Recent content by Steve F

Get the best you can afford then it won't matter I'd you decide to ride a different road ;) I like the sport demons personally. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

Sure, when I got it. And a few weeks ago after years of riding :) The paint was just heatproof acrylic lacquer silver, the rocker covers aren;t heat proof, I did those a year ago with a non heat proof paint as a test and it's held up just fine. Cheers Steve

I soda blasted mine and then painted, Been good for 5 years now. I've seen one polished but it's a lot of work. Cheers Steve Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

Paint ;) That's what the factory did :) Cheers Steve

Looks like the sewing machine that Mum used to make home made track suits on back in the early 70's is finally going to be used for something I'm happy with :) She did a quick test last night to see if it would sew through three layers of foam backed vinyl and it looks like it's on. Now I have...

Trimmed the top f the seat with some high density 12mm foam, now I just need to get the sander out and smooth the edges over to a curve and then it is ready to trim. Cheers Steve

Chopped the seat foam and photoshopped it on to yesterdays pics. Cheers Steve

Got the exhaust off, chopped it and then started propping things against the bike to get a feel for the final look. Getting closer to pulling it down now. Cheers Steve

A very important part turned up today, now I can connect the Mikuni to my right hand :) Cheers Steve

Forks freshened up, the ribs on the lower section will be stripped back and polished. There is some pitting on the uppers, on the area not covered by the boots, so I will vinyl wrap them once they are on the bike, probably in a black. Cheers Steve

They are Michelin Sirac, I grabbed them because I got a great deal on them, normally they are not the cheapest but they are supposed to be a good tyre. Cheers Steve

Completed the VM34 carb conversion (other than the jetting) thanks to a 45 degree bend piece of stainless tube. I can now run a decent filter with inbuilt velocity stack My rear tyre also turned up yesterday as expected, I think they should work really well as a road tyre with occasional...

Since the rear tyre should show tomorrow I thought I'd paint the spare rim, since this is a very budget build I decided it didn't warrant pulling it all apart and powder-coating so I went with some epoxy etch primer and epoxy black paint. Should suit the overall colour scheme. Cheers Steve

Old fuel tank on, as it had some fuel in it still. A little tweak of the VM34 and it starts and runs like a champ :) Had my safety uggs on as well. Now to sort some cables so I can take it for a spin. Sounds like rubbish though since half the exhaust gases are coming out around the header ;)...

Got the battery today (Sealed GEL 12V 4AH), nice and small and there are plenty of options to tuck it away, the pics are just to show the size. I also stripped the seat down and I must say I like plastic seat pans :) Should be able to use it for the new seat and the look I'm after...