Lily

[Don]

At last,
Farm shed rescue.

Total strip down,
shot blasted frame,
new swing arm & frame bits I was given from a friend of the family
front forks re-furbed,
new rear shocks,
engine strip,
bore out, head clean, valve grind & lapping,
new piston,
Mikuni carb,
shiny exhaust,
shiny chain,
any new bits I could find,
lots of new bits,
total loom strip & re-furb,

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Frames & bags waiting to bolt on,
TLC, etc, etc,
need to brush up & repaint the engine, any tips on paint to use appreciated,
MOT yet to do
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[mt bandit]

looks very nice , well done Don,
i used a barbeque, satin spray paint, not sure i'd use that again tho, held up fine on the cylinder fins , rockers ect ,
any spilt petrol tho tends to remove it , so don't throw petrol on your barbeque coz it don't arf bugger the paint work up ,
i think if i was gona do it again , which i am ,
i'm gona splash out a bit and buy proper heat resistant engine paint in rattle cans

[hounddog]

Looking good , nice job. I like the desert colour too

[Don]

i'm gona splash out a bit and buy proper heat resistant engine paint in rattle cans

Halfords it is then !,

ta,


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[Don]

Looking good , nice job. I like the desert colour too

Cheers, its ok for me, by no means a mint re-con - sympathetic I think they call it,

It matches the colour & the symbol 51 Squadron RAF regiment had put on one in Saudi Arabia 1991,

it was a long long time ago now, but it is good to have hold of an MT,

This one I have to keep & pass on.

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[Chisler]

Very nice, congrats
chisler

[Minter]

Yep - looks good, accurate colour too..