Basement Find 1981 CR 250

Found this 1981 CR 250 Left hand kick bike in pieces. I am starting to do a complete overall of the bike.

This is what the bike looked like when i got it.







This is what i am going for .




This is what it looks like now. I am hoping to have it rolling on wheels by this weekend. Waiting on parts, and new tires.

Very Nice! I'm a fan of the early Hondas too- hope it was a great price!

Looks like fun! First year for the wet top end?

Been a long week waiting for parts and powdercoating and polishing, but i almost have everything done.
Got my tires today, so i mounted them and they are looking great. I wanted to stay as close as orginal, but i wanted to spice up the tires a little bit.





So far this week, all i did was wait, but late today i started to put together the bike. This is what i have done so far.

I am getting closer, at least i have it rolling now. I am going to have to spend the week waiting on more parts.

That looks amazing!!!:eek1:eek1

WOW...

Nice work! What did you do to the spokes to get the color?

I found these, they work great and look great.

That bike is looking sweet! Awesome work on bringing that poor CR back from the dead.

Here's a short clip I took of a '81 CR at the Honda Museum:

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Reckon your bike could surpass this in beauty!

The problem i am having right now is finding OEM plastic. I have found aftermarket but no OEM. Not sure what i want to do on this problem.

I think the spoke coats look like ass, but, it isn't my bike anyhow.

:fyyff:fyyff



There is always a monday moring quaterback in the bunch.

lol

Looking good, including the spokes. Hope you find the plastic!

Do you have any more info on these? those spoke coat thins

i posted the add that i found on ADV through craiglist. Really a nice guy. I texted him about what i wanted to do. Cost me around 50 bucks shipped to my door.
Pretty easy to put on. Took me around an hour to do both wheels.

My problem is that i am on a different continent, so phoning the guy is a bit expensive.

I will find out some more info for you. I know that he ships world wide. I think he has a facebook page.