Project Oddie

[nick]

It's called that because the farmer I bought it from looked suspiciously like Bill Oddie - unfortunately I don't have a picture of him..
This is the bike when I found it in May




It was uncared for in a barn and covered in bat guano

This is what happened next - with much help and advice from the forum, and a little help from my youngest son - thanks everyone


And this is what it looked like after being powder coated - still waiting for the tank though.
It was shotblasted undercoated and had two top coats of RAL 6020 with 70% satin finish


Now I just need to remember where everything goes ... no doubt I'll test your patience with lots more stupid questions, but I'll post photos as I go with the rebuild - don't hold your breath - this may take a while ...

[morpheus]

Good Job Nick,

Look forward to seeing her back in one piece!

Morpheus

[mart]

looking good

[Aleman]

Looks good so far.

You will get there Nick.

Mine is nearly done, taken me 2 plus years hence why I call it, "Perserverance".
Persy for short.

This forum is brilliant..without it I would not be as far as I am.
So fire away with those questions, always someone to help no matter how daft(to you) the
question.

Happy Building

K

[bth2bth2]

good luck with the rebuild.its not half as bad as i first thought.its a lot easier with a manual though.i wish i could have got all my bits powder coated...perhaps on the next rebuild???

[Bunker]

Thats interesting - you have the pannier BOX racks like on the Can Ams... this one on ebay has the same ones:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARMSTRONG-MT500-W ... _860wt_909

I have an old set of Can Am boxes, I wonder if theyd fit.....

[nick]

I hadn't really given the panniers much thought yet - it seems a long way off til I'll be wanting to fit them - but I'd be keen to end up with some eventually - do you want to part with yours?

[truslack]

Thats interesting - you have the pannier BOX racks like on the Can Ams... this one on ebay has the same ones:

Ahh glad you said that, i had been scratching my head for ages trying to work out what those were!

Are they to fit panniers like the red ones someone had at Utoxxeter?

[nick]

Thought it was time to post an update on my 500 project - it's been a while, but I've busy with work, moving house, kids, and all that other stuff that gets in the way of what we all really want to do all day

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksmt500 ... otostream/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I've since got the engine back in, and am busy trying to remember where everything goes now

Thanks a lot to all those who have helped me enormously by answering my naive questions - this is the first time I've done anything like this and it's been great fun so far, and a huge learning curve for me - no doubt lots more questions to follow when I can't start her

[Bunker]

Looking really great Nick!