I've been hankering for a project for a while now, I wasn't looking for a vintage bike, just something 30+ years old that I would enjoy riding as much as restoring. I wanted a bike that would be relatively straight forward to restore and wouldn't have me searching the corners of the globe for obsolete parts.
So, with this in mind and having kept an eye out for the last couple of months I eventually put in a successful offer on a 1981 Yamaha RD 250lc 4L1.
I'm going to collect it tomorrow so I've yet to discover the extent of the work ahead. This much I do know..
The good bits.
It has matching numbers
The forks have no pitting
It's 95% complete
It has good compression
The frame is in lovely condition
It has YPVS pipes on it (See bad bits)
The bad bits.
It's a non runner
The seat has an awful cover on it
It has a few missing parts
It has horrible white powder coated wheels.
It has YPVS pipes on it.
I will upload some photo's after I've picked it up tomorrow.
So then brethren, I'm willing to bet that many of you lucky buggars have one of these at some time of your lives so any hints or tips would be appreciated!
So, with this in mind and having kept an eye out for the last couple of months I eventually put in a successful offer on a 1981 Yamaha RD 250lc 4L1.
I'm going to collect it tomorrow so I've yet to discover the extent of the work ahead. This much I do know..
The good bits.
It has matching numbers
The forks have no pitting
It's 95% complete
It has good compression
The frame is in lovely condition
It has YPVS pipes on it (See bad bits)
The bad bits.
It's a non runner
The seat has an awful cover on it
It has a few missing parts
It has horrible white powder coated wheels.
It has YPVS pipes on it.
I will upload some photo's after I've picked it up tomorrow.
So then brethren, I'm willing to bet that many of you lucky buggars have one of these at some time of your lives so any hints or tips would be appreciated!