NEW OLD GUY

[vifferman]

Hi ya Firestormer..have built a few mutants over the years ...luved the early XR500 in the CB250RS..even ran one in Formula three way back...smoked round Puke and a few of the old street tracks

Hmmm... wonder if the one I had was one of yours.
Did many people make these things? I got mine from my bro-in-law, who wasn't a biker, and it was in a sorry state, having been first abandoned on the side of the road by the owner, then sat outside in the rain at his place for a few months. It had what looked like track tyres or race take-offs on it.

I pulled the whole thing apart, painted it all up, and reassembled it. It had a cut'n'shut tank, Cycleworks pipes, Koni shocks and a K&N filter, needed a valve grind (intake valves), and also rejetting as it was WAAY too lean. I got it running semi-OK, but I think it had the wrong carb on it (maybe a 250 one??)
Anyway, I had a heap of fun on it, before trading it in after a few years on a VF500.

[magnum]

hello and welcome