Yamaha SR Tracker/Brat

[Five Miles Out]

So I bough a little baby-sized SR - there is absolutely no possible way I can afford a 400/500 here in AUS. I'm looking $5G + for a rustbucket.

This will be a cafe/bobber....Cobber.

 

[Five Miles Out]

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Stripped.



Ground of tabs - old cross bar wasn't tubular - will weld on a new one.

 

[Five Miles Out]

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New compressor! Not too bad.



Cleaned + K&N pod.



Cleaning....urrrgh!

 

[Five Miles Out]

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I bought some new Kawasaki GPX250 dual-disk forks. Will require some manipulation to fit but I think it will work. Forks, brakes, front and rear rims for $120 - can't do much better than that!



Tapered vs straight. I will have to bore out the stock races and cups.



Hmmm....I'll make it work.

 

[Five Miles Out]

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Tossing up between this and a vintage sportster tank.



Hopefully this won't be too crazy loud for AUS laws.

 

[DesmoBro]

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cool little build you've got here.... I just recently gave one of these a home in my basement

 

[JustinLonghorn]

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I dig that chrome tank man. Make it happen.

 

[Five Miles Out]

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Pipe's not going to work. I'll get a scrambler pipe bent for me stuffed with baffles - gotta keep the notice within reason.

More updates very soon...

 

[BigKev]

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Any updates?

 

[Five Miles Out]

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Got lazy. Will post more tomorrow.

 

[Five Miles Out]

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Lost my job on the 22nd of December. Merry F'n Christmas. Decided to raw the frame to keep costs down.





New front end from a Yamaha XVS250. Went in with the assistance of original cups and race. Painted DIY with WhiteKnight Enamel spray paint. I think the grey-blue brings out a nice bit of colour.



New headlight, clip-ons (untill I can decide on bars), clutch lever and Oberon bar end indicators.



Mounted a mini speedo.





Without tank.



With tank.

 

[Five Miles Out]

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Rear Tyres Options:

Duro Median 130/90 x 16 or Firestone ANS 5.00 x 16?

Stock is a 120/90 16. Will the 130 be alright?

 

[zap2504]

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"New front end from a Yamaha XVS250. Went in with the assistance of original cups and race."
Any more details of this swap (I assume the Kawa front end got too $$$)? I have a SR250 I'm trying to turn into a low-budget street tracker but converting to front disk would be nice.

 

[Five Miles Out]

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"New front end from a Yamaha XVS250. Went in with the assistance of original cups and race."
Any more details of this swap (I assume the Kawa front end got too $$$)? I have a SR250 I'm trying to turn into a low-budget street tracker but converting to front disk would be nice.

I've had a whole heap of progress recently so I will post up pictures plus pictures of my fork setup. To be honest if you can find an xvs font, mess armond with cups and races and it will go straight in. I'm pretty sure I used everything from the sr fork except star nut.

Kawasaki front end was going to be to expensive and I would have needed to machine brake mounts and build a new spoked wheel.

 

[Cuba Libre]

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What's the tank off? It's very nice.

M.

 

[Five Miles Out]

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What's the tank off? It's very nice.

M.

It's a custom Japanese tank. I think it's a Big Cedar or a Nitroheads.

 

[Five Miles Out]

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I'm about to buy tires.

I want some chunky dual sport or some Firestone ANS.

Current front tire is 90/90 18. Can anyone suggest a meaty tire? Also what size could I upsize to? Will a 4.0 fit or a 12/90?

 

[zap2504]

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RE: tires - in saving past posts from other SR250 owners, the consensus seems to be that (with stock wheels) the max size tire is a 100/90-18 front and 130/90-16 rear. When you say "chunky", how off-road are you looking? I've had my eye on a Kenda Enduro 100/90-18 K270 tire for my front like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/KENDA-ENDURO-K270-MOTORCYCLE-DUAL-SPORT-TIRE-100-90-18-/230885083803?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35c1d2ca9b&vxp=mtr and a Vee rubber 120/90-16 VRM 163 tire for the rear like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vee-Rubber-120-90-16-VRM-163-Rear-Motorcycle-Tire-Free-Shipping-/390557458366?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5aef09dfbe&vxp=mtr. I also saw another SR250 build that used Pirelli 90/90-18 MT60s on the front and Bridgestone 120/90-16 Trail Wing TW40s on the rear.

 

[Swapmeet Louie]

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It's a custom Japanese tank. I think it's a Big Cedar or a Nitroheads.

Its a Bananna Wassel knock-off If its Japanese.

 

[Five Miles Out]

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Its a Bananna Wassel knock-off If its Japanese.

Not sure where Big Cedar is located, but they make a large range of alloy tanks. It's the same tank from the Deus Major Bloodnok. If anyone is interested I bought it from webike.com, Japanese based online store.