Little project for 2010

[Rob Farmer]

Looking good Roger

The ally airbox looks so much better than the standard one.

Gotta say it looks great in White. Reminds me of the JPN Nortons

 

[PW Cymru]

MMMMMMMM that does look nice

Whats you plan for the colour scheme

 

[fayeslane]

Yer know yer tank's dented don't you?

 

[Kenny]

I think you'll need a test rider

 

[turnipbmw]

Looking good Roger

The ally airbox looks so much better than the standard one.

Gotta say it looks great in White. Reminds me of the JPN Nortons

you beat me to that, have an old photo of mine somewhere.

couldnt ride 40 miles on that bike without something breaking or falling off

then the frame rusted through, there was a hole in it for the side stand spring to connect to

 

[Rob Farmer]

I think you'll need a test rider

Kenny,

The whole point of a test ride is that you give the bike back to the owner after taking it for a ride.

 

[Thunder]

I think you'll need a test rider

Aye, preferably one who's feet can touch the floor and hands can reach the clip ons!

 

[Thunder]

Looking good Roger

The ally airbox looks so much better than the standard one.

Gotta say it looks great in White. Reminds me of the JPN Nortons

MMMMMMMM that does look nice

Whats you plan for the colour scheme

Well the white of the gel coat does look good on the bike and it would be tempting to keep that for the colour scheme but I'm pretty sure she will not be white.

Have a plan for the colour, not going to post it on here, you'll just have to wait for that until I get back from the trip

Yer know yer tank's dented don't you?

Them's custom dents them is, think of them as indentations with style

 

[Rob Farmer]

You can get different height brackets for the clocks if you don't want them sitting so high.

 

[Thunder]

You can get different height brackets for the clocks if you don't want them sitting so high.

Was looking at that very subject last night, considered shortening the existing bracket but then thought of sourcing the bracket from a suitable "naked" bike produced by BMW.

Which ones come to mind?

 

[Rob Farmer]

Plain jane 100/7 should do it

 

[(RIP) pastyman]

Kenny,

The whole point of a test ride is that you give the bike back to the owner after taking it for a ride.

You forget, Kenny is a scouser, different rules apply

 

[metropolis2k]

Lovely looking project. Reckon I'd put Boxer Cup style paint job on there!

 

[Kenny]

Rob, Thunder and Pastyman...you three wouldn't fit on a cafe Racer - rose tinted glasses

 

[Rob Farmer]

Too right. My Cafe racer days are long gone. My wrists, neck and knees ache at the sound of the word.

20 years ago though

While somebody else's idea of a fast machine left something to be desired

 

[Kenny]

Well I thought I was fast

 

[Thunder]

Well time for an update, mainly because the bodywork just arrived back from the Paintwork Pro and a bloody superb job they did on it as well!

Camera just can't capture the colour, its called Rosso Ink and the colour is contained in the lacquer which is sprayed over a silver metallic base, in daylight it's just stunning!

Heads have been sorted and converted for unleaded by Steve Scriminger, new stainless steel push rod tubes and piston rings fitted, just have to get the carbs fitted and I can start her up to see how the megaphone silencers sound.

Going to run her in on the Bings but once that's sorted have a pair of Dellorto's from a 90s to fit to her which together with the old style airbox and short exhausts should be interesting to say the least.

Hope to have her out on the road in a few weeks!

 

[PW Cymru]

Will we see a price list or are you afraid of the numbers.

Love the Ohlins

 

[Rob Farmer]

White cable ties

Nice job Roger

£50 to Kenny if he has those shocks away for me

 

[Toad]

I knew I'd seen that colour before.....