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Thanks for the encouragement lads! Excellent write up. Excellent work. Where are you based? What is going to be your budget rad cleaner? I'm in Cambodia, near border with Vietnam I am thinking that a 50/50 overnight vinegar flush is the way to go, after running the bike for maybe ten minutes with it...

That looks the nuts

I like the black finish on the frame, good contrast

I wanted to replace the brake fluid, but that was easier said than done, due to some monkey over torquing the screws on both brake fluid reservoirs I had the total pleasure of drilling the screw caps off so that I could reuse them and not splash on new items This must be a Honda issue; every single ...

Looking at the front cylinder plug got me thinking that it's quite coked up/rich https://i.ibb.co/fxR87Wq/smart.jpg Also front cylinder had not ran for me while riding it home from the storage place And front carb was in a much dirtier condition than the rear And I was told the owner mentioned check...

More general cleaning, 2nd layer degreasing, wire wrapping and subframe rattle canning taking place here https://i.ibb.co/rsqXwk3/smart.jpg https://i.ibb.co/1RFP5Gs/smart.jpg https://i.ibb.co/C0Pt3y7/smart.jpg https://i.ibb.co/Qb1mrjy/smart.jpg Definitely beginning to get a bit better than it was ht...

The cooling system is a bit of a mini disaster also, did the owner fill his radiators out of a wombles muddy river? https://i.ibb.co/cFHYLVW/smart.jpg https://i.ibb.co/qWSQK98/smart.jpg https://i.ibb.co/1rhmYSq/smart.jpg Somehow, the cooling system actually holds pressure but I will be surprised if ...

I mentioned earlier that the clutch was not engaging, it was taking fluid also and not building pressure https://i.ibb.co/cQX9ZG8/smart.jpg I suspected the slave seal, because I could see the damage from the fluid https://i.ibb.co/Dbn84L6/smart.jpg yup https://i.ibb.co/sRrPZWZ/smart.jpg ugly gunk in...

The fuel tank is a disaster zone, but a bunch of old springs and coins and other junk in there with diesel stripped much of the very worst out Now it's chiefly just rusty, but too dirty to even run with filters, so I went the budget route again and splashed out on a bunch of bottles of kitchen vineg...

I don't have an ultrasonic cleaner or much budget for this bike, so I tried a 24 hour Coke bath with just a light toothbrush scrub with carb cleaner before and afterwards https://i.ibb.co/6mkygzT/smart.jpg https://i.ibb.co/0ftZLRj/smart.jpg For $1.50 on the coke it wasn't bad at all, plus there was ...

The fuel was old and smelly https://i.ibb.co/r07gBJd/smart.jpg And the tank is a mixture of rust, varnish, red dirt and all sorts https://i.ibb.co/D8XQhHB/smart.jpg The small filter wouldn't come out in one piece https://i.ibb.co/vsrjq3K/smart.jpg https://i.ibb.co/jLYvLf9/smart.jpg The carbs were ne...

So, I reinsulate/replace as necessary with this mess below: https://i.postimg.cc/LqNX9v8w/IMG-20210612-124611.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/H8j7DR06/IMG-20210612-124918.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/wt6MYngD/IMG-20210612-132239.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/XZ7jzFk8/IMG-20210612-135054.jpg And get ignition, no sta...

This old VTR was in the storage unit for a few years and needs bringing back to some kind of semi decent state before it can be sold on it's owners behalf I remember it's owner storming all around the place on it years and years ago, and it was in better nick than now Out of storage with an old rats...

https://iili.io/oo00hJ.md.jpg https://iili.io/oo0lIa.md.jpg https://iili.io/oo0amg.md.jpg https://iili.io/oo01Lv.md.jpg https://iili.io/oo0GBR.md.jpg image hosting This is a useful guide, thanks I gave my needles and floats a coke bath for 24 hours and then some toothbrush and carb cleaner for a fe...

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My yard, can see the vtr being washed also

South East Asia

Vietnam Border

Gonna start a thread about this bike's resurrection, but I have the usual distractions; kids, missus, other bikes, work and the euros, so may be sporadic!