XL250 Motorsport. So it begins

[FJRider]

Doubt very much this thing will ever see much off road bar some gravel possibly.Tis a get it nice and ride it to work thing i think ...

The old school trail bikes do not rely on high rev's or high speed to get anywhere. The old Honda's will take you with little effort into all sorts of places ... that you will never walk into. Even if it is at just a bit more than walking pace. (take a tin of petrol ... )

Even the pillion seat has more comfort than late model trail bikes.

The Dansey's pub is just over the hill .. (plenty of easy side tracks up there)

[98tls]

The old school trail bikes do not rely on high rev's or high speed to get anywhere. The old Honda's will take you with little effort into all sorts of places ... that you will never walk into. Even if it is at just a bit more than walking pace. (take a tin of petrol ... )

Even the pillion seat has more comfort than late model trail bikes.

All good mate ive fond memorys of my 1st an SL125 then XL175 followed by an XL350.Been busy at work so no progress other than scouring ebay etc.Spent some time yapping to Rick Self at Oamaru Honda whos something of an expert on the things and has plenty of XLs tucked away restored or awaiting restoration.Moneys tight so theres plenty of things ive come across that i just cant afford at the moment but did get a nice rear/front guard.Will take the ignition off and get a key sorted asap.Edit... just found a rear guard support bracket on ebay for bugger all but the guy wont ship os so will see if someone on the TL site will grab it and send it down.

[98tls]

Spent a little time in the shed this afternoon,removed chain/rear wheel etc.Got the kero and paint brush out and set to cleaning up the rear hub etc took hours to get it to this stage,whilst its coming off the inner hub its a slow process anyone recommend a quicker way?Whilst at it can anyone tell me what it costs roughly to get a rim re-spoked ?Ive seen plenty of spoke kits on ebay is it something you can do yourself or best left to an expert?

[Drew]

Take the spokes out, clean and paint them, then put it back together. $3 per for blank spokes, then they need to be cut and rolled. The thread on them is not cut.

[Kickaha]

Whilst at it can anyone tell me what it costs roughly to get a rim re-spoked ?Ive seen plenty of spoke kits on ebay is it something you can do yourself or best left to an expert?

If you have the time and patience you can do it yourself, there's a few online tutuorials

About $60 to have one respoked by the guy in Chch not including spokes

[98tls]

If you have the time and patience you can do it yourself, there's a few online tutuorials

About $60 to have one respoked by the guy in Chch not including spokes

Cheaper than i thought it would be.

[Brian d marge]

Cheaper than i thought it would be.

Had one of those , stuck it into the front of a car

Then I went two stroke

Stephen

ps , wheel building isnt that hard .... make a jig, a few tutorials off the internet and a digital camera

[98tls]

Not bad for $15 eh,bit of a polish up and all goodThe cocky that owned this old thing welded a tailight bracket to the original one.

[FJRider]

Yep think i can manage that mateGot any pics of your old one?

A few pic's of me on the 250 in the Selwyn river ... and two chain road ..

[98tls]

A few pic's of me on the 250 in the Selwyn river ... and two chain road ..

Cheers mate great pics indeed.Knock on the door this morning bought the guards from the states,very good nick they are to.Imagine that eh,realistically priced and delivered within the same month i paid for them

[98tls]

Not much progress and still no key but managed to open the seat lock with a very small screwdriver amazingly that revealed the original toolkit and a few other bits n bobs.Went to start the thing but was a no go,checked for spark and nothing...turned out the plug lead had decided to part company with the coilOnly time i had touched it was to replace the plug soon after getting the bike home,must have been the leads last leg eh.Anyone with an old Honda coil lying about feel free to speak up...Somebody mentioned earlier the forks looked devoid of travel turns out they are,pretty sure they went up n down when i looked at the thing in Dunedin so figure they must have locked up when i tied it down on the trailer to bring it home,no matter the seals are both fucked so will get them sorted down the track.

[Drew]

Get a lead from repco and put it in the old coil. Unless the spike is missing inside the coil.

[98tls]

Get a lead from repco and put it in the old coil. Unless the spike is missing inside the coil.

Tis buggered Drew,tried to boge it up as you can see but no go.

[FJRider]

Went to start the thing but was a no go,checked for spark and nothing...turned out the plug lead had decided to part company with the coilOnly time i had touched it was to replace the plug soon after getting the bike home,must have been the leads last leg eh.Anyone with an old Honda coil lying about feel free to speak up...

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[HenryDorsetCase]

http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/XL250-MOTOSPORT/


http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/X...RT/part_26573/

are you restoring this or just riding it? If it is just to ride I would look for an electronic ignition and a pattern coil. I loathe points. If it is a resto then spend the $150NZD odd to get an HGP.

I absolutely recommend DSS: they are great to deal with and very prompt with the sending of the bits.