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Here is the bike when i first bought it..

 

 

 

 

 

 

it looked alright, but up close, it looked poorly looked after, plastics fading, stickers peeling etc.. i thought i like the bike and i may aswell mod it to my own personal taste! :D

 

first things first, the stator cover was dented and paint was falling off, so got that replaced.

 

 

and after replacing..

 

 

since all the plastics were fading and stickers peeling etc, i started to change the look of the entire bike, i got the tank powdercoated black and ordered brand new black front panels along with a white polisport headlight to give it that 2012 look all the new bikes are getting lol

 

 

 

i then fitted 2 new diablo rosso ii tyres :) and put the bike back together

 

 

 

 

 

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SHORTLY AFTER, the bike decided to give up on me and wouldnt idle or run right... with 24k on the clock i suspected a full rebuild would be needed.

 

i dipped the carb into my friends 6L ultrasonic cleaner just to see if it would help, but sadly, it didnt.

 

 

 

so i thought about it for a while and NORFE offered to rebuild my engine for a decent price, so i started to drop the engine out..

 

 

GOT IT OUT FINALLY, then cleaned it up a little bit so its not so dirty when he goes to rebuild it :)

 

 

THEN all the engine bits arrived and they werent cheap tbh when your replacing everything in the engine.

 

 

and thats where i am at the moment, i sent the engine off to NORFE earlier and cant wait to get it back :)

 

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this is my attempt of applying vinyls to a rear fender, dont know if itll look any good on the bike

 



-- Edited by tunertom on Thursday 28th of March 2013 08:39:35 PM

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not a bad looking bike, much like mine in the beginning though. Looks good from afar but tatty up close. Good thread this'll be :D

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pics should be alot better now

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Not the cheapest of games aye Tom replaceing all new bits on the engine but when it comes back it will be a brand new engine just old caseing like mine two thumbs fresh mate biggrinbiggrin



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spent today fitting my front HEL brake line, its pink with purple banjos, sexy as ****!!


also put some fork socks on to protect them and keep em clean


i think its money well spent and has improved the front ends beauty!





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wow, top job on this. Ever thought about removing the clocks so the Polisport sit flush? I hacked all siht away from under there it did my head in.

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wow pink was a brave move, but it looks good.

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Seiki wrote:

wow, top job on this. Ever thought about removing the clocks so the Polisport sit flush? I hacked all siht away from under there it did my head in.

 

 

i have tidied up the wiring and i kinda like how it sits :P



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Seiki wrote:

wow, top job on this. Ever thought about removing the clocks so the Polisport sit flush? I hacked all siht away from under there it did my head in.

 Or just lower the clocks so they sit as low as possible. Shouldnt be too hard using a few washers and longer bolts. And just extend the clocks out slightly to give you the room. I don't know though. Prefer the look of the RE light so wouldnt replace. 



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yanked the swinger off today, had a go at spraying it myself, but it came out ****, so i bit the bullet and took it to the powdercoaters



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Looking good, did you try and salvage any stuff or are you replacing it. The bottom knuckle can be painted cause no one see's that anyway.

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Yeah i know the feeling mate. I done a shocking job of my swingarm!

Need to send it to the powdercoaters lol.

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i just told them to try and avoid the bearings, if they come back ****ed ill replace em

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got my stuff back from the powdercoaters.. the swinger bearings have sand in them so theyll deffo need changing... this hopefully wont be alot of effort -.-


here is a quick look at some of the stuff.. the purple bits are candy purple, the black is just regular gloss black and the swinger is dark grey with a glitter covered lacquer :) looks pretty good, photos dont do it justice and apart from the little bit of sand in the bearings (which i expected) theyve done a perfect job










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put my new swinger bearings in and then spent all day in the garage today. got the engine back from NORFE, whacked it in, couldnt get it to run right, but i suspect my reeds and my jetting is a tad off.

pics from today:

























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Looking awsome mate. I am back on mines tomorrow after three weeks, rekon it has been the throttle tube not having enough clearnce on the powdercoated handlebars causing it to jam the slide half open.

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cheers slob.

i got the swinger on. wheel on. bike 99% built up. just needs tweaking abit in the carb now i think as it bogs abit, my air screw is siezed so a new carb/carb bit should fix me and get me completed :D


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Lookin very tidy indeed mate! You gunna spray the headlight black too? Thats the only thing that looks a bit off imo! Decal kit will set the bike off big shtyle!



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Looking good mate :) How have you got so much open space to work on your bike, Im jealous

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Is that a pulse in the background lol

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leaving it looking as it is for now, i like the white headlight too :) makes it stand out imo

yeah the big garage is great, alot of space for tools to roll off tho and then find them haha


and yeah it is a pulse, its my mates, SUPER slow it is.

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haha what do you expect its a pulse lol.

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