GB's Snotter! Oh Why, Oh Why? It's all over now..... Sort of

PJ · #121 PostAuthor: PJ » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:27 pm

[quote="Ginger Bear"]Padders, have you no patience

PJ, 'at your age' what do you mean

I Mean at our age, we should no better, however, if you find the right Woman / Man / Partner, why not,

Bikes looking good - GB

#122 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:39 pm

The fairing was next, I needed to do a small repair, which you can still see it's just below the graphic on the o/s, but it doesn't show in the pic, so that small part will probably get re-done.

The mirrors still need a bit of tlc & the o/s indicator will be replaced.
That's all I had managed to get done before Ralphy's last meet of the year, I had the original tank & sidepanels fitted & thought it would be great to blast it down to Shepton Mallet on the Sunday. So on the Saturday I wheeled it down the drive, got all me clobber on, started & warmed the bike, ready for it's maiden run. Pushed the gear lever down, let the clutch out, and........................................................................... Nothing.
It seemed the clutch wouldn't engage.
I was already too hot, so pushed it back on to the drive & wheeled out what is fast becoming my faithful old steed.... My money Muncher. We had an excellent blast & gave me the time to contemplate what was wrong with the Geepster.

#123 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:41 pm

Only joking with you PJ

#124 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:44 pm

PADDERS wrote:You did a great job on those wheels

Some of that was down to Mikey!

martinz1b · #125 PostAuthor: **martinz1b** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:45 pm

Bloody hell that front end looks brand new :shock:

Nice job.

mikey · #126 PostAuthor: **mikey** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:51 pm

Saw this bike in the flesh last friday
and the pics don't do it justice
GBs certainly done a nice job a credit to him

phil churchett · #127 PostAuthor: **phil churchett** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:18 pm

Yes, it looks superb.
Don't see many Unitrack 1100's.
Steve, armorall is good stuff for black plastic;

http://www.armorall.eu/uk/

#128 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:56 pm

phil churchett wrote:Yes, it looks superb.
Don't see many Unitrack 1100's.
Steve, armorall is good stuff for black plastic;

http://www.armorall.eu/uk/

Cheers for that Phil, I have bought some Flexible vinyl paint from good old Halfords. the can reads; 'The colour penetrates the surface and gives a permanent colour finish by changing the pigmentation'.
I have bought this primarily to do the 'inner' fairing, if it's any good I'll try it on the mirrors......... if it's not, I'm off to Armorall!!

coldsummer · #129 PostAuthor: **coldsummer** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:08 pm

Looking good GB! Nice work with the spray cans :up

#130 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:54 pm

Right then, back to my maiden flight. It turned out the clutch problem was nothing more than a badly adjusted adjuster in the transmission cover. After sorting that I discovered my next problem. It seemed I couldn't get 1st gear, only 2nd. Anyhow, I thought I'd set off around the block & see if that helped. I found to my surprise that I had a 'race' gearbox.... 1 up & 4 down. Yup you've probably guessed it by now, I had fitted the linkage arse about face. :oops:

Sorted my linkage out & set off again, done less than half a mile when I pulled in the clutch and 'pop'. Firstly I thought the cable had snapped or the nipple come of, but no, it was all intact. The clutch was permanently dis-engaged, so it meant ............. Pushing

Turned out the mechanism in the transmission cover had twisted out too far & popped out past the lug which is supposed to stop it twisting, after a rummage through my small selection of spares a replacement was fitted & it all seem's fine now.

#131 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:58 pm

Back to my painting, these are my side panels;

I seem to be getting better with the clearcoat.
I have saved the tank till last, but that's a whole other story, I will tell the tale soon!

dixiethedog · #132 PostAuthor: **dixiethedog** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:03 pm

Fantastic build! Inspirational,as all the builds are on this site. Its great to see an 1100 unitrac being done,as for some reason they dont seem as popular as the b1/b2 etc? Keep up the god work!

coldsummer · #133 PostAuthor: **coldsummer** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:08 pm

dixiethedog wrote:Fantastic build! Inspirational,as all the builds are on this site. Its great to see an 1100 unitrac being done,as for some reason they dont seem as popular as the b1/b2 etc? Keep up the god work!

Dixie, much as I admire GB's work (looks even better in real life) I wouldn't go THAT far :wink:

dixiethedog · #134 PostAuthor: **dixiethedog** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:25 pm

LOL,oops either my dodgy keyboard,or a spelling mistake?? Mind you ,you never know,he could be on a mission from god..... (too many viewings of the blues brothers??). Still,nice bike!

1beelee · #135 PostAuthor: **1beelee** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:29 pm

Excellent thread,great rebuild.You've done well to get this farGB,3am,stella and paint fumes. :amaze

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