Newbi From Australia with a XS250

[bd-850]

Hello guys,
hope you dont mind me joining with my little 82 XS250 DOHC.

well, im from Australia, and just bought a 82 XS250 DOHC, not my first bike, and not my first bike restoring, but my first bike in modding. my little collection of bikes are:

79 Suzuki TS185
83 Honda CBX650E
83 Honda VF750F

my idea for the 250 is to turn it into abit of a Brat/Bobber styled bike, but sort of just doing what i think is cool. and to show that you can mod a bike with very little skill, and a little budget, so it wont be a show bike, but will be a "Town Terror" just something i jump on and duck down the street on.


1st pic - when i picked the bike up
2nd pic - how it kinda sits at the moment
3rd pic - my other bikes

 

[xschris]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Requiem]

Welcome to the forum and good luck on your build!

 

[levdir]

Welcome to the forum! I didn't even know there was a 250cc version of the DOHC engine. Liking where you've got your bike already, it's got the kind of profile I really like. Also dig your VF750, they're gorgeous bikes.

 

[bd-850]

Cheers for the welcomes,

just ordered a heap of parts so more happy shed time is coming

 

[DARKMIDKNIGHTWARRIOR]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Pork Chop]

Hi BD,

Good to see another Aussie on here.

Good luck on the build & keep the pics coming.

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[bd-850]

so yeah just ordered a heap of parts, speedo, handle bars, exhaust, exhaust wrap, seat foam, seat material, new levers.

for the Aussie members - im trying to follow the ADR rules as close as i can to get it passed when time comes, want the bike all legal so some mods HAVE to be done the way im doing them

done a quick before and after on the carby hats (both polished up now)
Pod filters on
cut the front guard short.

 

[BrokenFang]

welcome and good luck with the mods im doing low budget rat type bike parts from several on it now.

 

[bd-850]

started painting some stuff today, started with the top triple tree and handle bar mounts, fitted the handlebar, just waiting on Speedo and levers, then i can tidy up the front.

And started to sand back the tank, spray putty etc trying to get it smooth, one small ding on the top and a few little scratch marks

 

[Sesty]

be careful with those cheap pod filters.. they have a lip inside than can restrict airflow through the ports on the back of the carbs...will make tuning the carbs difficult.

i like the fender short, thinking of doing that to mine as well!

 

[bd-850]

another quick mock up pic,

 

[bd-850]

first attempt at painting, (thats not from a rattle can ) its only the first few coats, still needs to be sanded, painted, sanded, painted, sanded, painted, etc then cleared.

 

[xschris]

Looks ok to me.

 

[bd-850]

slowly getting there