Six30 Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 This is like watching the birth of a child I guess this makes us all family now, nice one cuz Quote
Six30 Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 it looks a straight..ish bike [mention]gymwitch[/mention] should pull together nicely Quote
gymwitch Posted June 14, 2020 Author Posted June 14, 2020 it looks a straight..ish bike @gymwitch should pull together nicely Straight-ish ?? What can you see???Yeah we are family now [mention]dynax[/mention] said so Quote
gymwitch Posted June 14, 2020 Author Posted June 14, 2020 Petrol tank is off. That wasn't easy without the key to get the seat off, to then take the back fairings off....only skewered my finger once with the screw driver. cant get the fuel out of it though and i would have thought there would be some connection to the fuel indicator ?? Quote
Ian Frog Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Have you bought or downloaded the manual yet? If the answer is no you will have contributed to your new SPANK account! I am fairly sure if there is a fuel guage it would be connected to the tank lol.Cheers Ian Quote
gymwitch Posted June 14, 2020 Author Posted June 14, 2020 Of course ive downloaded the manual...... Okay so i havent but i have done this.... Quote
Six30 Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 it looks a straight..ish bike @gymwitch should pull together nicely Straight-ish ?? What can you see???Yeah we are family now @dynax said so mean it looks ok , not that its bent or anything. Quote
Guest Richzx6r Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Of course ive downloaded the manual...... Okay so i havent but i have done this....IMG-20200614-WA0004.jpegIMG-20200614-WA0006.jpeg So is this going to be a full nut and bolt restoration or what? Quote
Ian Frog Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Do you know why it was laid up in the first place? I am still interested in how much compression you have if you are turning wheel in gear. Looks like a good start and I wish I had found it lol.Cheers Ian Quote
gymwitch Posted June 14, 2020 Author Posted June 14, 2020 Do you know why it was laid up in the first place? I am still interested in how much compression you have if you are turning wheel in gear. Looks like a good start and I wish I had found it lol.Cheers Ian I dont think she liked it. She loved her first bike but found the tank on this too wide and said she was practically lying on the tank. She's 5ft 10 and im only 5ft 3 Quote
gymwitch Posted June 14, 2020 Author Posted June 14, 2020 Of course ive downloaded the manual...... Okay so i havent but i have done this....IMG-20200614-WA0004.jpegIMG-20200614-WA0006.jpeg So is this going to be a full nut and bolt restoration or what? I have no idea what im doing my plan was get all the plastics off. Get petrol tank off and have a gander at it. Have a butchers at carbs but some feckin a hole has chewed up the screws. Im struggling now and language is getting foul. Im oretty sure all the rubber hoses will need replacing. Theres a fair bit of rust on the head stock. Id like to get that sorted. Its dry as a bone and electrics look good....not that i know what im looking at but all the wires are clean and connectors are good and dry. Quote
dynax Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 At least you have the right time of year to do it and get it sorted Quote
Guest Richzx6r Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Of course ive downloaded the manual...... Okay so i havent but i have done this....IMG-20200614-WA0004.jpegIMG-20200614-WA0006.jpeg So is this going to be a full nut and bolt restoration or what? I have no idea what im doing my plan was get all the plastics off. Get petrol tank off and have a gander at it. Have a butchers at carbs but some feckin a hole has chewed up the screws. Im struggling now and language is getting foul. Im oretty sure all the rubber hoses will need replacing. Theres a fair bit of rust on the head stock. Id like to get that sorted. Its dry as a bone and electrics look good....not that i know what im looking at but all the wires are clean and connectors are good and dry. Well that's a good start with the electrics on the surface looking like they are ok, if they are really chewed up then they may need drilling out but hopefully it doesn't come to that Quote
Ian Frog Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 Do you know why it was laid up in the first place? I am still interested in how much compression you have if you are turning wheel in gear. Looks like a good start and I wish I had found it lol.Cheers Ian I dont think she liked it. She loved her first bike but found the tank on this too wide and said she was practically lying on the tank. She's 5ft 10 and im only 5ft 3 If she was 5ft 10inch I would be prepared to bet she found it a bit small and cramped you sound a bit closer to the right length! I am so nervous commenting on female sizes as from experience it normally ends up with blood loss and nights spent sleeping in the garage Quote
WD-40 Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 I could tell you how to turn it on without the key if you want to try to start it Quote
gymwitch Posted June 14, 2020 Author Posted June 14, 2020 I suppose i should start a restoration thread in the relevant place on the forum. I will do that. Quote
James in Brum Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 I suppose i should start a restoration thread in the relevant place on the forum. I will do that.Just ask [mention]Stu[/mention] to move this one, keep the whole story in one place? Quote
Stu Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 I suppose i should start a restoration thread in the relevant place on the forum. I will do that.Just ask @Stu to move this one, keep the whole story in one place? You will find people will get bored after a few pages and not get to the restoration part Probably best to start a new thread then link to this one from the new one Quote
gymwitch Posted June 14, 2020 Author Posted June 14, 2020 [mention]James in Brum[/mention] great idea !!![mention]Stu[/mention] could you move all this fhread to restorations topic please?? Quote
gymwitch Posted June 14, 2020 Author Posted June 14, 2020 Ok sorry didnt read before bit. [mention]Stu[/mention] Quote
James in Brum Posted June 14, 2020 Posted June 14, 2020 [mention]gymwitch[/mention] make sure you link to this from the resto thread as well as in the other direction. For some people the human story is more interesting. Quote
gymwitch Posted June 14, 2020 Author Posted June 14, 2020 [mention]James in Brum[/mention] great idea linking from here too. I wouldnt have done that Thanks everyone for all your input its made the day so much more exciting and obviously easier as i simply would not have known where to begin !!Ive done a new thread about the restorationhttps://www.themotorbikeforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=72831Im also going to do a vlog about it on youtube. Ill post that when ive edited out the swearing today Quote
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