1979 CR250RZ resto finally finished

[oldyzman]

Thats a beauty,
I am doing a 125 right now, started off with about the same funny enough - my lower fork legs cam allready polished too and i have also blasted the barrel and head and left it bare too. I am using TLS and 21 inch front wheel from an xl.

Where and what shocks are you using?

Cheers
brett

[smed]

Bill get stuck into that bike The brake stay arm is from VMX racing,the slots are milled, it's a trick bit of kit,The shocks are Marty Tripes/Noleen jobs,I am keen to try them out,I read good things about them on Marks swapmeet forum,I was in two minds about doing the blast job on the top end coz I reckon the red motor is what makes these bikes look so cool but I like it now the bike is done & I guess by the comments that you guys like it too?

[John Orchard]

Looks great Smed, are you going to ride it?

[Slakewell]

Nothing like a well done Honda

[smed]

Looks great Smed, are you going to ride it?

Yeah John,haven't started it yet though,The motor is all rebuilt from top to bottom & it's got spark & a new carb which may need a bit of tuning,hope to have a bit of a spin this weekend

[John Orchard]

What's on this weekend, where will you ride?

[smed]

Nowhere special John,just to one of the local riding spots,It will need a bit of shaking down & fettling I am thinking before I get too serious with it,I am told the Macedon Ranges club is having a natural terrain race this weekend at Toobarac,sorry don't know any details but I see they have a facebook page,you may find out more there

[TM BILL]

Thanks for the encouragment Smed  i have copied a pic of yours and put it on the wall for inspiration 

What are those fork protectors you are using , they look factory 

[oldcol]

Nice resto Smed,  must be a lot of parts left over I could wrap around that motor you know I have in the shed, or I could put it in the bighorn roadrace frame. Red and green would look good together dont you think. Col.

[smed]

What are those fork protectors you are using , they look factory 

A mate who has them on his bike made them for me out of PVC plumbers pipe,he has sanded the shiny finish off as well & you would never know what they were originally intended for,they are a bloody tight snap on fit & don't really need the tape,I just put it on after seeing it on the factory bikes & thought it looked cool,it must have taken him a while to cut out all the bits & pieces , he also made the alloy top & front motor mounts,I have found a guy on US ebay who does alloy rear engine mounts & a whole heap of other trick alloy bits for red devil's so a set of them are on there way too

[smed]

Nice resto Smed,  must be a lot of parts left over I could wrap around that motor you know I have in the shed, or I could put it in the bighorn roadrace frame. Red and green would look good together dont you think. Col.

Sorry col no dice mate,I am saving the other bits to build one like this

[rob]

Smed,

Hope she goes as well as she looks - you got to be happy with the out come...
I should consider giving you the job of doing the Cutts bike if your interested ... 18 years have now past since I found it, 13 of those were spent chasing down the forks -  all I need now is the shock and to find the brake stay 

Cheers
Rob

[smed]

Yep no worries Rob,I would love to do it,you can even leave it with me when finished,I will take great care of it for ya

cheers mate

[Kenneth S (222)]

Nice job Smed. Looks like it was made to a standard, not a deadline or a budget.

[Marc.com]

Beautiful....and not a black rim in sight 

I am a big fan of the black rims on the right bike like gold ones they can really make them pop.