250-500cc 06 WR250 Refresh

Well, after snapping the frame tab again for the chamber the old girl sat for some time. Even being replaced as my race bike by a Beta 200! So I got tired of watching her sit and decided it's time to give my old trusty race steed some love. First order of business- get her stripped down to ready for welding repair. As soon as I can get together with my buddy and his welder, it will start going back together. So far it's gotten a new TMD chain guide, new chain, fresh pegs (well not as thrashed - came off my 449) complete carb rebuild with all the parts taking a few rides in the ultrasonic cleaner. I'll try to keep posting as it gets closer to starting again. Here's some pics of the first steps.Thanks for tagging along.

Update! Some life stuff has been at the forefront, but today was the day it all came together! Got the bike over to my friend's house ( he rides an 06 TC510 BTW) to weld the tab back on and even threw some primer and paint on it. Got the pipe mounts sorted (though I will add some others I recently purchased at some point for aesthetics).

Put the cleaned up and ready carb on, fresh oiled and new air filter and mixed up some gas. Slight hiccup with a petcock leak but a fresh O ring settled that quickly. Fired second kick and ran pretty darn good so put the rest of the plastic on and took it for a quick putt down the street. Looks like she's back!! And she's staying at my buddies house for a while so he can enjoy it. He's never had a two stroke modern bike so I'm excited to see what he thinks. Enjoy the pics!

Getting harder to pick the right pics these days. I'll try the last few again...