You can see in my avatar what it looked like before!
Managed to persuade the missus to let me bring it into the conservatory as it was getting dirty and covered in cobwebs outside, then decided to share the idea of stripping it down and rebuilding it!!
You can imagine the reaction!
Anyway here's the start of it!
First job was obviously get it on paddock stands and remove the wheels!
Just make a note of the nice clean floor(for now anyway, haha!!!)
Next one, side fairings removed and stored away safe for later while I decide what I want to do with them, seat off, scottoiler removed and we start to see the insides!!!!
Before I show you the next picture thought I'd share the slight incident we had inbetween involving there being fuel in the tank whch i didn't think was there!!
Ended up getting the wife to fetch a pop bottle and the mop to help rescue the floor!!!!
Then decided I'd be childish and took it outside in a tub and set fire to it(is it just me that has the urge to burn things now I'm getting older????
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Anyway after this and her shouting at me for what seemed like hours this is where we finally got to next
the iceland bag is an added extra by the way, cost a lot of money you know!!!!!
Then fuel tank removed before I get shouted at again!
Then to start removing the other bits and bobs!!
Undertray and rear wiring removed
By this point I've started to see the dirt and general crap that lies hidden underneath and am realising how much cleaning is actually going to be involved(remind me, why am I doing this??
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As you can see above the only b****y shiny part that was on the bike(the silencer) has been removed also.
Actually while we're on the subject of the exhaust, I bought it off egay, It's a delkavic and cost me just under 100 squid and has removable baffles which basically means it sounds f**king awesome!!!!Oh yeah and the wife can hear me from about 10 miles away!
I'm thinking of going to
www.exhaustsuk.com in sheffield to get a full stainless steel system with twin exits made and fitted as I had one for my mondeo which I used to own and they did a fantastic job at a really affordable price.