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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:26 pm
I finally thought i'd put together a keeper, I won't be selling this any time soon. its only got 11.000 miles on the clock, late model bike, the front end was a little furry and unloved/neglected, but after a little strip down and clean up, the bikes almost as good as new, I will need to get some replacement oil lines in the future as I've never seen this amount of corrosion before, I think the bike was ridden thru a winter without any protection, or washing down after a ride...
all it would have taken is a can of acf50 and it all could have been avoided.
anyway I've pieced together some nice parts over the years, must of which have been a result of lots of wheeler dealing, anyone who knows me will understand...
heres a picture of the bike when I got it....
the different colour rear wheel I was told, was because of running over an exhaust that had fallen off of a van and buckold the original black wheel.
so I set about cleaning it up, I had a spare black rear wheel ready to go on, I sold the lowers and managed to get a colour coded oem bellypan.
then with the help of carl,lloydie, Jamie and chris the bike was checked over top to bottom, this included greasing the shock linkages and fitting a lovely Scandinavian rear shock.
all the exhaust nuts were sprayed for several days with wd40, and thankfully they undone without any problems.
then we removed the pairs emissions system and fitted manual cct's.
followed by more cleaning
I then had to re-fit the original decals as the previous owner removed them because he didn't like them...
tbh it's amazing how much just putting the black rear wheel on makes,
I added a few rim stickers and a fender extender to reduce the crap that had been thrown up onto the front of the engine.
I also made some more simple changes like clear indicator lenses and rear light.
but I've enjoyed the little things like finding some cheap replacement fuel tank rubbers.
the bike came with the original toolkit and service book, even a Honda owners card.
of course the exhaust makes a big difference to how the bike looks and sounds. you can check them out via this youtube link.
the comfy seat also makes a huge difference, it was done by alastair else of elsemade.com, check him out, he offers a forum discount.
so now it has a new chain and tyres ready for summer
there's still a few jobs to do, re-fit the main fairing, torque up a few bolts, adjust the carbs and fit the carb sync hose's, fit a hugger and qat tube, maybe some new grips, and a gear position indicator, and not forgetting those oil lines at some point in the future, so yes its still a work in progress but its almost there. I just need to sort out the insurance...
every now and then i'll add an update with a picky or two, i'd like to thank carl again for all his help....
all it would have taken is a can of acf50 and it all could have been avoided.
anyway I've pieced together some nice parts over the years, must of which have been a result of lots of wheeler dealing, anyone who knows me will understand...
heres a picture of the bike when I got it....
the different colour rear wheel I was told, was because of running over an exhaust that had fallen off of a van and buckold the original black wheel.
so I set about cleaning it up, I had a spare black rear wheel ready to go on, I sold the lowers and managed to get a colour coded oem bellypan.
then with the help of carl,lloydie, Jamie and chris the bike was checked over top to bottom, this included greasing the shock linkages and fitting a lovely Scandinavian rear shock.
all the exhaust nuts were sprayed for several days with wd40, and thankfully they undone without any problems.
then we removed the pairs emissions system and fitted manual cct's.
followed by more cleaning
I then had to re-fit the original decals as the previous owner removed them because he didn't like them...
tbh it's amazing how much just putting the black rear wheel on makes,
I added a few rim stickers and a fender extender to reduce the crap that had been thrown up onto the front of the engine.
I also made some more simple changes like clear indicator lenses and rear light.
but I've enjoyed the little things like finding some cheap replacement fuel tank rubbers.
the bike came with the original toolkit and service book, even a Honda owners card.
of course the exhaust makes a big difference to how the bike looks and sounds. you can check them out via this youtube link.
the comfy seat also makes a huge difference, it was done by alastair else of elsemade.com, check him out, he offers a forum discount.
so now it has a new chain and tyres ready for summer
there's still a few jobs to do, re-fit the main fairing, torque up a few bolts, adjust the carbs and fit the carb sync hose's, fit a hugger and qat tube, maybe some new grips, and a gear position indicator, and not forgetting those oil lines at some point in the future, so yes its still a work in progress but its almost there. I just need to sort out the insurance...
every now and then i'll add an update with a picky or two, i'd like to thank carl again for all his help....