Party Pooper

I decided to attack the forks yesterday and started
with the right side disassembly, I drained the oil and left
the tube standing up side down overnight.

I went to fit the seals tonight and the dust seal is not
the right size, what a pain.

Clocks Refurb

The original RD250 clocks I have needed a bit of fresh
coating. The buckets have been sprayed black and along
with the main bracket have been clear coated.
All nuts and bolts have been replaced with Stainless Steel
and some copper grease to help with future removal.

Because the weather has been terrible lately we have been using our
central heating, perfect for the freshly painted fork bottoms.

Semi Rolling

. . . meaning there's 1 wheel! Forks and front wheel fitted. All stainless steel bolts fitted and new bearings in the front wheel. I refitted the original brake disc as its within the service limit. The rear subframe has 3 coats of black paint on too to try and keep the rust at bay. The wheels have also been painted the original black by an auto body repair shop.

Here is a link to the before post > http://2strokelover.blogspot.com/2011/12/skeleton.html

Pieces

I got the frame, forks and swingarm broken down tonight after removing the rear brake system and wiring loom. The tedious task now begins of cleaning these and then polishing them to start the rebuild.