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Miffa Thanks - I’ll give your mate a call. Have stuck with spokes- just coated rims and hubs. Really pleased with them.

Bit of delay since last post. Been side tracked on a 125 project for my son plus a bout of illness. Anyway - all welding on frame done now so she’s ready for powder coating. Am making a seat base from a sheet of ABS and heat formed it to wrap over the frame. Bit tricky but with some help from...

Halfway through the welding and I’m now about average in terms of welding skills. But with a bit of dressing and a thick layer of powder coat it’ll look good. Still to weld are the rear LH foot peg mount, seat mounting points and rear light bracket. ForKs are rechromed, brake calliper rebuilt...

Well I've started now. Other than wheel bearings being a git to remove ( found a neat trick with a rawlbolt - God Bless YouTube ) Calliper and wheels are off for refurb. Forks are next job. Then hope that my welding is up to scratch for frame hoop.

A fine and noble steed!! Picture as promised. She runs and drives ok except for a sticking float on one side. Noticed that the rear foot pegs are wrong / odd on one side. Need to find some pics to see which side is correct. Forks and wheels need re furbishing. I need to get tape measure out to...

I like it. Back end is similar to what I'm after. What tyres are they - they look good. The more I think about it the more I think I'll stick with standard air box. I'm a bit worried now it will be too short as I'm 6ft. With a flat seat I may need to do something with foot pegs.

Just bought a Honda CJ250 - plan is to modify it to a brat style. Just entering Buyer's Regret phase - should come out of that soon. :-\ Father and son project number 4 - but previous 3 have all been motocrossers. First road bike project. Bike been sat for a while but runs and sounds nice. Low...