SR250

[manxie]

I NEED A CHEAP BIKE!!! There is a SR250 locally, not my cup of tea really but thought it may be a good donor for a café racer or street scrambler? Any body took on anything like this? Tips?

I`ve got the SP370 in the garage, along side an MZ, both rust heaps that need restoring. The SR is on the road and could be a rolling project? Thanks, Steve. 

[guest564]

I had one years ago that was modified to a Café Racer. It was fitted with RD forks and wheels, with a Kawazaki Z200 (I think) fuel tank and a BSA seat. With shorter rear shocks to lower it it handled very well.

[SteveC#222]

No experience of the SR, but I ran the Suzuki equivalent, the GN250 as a commutter for 5 years and it was pretty good. Same layout, single 4 stroke engine, 'cruiser' styling.  The GN was good for about 65mph flat out ( 80 when new but this one wasn't!) about 70+ mpg, not quick but handled well so you could go flat out everywhere. Very reliable but tended to eat back tires and cheap chains ( considering it was only a 16bhp 250) and the GN had an appetite for oil. Good little bike and I imagine the SR would be fairly similar. Nice torquey engine would have been good in a trail bike rolling chassis.

[Propellor]

Can't help with any direct experience of this machine, but a quick look on google images and it looks like it morphs into a street scrambler look very well. The sort of thing you could comfortably build over winter, ride over summer.

[manxie]

Cheers fella`s. The seller`s not got back to me yet but supposed to be looking at a 250RS later? Forks are out of it, being re-chromed, so we`ll see? No price has been mentioned yet...hopefully the seller is realistic??