Picked up this one this morning, started stripping her down and ordering the missing parts fortunately I have the majority of things I need. Fairings are in pretty poor condition so I might end up getting a new set. Tyres will need to be replaced and forks rebuilt. Have started rebuilding a set of brake for her, stripped back to bare metal and resprayed ready to re assemble tomorrow.
yep I need therapy. Lots of swearing coming up. Met Frank today, nice bloke hopefully he is happy with our trade.
I think I might have got the better end of our trade. I think you'll finish this project before I get anywhere near finishing mine. Thanks for the catch up Craig. Cheers
So Undercoated, and gave the fairings the first coat of Lime Green 777, ran out of thinners so they will get their second coat and clear coat tomorrow. Mounted the engine back in the frame. All wiring sorted.
So fairings are painted, went to do an oil and filter change on the engine and the sump plug thread was stripped (explains leaking oil) I had a spare sump but needed to order a gasket as I did not have one so that will have to wait till the gasket arrives. I will weld up the sump plug hole and re-tap it for a spare at a later date. cant do much more till the gasket arrives so will have to wait till next week before work continues.
Did a little more today, bloody top triple clamp needed to be replaced on close inspection luckily I had a spare. Happy with the way its going to look, not 100% as I spray painted under shitty lights so found a couple of spots that were a bit light on.
Fitted and balanced the tyres today, hopefully bike finished by the end of next week. Need to clear it out and start making some space in the workshop.
