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Did some cad today.  Transferred to aluminium  Plasma cutter struggled with the alloy, so went old school with an angle grinder  Just need to finish clearancing, bolt up and repeat for the other side Ttfn Glenn |
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Pulled out the rear shock today, started stripping it, this was the condition of the oil in it  Turns out to be fubar, with seized adjusters and a crusty damper rod   Now waiting for the bay to supply a replacement. So carried on and stripped out the swinging arm, will be giving that a few gallons of looking at Ttfn Glenn  |
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Mot fail time, took the little zontes for its mot test, failed for no front sidelight, loose chain and cush drive, quick flurry of spanner twirling saw the sprocket tightened and the chain adjusted, just waiting for eBay to deliver a correct headlight  Still need to finish scrubbing the household gloss off the tank. Ttfn Glenn |
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Fail sucks.
My Madass failed similarly years ago, easy fixes at the time
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Fail sucks. My Madass failed similarly years ago, easy fixes at the time One down, four more to do, the only struggle is shipping them to and from the garage, it is handy having a van though Ttfn Glenn |
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Apr 22, 2021 18:53:09 GMT
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The zontes was retested and put up for sale with a fresh mot.  The orange suzuki in the middle was next to get tested, passed and also put up for sale. Sold within 2 hours !!!!!! With all these bike projects have always fancied a hydraulic lift table, a very lucky spot on marketplace saw me snagging this little beauty  Ttfn Glenn |
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Apr 25, 2021 12:12:22 GMT
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Today the zontes 125 sold, new owner was planning to ride it home, seeing him wobble around the road, struggle to change gear and nearly fall off when stopping at the end of the road, both him and the bike were loaded into fungus the bogeyvan and delivered safely home. Son with a wedge of cash burning a hole in his pocket, promptly found his next toy   A cbr600f3, very tidy condition with 11 months mot? Fork seals leaking with rusty fork tubes, so this joins the to be worked on list Ttfn Glenn |
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Apr 27, 2021 21:17:30 GMT
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Since we had a rare sunny day up here, had the bikes out for a bit of a ride around the yard   Then since son doesn't yet have a full bike licence, decided to start pulling his new toy apart  Note he has swiped my lift table to do it! Bike is in good condition overall but has had a Bob Ross restoration, where rusty spots on the frame have been brushed over with silver paint, no prep, no primer just brushed on silver, only in places you can see, wire brushing has started, will get treated once the grot is removed.  Slowly making progress with the zx9r, finally got the front wheel and forks removed, next will need to remove the yokes and bars, hopefully will then get around to soda blasting the frame and engine Ttfn Glenn |
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Apr 28, 2021 21:45:42 GMT
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Managed to get the frame and engine soda blasted, so gave them a covering of etch primer  Also gave the tank and tail piece some primer and top coat, will need a few more coats and finishing with some lacquer   Waiting for some seals to arrive and I can rebuild the forks Ttfn Glenn |
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Got some more done on the paintwork  Classic style but have some major runs in the clear coat that will need to be buffed out. The fork seals arrived, so the forks got stripped, cleaned and rebuilt, yet again the oil was filthy and yet again I managed to spill it on the floor, cat litter comes to the rescue yet again for soaking up spills  Ttfn Glenn |
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 Did a mockup of the subframe and seat, using the fuel tank to get it aligned.  Son also decided he fancied the look of the subframe and tail for his cbr1000, so got mocked up on that also Ttfn Glenn |
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May 20, 2021 18:50:31 GMT
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Progress has been slow lately, just not feeling up to doing anything, managed to get new bearings in the wheels, swingarm back in and rear wheel in   Son is working on getting his ajs ready for the summer  Serves him right for filling the lift with his cbr  Various bits getting cleaned and painted |
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May 22, 2021 19:24:00 GMT
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Got the forks and front wheel back in, set up the subframe so I could mark out and drill the mounting holes in the alloy adaptor plates, went old school getting everything aligned  Used a builders string and gravity to match things up. Did a final mock up of all the bodywork to see that it was following my planned direction   Now it's time to pull it apart again and do all the paint and bodywork, replace the missing and lost bolts, may have to replace the left fork leg, as found some damage I hadn't noticed previously Ttfn Glenn |
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May 29, 2021 18:50:44 GMT
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 Another Cheap 125 joins the insanity, only 4 years old but suffering corrosion in the wiring, Every connection is rotten, leaking fork seals, one joining the cue for being worked on, current priorities are the gpz500 for mot, and sold, then getting the AJS finished and on the road Ttfn Glenn |
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 Ajs has its forks back in  Motorini has its forks out  Found a snail in the workshop which may find it's way onto the zx9r Ttfn Glenn |
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A few years ago I was given some stud installing tools  Works using a sprag clutch Used to do this  Some new exhaust studs fitted. While I was at play, I gave it an oil and filter change Ttfn Glenn |
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Jun 19, 2021 12:53:38 GMT
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Instead of pulling it down, I decided to fully slave build the zx9r,  And give it a few runs up and down the yard, misfire below 3k, then all hell breaks loose, and it turns into a complete animal, front brake feels wooden, rear only just about works, the electrics for the lights all work, so now I can pull it down for finishing Ttfn Glenn |
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Sons gpz500s now has mot and is up for sale, still chasing the misfire on the zx9r,so nothing to do but get another project    Its another cbr1000f, also a non runner.not sure on its fate yet, really on the fence over the day of the dead artwork, but have to admire the amount of work and sharpie that went into it Ttfn Glenn |
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Little bit of a play tonight, motor turns over but wiring loom is a disaster, hopefully will get to give it a proper looking at tomorrow. Spark plugs for the zx9r arrived, so will try to get around to fitting them
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Fitted new plugs to thezx9r, but most time was taken up with the cbr1000f wiring, lots of corrosion in the joins,switches and fusebox,  Not forgetting lots of chok blok connectors  Eventually got it sparking, then running, but only on carb cleaner, so another session of strip and ultrasound was needed, son volunteered to do the stripping, so I took some pictures of the horrors within    Parts are currently vibrating in some suds, so will see if they can be rescued Ttfn Glenn |
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