Recent content by shaggy66670

Finally the Lacquer :) let the tank dry for 24 hours then got to the rust inside the tank, again with litres and litres of cheap coke, lemon juice lots of shaking and settling and flushing then finally the new fuel cap, fuel tap, grommets and fresh clean fuel

The first layers of MATT black...

the next morning I cracked on with the Primer

then came the stubborn spots so I set up the electric sander ( I'd hate to think of how many hours I've added up in life sanding things down by hand in the past )

So I once again began to restore the tank with twice as much effort as last time. I started by stripping the MANY layers of spray paint, prima and lacquer. firstly by sanding down the first layer then smothering it in 'Nitro Mors'

The focus again turns to the tank, it was stored for a little while with half a tank of petrol so the rust made a come back...

SO many people said to me if I'm planning on keeping this bike then I should go all out and make it more powerful, so that it would actually 'do the ton' if I wanted it to. I managed to source a CB400NE engine and carbs from a guy literally down the road in Portchester, for £185 he delivered...

I wheeled the rolling chassis down to my mechanic in Fareham where he would sort out the powder coating - literally all of the bike will be covered in a satin black powder coat on the frame wheels and forks. The only thing left will be the chrome Handle bars and brake disk at this point. The...

OK so here is how it goes, bike was running great last summer all the way through winter until I thought in December, ahh man I should probably put some oil in this soon, then January came around, I was probably hitting 55ish at the very most on the M27 trying to get to work on time; the engine...

Finally after a few months I pulled my finger out, got the bike taxed and MOT'd and took the girlfriend around the Isle of Wight for the day... worked like a dream... (last picture my little sister testing it out and finally giving her seal of approval over the colour) BUT it's not a cafe racer...

Cheers buddy! it struck me a bit too much like *look at me, look at meeeeeee* kind of orange though

...While I was like brrrrrrrraaapppp brap brappp braaappppp wooooooo BRAAAAAAP ...

As the time in the house with the friends and the garage started nearing the end I decided to leave the mods there and just get it all back together. Tax had run out on it and it started playing up in the cold weather, life became super hectic so I decided to invest in a reliable everyday bike...

reason for the choke cable, throttle opening/closing cables still being attached is that I wanted to really get in there and see how all the springs and junk worked together under the general use... The carbs were a little grubby but nothing the carburettor cleaner from Halfords couldn't blast...

The next stage was to put the tank back together quick enough so the rust wouldn't return, I cleaned the fuel filter replaced the rubber O ring in the fuel cap polished up the metal retaining clip for the fuel cap, re assembled and filled with Petrol. almost as good as new :D the next stage...