Wanted - TS250/TM250(early)/RL250 magneto cover

[Doc]

I be chasing a TS250, RL250 or early TM250 magneto cover for my RL project. Damaged/cracked maybe okay depending how/where it's damaged. Clutch worm drive and the outer inspection cover are not necessary. Many thanks.

[TM BILL]

Doc i think i got one , if no luck locally i will put it in the post.
Let me know

[Doc]

Cheers Bill! they do come up occassionally locally but if nothing in a month or so I'll give you a yell. The case I have is not chain damaged but it has hole punched in the front, nothin' a bit of duct tape won't fix for riding purposes hence no urgency. I'd like to go the right side rack type TM setup that works so much better but for this I'd need the right clutch cover as well as pressure plate and I'd still need a mag cover regardless

[Freakshow]

i got a TS250 74 here if you want me to wreck it ?

[Doc]

Freaky if you wish to part her out then yes, I'd be interested in the cover, maybe even the clutch cover as well. The story is,

I've got my grubby little mitts on another RL250 problem is she's a roughy (no surprises there )
The bike was painted up yellow and white to look like a TY for some inexplicable reason, it appears during the 'fix up' the motor, triples, fork lowers and wheels complete were sandblasted with extra coarse sand and the rusty frame painted in silver hammercoat over the rust and all!! Needless to say the bike came from the Gold Coast and the spokes have rusted badly..really badly..like the bright flaking orange rust you'd use to make Thermite if you were that way inclined (might be just what I need to remove some rust )
Anyway the wheels look damn awful, the hammercoated frame is a real prick without sandblasting due to that which is under the paint has to come off too. The white and yellow appear to be of the same super hard paint  I spent quite a while at it last night though I do now have one side of the tank back to polished alloy and looking Suzuki Central acceptable.
Finally the motor, it runs superb but it looks hideous! The sandblasting and saltwater really have made quite a non slip surface pitted surface which is great if you like to walk around holding your engine in a non slip environment but even if painted black it's going to be hard to cover this pitted ugliness.

It'll probably take a few weeks before she's a rider. Good news is, apart from cosmetics I'll only really need to replace the plastic lever assy's, bars, cables and fit my preferred TS/ER shocks to replace the corroded stockers. The seat will need a recover also. There's not a lot more to trials bikes thankfully

here she is as purchased last week..





and if ya think she's a little rough it's actually a little 'better' than how the other RL was when found..



with a little time and not a lot of coin they come up nice and ride just great. A true wheelie machine and an absolute ball to ride weighing all of 90kgs..makes a nice change to riding flat out

[pokey]

I really need to get new specs mate. At first blink it does look very TY and that raises the question of why would ya want to paint it yamaha style?

 Be a damn fine bike to plonk around the scrub and i damn love the shape of thank. Is one on evilbay now thru a bike shop in brisneyland that i think may have too many numbers on it to sell . well except to a fan.

What ya gonna do with two of em Doc?

[Freakshow]

they painted it TY cause it would go faster.

[Doc]

  speed trials are a little different to regular trials Freaky in so much as going slow is quite desirable, hence looking at the paintwork, it goes without saying that they painted it to look like a Yamaha to slow it down 

Pokey, it'll plonk around the sticks in stereo, Dodgee is keen for a trials escapade

[pokey]

Good stuff
One year I will trip over an RL when ive got more than 2 and a half cents burning a hole in my pocket. might have to pop in and say gday and check it out
 if ya find a third one and need a pilot  gimmee a yell im just up the road at murrumba downs  for a while.

[Lozza]

Gold Coast eh, come with a Panama hat and some white shoes? Why no "Doc' or 'RL man' on the front plate, funny I'mm having troble seeing any pitting from here

[Doc]

No name on the front cause the way I ride trials it's best if no-one recognizes me Loz

the pitting is most noticable on the fork lowers (I'd rather the lowers pitted than the uppers anyday!) and the triple clamps. Some will polish out and the rest can do as it pleases. The motor looks almost sandcast

[Doc]

there we go..

no more TY clone!



she's rough but she'll do fine

[pokey]

Lookin good doc
I can see better in that pic why the need for the maggy cover.

 Incidentally . those shocks are interesting, are they stock  jobbies?


 i was reading someplace that if you lower the footpegs on the RL it helps heaps with stance and balance

[Doc]

yeah the magy cover is one ugly sod eh shocks are the old alloy bodied TS400 jobs, still working just fine for this application. The originals I have but rust has the better of them I be chasing a seat in the future too as it's rusted considerably too. The footpeg position I liked cause I'm a short ass but as you can see the frame has suffered it's regular break a few inches above. It's had a hard life as the steering head has had a large splash of weld added also but it runs out straight thankfully. The other RL hasn't broken yet and with the low amount of use/abuse I give it I'm hoping it won't 

[Tim754]

Doc I believe I have a clutch cover for the pictured bike here, You want?? sorry no maggy cover. Tim