1990 VTR250

Came home today. 16K miles.


Tank has been repainted and part of the windscreen to match. New seat cover I installed years ago.

 

Ahh sweet! So you bought it and then fitted your old/new seat?

 

No. This is (was) my sister's. She just gifted it to me.

 

^^ Oh nice. A welcome addition!

 

NICE! Fun to ride?

 

Oh yes. Quite capable on a tight ride and a sweet little engine.

 

Nice!

I was asked recently which Interceptor I liked the most out of my collection and pretty much without hesitation replied it was my '86 VF500F, because it was lighter than the others and also I really like it's design the best. And it runs so dang good too!

 

Very nice!

 

VTRWorld back on the menu.

 

Went thru and verified some stuff. Eliminated the locating bolts on the bars to move them into a reasonable position (less tiller / pullback). Switched to a Hawk GT master cylinder and gained some brake feel. They are the same size, but the original lacked any feedback. Can't really explain it, everything was clear and proper. But I guess I don't really care now.

Ran perfect. Spins up fast and actually boogies. Turn signals are not the final fitment, but I needed something for some test runs. Likely going with a stock style in the shortest stalk possible.



If for some reason the wife doesn't groove on it... let the mods begin. She better fucking groove on it, hard to do any better for her size that also fits in to the Captain 80s collection. And besides, I'm still building another fairly modded VTR250.

 

"And besides, I'm still building another fairly modded VTR250."

im standing by for details..........

 

I miss mine! It was a superb ride.

 

might be fun for creative types to paint various computer colour schemes designs on computer from this white blank image. see what you can come up with.

 

A bit GPz'ish, aint it?

 

I'm digging that. The only thing is the dis-continuity of the white stripe under the seat and the lower cowl.

 

like an evil TwoBros scheme

 

Rear shock seems stiff and it def has rebound issues. Shock was good when we picked this up for my sister years ago, but it is freezing up. I'm a little surprised, don't think they are necessarily known for it.

4K mile shock donated from the VT250R project should take care of it.



Here I have the rear partially apart and the inner fender released so I can slip the old one out.

 

ive found that the hawk centerstand will work on the vtr to get it up but not for use on the road.

looks like a modded attachment point at rear of your upper fairing ? improvised screw instead of internal locating tab.

i have alot of spare vtr parts including a good frame, wheels, etc. and 2 good-lookin rust-free tanks.





this bitch blowed up in my '90, doin about 70mph pullin up hill, spun rod bearing just 2 weeks and 100 miles after i bought it. mileage 37,000

 

I might need one of those tanks if I can't clear out the rust. Carbs and forks look pretty bad as well. Did they make aftermarket caps for these types of tanks?

Sorry to highjack Capt.

 

dont think so, but cap80s will know.