The Colour Scheme

I keep changing my mind... Luckily, with the aid of photo editing software, I have come up with a few colour schemes.  The sport blue is still my favourite.  Though it is so hard to choose!! :)

I have polished the forks, and am yet to get exhaust, tank and wheels painted... but progress is happening!

The Build up - Part 1

Christmas Eve, a bottle of Dimple Scotch, and a Brother in law... equals a very funny & greasy build up! Its amazing how long it can take to clean out a bolt hole that is full of soda from the blaster!  hehehe, Educated thought did prevail, and a combination of a vacuum and WD40 blasted that rubbish out! :)

 I was going to clean up the OEM shocks, and put double bump stops on them, but, alas, my travel reduction plan was thworted by the new undertail.  Damnit.  New longer shocks need to be purchased ASAP.

Hmm... hang on, maybe I can lengthen the mount on the shock body. 

 Of Course, due to an overzealous desire to 'finish' it, handle bars were installed well ahead of schedule!  The Pro Taper's look just right :)

 Installing my newly rebuilt carbs, was a particularly funny and difficult thing to do, with two guys being weakend by scotch!  Be-gone airbox!  The pod filters look awesome :)

Check out the side covers! A set of stainless/alloy allen bolts will be used for the side covers ... will look very flat tracker.

It looks so awesome, what a xmas present !  I am one lucky husband :)

The Pick Up

24 December 2011 - Pick up of the final pieces of my frame from the boys at 'Simca' Crash Repair.  Simon and his team have gone above and beyond to get my frame altered, blasted and painted before xmas, so I can be like every other customer, and be demanding and want everything in five minutes.  :)

They fabricated my side covers, rear hoop and undertail in fine form, exactly how I wanted! I couldn't be happier with the work they did, interpreting my photoshopped images, and very ordinary sketches :)

Anyways, proof as they say is in the pudding.  See below!

The Engine Clean

Finally, got my engine back from the Soda blaster guy.  He did a great job cleaning up the engine, ridding it of all that tacky black paint and years of road grime.  All metal nice and clean again. :)

So, together with my shiney newly rebuilt carbs I got from the guys at Chappell Customs in the US, http://chappellcustoms.com/  I'll start putting it back together and in the frame in the next week or so when I get the frame back from the paint shop.

 The flash makes it all look amazing!  Pitty it really has that dark 'staining' in the metal... but looks fine for now , till I can afford to get the engine rebuilt.