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Thanks for the reply Drewpy I have found someone who will do them now, they are near Caterham in Surrey. It will be expensive but after waiting a year I want it finished. Anyone interested in a new Yamaha XS250 with only 50 miles on the clock !

Hi All its been a while, the bike is almost finished but I cant find anyone to re-chrome the exhausts. BTW the exhausts are not the origiinals, they are still waiting to be chromed.

Hi Neo thanks for the reply and the link. I will ask the chap who is painting it to investigate.

Hi all I am nearing the end of my build and I need to get the paintwork re-sprayed. Took the parts to a local painter who upon checking said the paint was a "candy red" but possibly mixed with silver. This was a process done at the factory and would be difficult to reproduce. Does anyone have any ideas please. The bike is a 1981 xs250 uk spec.

Anyone out there know where to get spares (rebuild kit) for Mikuni BS32 carbs. Bike is all back together but not running well. Also name of a reliable chrome plating company in the UK that someone has used and can recommend. Many thanks.

They are on order, the two connectors you see in the picture were put on in 1982 when the bike was new and had a top box fitted. The wires are for the rear indicators that were moved. One issue with that was I didn't have the damper fitting so I had to source from eBay. When I get the mudguard back I will wire in the back light using the correct 3.9mm bullet connectors. The cost of the chrome is not vastly different than the cost of replacing, then of course it wouldn't be original. As I have never done this before its a learning curve and maybe at the end I could pass on knowledge to someone else. My other XS250 was a different story it was a cheap runner that I tidied up and worked out how to get it to start. Pictures of before and now to follow.

Thanks for the comments and the advice. I have noted the piont about the electrics. My aim is to keep everything original if I can which means having nearly all the brightwork re-chromed what’s your opinion on this.

Just a couple to start with.

BB code that's new to me, my problem I think is my membership has expired and I cant find a way to renew my subscription. Have done Flickr and worked out how to upload but program won let me, no error or explanation I have sent a couple of messages to Alex and am awaiting a reply. Thanks for you assistance.

nearly there, what is the group called in Flickr please

wish I could I've got dozens of them but I cant seem to post on this site. I am a member but can not renew my subscription, any help on that would be useful.

Hi all hope your well and keeping busy. I have been working on a new project for a few months now and would value your opinions. The bike is a 1981 Yamaha XS250 which is not too exciting but the thing that attracted me was its only done 52 miles from new ! After collecting the bike I changed the plugs, put fresh petrol in and hooked up a battery.......it started and ran perfectly. I then switched it off and took it to pieces completely, every last nut, washer and bolt. All the chrome has or will be renewed, the frame blasted and re-sprayed the forks overhauled with stanchion's chromed and reground. The engine cleaned and polished and the electrics cleaned and checked. The only issues I had was the rear brake linings had come away from the shoes and there were 4 broken bolts that had to be drilled and tapped. There is probably another month or two left to finish and then I need to decide what to do with it. It has never been serviced or had an MOT and as far as I can tell just ridden a couple of times and then just left to rust away.

Just had a price on the clutch housing cover, that on its own is £25. They cant do the engine complete so I would have to dismantle it and I was hoping to avoid this.

I am in the South East and have looked up a few firms who do this. Ill take some before and after pics and post them so anyone else thinking of doing this can benefit.

Hi all hope your well. I have started a new XS250 project and one of my problems is to clean 35 years of corrosion on the aluminium engine covers. Has anyone hear had any experience of vapour blasting. Thanks

thank you Ttaskmaster just what I wanted.

Hi paul111 just picked up on your post if you do swap the engine I would very interested in parts from the original.

Thanks for the replies I will try them the problem I have is its a xs 250 with xs 400 barrels and heads. The carbs I am just not sure about I have measured the internal diameter of the carbs and they are around 31.6mm. I could do with getting a set of 400 carbs that I know are right. These of course would have to be used.

Hi everyone hope your all well. I am working on an old Yamaha and will need some parts, and was hoping I could get some links from anyone looking at this forum. Thanks.

Thanks I will look about for one

Thanks for the reply I did overhaul the tap a year ago when I was trying to sort out the original starting issues. I will check again though as I am learning not to ignore the obvious. To date I have spent ages on the carbs and replaced points condensers plugs battery etc. bike has a 400 barrels and head.

I am sure this has come up many times before but the search on this site doesn't work. I want to replace my fuel tap with a simple on /off / reserve type instead of the vacuum type I have. The bike has trouble starting unless I use the prime mode on the tap for around 3 - 5 seconds. It will then fire and usually start. Once running every time you approach a junction you have the keep revving it or it just dies (lack of fuel). It will then not start unless I prime it again. I am sure many people have come across this but has anyone solved it ? would really appreciate some feedback thanks.

If it is teething troubles my bike needs dentures ! I think its time to move it on and perhaps look at either the XS650 or even a 2 stroke.

Hi all after months of trying to get my XS250 starting and running properly I thought I had cracked it. Decided to take it on a local children's charity run of around 180 bikes. Guess the only bike to break down ? yes you got it my XS250. Starting to think that its either a jonha or just a useless pile of junk. Anyway I did manage to eventually make it there and back in one piece and look forward to another 10 rounds with the XS250 when I have time.

Knowing my luck the fire would go out !