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Post by terryc on Oct 19, 2015 14:55:54 GMT
Yeh and then paint it green' lol
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Post by stevegbr on Oct 19, 2015 15:12:09 GMT
he may so yes now, but he will swing it back to nos standard. sSig_heeheehee_zpsaee81035
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Post by wazzbo on Oct 19, 2015 17:10:33 GMT
Don't listen to them Nick, they are working for the devil, keep it standard, as you said its an early model, it would be sacrilege to chop it about.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2015 17:55:19 GMT
I was just about to go for her jugular with the angle grinder when I read your post Dave. You've reminded me why I got her.....thanks!! |
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Post by rgdavid on Oct 20, 2015 11:43:09 GMT
Fungo,
You keep saying your not mechanically minded,
Heres the ideal bike to learn lots of new techniques with,
Theres a lot to do but theres many many new skills to learn on the way,
I hope you enjoy this bikes resto,
You can do it, your a nit pickerfor details which is a good thing when you see the state of this bike,
And besides i think this bike needs and deserves this attension,
Good luck with it,
Asses and make a game plan,
Make it "your"bike,
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Post by rgdavid on Oct 20, 2015 12:08:48 GMT
And Nick,
Heres an idea,
Make it like a bike thats been out of the show room and used for 2 or 3 years,
Good but not perfect (i dare ya )
I know its against your perfection levels but it could be the bike you'd use every day without beng scared to scratch it,
Youd be suprised how much you can have an attachement to bike like that,bit like your first ever sd,
It was after all a bit of a "freind",
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Post by stevie on Oct 20, 2015 13:22:08 GMT
Also the bike you dont care about never gets damaged, its the minters that end up with the objects falling off shelfs or the large stones on the road bouncing off your nos tank.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2015 14:14:46 GMT
Or falling off the mantle piece?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2015 19:01:07 GMT
And Nick, Heres an idea, Make it like a bike thats been out of the show room and used for 2 or 3 years, Good but not perfect (i dare ya ) I know its against your perfection levels but it could be the bike you'd use every day without beng scared to scratch it, Youd be suprised how much you can have an attachement to bike like that,bit like your first ever sd, It was after all a bit of a "freind", I'd love to get her up to YHV's standard within the next three to five years Dave......good plan. |
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Post by rgdavid on Oct 20, 2015 19:42:12 GMT
Was yhv your first sd ?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2015 19:46:06 GMT
No mate it was a silver 400 SD kicker that I owned a year or so back - I got her to a condition I thought replicated a bike that was a year or two year old out of the showroom.
Member Crouchyuk owns that one now.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2015 21:59:16 GMT
Such a lot on my plate right now......please only ring if it's an absolute must....  |
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Post by bendys on Oct 22, 2015 23:04:44 GMT
Such a lot on my plate right now......please only ring if it's an absolute must.... Looks like you have your fingers in lots of pies! That bakelite is difficult to restore if its broken. Another one of your restos? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2015 18:38:33 GMT
Yes mate it is. When I was in Reading this week I played around with my latest acquisition for an hour or so and bought its alloy number plate back to Warwickshire with me for some TLC. I'm in the process of cleaning it up right now. From memory, pressed ally plates are the norm in Oz? Or they were when I was there some 15 years ago.. Recall the NSW had a slogan 'Towards 2000', Victoria had 'Garden State'. And NT was.......darn that one is slipping my mind. |
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Post by bendys on Oct 26, 2015 21:02:19 GMT
Yes mate it is. When I was in Reading this week I played around with my latest acquisition for an hour or so and bought its alloy number plate back to Warwickshire with me for some TLC. I'm in the process of cleaning it up right now. From memory, pressed ally plates are the norm in Oz? Or they were when I was there some 15 years ago.. Recall the NSW had a slogan 'Towards 2000', Victoria had 'Garden State'. And NT was.......darn that one is slipping my mind. Cannot remember the slogans from that far back. Gate way to the out back?  But yes, old ones were pressed steel done by inmates, now they are ally. There are quite a few people collecting old plates from yester year. Powder coater even made a comment it was a sin to have my steel plates blasted & re-coated.. |
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