Author: Nige

Another busy few days. The painting is as good as complete. I have started putting stickers on the bodywork. Still to do: Still quite a lot to do. Nige has teamed up with 12 volt planet, Atom batteries, All Oils, Beeline navigation, Dr Wack, Goodridge, HiFlo filtro, Lomo, Lone Rider, MandP, MSG bike gear, Pinlock,…

The bike see’s daylight! Today feels productive. There is still a long long way to go, however, Dan popped over and we got the front built up and dragged the bike outside. The tank and seat are merely placed on. There is still a lot more work to be done, but after Dan left, I…

Well, from the back at least, it almost looks complete. I am in two minds whether to keep posting images of the bike going back together or wait till it is all done and have a ‘grand reveal’. Part of me wants to keep posting images, so I will have to find a way to…

Well it has been a productive few days in-between work and life. We are still quite a way off, but we are definitely on the home stretch now. I have taken the tyres off the new wheels from Jamie and in typical fashion, the bead breaker pole was too large so I had to make…

Unlucky for some? Well today, a good friend Jamie visited to borrow my carb balancer, however when he came to mine, he had gifts, a top box holder (and box) a fuel tank and a set of wheels with brake disc’s, the rear has a brand new tyre (although on the wrong way round). Honestly…

With renewed energy, I have managed to get most of the controls back on the bike, I have also finally sorted the fuel lines and put a in-line fuel filter on and now I have moved on to the painting the tank and the plastics (so far only a base coat and a mist coat…

Recent work completed – mainly stripping off more and more parts of the bike! And in typical fashion, at least half of the fixings are rusted stuck, but attached to plastic so unable to use heat to ‘assist’, a perfect example is the rear ‘mud guard’ or undertray, it only has three fixings holding it…