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.