G'day guys, what a great site!! Plenty of information and pics to get enthusiastic about building a nice cafe. A little bit about me I live in Goulburn NSW and I'm 40ish. Owned a few bikes in the past including a nice BMW K100RT which I recently sold. Still have my little 1981 GSX250 to run around with. Thought about restoring her a while back, but looking at the cafe racer style I liked it and decided to go that way. Heres a pic of what she used to look like...
in the past couple of months I stripped her right down and powdercoated all the main frame parst. I cut 6 inches of each end of the frame and tidyed it up. Had the engine and the alloy rims bead blasted and cleaned up.
Starting to put it all back together now. This is what she looks like in my shed today...
Have ordered a set of clubman handlebars. Going to paint the tank and seat metallic silver and put some side panels to cover where the battery is. Moved the electricals to up under the seat. Saw a few other members in Oz have a GSX250 as well, would like to see any other designs too. Hoping to have the bike completed in 2 weeks time ....hopefully.
in the past couple of months I stripped her right down and powdercoated all the main frame parst. I cut 6 inches of each end of the frame and tidyed it up. Had the engine and the alloy rims bead blasted and cleaned up.
Starting to put it all back together now. This is what she looks like in my shed today...
Have ordered a set of clubman handlebars. Going to paint the tank and seat metallic silver and put some side panels to cover where the battery is. Moved the electricals to up under the seat. Saw a few other members in Oz have a GSX250 as well, would like to see any other designs too. Hoping to have the bike completed in 2 weeks time ....hopefully.