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I bought a 1979 RD250 back in 2004. I had always ridden 4 stroke bikes, and never worked on or ridden a 2 stroke. This one came up, and was a fairly well sorted when I bought it. However it did have a hole in a piston, and some bits of dodgy paint, so enough to get my teeth into!
So 7 years later I finally got around to doing something with it.
The bike when I bought it:
Cleaning up the headstock area with some fresh paint last weekend:
This weekend time to tidy up the forks and brakes. Before with Jack demonstrating the condition (he’s a proper biker and has been riding Minimoto’s since he was 3 ½):
Forks stripped, etch primed, filler primed and in final satin black:
And the wheel stripped ready for polishing and then paint (thought it would be easy to strip (although too big to fit in my blast cabinet) as the paint that was on the wheel was straight on to bare metal with no etch primer, but I was wrong!):
I also removed the engine a couple of years ago, and stripped it to clean out the crank case and fit the barrels and pistons that came with the bike. However once I had it all together and back in I decided to go for a rebore and new oversize pistons (+0.50mm), rings and little ends:
Next job is to polish the rims and spokes on the wheel, and repaint the calliper, master cylinder and wheel. I just need to figure out what I am going to do with the calliper to stop the brake fluid stripping the paint. I have already blasted the calliper and bought a new piston, seal kit and bleed nipple. I plan to try a little rubber grease around the thread on the bleed nipple to try and stop the fluid seeping out and running down the calliper when I bleed it. I have also bought some fuel resistant lacquer to see if that helps (although I am would rather it stayed satin black rather than end up gloss).
The back end is next, and needs much of the same:
Rob.
So 7 years later I finally got around to doing something with it.
The bike when I bought it:
Cleaning up the headstock area with some fresh paint last weekend:
This weekend time to tidy up the forks and brakes. Before with Jack demonstrating the condition (he’s a proper biker and has been riding Minimoto’s since he was 3 ½):
Forks stripped, etch primed, filler primed and in final satin black:
And the wheel stripped ready for polishing and then paint (thought it would be easy to strip (although too big to fit in my blast cabinet) as the paint that was on the wheel was straight on to bare metal with no etch primer, but I was wrong!):
I also removed the engine a couple of years ago, and stripped it to clean out the crank case and fit the barrels and pistons that came with the bike. However once I had it all together and back in I decided to go for a rebore and new oversize pistons (+0.50mm), rings and little ends:
Next job is to polish the rims and spokes on the wheel, and repaint the calliper, master cylinder and wheel. I just need to figure out what I am going to do with the calliper to stop the brake fluid stripping the paint. I have already blasted the calliper and bought a new piston, seal kit and bleed nipple. I plan to try a little rubber grease around the thread on the bleed nipple to try and stop the fluid seeping out and running down the calliper when I bleed it. I have also bought some fuel resistant lacquer to see if that helps (although I am would rather it stayed satin black rather than end up gloss).
The back end is next, and needs much of the same:
Rob.