This is what I started with, see B2 revisited in 'New Here?'.
All looked ok on the surface, lick of paint and back on the road. It was not to be, further examination and strip down revealed some horrific bodgery and lack of use of a torque wrench resulting in thread carnage everywhere.
What we have here are the inlet cam caps which have been snapped in half and re-welded, there's also a 13mm bolt holding no4 cap on. All the ends of the valves are mushroomed and wouldn't come out of the guides. The welding put everything out of line and the cam bearings were demolished. Time to find a new head.
Frame hadn't fared too well either. stripping paint revealed rust on rh bottom frame rail which quickly turned into a hole when prodded. This was patched in with similar size tubing and welded up. Original tank was beyond repair so this is a replacement, paint removed and in very good condition
Frame welded up and painted, Koni shocks stripped and rebuilt, original metmachex swing arm back on, new spindle as threads stripped and then cut off with no room for the nut to wind on more than a couple of threads. The bike is hanging from the rafters in my building company store - could do with a tidy up.
Found a NOS headlamp fairing for the bargin price of £50.00 came with an undamaged tail piece for a further £10.00. Forks rebuilt with new seals and Hagon springs
Another piece of luck, one 18 inch 1100R wheel, this I have to admit cost a little more than a tenner but I had one on the bike previously and it does help the handling. The mudguard is a Meadspeed RG500 guard that I had to chop up and rebuild to make fit properly.
A rolling chassis takes pride of place in the lounge. I don't know how I got away with it but my wife and daughters are quite happy with the new ornament.
