Yamaha SR250 build

**mclarkson** · 04-04-2019, 7:53 PM

This tank is a mess and I'm not planning to use it on the bike. Still, it seems like a handy place to try out some paint techniques, so I stripped the old paint off and painted it white.

**Tattooo** · 04-04-2019, 8:01 PM

Originally posted by mclarkson

This tank is a mess and I'm not planning to use it on the bike. Still, it seems like a handy place to try out some paint techniques, so I stripped the old paint off and painted it white.

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I was wondering why you didn't try and build some skills on doing body work?????

**mclarkson** · 04-09-2019, 1:54 AM

If it was just the dents, then I'd put it back into shape. But it's not just dents. Someone, sometime, made a really bad job of replacing the original gas filler tube and cap for some reason. It leaks. There are weird bolts and holes patched with either rubber of chewing gum. I don't weld, so fixing this mess requires fabrication way outside of my skill set.

**mclarkson** · 04-10-2019, 4:41 PM

Something is not quite right about the new front brake pads ...

**mclarkson** · 04-10-2019, 10:32 PM

And ... the engine's out.

**mclarkson** · 04-20-2019, 6:08 PM

Test fitting the new tank

**mclarkson** · 04-25-2019, 2:03 AM

This bike is definitely a chimera of some sort. It was sold as an SR250. The speedo was from an SR250. But the frame and engine turned out to be an SR185.

I ordered new brake shoes but the front shoes didn't fit - they were too small. (The ones that fit - originally labeled JBD-41FG - are listed as being for Yamaha DT400.)

And the front wheel is 18", while the SR185 came with a 17" front wheel. I don't know about the fork tubes, but everything forward of the gas tank is looking like it came from an SR250 (or something stranger.)