Clip-Ons

One of the first things I bought to fit on my sr250 was clip-ons. Originally, not knowing any better I bought 35mm clip-ons for my 32mm forks. Thought I could make it work, but no, that was just wishful newbie to builds thinking. The second pair was the correct size and half the price, only 50 bucks. Plus 16 bucks for the vintage grips to get the late 70's vibe.

Speedo

Needed to thread a 130mm allen bolt to get the speedo to mount flush with the triple clamp. Found those from wiseguys bolts http://stores.ebay.com/wiseguybolts on ebay. They have awesome stuff. Plus it took about a month to find brass washers from a guy closing his hardware store.

Triple Clamp

Originally black and a bit rusty, the triple clamp needed some work since I'm putting clip-on bars on. With a dremel and a wirebrush along with about 4 hours of time all the paint and rust was removed. Just need to find out how to mount the new speedo.

The 1981 Yamaha SR250 project

Living in downtown Boston made the daily commute as easy as jumping on

the redline for two stops. Definitely spoiled. But when baby number two arrived our downtown life needed to be traded in for more space and a funny thing called a driveway. So off to the burbs of Belmont MA we went. Only problem was we needed another car and I didn't want to buy and insure another one. Work is only 7 miles of back roads away, so I figured I could just buy a motorcycle. Jumped on craigslist and found a 1981 Yamaha SR250 with only 2,000 miles on it! Since my last motor-cross bike was an 1989 Yamaha WR250 I figured it would be an easy transition to the road without too much power to get myself into trouble.

Not my bike but that's what it originally looked like, minus the backrest and side panels.

Took the seat and air box off. Starting to learn what I need to in order to turn this into a cafe racer.