
I unfortunately don't have any 'before' pics, but it looked just like this...
(photo from google, but I feel like I've seen it here on DTT?)