MT500 Project desert rebuild..

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Re: MT500 Project desert rebuild..

Post by mtt.tr » Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:55 pm

Not the trip but the actual miles
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Re: MT500 Project desert rebuild..

Post by gordon » Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:36 am

gordon wrote:hi all,
well, i picked up the plastics today, and i"m not happy with the result, its not up to the standard i wanted, some of its ok, but overall, not as good as i would have liked, i guess 6 out of 10, so i dont know what i want to do now, may have to get some bit redone by someone else, more money, the guy did a good job on my car a few years back, thats why i chose him, guess he"s no good with bike bits,
andy :(

hi all,
well after having a good look and check all the bits over properly, it seem he"s only blown it over once or so and their doen"nt appear to be any primer, and it patchy and miss bits etc, so i"m not happy, so will be going back to try and get my money back..
so this has set me back now, until i find another painter, decent one, if anybody knows of any good one around the southampton area, or a little father afield, i dont mind travelling a little way, if they are good..
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Re: MT500 Project desert rebuild..

Post by Roy W » Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:54 pm

mtt.tr wrote:Not the trip but the actual miles
You want to 'clock' the bike?

Why?

You'll have to strip the speedo completely and realign the drums, then TRY and get it back together.

The photo shows a brand new speedo, unused, no miles
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gordon

Re: MT500 Project desert rebuild..

Post by gordon » Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:27 pm

hi
the speedo is brand new :D
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mtt.tr

Re: MT500 Project desert rebuild..

Post by mtt.tr » Sat Jul 24, 2010 5:34 pm

This is near enough a new bike mine is never registered and i have 3 speedos in multiple states of completion
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Re: MT500 Project desert rebuild..

Post by gordon » Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:17 pm

hi all,
well after all that hassel with the painter, i have now put the plastics and tank into the hands of anothewr painter, a good one this time, i hope, i have checked him out and his stuff is good, so hopefully all will go well now, should see my bits back in 3-4 weeks, along time i know, so then i can get on with finishing the bike :D
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Re: MT500 Project desert rebuild..

Post by Bunker » Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:56 pm

Did the other guy refund you Andy?
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Re: MT500 Project desert rebuild..

Post by gordon » Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:31 pm

hi bunker,
yes i got most of my money back, he moaned about paint cost, i told him i pay for the paint, not sure why i did, but he gave me the rest back, so at lease i got some to put toward the next paint job..i"m conferdent it go well this time, the guy doing it does bikes only and is good with plastics, i had a look at some of his work and it looks good, guess i find out in a few weeks time..
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Re: MT500 Project desert rebuild..

Post by gordon » Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:15 am

Hi all,
should be getting the plastic"s back very soon now, also manage a bag a genuine ccm end-can, it"s says not for road used on it :lol: soon rub that off, well please with it, seeing it only cost me 40 qiud :D and its as good as new, just need to sort the link pipe and hanger out for it, so looking good, should be able to make some real progress soon ;)
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Re: MT500 Project desert rebuild..

Post by gordon » Sat Sep 18, 2010 3:31 pm

Hi ALL,
I have made some more progress on my rebuild, the wheels are now in, and is offf the bench, and can be wheeled around :lol: things are going well, and maybe finish in the near future :lol: anyhow hear are some updated pictures..
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