Hi everyone
I grew up in the 80's and was 13 when I saw my first 250R. It was the coolest thing I ever saw. I was a small kid and had a TRX125. I knew someday I would have one!!
Well 30 years later I finally bought one and am bringing it back to that NEW Machine I saw back in 86.....
So I have been a member here for a few months and wanted to share some pics of the restoration project.
I bought an 86 250R off a buddy of mine and quickly realized it would be fun to strip it down and rebuild it.
So I stripped it completely down and shipped all the parts off to powder coat and metal finishing. The engine went to a local repair
shop where it was broken down, cases split, powder coated, and rebuilt with all new seals, bearings, piston, rings, dowels etc. It is now a completely new engine.
While I waited the month for the engine and powder coat I spent a lot of time ordering new seals, O rings, Rebuild kits, OEM parts etc. I also spent tons of time on EBAY looking for NOS Parts. I quickly learned that probably 60% of the 250R parts are no longer made by Honda. Not wanting to cheap out on the build I became an EBAY fanatic and was able to score almost everthing I needed.
If the parts looked too worn and/or could not be cleaned I replaced them with new. Nearly every part on this bike is NEW or NOS OEM. The only exception so far is the stainless bolt kit (I liked the bling) and the radiator hoses (It was tough to find nice ones on ebay).
All of the plastics are going out this week to be restored to new.
When complete the bike is going in my office believe it or not.
I don't plan on putting in fluids, just displaying it.
Here are some progress pics. I will post more as it progresses.
Thanks
BEFORE:
AFTER POWDER COAT:
AFTER METAL REFINISHING:
RE ASSEMBLY:
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