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Little paint and grinding on the front rack and I guess she is done for now. Would really like to find a rear rack but all my toys are on hold right now. But here is a pic so you can see how the exhaust turned out as well. Been out riding it almost every night lately. The old girl is so much fun!!!!
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looks awesome keep up the good work
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Thanks man! I keep plugging away with it. Here lately though I have just been riding it around!!! Probably wont do anything else with it till the winter though!
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Still loving this machine!!! Been putting her to work lately though. Wife and I bought a house so I been using the old girl to pull my little trailer around for yard clean up and such. Hopefully soon going to start tearing her down some and I want to clean up the frame a bit and see about having it powder coated. We will see. I am going to have to locate a new pipe for it soon. Header is OK but the muffler is in bad shape. When I blasted it it popped a few pin holes, they are starting to make more noise than I like.
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Very Nice!
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Trike looks good! How are those tank decals holding up? Mine have already started to bubble due to the tank breathing out the gas fumes.
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Started bubbling 2 days after I put them on. So disappointed. Complained about it, they sent me two more but I have never tried to put them on. Figured I would put a bunch of pin holes in them before I put them on if I do.
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Nice looking trike, I have had a few sx projects and currently have one underway.
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when you get the new decals for the tank, punch a fair amount of holes in them so the gas fumes can escape.Originally Posted by neverdone:1246802
Back about a year and a half ago I stumbled on this 250 SX sitting in the back of the barn at my buddies place. After some prodding I got him to come off it (didn't hurt that he was out of a job and needed some money), he let me have it for $150 (he named the price)!! This is how it sat in the barn when I found it..................
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Yes that is black pipe (plumbing pipe) welded to the grab bar to make a utility rack.
After some digging around the barn I managed to find all of it, rear plastics, carb, everything missing but the petcock off the gas tank. Through it up in the back of the truck and took off before he could change his mind. After a little sawzall massage on the grab bar, a fresh spark plug, soaked the carb for about a week and clean it all out and scrubbed, threw on a plastic tank and she fired up with little effort on the kick start. Then I through in a battery did a little wire work and had it starting from the button! So within a couple weeks of me having it I went for a little ride and got her a little dirty and was having a blast!
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Now that it has been running for a bit and we have been having a good time I decided to sink a little money in her. Per recomendation of dougspcs I picked up a bear claw tire for the front and a new rim to change up the front a bit and maybe get a little better handling.
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I also ordered up a set of back tires, but they are not on yet. I am going to sand blast the rear rims tonight and repaint them then will be mounting the new back tires. I also pulled the exhaust and blasted it and repainted with a nice 1600* rustoleum, have done a little welding on one foot peg, and made my own new grab bar for the back since the old one was pretty much destroyed.
Aside from that stuff (please don't kill me) but I ordered in a decal set for it....... for a 1986 cause I like those better....... and a set of blue shock boots for the front (wifes favorite color) and a blue seat cover. Haven't put on the boots or cover yet, but started to put on the tank decals. Apparently the decal set I got has issues with being on a plastic tank, they were on for a week and look like lizzard skin now.
Anyway once I get some more pics of it when I get the tires and such back on the back I will set it up for some more pics...
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That was my plan. I have decals sitting on the shelf. Now just waiting for warmer weather to put them on so they will stick a little better.
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New brake cables showed up yesterday and new brake lever. After that I want to adjust the valve lash then maybe service the rear end. Still need to get a new rear pedal brake cable but that is about it for the old girl. Maybe even make a mount to put a taillight back on.
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it looks cool
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Thanks. Still need to find the time to put on the new cables and such. Maybe this weekend.
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The narrow front rim is the ticket. Nice work
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Now that the weather is warming back up time to tinker a little bit. Might actually get the new cables put on. Also think I am going to adjust the valve lash on it. Its pretty ticky. Doubt it has ever been done.
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