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Offline Golden250r

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my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« on: March 14, 2013, 03:01:25 pm »
bought this project for 250$ i cleaned the plastic and polished the side covers and got the frame primed today
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2013, 05:04:39 pm »
primered up =)
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2013, 08:52:44 pm »
nice find for 250$ Looks good
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2013, 09:52:03 pm »
it had many many flaws lol **** swing arm bad front end barring bad oil seals needed rings ... i will post more pic tomrro should be running within the month
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2013, 10:39:57 pm »
When i got mine i had to replace every bearing in the frame and wheels, They were all shot!
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2013, 04:33:14 pm »
just got one coat of blue on the frame = looking good
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« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2013, 10:42:48 pm »
frame is done love the blue a arms are sanded and ready for paint "black" sending out the swing arm next week for welding. head gasket and reeds in the mail for the motor so with in a week or two should be running .. will get some pix up soon
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2013, 10:21:44 am »
got the plastics all done arms are sanded getting paint done this week should be looking good and frame together with the week
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« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2013, 05:54:09 pm »
one a-arm is primed and ready for black glad to see the project moving in the right direction have had the quad for 6 months now and it isnt done yet
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2013, 04:13:55 am »
Quote from: Golden250r on April 06, 2013, 05:54:09 pm
had the quad for 6 months now and it isnt done yet
Some guys take years so don't sweat it.
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2013, 08:44:44 pm »
I hear ya just excited to ride this thing already haven't been riding in a year now.. so i work on it 2-4 hrs a day
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2013, 06:16:23 am »
looking good,
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« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2013, 10:11:17 pm »
ya man i cant wait to have this thing together ... i am sooo pumped
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2013, 10:36:41 am »
nice mock up of the plastics on the frame looking good =)
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« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2013, 02:04:31 pm »
decided to paint my clutch side cover black along with the engien black polished flywheel side cover and head ... it looks nuts i will do a mock up within a few day got some reeds "bosyon" for 20$ brand new in the box with headgasket kit only need a swing arm bolt =(
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #15 on: April 26, 2013, 01:51:51 pm »
just got my reeds and gasket kit =) soon the motor will be alive =)... will i need to rejet for reeds?
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #16 on: April 26, 2013, 07:57:08 pm »
Did you change anything else (port, pipe, carb..) If not then your jetting should be close if not the same as before the rebuild.
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« Reply #17 on: April 26, 2013, 09:00:51 pm »
it had a light trail port "confirmed by my old mx mech" so i am guessing it was jeted for that it ran ok befor i took it apart.. just making sure the reeds wont affect it much
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #18 on: April 27, 2013, 05:15:05 am »
looking good - great job so far bringing back a LT to life!!
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #19 on: April 27, 2013, 01:47:44 pm »
it about 7 months in the making now almost done home stretch cant wait to ride this summer about 150$$ more and i will be on my way i am just waiting for a swingarm weld brakes and the hard to find swingarm bolt
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #20 on: April 27, 2013, 08:46:01 pm »
The long bolt the goes threw the swingarm and the motor.
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« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2013, 03:14:40 pm »
Quote from: LT250RWV on April 27, 2013, 08:46:01 pm
The long bolt the goes threw the swingarm and the motor.

yeppers been looking for one under 50$ for a while do u have one?
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« Reply #22 on: April 28, 2013, 09:29:20 pm »
exhaust is fully repainted finally"pix tomrro"... engine gets the rest of it's part this week then semi put together of the quad beings
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« Reply #23 on: April 30, 2013, 05:44:59 pm »
well crap new today .. when i was taking the bottom end out to paint and my milk crate broke and the motor fell and broke the right case ... selling it for 300$ obo
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Re: my 1985 lt250r rebuild
« Reply #24 on: April 30, 2013, 05:53:03 pm »
I hate when my luck runs like that. Good luck on your build
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