Hiya everyone thought its about time I got round to putting some piccies up of my 250 lc 1982 uk bike matching nums boought it as a runner but boy did it have some surpises install for me :shock: original add picture ooh how photography can hide a multiple of sins tank of next to my dads red one of his 350 gonna be mars bars to got the footrest hanger of and cleaned them all the bolts are totally wrong engine before wazzing it out of the frame the exhaust gaskets had been spraying the entire engine lol looks like it was painted with enamel or something on the bench time for the horrors to begin :shock: hmm tube of sealant instead of a gasket shoddy lol then was confronted with this...... oh **** reckon the cause was a wrong spark plug the previous owner had in hmmm metal fillings wonder what caused them what have we here talk about a shock a loose washer and this in the same side as well just loose... some light marks oh the joy well all the suprises over well I think :lol: wirings shot just started stripping the bottom end The bikes flying now all the parts are on the way apart from sprocket and chain just tyring to decide. Oh and get the frame back from powdercoaters on saturday cant wait should be back together in a month Hope u all enjoy the pics Tom
Good luck with that dude, should look great when its done, cant wait to see ya out on it. Catch ya about sometime. :thumbsup:
:thumbsup: proper awesome that mate. good luck finishing it, make you sure you update this thread with pics and stuff to let us know how you're getting on. :shades: how do you know how to do all the engine work? did you do a course at college or just trial and error kind of thing?
Just trial and error mate also got a dvd on stripping and rebuilding lc engines of the bay pretty informative but all the work I've done up to now is just down to trial and error and reading the workshop manual well just got the frame back from the powder coaters really happy but the numbers were extremely faint so had them mask it so I could fill it in with enamel spray Bolted the shock on to check for fit using a draw bolt to insert the bushes for the swinging arm (b&Q £10 for the bits) finished for the night (rear wheel just using it to prop the bike up) fitted the shock swinging arm air box with new seals and loom all the bolts are stainless steel I'm putting on just using the old ones for reference at the moment. got stainless ones to go on got a kit with them all in for a fraction o the price of yam ones as the price of yam ones are crazy ok for a show bike but for this 250 I plan on riding it so using stainless as it saves a fortune and u don't get the green finish corroding after 2 years got green ones for the bars so it looks good but the rest all all stainless. gonna fit the front forks tomorrow with the bars and switchgear buzzing at the moment spent money where it needs it and trust me lol nearly gave myself a heart attack looking at the receipts lol still gotta buy pistons yet haha thanks for all the comments and hope you all enjoy the pics Tom
Quick update just of to watch man u at my uncles in 20 mins got a slight problem the battery is flat haha after a bit of head scratching lol remembered I hadnt charged it anyways firstly sorry for the bad pics didn't have my tripod out there pushing on iso 1000 lighting is pants spent the past two days sourcing parts got a set of genuine nos barrels and pistons for a really good price and a cylinder head in orig yam paint also a seat cover will put piccies on when I fit it tomorrow inserted the bottom bearing cup for taper roller barings but this presented a problem inserting the cup in enough due to the lengh of the bottom bearing cup required a drift phoned loads of bearing companies up and they didn't have a clue what i was going on about gutted so a trip to halfords with a vernier caliper produced this a perfect fit bearing cup inserted Wooot assembled the foot pegs loosely onto the frame rear seat cowl on pretty chuffed gonna get the tankset resprayed once the bike is built forks in the yolks ready to put the oil in then I can get the bars on and switchgear can't wait got a really good set of pattern mirrors the other day they look class and a much cheaper option to the gen ones we are putting on the 350 lc will be making some rapid progress over the next 2 days will keep u all updated Hope u enjoy, and thanks for the comments really appreciate them Tom
Ok quick update everyone finally got all the forks together yaay lol so now really starting to fly hagon springs finally in right hand switch gear roughly on with master cylinder ( know the plastic throttle tubes gotta go on just trying to reduce ammount of bolts in bags lol way to many bars on with left hand switch gear few green bolts pinched from the 350 lc boxes (poor 350 lol) another view of the bars Finally where we are up to tonight gonna really crack on with it tomorrow and spend a full day on it (hope dad doesn't realize Ive riffled his brand new fork stanchions lol dooohh forgot he reads this at work sorry dad hahaha had to take the horn bracket off as Ive gotta fit the brake hoses (which I'm waiting on off good ridge seems to be a long delay with them and Aprillia whats the world coming to hey lol hope u all enjoy Tom
haha lol originally the 350 was my dads but he took a year just looking at i haha so I stripped it and started on it then he had me get my own LOL thanks for the comments everyone cant wait to ride it woot lol Tom
Coming along nicely there, so is there any mod's gonna be done to it of is it just gonna be all stock.
just stock as it came from yam part from the suspension upgrade gonna get a track / race bike next when Ive got the money lol will play bout with that
looking spot on now tom, alot of it is looking brand new, i think im looking at an old RD producion line lol
Finally got the crank pictures took gonna get the crank checked out I think looks pretty decent barring the damage to the stator end will see what the crank people say though before I dive in an get it rebalanced and rebuilt if it needs it plan for this week is to strip the carbs and drop them and the engine cases in for blasting after deciding what to do about the case dammage and to get the crank sent to the rebuilders to get it checked out then start putting the engine together so close now its unbelievable cant wait Engine Cases Top Case damage only on one side of the engine Bottom Case Damage only on one side of the engine Crank Finally got the clocks together result new speedo new rev counter etc just a shame about the 4l3 front clock case another nos part to be on the hunt for Bike is really coming together now just looking forward to the bike being finished and getting the rest of the bits on hope you all enjoy the pictures, Thanks, Tom
