Shoogly Shed Motors’ Yamaha XS250

Euan Ryan of Shoogly Shed Motors says, “If you’re trying to give a bike that ‘show finish,’ then everything has to be perfect, as if it were a production model, and as perfect as I’d like this build to be it was never going to be, so I embraced that and I tried to make it feel like a bike that you would have to knock up in some kind of post-apocalyptic world.” A Valentine’s Day gift from his wife, this 1980 Yamaha XS250 came to Ryan in bad health, because its previous owner had left it outside for six years. It was too rotted for a restoration, but Ryan figured he could salvage the bike as a full custom. “Built entirely during the COVID-19 Lockdown in the U.K., this Street Scrambler was a challenge like none I’d taken up before,” Ryan says.

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James Joseph

Great story and bike Euan, and all from a 6 x 4 shed, impressive!

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Euan

Thanks James, appreciate it!!

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Steve Bodycote

Cool bike buddy! Sounds great too

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Euan

Thanks mate!

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john pasons

yes – this is great Euan – I wished I’d kept mine and fixed it up a sebum as you’ve done – well done!

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Euan

Thank you John!

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Andrew

very good with what you have. I did a 400 tracker a few years ago
https://www.bikeexif.com/yamaha-xs400-tracker

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Jay Fourie

Great work mate. Love the simple build with a superb outcome…..

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Liam

Had XS 250 years back, converted it to a 400, didn’t have a clue what I was doing, it never ran right. I’m really impressed with what you did, nice build! Top marks