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This is awesome. Makes me want to get a bike project, even though I have a T2 VW to do!
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Oh wow, that's looking great. I had a W-reg X5 in the same blue colour scheme when I was 18 (because of the cheaper sub-200cc insurance). They were FAST too, because they were so light. After I fitted Michelin M38s it never ran out of grip, it was the only bike I've had that felt comfortable scraping the footrests and the toes of my DM boots
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Lovely job.
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Sounds great already. And I love that the engine roundels are the same as those that were on my 83 GSX250EZ. Ah memories.
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Makes me nostalgic for my CB250rsd project that I never quite saw through before realising I needed to sell it to keep the SV running.
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It was at this point that I took 6 months away from work to circumnavigate Britain in our newly aquired 25 year old motorhome. I have reached the grand old age of 55 & could draw some money from my private pension, so myself & my wife decided to do something before we were too old to appreciate the memories.
So, while we were away I though that I'd get the rechroming done. We have a plating company in Crewe, so I took a few items down for them to have a look at & price up. "It'll take about 12 weeks mate" said the assistant behind the counter. "That's fine, I'm away for about 6 months" I replied. The small parts were quite expensive price - wise, but the exhausts nearly made me fall over. They wanted £360 for the silencers & £60 for the downpipes, I told them that I'd leave those for the time being. So, off we went on our travels. I have been busy looking for a job since I got back, so haven't made a lot of progress on the bike, but did call round to the platers as I hadn't heard from them in 7 months....... Guess what? They hadn't done them ![]() "I'll have them done in a couple of days for you mate". How can they quote 12 weeks originally, then do them in 2 days? I'm still trying to work that one out. They did make a nice job though. ![]() What you are looking at there ladies & gents is £200 worth of chrome plating, scares the living daylights out of me. It was tme to fit the shiney bits to the bike ![]() ![]() Next was the front brake caliper. The piston was solid in the caliper, so I had to heat the caliper & be a little brutal with a pair of waterpump pliers to extract the piston. It did move eventually, so that was one problem solved. I had ordered a caliper rebuild kit which came with new seals & bleed nipple, so tried to remove the nipple, which was seized solid into the caliper, things were a little harder this time because I didn't want to snap the nipple in the caliper as calipers are as rare as rocking horse poo. I used plenty of heat & with some gentle persuation it started to move & after about 15 minutes, the nipple was sat smouldering on the bench. Icleaned & painted the caliper, fitted the new seals & pads & placed it on the bike. ![]() So, this is where I'm up to at present. I still have plenty to do, but I'm back at work full time at the moment as my boss is on holiday. I have won some very rare, nos Allspeed Expansion chambers on good old Ebay, but they are from a Danish seller, so hoping that it isn't a scam. I've paid by Paypal, so should get my money back if it is. Watch this space. ![]()
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Showed this to Mrs Kenzie. She wants a project bike now...
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I think I'll need to come and hear (and smell!) this running when it's finished.
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Make sure that you have plenty of money. I was expecting to shell out about £1500 plus the price of the bike to get it finished. I'm not far off spending that & still have a few hundred pound to spend. I could probably buy a nice example for the same amount of money, but then wouldn't have the fun (& headaches) of building it.
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