bought it from breakers yard, got them down from 1000 to 400 ;) No engine number, for weight saving... french model, fully working powervalve, full dep system, unfortunately the front pipes a bit rusty, but hey. runs likes a dream but wont idle; last owner clearly didnt do much maintenance, the oil came out in lumps.
Huge thanks to the mother, letting me use her conservatory for 4 months to work on it, and lending me 700 quid to do it, until i sell my RS to pay her back xD
seat was ripped, later turned out that the last owner was a lazy git and it had 3 covers underneath. rear tyre has no tube, chain and sprockets are destroyed, swingarm is rusty and so is the frame in a few minor places. The heated grips arent even connected to anything and speedo drive doesnt work.
The left hand side panel was missing, so i ordered a set from the guy from the 'filed' guy, with a new seat cover too.
an annoyingly large amount of that orange paint on the casings.
few odd rusty points, and the swingarm pivot is seized solid. was solved by heating it up and smacking it out. mechanical sympathy out the window on that one after a week of 3 in 1 oil and a lump hammer. The heated grips look a scalpel and some gashed knuckles to get out, due to the miles of wire underneath. although i was pleasantly surprised to find, that under the billion monster stickers, there was a set of mint renthal 971's.
that swingarm is the bane of my life.
The return of the orange curse. glad the pv was all there, didnt fancy buying the servo.
one of my dads friends kindly polished the silencer, which now looks good as new.
The tank paint was a ****ty job. nobody had ever stripped the paint before, and underneath the black i found red, blue, yellow, silver, then black again. then the mother of all dents :( it had nearly an inch of filler. no joke. so after hours of sanding and refilling it was ready for the paint. photos of the paint job and filling are on my dads phone, so will add them later.
The rust on the pipe. hours of wire wool and tcut did improve , but it sure aint perfect.
Brake pads air filter 16-49 jt sprockets ebc rear disk and pads speedo cable fork oil and dust seals wheel bearings all round inner tube D.I.D chain 10W fork oil lever covers and a few other bits doesnt look much for £210 :( my dad treated me to a huge box of stainless steel bolts, washers and bits, cheers dad.
i went with the 16-49, it made for decent acceleration and work well offroad, what did you guys go for?
The bolt was seized solid in the bottom of the leg, but i had bought a spare set of wheels, forks and yolks for just 50 ;) so we drilled out this bolt and took one from the spare set. i chose to use this leg rather than a spare because the paint on the spare was ****e in comparison.
a buddies dad is a partner in a powder coating shop, and did this amazing job on the swingarm.
its pitch black out, 11 at night and all we have is a crappy lamp, but somehow me managed to drift in the new swingarm bearings using g cramps and a sach clamp. engineering perfection ;)
i couldnt afford and didnt have the time to to strip the frame for a powder coat, so i sprayed it myself, and it holding up well, for now, lol.
the carb after a good clean, which helped the idling issue alot, but its still not quite right. im going to order some new jets and needle etc. its a mikuni tm28ss on the 03's right? people keep telling me its a vm26, but thats a roundslide. facepalm.
behind the carb is some spare plastics for my mums supermoto. best mother ever.
Polisport halo, with h4 halogen bulb. excellent light output. i wanted a stock one, because it came with a broken orange acerbis dhh, but couldnt find one to suit my budget so went with this. very glad i did.
forks back in the bike, after the SECOND rebuild. dont ask D:
back together, with all the new parts. the gaters havent been put on properly yet, because after the disaster on the forks last time, i wanted to make sure they didnt leak.
The electrics were destroyed, big thanks to alain, a truck mechanic friend that basically built me a new loom.
The light will be put on soon, with some mini indicators.
got some new hel braided lines to fit, a few decals and a set of michelin t63's to replace the ****ty road tyres, will upload pics soon.
-- Edited by MuSkaaa x on Saturday 11th of May 2013 11:01:22 PM
-- Edited by MuSkaaa x on Saturday 11th of May 2013 11:03:29 PM
still an ongoing project, its on the road and flew through the mot :) desperate for some more off road biased tyres, its horrible in the mud lol. Thanks for all the feedback guys, the forum has provided some great tips so far :) will upload some more pictures soon
-- Edited by MuSkaaa x on Sunday 12th of May 2013 02:09:43 PM
had thought about some ac10s, but i have to ride to skl everyday, and to my girlfriends quite abit; i ride whatever the weather so i need something that handles well in the wet :) anyone had any experience with michelin t63?
When I had my enduro setup I still used my bike daily for school, girlfriends etc. and still handeld fine in the wet with ac10s I would definatley recommend them mate.
Used all of these in the past never had any probs with any of them
Michelin Enduro MS FIM Approved Michelin Enduro comp 3 FIM Approved Michelin Enduro comp 4 FIM Approved Michelin Baja Rear Michelin Desert Front Michelin AC10 Rear Michelin AC10 Front Mitas EF06 Enduro front Mitas E09 Rear Mitas E09 Front Mitas C02 Trelleborg T913 Front Trelleborg T914 Front Trelleborg T994 Front Trelleborg T434 Front Trelleborg T913 Rear Trelleborg T915 Rear Trelleborg T644 Army Special Pirelli MT21 Pirelli MT83 Scorpian Enduro Metzeler 6 Days Extreme Bridgestone Gritty ED663 Front Bridgestone Gritty ED660 Front
Bought myself some 100% accuri goggles in gunmetal, with the mirror lens, came with the clear one too xD the girlfriend treated me too a new skid lid too, top wench ;)
Dad gave me his old Tech 7's too, as he doesnt need them anymore (sold his CR250 for a daytona) surprisingly comfortable.
Gave me his old bumbag/toolbag too, holds a ridiculous amount of tools.
