TT250 restoration - double the fun

[deanohit]

Nice one mate, I've now subscribed to your videos as they're great to watch.
Keep up the good work.

[Wired1]

Thanks, yeah there's not enough kiwi content on that site. You've been busy with the tank mounted camera I see... I must try that when I can find an old camera that doesn't mind if it gets smacked!

[deanohit]

Actually it's mounted to the handle bars, but the latest vids seem to be copping a fair bit of viration since I switched to a heavier camera.

It's mounted on a cheap tripod taped to the bars, so hopefully if I come off, the tape or the tripod will snap off and the worst the camera will get is road rash.
I'm in the procees though of rubberising another video camera to protect it from knocks.

[NordieBoy]

Yeah, in those days you could register them even with knobblies, enduro headlight and no indicators. Thank the lord we're all protected from ourselves now by Helen.

Unless your bike is on the blinker exemption list
Like for example a 1979 XR250.

Looks like we'll be racing each other

[motorbyclist]

Well here's the next episode - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k16syr6W3z0.

i love the bit with the wheels; remind me of, "here's some i prepared earlier"

[Wired1]

Yeah that's a two week gap - it's a bugger having to work full time!

[Damz]

Youve got some brilliant video editing skill! Makes the vids so much more entertaining, I like the "heres some I prepared earlier" too lol..

Oh, and the bearings getting tapped in

[Wired1]

Oh, and the bearings getting tapped in

Yeah I know, I thought about sneaking that out of the tape but I can't afford a press!

[Wired1]

I've just completed the forks and have uploaded the video - here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGApkxr_n5U
Here are some teaser photos for those with dial-up

[Wired1]

Here are some pics of the engine I had bead blasted, I painted it with engine enamel out of a rattle can and it looks bloody awesome - definitely recommend this simple and cheap process. I liked it so much I pulled the engine back out of bike #1 and used the second half of the can on that baby too and it looks almost as good.

[Damz]

Hell your right that does look extremely good.. Glossy! Im so jealous of your engine right now

Hey you wouldnt happen to have a spare magneto cover for sale would ya? Mine is broken at the part which covers the front sprocket, and it fills up with mud and crap really quick.. Worth a shot!

[erik]

Just saw this thread now, nice work with the videos and restoration.
Looks like you know what you're doing.

[Wired1]

Hell your right that does look extremely good.. Glossy! Im so jealous of your engine right now

Hey you wouldnt happen to have a spare magneto cover for sale would ya? Mine is broken at the part which covers the front sprocket, and it fills up with mud and crap really quick.. Worth a shot!

All mine are broken like tha too. In fact I filed the one on my resto bike back so that it looks like it was always meant to be that short. When the chain breaks... yes that old story again, it also has a habit of smashing out the casing above the front sprocket. If you look at my three cases above they all have had this done - and that's where one of the mounts for the back half of the case sits. I reckon you're better off without it anyway, it makes changing the chain and cleaning easier.

[Wired1]

Just saw this thread now, nice work with the videos and restoration.
Looks like you know what you're doing.

Thanks Eric, I've just been watching you zooming round Pukekohe like a lunatic. Nice gear changes.
And just for the record, it's easy to edit out all the bits where I'm reading the manual and I never show the mistakes, just the tries that work!

[Damz]

All mine are broken like tha too. In fact I filed the one on my resto bike back so that it looks like it was always meant to be that short. When the chain breaks... yes that old story again, it also has a habit of smashing out the casing above the front sprocket. If you look at my three cases above they all have had this done - and that's where one of the mounts for the back half of the case sits. I reckon you're better off without it anyway, it makes changing the chain and cleaning easier.

Haha no worries bud, thought it was worth a shot!

I think Ill do the same, cut off all the excess cover and just have the part that shields the magneto from any debri/water.. Should look alot nicer!