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Im no genius and others may disagree, but if you have spark and there is no internal mecahn ical damage then my next step would exactly be to focus on getting fuel through. I would not be doing a carb build yet - till you know all is well with the bike. Some basic settings and maybe a bit of...

Got my next project this afternoon. Not your conventional Cafe racer but i will see what i can do to turn this MT5 into one.

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The tank has got a slight seep at the lower seams - definitely some rust borderline breaking out. hmm. How do i fix that with minimal work?

I will take a better pic of the rear wheel - got a case of the shakes :)

Got the shock on - seals on the various shafts a bit confusing. I should have taken disassembly pics. The manual really not that clear. anyway all on and good and then the rear wheel on. decided to loose the centrestand for now.

The red looks much better than it shows in the photos

Getting the wiring loom back in place. Also trying to get the headlight housing correctly placed - not quite working out at the moment. Absolutely cannot get the front disc off to spray the rim. bolts are solidly locked - dammit. sprayed the rear shock - looking good for a quick job

Very happy with the outcome of the rear wheel sprayjob. was worried about that Gold. Compare to the front rim which hasnt been done yet

handlebar pieces im not going to give any attention to at the moment - that can wait for another time

forks in

more bits on

Starting to reassemble

All back from plating

Sent this all off for plating

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