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Just checking in to say bloody amazing work.

I thought i'd do an update. It's been a summer of riding, mostly. I put ~3000miles going to London, Wales (Brecons have some awesome roads) and around the Bristol area. She's been great fun and have had many a great evening blasting up and down Cheddar gorge. Build wise not much has changed...

So, this went in this evening 2013-02-06 23.00.21 by jonno85uk, on Flickr What a tacky piece of equipment. The magnet rotor requires bending bits of the original beancan and a bit of filing to get it to fit. The stator has the wires epoxied into a really awkward place which then means the...

So, not a lot has happened on the bike over the last couple of months. Mostly been riding the bike and coping with corrosion. A few minor/major issues in the meantime : Dealing with engine bog on part throttle. Replaced the carb diaphragms, jet needles(1 was quite pitted) and tweaked the carb...

http://www.musketvtwin.com/1/post/2012/12/its-alive.html

I'd like to hear the answer too. I have the feeling it's "lots of elbow grease".

Last weekend was going to be the weekend I finished the tank. Sandwheel, wet&dry (180->4000grit), polish wheel were all sourced. In the end I cleaned up the underside and smoothrited it. I must admit, I was suprised at how well Autoglym engine degreaser worked this was absolutely filthy before...

Bloody hell, it's 3 days old and has 1.1M views.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=wDehUUuwkm8

I had heard about that before. It says hairline cracks appear after severe use so I wasn't worried. I'll just check it now and then and get round to replacing it when my other bike and car are ok.

So, i've done a fair few miles on it this weekend. I upped the main jets from 123 to 130 and mostly sorted out an idle issue and she pulls fairly nicely. I did that as the headers have turned blue quite quickly. Still a couple fuelling issues, at just-open throttle she runs crap (stumbles), I'm...

Great news! My bike flew through the MOT. It has a nice list of advisories: crap front brake; scored disc; slightly ovalised rear-drum; no front mudguard (apparently a bit of a grey-area but they let it pass); excessively loud exhaust. They guy who rode it to the MOT centre was glad to get off...

Cheers all for your words. Here's one more pic, a bit earlier in the build. (same roll of film) img_0001 by jonno85uk, on Flickr

Cheers, it's not great as I did it in bit of a rush, thankfully it only cost me a can of primer. Had the other stuff knocking about. I'm intending on building a carbon-fibre seat over the winter. Tyres: it's an 18" 4.00" on the rear. Up front, not sure off the top of my head but a 19/90 (no...

Tell me about it, no bite whatsoever. motobins has a sale on grimecas this month. I'm getting them.

Well, a significant milestone today (well a couple weeks back but didn't take any pictures). No clocks, no indicators, no mirrors, no idiot-lights and by the sound of it no packing material in the silencers. Hopefully get her in for an MOT this week. Fingers-crossed! img_0001_15 by jonno85uk...

Major progress today. Fitted the Hagon shocks (nice) and number plate took it for a long spin back to my new place. Nothing wrong with it other than the front brake is shit and a slight idle issue. Going along the twisty a-roads the bike felt very stable and flickable enough if I used my knees...

Yesterday I bought myself a helmet. My motocross helmet would look odd on a Cafe. As winter's coming I opted not for a Bell 500

Some snazzy Hagons for my Beemer just arrived 2012-10-03 19.42.21 by jonno85uk, on Flickr

@mohabie I think I might try what you suggest in the future, where it is now it really is "out there". I managed to get a couple hours to work on the bike today. Sorted out the $2000 o-ring: 2012-09-29 18.03.57 by jonno85uk, on Flickr 2012-09-29 18.04.15 by jonno85uk, on Flickr I also...