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Luke wrote:

Hmm, I think NEV only has the green one in SM set up, but I ain't too sure on that.

 


 Whats happened to Nev................. ?



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I could do, but that is a lot more money than i have. If i get an apprenticeship at the end of this year of college then i would be able to afford it, but being a part timer and college it's hard to rack up that kind of money. I have no idea what's happened to him fella

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Yeah I know what you mean it all ads up and aint cheap, just get it up and running and looking nice first then take it from there. What colour you doing it ? White with a Red seat is nice on an 89.

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I'm trying, atleast I've got a cheap runabout until i finish this bike. I haven't actually thought about putting a colour different to black as the seat yet. But white is definite, maybe red or blue still haven't decided on it. The only thing i want to see is a bike that looks almost as good as seikis

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Well payday has been, not much has happened as i have to get all my families Christmas presents. However I am bidding on an engine on eBay which i hope to rebuild. Then if i have enough money left I will be getting everything powdercoated, But i'm still waiting on my dad to get the snapped bolts out at his work place. However due to problems all the fitters have been way too busy and haven't gotten time to do my frame.

But in the mean time all i've really done to the bike is take out the bearing races

When I think about this bike though it doesn't really seem like i have a lot to do (LOL) just get the chasis done, engine in, carb, exhaust, intake, electrics then just cosmetics?? Anything else i'm missing



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Don't turn your nose up at those swingarm bearings mate. highly specialist bearings and cost about £200 to replace the lot

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There's a kit on wemoto for the bearings at £23 the slinky glide ones, are they not any good? The thing that pisses me off is how much the bushes cost!!!!

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I got them for my swingarm. Havnt been out on the bike yet though... but i genuinly wish i didnt strip my perfectly good shock linkage to powdercoat it as that was bloody expensive for bearings/bushes.

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Let me know if they're any good when you get a chance? After wrestling with the bushes in my swingarm i've decided to leave the bushes in the linkage. Far too much effort and expense

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Yeah the cost of them is crazy. I would love to find alternatives and maybe put a kit together for people.

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You can find the bushes on wemoto, for £10 compared to AJ sutton where they're £15. But i swear the bushes have gone down in price from when i looked at them?

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Wow, it's been a few months since doing anything. Well here's an update, I've actually been busy. Frame and all parts are now powdercoated. I've decided on Candy red lacquer over chrome for the frame and pure white for the rest of the parts. I did want to do the frame white with just some parts red, but this idea has been down very well a few times. So maybe i'd try doing something differentsmile.

Also i've managed to get my mitts on an engine. Just £100 + P&P. The powervalve covers were a bit messed up and i thought this would mean it would stuggle with sealing. So i got another cylinder. The one that came with the engine was only on it's first oversize bore, however it did not want to come off which meant we had to get the angle grinder on, i could probably still use the cylinder but it's not pretty. But this meant i could see the condition of the big end bearing, there's some side to side movement but there's no up and down movement. Should i be worried about the side to side movement? Surely it'll tighten up when the crank heats up and expands?

The broken one

And the new one, on the original bore

But now i've just ordered myself some nuts and bolts from Kayfast after recommendation from Calum so there should be some bolting on going on fairly soon.

Not too happy with the progress of this project at the moment, would rather have been past this stage by now. But atleast all the buying the big parts is out of the way :)



-- Edited by ConnorDTR on Monday 2nd of February 2015 04:28:35 PM

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A bit of side to side is no problem what so ever, totally normal. Starting to look good.

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Cheers for clearing that on up, that's good news for my pocket :). Thankyou very much! It's a shame it's taking so long though. I'm sure you'd have knocked up 2-3 beautiful bikes by this time already!


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looking good I was more interested in blowing them up at your age...keep at it and you will have a nice bike. Just remember to have a couple of good locks and chains for security when you've finished it.. its a complete gutter to have your pride and joy nicked.

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Cheers! I must admit... i am looking forward to getting it together and having a good blast round fields etc on it. But this bike is going to be my pride and joy, weekend toy! I am going to invest in a good chain and lock, plus it will be under a cover in my back garden which only has one gate in! Plus i may put an alarm on it, i forgot the name of it though. Cyclone 2 or something. Also, just wanted to show this. The powdercoaters i took my parts to built this bike. CR500 Black Diamond
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Plus they had a TZR250 with the reverse engine, carbs at front etc. Interesting stuff



-- Edited by ConnorDTR on Monday 2nd of February 2015 09:04:08 PM

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Well my stainless bolts arrived from kayfast after only 2 days... impressive. I've put what i've got right now on.I should've ordered more m6 x 16mm as i've already gone through all of them lol.

Also i have my fork seals and dust caps. Just need to wait for my father to take them to work as one of the fitters where he works likes bikes and offered to do them when i gave the forks to him because the allen key bolt at the bottom was seized. Here's a picture of how he stands now.

(pretty crap photo, but it started getting dark)

Should hopefully be ordering the swingarm and headrace bearings in the next week or so. Funds are kind of low right now as the powder coating took a fat chunk out of my pocket



-- Edited by ConnorDTR on Wednesday 4th of February 2015 09:05:06 PM

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Getting there.........

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your doing a really good job..the cr500 was just pure porn you should not be looking at things like that at your tender age lol....

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your doing a really good job..the cr500 was just pure porn you should not be looking at things like that at your tender age lol....


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Can I remind you all that this is a family site and should be treated as such. Smutt like this will get you banned without prior warning! no

 

Now I must go get a change of underwear cause that bike was GORGEOUS! 



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Sorry about that ;) guess i'll keep the picture of an RD350LC and TZR250 they have together away from here then!

However more progress has been made.

Swingarm bearings are in and swingarm is on the frame, would've had the suspension linkage bearings in aswell however i ordered the wrong sodding bearings.

The races are in for the headrace bearings, would've had that on too... but i ordered the wrong seal for the lower bearing. Correct one is now on order

and the forks are now together with new athena fork seals, new dust seals and fork oil 10w

 



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looking good any idea when you will be finished ?. I'm looking at may for when I'll be getting a dt. Took the gsx out on Sunday for a run and god was it cold. must be getting old (or to use to a warm car)

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Cheers, i'm hoping for June this year... but god know how that will go. I do have to agree it's quite cold, it's getting warmer here where i am however. Went on a ride with some friends at 8-10pm and halfway through we had to stop as my hands were frozen in place. Never wished for heated grips more in my life :(

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Well i've finished off most of the bearings in the rear suspension, suspension linkage bearings are all in and all the swingarm bearings too. All that's left is the bushes in the swingarm, hopefully if i leave them to freeze for a few days they will go in with little effort. I did however decide to put the engine into the frame, so i had to remove the swingarm which means i have now run into another problem. I cannot get the swingarm to line up with the holes, the little tubes that go sit inside the bearings are too damn wide. I have no idea if i'm doing it wrong but it just bloody doesn't fit! So i'm going to have the right one trimmed down a few mm as that is the one causing the problem. Also should have the bearing for the yoke pressed in at the same time, happy days. Had to buy a damn new exhaust for my cbr though, so £150~ of my budget for the engine this month has gone elsewhere. not happy days. But she's coming along slowly, Rome wasn't built in a day :)



-- Edited by ConnorDTR on Friday 6th of March 2015 10:52:46 PM

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Looking very good pal. nice frame colour.

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So i've gotten my yoke back with the tapered bearing pressed on, so i could finally put the yokes and forks on

Now it's taken shape a little bit. And i've finally gotten to put my renthals on that i've had sitting around since christmas

Just got the bushes to press into the swingarm now and it's all good for the suspension side, next up is the top end on the engine. Also loosely placed my loom onto the frame, will have to sort that out.

So my hopes for this project is going back up now i'm putting more parts together, no more moaning about having no money



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Lovely mate. Lovely.

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looking good. any idea what pipe you are going to put on I have got my hart set on this and haven't even got a dt yet . its one of RomeuNS1 hand made pipes who advertises on here. 386dd708a93e909b067cd29c53a0b60d.jpg  think calum has one on his dt..not the twin one though



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That twin pipe pictured is mine ha! Never got it fitted properly so never bothered taking pictures. I still have it if anyone's interested.

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Cheers Callum and Ringo, i want to fit a DEP because shiny... but they rust way too much :/ wouldn't mind a stainless wrap around from the guy who makes the pipes but depending on money i may go for one

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