MkII Aussie Rebuild

Pigford · #31 PostAuthor: **Pigford** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:28 am

Now that does look fookin' LUSH :twisted:

Jappen · #32 PostAuthor: **Jappen** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 2:31 pm

Real Nice one :!:

njwmct · #33 PostAuthor: **njwmct** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:08 pm

Looks Ace.....

Can't wait to see the finished article

Tonto · #34 PostAuthor: **Tonto** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:41 am

Nico that looks stunning :drool

big green bus · #35 PostAuthor: **big green bus** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:03 pm

very nice keep the pics coming :lol:

ollie · #36 PostAuthor: **ollie** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:59 am

looking really good nico ,well done fella :wink:

nicomkii · #37 PostAuthor: **nicomkii** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:20 am

Cheers for the compliments.
Well up to the wheels now and l %#@ up big time. I had a brain freeze and went and had both wheels sandblasted. Instructions were to blast the paint of, well, they went and blasted the whole bloody wheel, including the machined edges of the spokes and the outer rim.

I know, I know, soda blasting or paint stripper yeah yeah lesson learned :oops:

Absolutely stuffed the originality of both my rims........... To fix it I had to polish the pitting out of them which in turn has rounded off the edges of the spokes and lost the little inner lip of the rim. They are trademark memories for me on my original MkII back in the day.

The good side is I 'think' I know where some original rims are. Yes I am being fussy but these rims belong on a showy bike now damn it, lol.
Thanks to Z1BMan who gave me the tip on Wurths Satin Black I have at least got that part right. Very happy with the paint outcome.

nicomkii · #38 PostAuthor: **nicomkii** » Fri May 29, 2015 12:19 pm

In between renovating our house, a new grandson and of course work I have been finding time to inch closer with the MkII. Halfway through the electrics which is always fun, with the brakes and a few fiddly bits left to do then the big moment of hooking up a battery, checking all systems and giving the button the big push.
Still deciding what to do with the seat, Webike haven't got any complete ones in stock and doesn't look like they will be there for sometime. So find a decent cover and get it done locally.

A few photos from the phone tonight in the shed

njwmct · #39 PostAuthor: **njwmct** » Fri May 29, 2015 5:41 pm

Very nice !!!

ollie · #40 PostAuthor: **ollie** » Fri May 29, 2015 7:10 pm

looking great Nico

Aztec Warrior · #41 PostAuthor: **Aztec Warrior** » Sun May 31, 2015 8:24 am

[quote="nicomkii"]
A few photos from the phone tonight in the shed

Well done, looking really good. A very nice read too on this wet Sunday morning in the UK. It looks a real treat. My MkII from 20 years back was also a shade of blue, and a bit different to the non standard ST I own today?
Love your shed too, looks about four times bigger than my house.....!
Good luck. :win4

nicomkii · #42 PostAuthor: **nicomkii** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:07 am

Wheeled her outside for a bit of a look and photo shoot. So where are we at-
about 30% more of the electrickery to complete, waiting for exhaust collars to come back then 4 into 2 system gets fitted. Brakes to be done with new lines and that is almost it apart from the seat.

Its not concourse and was never meant to be. But any pointers will be greatly accepted and considered.

Aztec Warrior · #43 PostAuthor: **Aztec Warrior** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 5:40 am

Looking good nicomkii. I like the detail up front. Your black headlight 'ears' and fork lower tubes look much better than the chrome/alloy finish on the ST I think. The rims and body colour look perfect. :vcool

nicomkii · #44 PostAuthor: **nicomkii** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:23 am

Stripped the cheap cover off the seat to check out the base and decide a way forward. Was hoping to get a PMC seat complete but looks like they are rare as the proverbial.
Can see the repairs done in an earlier life that look uhm, functional. Took to the foam with a heat gun tentatively and try to soften the glue to keep the foam intact but that wasn't going to happen so stopped that quickly to ponder ye choices.
One idea is to get a cheap replica cover to get me by as I keep the search going hence leaving the foam as is.

or 2 is to go hell for leather, strip and fully repair original base guessing that under the foam is not going to be a pretty sight after seeing under the cover.

Im leaning to No.1 plan.

nicomkii · #45 PostAuthor: **nicomkii** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:34 am

There was a bit of interest when I put up pics of the replica exhaust. Finally got around to a 'loose' fitting which was pretty straight forward. The pipes align well and no force was required. However both brackets will need a touch filed off as they foul with the welds behind the rear footrest fittings.

One of the brackets may need a twist, I am a little OCD with evenness and the LHS looks like it kicks out just a little more.

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