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Suzuki RG 250 Gamma

We wheeled this bike out of a metal scrap yard. Let's see if we can give it another chance on the road!

Mk3 Seat cowl has arrived

By Shep on 20 October 2020

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The seat cowl arrived today. This is the last of the last of the bodywork for the Walter Wolf replica. Next steps are to get the wheels painted and find somewhere that can anodize the frame

Parts Worked On: 

  • Bodywork

RG250 Exhaust pipes refreshed

By Shep on 20 October 2019

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After 12 months of searching, a set of mk3 RG250 exhaust pipes became available. These have been such a challenge to find or it was just been a case of looking in all the wrong places. Anyhoo, here they are. The pipes arrived in a rough state. Dirty, rustsy, everything you’d expect from a bike that’s this old. As soon as they arrived, they were chemical dipped to remove all of the old carbon build-up and then bead-blasted. The areas damaged by rust have been repaired and today they had a coat of high-heat paint.
 

Parts Worked On: 

  • Exhaust

RG250 Wheels Glass bead-blasted

By Shep on 20 October 2019

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Finally, a little progress on the RG250. This week the wheel bearings were pulled out and both wheels sent off for glass bead-blasting. Hopefully there will be time to get the paint mixed.

Parts Worked On: 

  • Front Wheel, Rear Wheel

RG250 Walter Wolf mudguard decal (Part 68151-40A00-8AW)

By Shep on 8 June 2019

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So I’ve been toying with the idea of a Walter Wolf replica for this bike. Trying to find the original paint colour has been pretty difficult until I got some help from Bitacticus. The suggestion was to purchase an OEM front mudguard decal (Suzuki Part 68151-40A00-8AW). The dark blue (almost black) colour is on the decal ready for paint matching.

Parts Worked On: 

  • Bodywork

Bare Suzuki RG 250 frame

By Shep on 28 September 2018

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Great progress made on the RG250 after work today. Next is to pull out the bearings and give these parts a thorough clean and inspection. Its always interesting pulling a bike a part as it often tells a story...

Parts Worked On: 

  • Frame assembly

Tear down progress and new bodywork

By Shep on 23 September 2018

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Managed to land some replacement bodywork for the RG250. The teardown continues today but being unfamiliar with this bike it'll take a bit longer than usual to document the journey. Good news for anyone that needs any RG250 body work as I'll be posting the older fairings and side covers on the parts section of the site

The slow tear-down

By Shep on 21 July 2018

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This is a sort of side project and will probably take ages. The intention is to build a dark blue Walter Wolf replica. Attached are a couple of pictures of the tear-down process

RG 250 Motor Arrived

By Shep on 25 April 2018

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This is really exciting! A power valve motor has arrived for the RG 250. Next step is to pop the top off and see if there is anything to be concerned about before loading it into the frame.

Parts Worked On: 

  • Engine

First inspection.

By Shep on 7 March 2018

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My very first project was a Suzuki RG Gamma 50cc and when a friend called me up and said that this was spotted at a metal recycling site I needed to rescue it. Unlike my other projects this will be a more simple restoration or at least that's what I'm telling myself now...

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