250R Build From Parts

[atc007]

One of the nicest R's anywhere. Thanx for sharing.

[markturbo]

Thanks!

I'll get some better pictures soon, those were taken with my phone

[Red Rider]

I swapped out my head gasket, Im not so sure it actually blew the gasket or a couple of the head bolts were just loose as a couple were easily removed but I changed it out anyways. I think it had a CR gasket in it as it was really thin and just a single layer of thin metal material. Torqued the head bolts down in a criss cross pattern and its been good ever since.

After a few hours of riding, be sure to pull the tank & retorque the head once. Nice job on bringing the headlight bezel back to life. The entire bike turned out very nice.

[Mechanic]

Amazing job!! I've been gathering parts for mine and these pics inspire me to keep on keeping on. 350x headlight looks great too!! You make polishing sound easy, but it's not so I really respect you have done it all yourself, completes the look.

[markturbo]

I got my cylinder back from the shop, bored and honed with a new 68.5mm Wiseco Piston, rings, clips and bearing.
I also bought a new reed valve as mine were worn and not closing all the way, I went with V-Force 3.
Some new parts from BDT include the 3/16 spacer kit with gaskets, studs, nuts, dowel pins, and BDT's 1/2" reed spacer with gaskets and hardware.
New ESR Billet Exhaust Flange should take care of the leaky pipe
New Silicone Coupler for the muffler joint
New top end gasket set including head gasket
New Keihin DGH Needle and clip
I also got some new water pump gaskets as I pulled the cover to inspect, it all looks good

I'll post up some pictures soon, so far I've just prepared all the gasket surfaces and installed the new longer cylinder base studs. I used some anti seize on the threads as well as dowel pins.

This is my first ever top end rebuild so I'm open to any reassembly tips!