Kawasaki '71 F8 250

[LeeJackson]

Thought Id post a few photos of a restore I did a couple of years ago when living in Texas, was supposed to be a toy, but ended up going totally OTT with NOS and shiney stuff

As Picked up..





Stripped


The NOS Starts to arrive;



Then more



and more




Re-Chromed and shiney



Wheels Rebuild by Buchanan spokes and wheels in California, beautiful job;





Engine done



Frame Done

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Almost done parked next to littel brother..



Finished









The end result was not what i planned, looks damn good i think, nearly everything is NOS and its super clean.. But now I needed to start another dirt bike project that I could actually use.. an Ossa 250.. Will post that soon.

[Pigford]

That bike does indeed look the business - grand job

[mick znone]

yes, lovely job, lovely bike, very nice, isnt it hard trying to keep a 40 year old bike as a daily rider

[z2.john]

I like that. Very nice.
I'm on the look out for its 350cc Bighorn brother to do up but none about at the moment

[z1bman]

super job well done

[jimmock]

Superb end result.

WELL DONE.

[LeeJackson]

Thanks Guys, this was the first Restoration I ever did, everything else before was a special of some sort, so I got a little carried away but worth it I think..! I shipped the Bike to the UK when we moved to France.. Couldn't part with it..

After this I bought an Ossa 250 to use as a dirt bike.. But ended up the same way, too good to take offroad! Haha I'll post it sometime.

Looking for another F8 frame now so I can build an F81M replica, have loads of extra bits left over..

[jimmock]

Getting carried away is only a reflection of your workmanship and the quality that you demand.

The more carried away you get the better the end result.

[DogsbolloxofZ1B]

Great restoration, well done.