Tm 250 build up

[oldfart]

This was a ex  Andy Caldecott bike of which I purchsed last year. It's a 1973 frame and had most of the basics needed to make a start.
 


Stripped it right back and bead blasted Due  it having  a far bit of surface rust of which was not that far gone
Welded on a few tags to take Rm B style rear guards - re- shaped the rear loop more to my taste - added 2 frame threads to take seat base ( rear ) added a rear tank mount  and moved the seat frame to take the new style seat ..... Cut the shit out of the frame to remove some excess weight   ie  front frame connector and  just above the air boot junction



Here is a comparison in weights in bar frames from a TM  to TS ... a  Ts frame is much lighter

[PERM250]

Looks great will be watching this rebuild stew. You got all the bits for this ONE .

[albrid-3]

That is true as I had a ts400 frame and it was lighter than a Tm 400 frame.

[oldfart]

Now for the seat .... I purchased a DC base and used a Rm 125 b  base as a template .... in my case I mounted the front seat bracket 10mm further forward  pushing the seat back as the tank was cutting into the cover .



You will need to make up some brackets, as the bar seat bases come blank, they are held in place with pop rivets on the foam side

 

[oldfart]

The air box is another of my creations made from a pot using a Rm / Pe filter cage ( covered this in another post )

[smed]

I hope that wasn't the cooks favourite pot oldfart

[crs-and-rms]

love the air box

[vandy010]

so, you should be able to boil up a cob of corn while riding then Stu?

[bazza]

Feck me Stu what will you boil the Ducks in now!!!

[mick25]

I used the same idea with the air filter  but mine was a stainless steel peanut container from wollies .
All kiwis must think alike I am always looking at diffrent things that may be used on bikes.
Look forward to the project stu

[VMX247]

Feck me Stu what will you boil the Ducks in now!!!

  got himself two smokers now    Bikes lookin good oldfart, shed time ahead  :Pj

[tmman]

are you f...kn serious old fart... its not a TM... or a TS special looks more like an 'ol STEW pot' special.. now instead of playin with that lovely creation... what happened to my airbox??? n 25 i ave some milo tins here that are exactly the right size for the actual tm aircleaner can!!! but bein an aussie i thought best keep it original  ..

[Hoony]

love the airbox Idea, very clever.


should work well on the TM/TS slow cooker 

[John Orchard]

love the airbox Idea, very clever.


should work well on the TM/TS slow cooker 

Nuthin slow about a TM Hoony  ;-)

[oldfart]

And Here she is all tarted up .... just need to get a few laps in before the Nats