1983 GSX250S Build

[pete]

Hahaha angel iron? Man your chain guard will weigh more than the swingarm!

Good to see you using some ingenuity though... I like seeing stuff Macguyver'd up...

[Woodsy]

Its not really angle iron, its more an 'L' shape and its thinner, looks less Bunnings but you can tell its definitely DIY lol

[pete]

Hahaha DIY is good, just look at my fork brace!

[Woodsy]

Will tidy it up this morning and get some pics, gotta wait till 9:30am before i can start any power tools from memory, which i dont mind doing.

Started painting my race helmet yesterday too, which looks bloody nnnnnnoice!!

Finally sold the girlfriends commodore, had to get up at 4:30am to meet its new owner at a train station 15 minutes away, he got on the train at 9pm last night to get there at 5:30am this morning.

So this afternoon we are off car shopping!

[pete]

Sounds good, looking forward to seeing it!

Good riddance to the Commodore! Man I hate those things... the guy who travelled that long to buy it must be insane...

Gotta see this race helmet too...

[Woodsy]

Here is my chain guard, The brackets still arnt 100% but i will fix them later.

Here is my race helmet paint job, i've only just started it and need some more ideas with where to go with the rest of it. Let me know what you think.

[pete]

Chain guard looks alright actually! Should do the job...

Not sure on the helmet... is it the Japanese rising sun with those stripes? If so then the sun in the blank white spot would be a good start I would thnink...

[Woodsy]

yes and no... initially thats what it was going to be but i dunno now lol, i wanted something that doesnt look like any other helmet so if i get back into karting etc you dont need to see my name on the kart to know its me.

[pete]

Aaah I see... I say finish the sun off

[2 pot screamer]

Hey josh, just found your tread and spent about the last hour going through it. Wow what a mindf***. Anyway I've PM'd you on psb about the ign pick up, The one I've got should be the one. Have also got 2 seats one of which is in good nick. a couple of tanks and a genuine bikini fairing that needs a bit of tlc, let me know if you need anything and I'll try to help you out.
cheers Geoff.

[pete]

Hey josh, just found your tread and spent about the last hour going through it. Wow what a mindf***. Anyway I've PM'd you on psb about the ign pick up, The one I've got should be the one. Have also got 2 seats one of which is in good nick. a couple of tanks and a genuine bikini fairing that needs a bit of tlc, let me know if you need anything and I'll try to help you out.
cheers Geoff.

Legend Geoff! I was just thinking of posting in here to see how Josh was getting on with his ignition woes, seems you got him under control

Maybe I really should join the PSB board...

[Woodsy]

Got some vinyl today to recover my seat, only cost $20 but having some problems getting it tight around the front of the seat where it curves up to the tank. The original cover has a thin layer of foam stitched to the underside of it.

I also knocked off about 2cm of height from the rear of the seat as it looked to chunky.

Any ideas in regards to the front of the seat? If i cant get it perfect i'm going to modify the front of it so it goes straight to the tank with no curve to it.

[pete]

Nice to see you posting again Josh

Can you get some more foam to put under that part of the seat like was there?

I can't sew to save my life so I'm going to attempt to do the foam myself and then have someone a little more skilled do the cover...

[Woodsy]

Yeah we have been away on holidays and only just getting back on the bike now.

I could probably cut it off the original cover but it was only really thin so i dont know if it will make much difference. My other option is to do away with the seat and go cafe on it.

hows this for weird, i take really good care of all my bike stuff like jacket, boots and helmet, never dropped my helmet or hit it against anything and always give it a polish to keep it clean, got back from holidays went to put the helmet on yesterday and it looked like it had been dropped on its side and dragged across something. Dropped hard enough to chip and crack the paint. Dunno wtf happened to it!

[Woodsy]

managed to get the cover on, its not perfect but its heaps better than what was on it! Will get a pic today.