R90S project bike

[ahutcheon]

so did the bloke i got it from, he actually said i need to see a doctor for paying that much (it was a grand but he gave me back £50 for petrol)

I'm picking fifty quid won't buy much petrol by the time that bike can make use of it...

Sorry, couldn't resist the straight line. Seriously, I raise my hat to you for being willing to get into that, and wish you good luck. I might well have done the same, the cost of the resto is going to make the difference between what you paid and 300 notes of little relevance, and when you've finished it'll really be yours.

Hey, one up the road here just sold for the equivalent of more than six thousand pounds. It was cosmetically rather nice, but had been parked up since the mid 1990's and had done nearly 100,000 miles so probably needed a bit more than a carb clean...

 

[Rob Farmer]

looks nice with black engine (anodised ?)

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=730033&page=27

Anodising would be a bad idea. If you must paint it have a look at mikep's thread where he painted a swinging arm and bevel drive.
They can look great painted with the detail polished but it takes a lot of work.

It would be cheaper and far easier to give it an acid wash. I'm getting ready to do one on a scruffy bottom end I'm working on. I'll post some pics on a thread if your interested.

get the heads, front case and airbox off for vapour blasting, clean up the bottom end and paint the barrels and it will look a million dollars. Vapour blast the carbs and have them ultrasonic cleaned and you'll be nearly done

 

[Devon]

Looks like a 3 bottles of red bid to me

Good luck

 

[DrAlf]

Looks like a great project Peach. I look forward to seeing the build report and the finished article. Would you care to share your 6K build sheet - it would make for interesting reading. Good luck

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

I doff my cap to you for buying that !

You'd have that spruced up in no time

 

[Kenny]

You'd have that spruced up in no time

Quick wipe with an oily rag....instant £6,000 profit !

 

[k80matey]

For plus-gas, used it myself on my r80 gs after that spent 10 years in a barn. Not quite as bad a state as yours though.

Proff usually gives bloody good advice and vinegar and 3 in 1 will be cheaper - good luck with it and hope it turns out how you want it too

Read somewhere that paraffin and ATF 50/50 was a very good penetrating oil. Anybody have any experience using it?

 

[cookie]

all this talk of penetrating oil


have i missed something, or the engine mounting bolts actually stuck?

 

[peepingtom]

all this talk of penetrating oil


have i missed something, or the engine mounting bolts actually stuck?

ive just checked they're fine
i dont think last nights wd40 did much , one was a bit tight , gentle hammer taps didnt work so socket on the other nut and tightened it up a bit freed it easily

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Quick wipe with an oily rag....instant £6,000 profit !

I thought you just adjusted the valves and topped up the oil..................usually

 

[MikeO]

I'm feeling a little deja-vu...

How goes Battybike Charlie?

Mike

 

[jackassdave]

oh dear remenber what i said dont fiddle with it give it to an expert it will be money well spent ,and you have plenty

 

[peepingtom]

I'm feeling a little deja-vu...

How goes Battybike Charlie?

Mike

me too
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?219784-paralever-project

 

[peepingtom]

Anodising would be a bad idea. If you must paint it have a look at mikep's thread where he painted a swinging arm and bevel drive.
They can look great painted with the detail polished but it takes a lot of work.

It would be cheaper and far easier to give it an acid wash. I'm getting ready to do one on a scruffy bottom end I'm working on. I'll post some pics on a thread if your interested.

get the heads, front case and airbox off for vapour blasting, clean up the bottom end and paint the barrels and it will look a million dollars. Vapour blast the carbs and have them ultrasonic cleaned and you'll be nearly done

yes please rob pics would be good, i doubt ill go for a black engine but i do like the look. i think i got my head, barrels , swing arm and bevel drive vapour blasted on my paralever.
not sure ill go for a mint show room look, it would go against my being but i dont want it to look like a clowns bike either, I'm going to ponder whilst on holiday and over xmas

Looks like a 3 bottles of red bid to me

Good luck

cheers i was stone cold sober and it was almost daylight too

Looks like a great project Peach. I look forward to seeing the build report and the finished article. Would you care to share your 6K build sheet - it would make for interesting reading. Good luck

ill do that soon mate

oh dear remenber what i said dont fiddle with it give it to an expert it will be money well spent ,and you have plenty

ive always been a fiddler its in my genes , but will be shipping out some work IF i do actually do it. firstly i need a shed