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1985 HONDA XR250 RF RESTORATION

Restoration

To start, here's the pictures of the XR250 the day I brought her home and a succession of almost finished to now ones (April 2010).
 
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First day....

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Almost there...

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Nearly...

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Done and dusted!

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Done and dusted!

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First day....

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Almost there...

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Nearly...

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Done and dusted!

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Done and dusted!

My intention from the start was a complete strip down and then rebuild; finances allowing of course---day to day living is a bit of a drain on the old wallet!!!!!!

I wasn’t going to touch the piston as I knew I had done the piston rings all those years ago and she had done only 249 miles since then, plus a bit of hope mixed in for good measure. Note; later on I did indeed fit a new piston kit.

My workplace for the foreseeable future was the patio and my shed as I didn’t have a garage at the time and as we shall see later on, the hallway in the house became a temporary workshop.

XR250 strip down…….

I started by spraying everything with WD40 as there were probably going to be quite a few hard to undo nuts and bolts.

You'll see more pictures than words next as the old saying goes "a picture is worth a thousand words!"

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With NOS XR600 swingarm.

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With original swingarm.

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With NOS XR600 swingarm.

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There's a lot more pictures etc to add and so over the next few days I'll add them. Thanks for looking.