Motorcycle Repair: 1982 Honda 250 cm, honda 250, cmsnl

Question
I have the right side cover of my 1982 Hinda 250 cm stolen. As this part is discontinued, is there a right side cover form another Honda that will fit or may be, I ma crossing my fingers, you know where to find one. I am looking at salvages, ebay, craigst for months...

Answer
Bernard... there is one in Holland... about $160 or so....

http://www.cmsnl.com/honda-cm250c-custom-1982-us_model1045/partslist/F++14.html
835A4KB4000ZB
835A4KB4000ZA
ZA is Candy Antares Red.  Metallic Black color is ZB part number suffix.

835A4-KB4-770ZB is the part for an 1983, which would interchange physically, but the color design may not match your bike.

As the bike was only sold for 2 years, over 25 years ago, parts are going to be scarce. I would start checking with online salvage yards around the country and let them use their hotlines to contact other yards in their systems to see if there is a cover floating around somewhere....

Good luck on the search.

Bill Silver