Frame has been cleaned down, rusty bits dealt with and a few coats of satin layered-up
Meanwhile, I've been getting on with the forks. Having got the seized ABS sensor out of it's mounting, there was a snapped screw left:
I know it may seem a bit pointless as the ABS has been removed but like with the loom, I want to leave everything so that if a cheap, working ABS brain and modulators come my way, I or another owner, at some stage in the future could re-fit it.
Some heat and pipe grips got the snapped screw out, then the threads were cleaned:
With the usual prep done, the sliders have been painted:
A nice new temperature sender has arrived:
So I've made a start on cleaning-up the block:
That stained oil sight glass will have to go. I'll use the spare that's travelled around in my tool roll for years.
Scrape, scrape, brush, brush:
It doesn't have to be perfect, it's not visible when it's all back together. I just want to be rid of the worst of the crap:
Next job on the sump fins is to use some grit paper now that the loose stuff has been removed:
The sump, the timing chain cover plus the crank and cam covers will be re-painted black eventually and the bellhousing will be silver like the transmission.
A very nice chap in Australia sent me his redundant K100C/K75C optional deflector screen for the price of the postage. This is no longer available and they're like rocking-horse poo. It was a bit scruffy but with some elbow grease it has come up okay. This is part way through the polishing:
Still a fair bit to do before anything substantial can start to go back together but it shouldn't be too long now. I'm looking forward to getting to that stage.