Fargo, ND, USA 1980 Yamaha SR250

[supersporttdi]

Hello everyone. I'm not really new to the forum but new to posting. I've been watching it for a long time now. There are some pretty sweet projects going on in here. I was bitten by the cafe bug a few years back but money has always been my stopping point, until I found a friend that had an old 1980 SR250 sitting at the farm in his shed. He sold it to me for a great price.......FREE. So thanks to him i've been able to start on my very first of hopefully many projects to come. I got the bike in June of 2011. I've attached some pics of what i have done so far with it. Feel free to ask me any questions, I'd be happy to answer them as best as I can.

The first 4 pics are of the bike as it started. Filthy and completely gummed up. The main jet in the carb was so plugged i couldn't even tell there was a hole in the center. And after cleaning it up I noticed a ton of valve clatter to find the intake valve adjustment a bit out of spec.

 

[supersporttdi]

The next 4 pictures are of the custom tanks for it and the profile I'm trying to get at.

 

[supersporttdi]

The last 4 are pictures of the tank done, new handle bars, the exhaust done, and the headlight installed.

 

[ROCKO]

hey mate,nice score and the tank idea is pretty cool but does that big flat end in front of the family jewells stay like that?

 

[supersporttdi]

Yes it will stay just like that. I may cover some of it with seat material but I haven't decided yet. I'm going to a fairly raw look. Anything black will get sandblasted and powder coated flat or satin black. The rest will be sandblasted raw metal with a clear powder coat. I'm thinking about doing the seat and hand grips in black stingray.

 

[Jacob Agaetis]

That tank is going to look sweet. Can't wait to see more progress.

 

[supersporttdi]

Does anyone know what the speedometer ratio is for this bike? I can't seem to find it anywhere. 1:1, 2:1, 2240:60
I'm leaning towards the 2240:60
IDEAS?