I'm actually finished....what's an OCD'er meant to do now?

[craigs23]

What with the recent "There & Back" project work, my bike is back as it should be, i.e. standard (please excuse the non-standard polished bits of course). Throughout the rebuild, I couldn't help but give the odd part a bit of a spit and polish. Without getting too obsessed with every minute blemish and stone chip (as if I would), I think......I think I've finished

For once, I'm actually satisfied with the finished article, so much so that there doesn't seem to be anything more I want to do to it, apart from ride the thing every once and a while of course.

The sale of the parts came to £850, which was about £150 more than I paid for them Time for that second bike me'thinks.

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[Andy C]

nice, has a really cool look to it and is more "one of a kind" being completly standard at the age it is. Nice job
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[jay_666]

I still cannot believe how clean that bike is...
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[NSR Mick]

Your welcome to come and start on mine, its filthy at the moment.
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[frogmella]

You sold your rearsets and everything?

Still a nice bike. Whats the next one going to be?

[trevoriv]

i would hand over a decent chunk of my hard earned for you to have a go at getting my ninja that sparkly

[quacker_boy]

wait a sec craig...what happened to all the shiney bits like the rearsets and zorst etc? why get shot of them and still keep the ohlins?
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[stevo as b4]

That's a really stunning looking blade you have there! Not the best colour scheme they did, but it really nice, clean, and original!
Good work!

[LUXY DJ]

yea nice bike for its age, not my colour scheme tho

also is the chain a LITTLE bit slack?
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[Jack_Cheese]

Chain looks about right to me
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[Rob-B]

Wow that is unbelievably clean

[craigs23]

Thanks chaps

Had a nice trip down to Brighton yesterday, even took a pillion - the bike performed surprisingly well. I'd forgotten how quick the thing was - until my hapless passenger claimed that the thing was a little obscene, I was just cruising as well The bottom end and roll on does seem a lot smoother.

I don't think I've had a bike that I'm as satisfied with since my NC30, it's almost like I've got my hands on another 400/4; in the way that the more original it is, the 'better' it seems to be. Everything on the bike just seems 'right' even down to the mahoosive indicators, chunky rubber-booted footrests and fugly black exhaust. I actually like the colour too - I always like white Hondas of any vintage (RC30s, Blades, SP2s) - apart from Pan Europeans with flashing lights of course.

Sorry for the surprise Quacker, I guess you hadn't spotted my previous threads. Basically, I was wondering whether or not to sell the Blade, as, at the time, I didn't ride it enough (I still don't) and wondered why I had the thing; it being couped up in the garage for 75% of its life. After realising that I had the price of a second bike bolted to the bike and that such addons didn't really add as much to the bike for my uses, I decided to part with them.

A 15 year old bike with 40k on the clocks would have shagged suspension. Best possible thing you could do to one is restore/upgrade the shock/forks and add a couple of tyres you're confident with. It seemed logical to keep these installed.

Budget for my next bike stands at £500-£1000, I don't really want to spend too much more than that, in case that bike looses its 'disposable' appeal. I've been considering an unfaired 400, maybe even a Bandit 6, wouldn't mind getting a crosser and supermotoing it up.

Maybe I should start up a part time bike cleaning business to add to the budget

As far as I can tell, the chain's within its tension - I'll check again in a hundred miles or so.

Thanks all

[stevo as b4]

Good luck if your planning on making a road legal supermoto out of an old crosser for £500ish?

Im re-building my KMX200 from the frame up, and converting into a supermoto at the same time. Im going with a set of spoked 17" rims, laced to the KMX hubs. Even so with all the bit's the bike will need, including a full engine re-build+tune, and a full suspension and brake re-build/conversion to more suitable stuff for supermoto street use, ive budgeted £2000 to do everything. I still think i will have to source alot of bits like bodywork and usable spares off ebay as well, to get it done within my budget.

[craigs23]

Don't worry, my idea for this supermoto is as-road-biased-tyres as possible and a loud(ish) exhaust, nothing trick, nothing fancy, otherwise I might as well add a grand onto the budget and go buy a ready made KTM.

Hmm, dug out of the archives, an RRN Fireblade at the Honda Museum. Wish mine was as unmarked.

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[southlondoner]