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waynedear
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Posted: 17 Feb 2018 at 14:58 |
Well it begins, picked her up this morning, £160 well spent
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iansoady
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The makings of a very nice bike there. And a V50III to boot - points instead of electronics
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Ian
1952 Norton ES2 1986 Honda XBR500 1958-ish Greeves/Triumph in progress |
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johnno
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Its my kind of bike , I like it I got 4 project bikes which I've been riding for around 8 years never did get around to the plans I had for them .
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1100 sport corsa , Yam R1, guzzi 650tt rider
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Motty
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Refit the rear mudguard, recover the seat, ride?
It looks a bargain, well done |
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It’s more fun to try to ride a slow bike fast .....
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waynedear
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The foam is good, that’s where the story ends |
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Brian UK
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OK the seat's seen better days.
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Brian.
Better 5 minutes late in this world than years early in the next. |
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iceni
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Let’s cut to the chase - the resto will be much more manageable with the addition of a good ironing board and cardboard spray booth. Don’t scrimp, buy the best you can afford! RLO will be along if advice is required.
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Mike H
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Crap! |
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"Chicken nuggets don't dance on a Tuesday."
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waynedear
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Little bit done today, air in the utterly flat tyres for the first time in god knows how long, boy is it easier to push round.
Removed a hell of a lot of cobwebs and assorted crud from all over. Got the barrel out of the seat release ( remember I have no keys) popped into timpsons and they will have me a key on Wednesday meaning the tank flap does not get butchered. Removed handlebar m/cyl as the piston is seized. Labelled unconnected wiring around headlamp area. Scotchpad and wd40 on the engine cases, comes up a treat. As for the spider behind it, finally after a month worked out where the short circuit is, with no keys the car is live with the battery connected, refitted lots of bits in areas I was checking. |
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stuv65
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£160 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
£160 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a bargin you lucky b*gger :-) |
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waynedear
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Right place, right time and the rite mate putting me in touch, did I mention it was 3 miles from mine |
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Ken-Guzzibear
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That is a bargain, these are the sort of bikes bought by breakers as that in spares is worth 10+ times the £160 ....however depending what you find can easily cost into the thousands to get to on road standard ....well done you
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The Older i Get, The Better I Was
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rapheal
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There is a chap not very far from me, who recovers and repairs motorcycle seats, he also makes replacement seats complete with new bases in GRP
much easier than messing around trying to find a better base
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waynedear
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Bit of cleanup work, all the grot taken of headlight shell, seemed to be at least 4 other paints on there, chrome rim came up beautifully.
Managed to drift the piston/seal from the master cyl, boy was that stuck in. Lovely black tar in the carb, it’s had a first hit of carb cleaner. General thought, despite being outdoors under an old bit of plastic not one single fastener has put up a fight. Edited by waynedear - 20 Feb 2018 at 16:11 |
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Jerry atric
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My garden table is painted the same blue as your's. Fancy that!
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