sportston wrote:
That is looking a lot better than it did before!
What is the next major outlay? Over-sized pistons and a rebore?
Next phase is to split the cases and see what kind of damage may have occurred as a result of the small stone that was inside which came out when I drained the oil. Since the stone lacks any visible damage I'm hopeful nothing inside was damaged as a result. Weird that it was in there.
The cylinders look to be in decent shape. I'll likely take them to my local shop and get their opinion. If I can go back with stock size pistons and a light honing then that would be ideal.
Since I'm not doing a purist restoration, a set of GT250 forks, triple trees and disc equipped front wheel came in last week that will be swapped onto the front end. There just aren't any T200 forks to be found anywhere whereas T/GT250 stuff is abundant in comparison.
I'm still debating whether I'll keep the tank that came with the bike. I found a GT250 tank that I like the shape and profile of that may find it's way onto the bike.
In spite of my plans for the bike... it's going to be regulated to back burner status as cooler weather approaches and I'll be spending more time in my bike shed. I have my '80 GS450E nostalgia project that I want to get started on (my first bike was this model back in the day when I was sixteen years old) as well as my '83 GR650 Tempter cafe conversion with the hopes of having both of those going by next spring.
Then there is my '79 GS750 project, my half completed '80 GN400 project and the T250 restoration that I just picked up last week. My GS500E project may be getting sold to a coworker which will give me more time for all the other bikes. And of course, I still have some good riding weather coming along and my little TU250 is begging to get out.
