Anybody looking for a R90/6 seat

[Rob Farmer]

I'm just about to pull my R90 apart for a complete rebuild. The seats going and it's getting a complete restyle.

Anybody looking for a standard seat? thought I'd ask before it goes on Ebay.

I need a tank if you have one laying about. It doesn't show on the picture but the tank was stoved in with a brick when the bike was stolen a while back. The dents across the edge of the tank making a repair difficult.

 

[(RIP) Proff]

I'm just about to pull my R90 apart for a complete rebuild. The seats going and it's getting a complete restyle.

Anybody looking for a standard seat? thought I'd ask before it goes on Ebay.

I need a tank if you have one laying about. It doesn't show on the picture but the tank was stoved in with a brick when the bike was stolen a while back. The dents across the edge of the tank making a repair difficult.

Ring you this afternoon Rob, that'd suit my old 60/6

 

[bustupbiker]

Rob, i have a dark red/maroon tank in the garage at Pats place, don't no what it is off but i will take a look later when i go up for Dinner

I'm just about to pull my R90 apart for a complete rebuild. The seats going and it's getting a complete restyle.

Anybody looking for a standard seat? thought I'd ask before it goes on Ebay.

I need a tank if you have one laying about. It doesn't show on the picture but the tank was stoved in with a brick when the bike was stolen a while back. The dents across the edge of the tank making a repair difficult.

 

[Rob Farmer]

Rob, i have a dark red/maroon tank in the garage at Pats place, don't no what it is off but i will take a look later when i go up for Dinner

Great. Thanks

 

[Deleted account 111026]

Good project, Rob. I bought a 1977 R100/7 about 9 months ago, it's almost identical to your bike, including the colour.
I bought it in England and intended using it for a cafe-racer project. It had been standing for years and had covered just 37K miles. When I started stripping the bike and cleaning all the parts, I found that nearly all the fasteners were still in excellent condition and nothing appeared to have been apart before.
I'm sure you've worked on 30+ year-old bikes where every previous owner had just a hammer and screwdriver in their toolkit!
In the end, I decided the bike was too good to modify, the frame has been powder-coated, everything else has been cleaned and re-fitted.
Unfortunately it will be sold, It's now French registered and I've bought a 1977 R100RS for the cafe-racer project.
If you remember, it's the one with the engine number query.
You tied the engine number with a R60/6, but it's got more interesting!
Jim Cray reckons that the unstamped rectangular area on the front left of the casing means it probably is a /7 engine, which apparently is when the area was introduced.
I've been advised that when the clutch assembly is removed, there may be a cast year number on the casing. It will be interesting to see what is found.
The heads have been removed for the un-leaded conversion and one was standard, the other had an additional spark plug hole!
I'm dreading what will be found in the casings, so far just quantities of water!!!

 

[bustupbiker]

Rob, number two son had taken the workshop keys out with him tonight, i will call in on the way home from work tomorrow afternoon.

 

[bustupbiker]

PS: Rob, could the one i have be from the RT! as i also have a few bits of plastic front end that are the same colour. Would that do you if it's OK and from the RT.....????
Lyn.

 

[Rob Farmer]

PS: Rob, could the one i have be from the RT! as i also have a few bits of plastic front end that are the same colour. Would that do you if it's OK and from the RT.....????
Lyn.

Lyn,

The RT tanks a different length even though it fits on the /6 mounts. The /6 seat doesn't close with the /7 tank fitted. I'd have to fit a /7 seat and maybe a /7 sub frame.

the /6 tank has rubber knee pads.

Thanks for looking though

 

[bustupbiker]

Rob, just found a pic of said tank, it has a bermpppp in the right side, any good to you?

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[Rob Farmer]

That's a /7 tank Lyn. Got a pile of them along with a nice gold RS fairing, tanks and 3/4 sports seat

Thanks for looking for me

 

[bustupbiker]

Sorry about that Rob, i will put a sticker on it before i have a play and remove the ding. i have slung the wheel in the scrap bin ready for the Ali price to go up, removed the discs as they looked almost new, wheel had a nasty ding in it too. Don't spose all that plastic is worth any thing to anybody so that will go too in the summer.

 

[Crapaud]

I'm sure you've worked on 30+ year-old bikes where every previous owner had just a hammer and screwdriver in their toolkit!

That sounds exactly like my R80/7!

I could do with a decent /7 seat if anyone has a spare one? Proff showed me some on ebay.kraut but not confident enough in my German to deal directly with the hun.

Sid