RD250F Basket Case

[Stankflapper]

I went to a motorcycle swap meet not far from me on the weekend and picked up a little RD250F as a project. The bike needs a lot of work and the guy was one of those people who strips a bike to pieces, puts it all in boxes, then jams in in a damp corner of his shed for the next 12 years!
I am hoping that these are not too unpopular as a bike as I would like to be able to sell it & get some money back from it when finished.

[JonW]

Looks like a fun project, cant wait to see what you do with it.

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Needs a little bit of work that one! but they are great bikes.

[Stankflapper]

Parts all came back from the sand blasters today

[JonW]

As usual, no messing about!

[Stankflapper]

Jon, I dropped the stuff off this morning and said to the guy will next week be pick up? He said, yeh mate give me a call on Tuesday, then I get a call this arvo saying come and pick it up... I gotta say I love it when that sort of stuff happens

[BRG1200]

bloody heck, buys a wreck and the next day its back sandblasted?
whats your average turnaround for a resto !?

[DuncanB]

It'll be finished in a couple of weeks... Makes me feel like a right slacker!!
Where was the swap meet? I need to get out and about looking for LC bits to hoard.

[BRG1200]

what he said

[OzzyElsie]

bloody heck, buys a wreck and the next day its back sandblasted?

It's not that great an effort, it was already pulled apart .

Just in case you need inspiration or if you don't know what you what you're doing .

[JonW]

Jon, I dropped the stuff off this morning and said to the guy will next week be pick up? He said, yeh mate give me a call on Tuesday, then I get a call this arvo saying come and pick it up... I gotta say I love it when that sort of stuff happens

Haha, same happened to me when I dropped a frame off to be done. He said a week and then called me about 10mins after i got home... an hour from his shop. grr...

[Stankflapper]

It'll be finished in a couple of weeks... Makes me feel like a right slacker!!
Where was the swap meet? I need to get out and about looking for LC bits to hoard.

The swap meeting was on at the grounds of the Australian Motorcycle museum, Haighslea. It is a good swap maily because there is NO car stuff just purely motorcycles. The next one is set down for Sunday 13th of April.

[DuncanB]

It'll be finished in a couple of weeks... Makes me feel like a right slacker!!
Where was the swap meet? I need to get out and about looking for LC bits to hoard.

The swap meeting was on at the grounds of the Australian Motorcycle museum, Haighslea. It is a good swap maily because there is NO car stuff just purely motorcycles. The next one is set down for Sunday 13th of April.

It'll be worth the trip to check out the museum... Cheers.

[Greasemeup]

This one gets my vote!!


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Unless you do one like the 400 Yellow on black, It will need poked rims to lighten the look though.

[Stankflapper]

got my bits back