2 Strokes Down Under

This thread has spurred me on to contacting a crowd in the UK (Metal Magic at Heritage Motor Works) that do this sort of work and I am now contemplating taking my F2 tank over to them when I go over next month. I will post my experience on here if I go down that path. Not sure if costs yet but will...

No luck with resto as yet which is a shame, so looking like it's working with the tank I have, and hoping it comes up as good as his previous work! Bag of goodies to rebuild the front shocks should arrive Monday, new chain and sprockets arrived, new grips arriving next week. Looks like both master c...

JonW wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:36 pm That guy looks like he does amazing work.

This is Retro, you will struggle to get onto them as others have but maybe try ringing them, it will be under 1K i would think landed.

http://retro-spl.jp/publics/index/40/de ... lock215-24

Thanks, will get in touch with them.

She's had a hard life, his quote allows for sandblasting, cutting the bottom out, removing all bronze that the previous person used, butt weld new section, pressure test, and prime. For the hours needed, it's probably where it needs to be. Here is his page - looks like he does good work based on pic...

So back to step 1 with the tank.
Spoke to someone who specialises in vintage bike restoration and has just recently done a few of these tanks.

Rough estimate is between $1200-$1500 to finish in primer.
Is that what people would expect for a tank repair?

No sadly not, the tanks are specific to each model (with the exception of the LC2 and F1 models I believe), which makes it something of a nightmare sourcing a replacement. Repro LC ones can be purchased out of the UK but I don’t believe anyone has started reproducing a correct copy of the power val...

Does the LC tank fit these?

Here's a couple of happy snaps

Day One




Starting the pull-down


Powdercoating complete!

Hi Guys, Long time lurker who purchased a complete, but neglected RZ250 3 years ago. After pulling it apart, I bought a boat and lost motivation to do the rebuild... Move forward a year and I got the frame powdercoated, and then Covid hit and lost motivation again. Now finally, the rebuild has start...

Hi Guys, Long time lurker who purchased a complete, but neglected RZ250 3 years ago. After pulling it apart, I bought a boat and lost motivation to do the rebuild... Move forward a year and I got the frame powdercoated, and then Covid hit and lost motivation again. Now finally, the rebuild has start...