Hi everyone. Nik in Hull the UK. Anyone suggest what is easiest thing to start learning to do to maintain bike. Bought 1980 Cb250rs 8 years ago. Hope to get it on the road next month Dad fixed her up ready for mot!!!!! Now I just need to learn how to keep her on the road... . Many thanks for any advice or photos or images.
Thanks guys. I have a Haynes manual which came with the bike but the photos are really very poor quality. Was wandering about where the grease points are?
CB250RS are very easy to maintain as the bike is so basic and has good all round access, except for cleaning the oil filter mesh hidden behind the right hand crankshaft cover. Get a genuine or high quality replacement spare gasket ready when you tear the one on the bike. Do not use instant gasket from a tube, it will get inside the engine and cause PROBLEMS! Carefully clean and sparingly lubricate the brake piston on the front, spares are not available, I had to change the front brake disc and caliper set up to one I got from a CX500. Avoid using modern sintered brake pads, they lack feel and will grab suddenly at times. Take every single electrical connector apart, one at a time, carefully clean and put back together, this will save you days spent tracing the dreaded dry connection faults on old bikes. Try reading the Haynes manual again sat in front of the bike and it might be clearer to you, it worked for me eventually. If you still get stuck PM me and I'll try sending you some more help.
https://www.2fiftycc.com/index.php?resources/honda-cb250rs-owners-manual.76/ https://www.2fiftycc.com/index.php?resources/honda-cb250rs-workshop-manual.75/
Many thanks for the sound advice. When the bike finally arrives I will start to take own photos of grease points and basic maintenance. Plan to make note of each task with list of exact tools and spanner socket sizes needed, torque of each nut / bolt and time required along with sequence of photos. I assume that no other member has already done this?
Squeaky, I wouldn't waste too much time on cataloguing every job, everything will take ten times longer with taking pictures and itemising each tool used, believe me as I have to do lot of this sort of stuff at work. Once you start doing your own maintenance you'll soon recognise each tool size needed and each step of the job is sort of obvious with either a Haynes or Factory manual.
to the forum Nick. What has worked for me in the past is to find the original road test's magazines and also any other magazines you can find of your bike. You may find some good information on servicing the bike / how to look after it / tech help /what to look out for. It's usually some good reading in the old bike magazines.I'f memory serves me correct , your model was pretty popular over this way so include Australia in your search .
Squeaky, type in fredbuildsbikes in your search engine, anything to do with taking apart, rebuilding and looking after a CB250RS is there
