Just brought this puppy home, first ever 250r and first 2 stroke. Bought it off a guy in Kansas, i think he is here on the board also. Its really in pretty good shape for the age, minus a few quirks. I want to thank Dirtcrasher especially for all his help, also Jwheeler and El Camexican for their tips. They really helped me figure out what I was looking at, being fairly new to 2 strokes, other than the odd chainsaw or whatever.
All the lights work, tank is in great shape, swingarm appears tight. Needs a rear grab bar, rear fenders, front fork rebuild, probably wheel bearings. Also need the sprocket retainer clip, it seems to be missing. If anyone has some of those parts, let me know. The top end will need gone through, it runs good but has some scoring on the piston. Other than all that, it seems pretty complete and fairly original to my untrained eye anyway.
First thing to ditch is that dang twist throttle, I'm not used to them at all and I almost stood this thing on its ass on my test drive, lol.