Winter project

Gavin · #1 PostAuthor: **Gavin** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 6:06 am

Pick this up tomorrow

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Jay1969 · #2 PostAuthor: **Jay1969** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:48 am

Great stuff Gavin, look forward to seeing progress
of your project :up

Padders · #3 PostAuthor: **Padders** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:19 pm

looks like a decent starting point Gavin remember to keep us all updated with plenty of pictures.

andyb1962 · #4 PostAuthor: **andyb1962** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:23 pm

Seen a lot worse Gavin good luck with it!

#5 PostAuthor: **paul doran** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:15 pm

looks decent enough Gavin

whats the plan for it ?

Gavin · #6 PostAuthor: **Gavin** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:21 pm

paul doran wrote:looks decent enough Gavin

whats the plan for it ?

A few more dents in the tank, king and Queen seat brush paint matt black, motad Neta exhaust?

Truthfully not sure, although it will not be a bike that the only mileage it does is in a van or trailer.
I think it will get the tank and panels painted a4 green ,any one know the paint code.

PAULJAC47 · #7 PostAuthor: **PAULJAC47** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:39 pm

Gavin wrote:
paul doran wrote:looks decent enough Gavin

whats the plan for it ?

A few more dents in the tank, king and Queen seat brush paint matt black, motad Neta exhaust?

Truthfully not sure, although it will not be a bike that the only mileage it does is in a van or trailer.
I think it will get the tank and panels painted a4 green ,any one know the paint code.

No such beast as A4 code Someone like Hutch on here can assist...

garyd · #8 PostAuthor: **garyd** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:45 pm

No such beast as A4 code ???

I had an A4 and it was green...there must be a code for it.

#9 PostAuthor: **paul doran** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:52 pm

garyd wrote:No such beast as A4 code ???

I had an A4 and it was green...there must be a code for it.

no no code

Rhencullen · #10 PostAuthor: **Rhencullen** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:57 pm

Well the new bike survived the journey home

In at the deep end though....... I took Gavin as pillion to collect the bike from the West side of Manchester. We went A616 - A628 and had a pleasant enough journey, but noticed a lot of traffic building up on the M57 to get back onto the A628 Woodhead road....... so we decided to come back on the M62 :shock:

Which wasn't a lot better, with heavy congestion around Leeds - so we turned off at Pontefract and continued home on the back roads.

The new bike ran very well however,and Gavin's well chuffed with it

Refreshment stop at Eastoft.

Like a dog with two dicks :lol:

ADRIAN H · #11 PostAuthor: **ADRIAN H** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:05 pm

Good result there. :wink:

#12 PostAuthor: **paul doran** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:45 pm

as I said earlier it looks pretty decent enough as it is

best of luck with it Gavin

Gavin · #13 PostAuthor: **Gavin** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:21 pm

I decided that I may as well check a few things before I have to strip the motor down ( someone painted it Black with a yard brush ). Anyway I purchased a compression tester ,Last night I did a cold test lowest 105 ish highest 115 ish however the battery was starting to go flat.

Today I have done another test with a charged battery, the bike was upto operating temperature,these are the results

No.1= 140psi
No.2 =138psi
No.3 =140psi
No.4 =142psi

Very consistent over the whole range

Jay1969 · #14 PostAuthor: **Jay1969** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:30 pm

Excellent Gavin, that's half the battle with the engine rebuild mate :up

Gavin · #15 PostAuthor: **Gavin** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:44 pm

Jay1969 wrote:Excellent Gavin, that's half the battle with the engine rebuild mate

Unfortunetly I haven't started the strip down yet, the only reason I am going to do it is the painted engine looks so bad,

It is nice to know that the engine is in fairly good condition Before I start

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