Honda CB250n SuperDream Refurb

Went to Devil's Bridge bike-meet on Sunday and a black Superdream rolled onto the carpark! I walked over to admire it and was very pleas...

Don't know about you, but I always doubt myself before I doubt others! Feeling completely stumped by this problem, I decided to take the...

The new eBay carbs arrived today so I installed them, replaced the oil and filter and fired her up. It's worse than before!! She woul...

I have STILL not spent any more time on the CB250. Just too damned busy with other things. I was thinking of putting it on Ebay as one of t...

Reluctantly removed the float chambers last night (saves taking the carbs off). Fitted some new (old) floats and brand new float needles. Bi...

Someone was telling me that years ago (before spirit levels), they used to get the height and level of the Dado Rails perfect throughout the...

I removed the carbs tonight and stripped them down. There was nothing wrong with them - all the jets were fine and clean. The one thing that...

Fitted the new Coil, CDI and Battery tonight and they made no difference!  So that's it - it simply HAS to be a fuelling issue and the c...

I really didn't want to spend any more money on this project, but this "5k rev-limiter" problem is not going away. I've or...

This morning I popped back into the garage before going to work and found that the Advance Dial on the back of the Gunson Timing Light had ...

Well, my rejoicing soon came to and end when I discovered (enroute to the MOT station) that the bike won't pull beyond 5000 revs. It sta...

I put £6 worth of petrol in the tank (yes, a gallon!) and connected a Battery Booster. Ignition on, starter pressed, VROOOOM!!!! Nice one. ...

After walking out on the bike last night, to teach it a lesson, I returned tonight and it seemed to have worked! I removed the headlamp and ...

Went into the garage tonight and fitted the battery - main fuse blew instantly! Grrrrrr!  Not really in the mood for it tonight, so I discon...

Another beautiful day and quite a productive one for me. I did quite a bit of fumbling around the garage before finally getting down to some...

You think you've lost something, but you haven't really. What you're searching for is sat right there under your nose. It's ...

I was up nice and early this morning and had to pull the old girls out of the garage so that I could blitz it. After 8 years of dumping stuf...

After work today, I started putting the front brake assembly together. I fitted the front caliper, thoroughly cleaned the pads, pins and shi...

The new number plate arrived today so that was the first job for this evening's session. It seems to have a very subtle "glittery...

Tonight I carried on with the wiring. Found the old solenoid and wasn't too impressed with the state of it. Grubby to say the least, so ...

I could have sworn that I'd already ordered a new number plate for the 250 because it's always the very first thing I do with a new ...

Normally on a Monday evening I feel tired after work but this evening I went straight into the garage and started to detach the reservoir fr...

No day of rest for me! I was in the garage at 8am this morning, sanding, priming and painting bits of brackets and what have you. It's a...

One of the visitors to my blog is Ian Pike and when he first started following my progress, he assumed that his own project wouldn't be ...

Well, despite the beautiful weather and the temptation to go out on the CB450 for a ride, I pushed my self to spend a whole day in the garag...

I've decided to get off my backside and make the final push to completing this project! It's dragged on far too long and is in dange...

People email asking when is the refurbishment of the CB250N going to resume and I never know what to say because I don't really know. Co...

KrazyJuiceDan wrote in the comments sections asking where the steel-washer from his newly bought Taper Roller Bearings went. Well here's...

Realised tonight that before I could fit the battery-carrier, I had to fit the airbox, so I decided to do that along with the carbs. I had t...

Didn't have much time tonight because my daughter and grandson came over to visit, but I did at least manage to get the loom routed corr...