CB250RS. Because it looked so sorry for itself.

[evoboy]

So.

I've had this CB250RS sitting around the workshop for a few years now. I never got chance to do anything with it after buying it and no one wanted to buy it off me.

I have decided to give it a new lease of life and try take it racing in a 250 Singles class somewhere, some how. ( If not, ill take it on some trackdays, just for the hell of it ). It has a V5 and a plate so it could also be put back on the road.

https://s7.postimg.org/qkojalj97/10606344_10152649586627250_1589321661919365421_n.jpg

I had never heard it run or even tried. So I took the top end off to check. The cam looks like it has been starved slightly at some point in its life but looks salvageable. If not, ill get some shells put into the head instead. The big end is fine as is the bore and piston. Most of the rocker cover threads are stripped, which is nothing new on these engines.

After this the bike was torn down to the frame and sent away for blasting and powdercoating. No real nasties found other than the 2 rear engine mount bolts snapped upon removing the engine.

Back from the coaters and with the forks built up, new taper roller headstock bearings installed, new swingarm needle roller bearings also installed ( I have left the footpegs off for now as I am drawing up some rearsets to be waterjet cut for the bike). This is how it currently sits....

https://s11.postimg.org/9bc21yw4z/10675603_10152873860212250_8556450140586025503_n.jpg
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[Howling Terror]

Love yer........... cos of CB250RS.
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[_Iain_]

Winter project win!
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[stevo as b4]

Wish I could get excited enough to pull out my old KMX200 from under the workbench and get a motor for it and fix it up into a green laner.

Theres too much old Rover in the garage though so I can't get to it, and that's the best excuse I've had in years!

[Ed Case]

Great little bike..........I've run one as a 'hack bike' for 12 years. As long as the cam/head interface isn't phukt and you change the oil every 1000 miles it'll run for years.

[pepperami]

DO NOT RACE THIS BIKE
Make it all nice and roadworthy , then give it to me


So sad to think that this will be thrashed to within an inch of it`s life on a race track and then scrapped
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[evoboy]

[Snod Blatter]

[Fisty]

I can hear teffers fapping from here.
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[evoboy]

https://i.imgur.com/DbnGQbA.jpg

Engine meets frame.

One wheel built with new seals, bearings and a Sava race tyre. ( Seen in background ).

Only get the odd hour after work at the moment to do anything so it will be very slow going.
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[ScottT]

Many years ago there was an article in one of the monthly mags, it was either a reader feature or the mag had done it, they made some mods (cant remember what) anyway the result was they ended up with was it did 100mph and when ridden normally it would do 100mpg, that would be great for the daily ride to work.

A mate also had one he put an XR250 (honda enduro) engine in it, sounded great went so much better than standard.

[Ed Case]

In the '80's I did a track day at Mallory Park, there were Laverdas/Hondas,Yams/Kawas putting some good times, tyres 'feathered' to the edges front and rear and there was some hero on a CB250RS giving most of 'em a hard time on the corners especially round Gerrards. He obviously got eaten up on the straights but by 'eck was he a pesdt on the twiddly bits.

[evoboy]

[expat200]

I knew a guy who raced one in Earlystocks in 91-92, Ade Hawkins (maybe, not sure on his last name).

Not sure it what he had done to it but it went well. He lost out to the X7s and RD250s on the straights but not by as much as you would think and his cornering was scary fast.

The noise level on the bike was acceptable for practice but the exhaust baffle always mysteriously blew out on the start line giving loads more power, relatively speaking.

[sickpup]

[evoboy]

https://s13.postimg.org/r1ic6q613/1507637_10152935719262250_8314286920834924697_n.jpg

Needs taller shocks.
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[Eddie Hitler]

https://i.imgur.com/4hlagzU.jpg

[evoboy]

[kat250]

Try TECBIKEPARTS for shocks cheap enough and seem pretty good have them on my gsx and seem to hold up well with the weight of it.
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[evoboy]

[andys675]

you still can get XL250 big bore kits used on ebay.com from the states
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[Moo.]

Don't the XL500 engines drop straight in?
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[evoboy]

[evoboy]

Clip ons and clutch perch have arrived and been fitted. The bracket for the master cylinder res was a bit rushed. Quick action throttle from a TZR125R along with the master cylinder and the reservoir is from a speed triple.....

https://s3.postimg.org/v7q92pltf/10891836_10153001035012250_6584411280320027789_n.jpg

Standard footpeg mounts have been fitted for now. The pillion peg mount is near enough to where I need the pegs to be for the time being so will just bolt the pegs directly to the bracket from the back.

https://s29.postimg.org/4a8w69jqv/10891833_10153000646097250_4068568971263188675_n.jpg
https://s30.postimg.org/n055foowh/10891808_10153001034332250_1385518407314428552_n.jpg

Here's how it sits now. I have a set of shocks on the way for it from YSS. The stock shock length is miles too short so the rear will be jacked up a good 30mm so it sits less like a chopper!

https://s28.postimg.org/t0p27czl9/10653860_10153000645277250_2953070900142792774_n.jpg
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[pepperami]

Right that`s it I`m angry now
If you continue to make this good and ready for the track , I swear to God I will take you off my Christmas card list! I mean it
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