Project Ariel Colt: A twist to the tale...

[killa]

Really loving the thread Jamie, keep this up, im interested in the end results!!
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[Jamie S]

[Jamie S]

just another thing, i cleaned up and painted the engine

BEFORE:

https://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s297/honda_tlr/ARIEL%20RESTORATION/arile004.jpg


AND AFTER

https://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s297/honda_tlr/ARIEL%20RESTORATION/DSC00260.jpg

[Jamie S]

Well , I have managed to get the carb all polished up (It took 2 hours !)

It has a mirror shine to it now although the pics don't do it any justice:

https://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s297/honda_tlr/DSC00265.jpg

[Mr.Everready]

Does it say ANAL on the side casing ?
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[pwntifex]

Does it run?
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the warped one: This is a follow up from the thread 'my willy hurts'

[Jamie S]

[Jamie S]

[Whosthedaddy]

[Jamie S]

[Whosthedaddy]

Thats always the thing thats in the back of my mind I suppose when I browse for BSAs and the like.

If the bike is complete beforehand, then bike should be fine, if you buy a basket case or resto job then anything could be wrong.
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[anders]

Amazing... now I have respect for Jamie.

Professional kid, this is a good person we see infront of us.
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[Jamie S]

:s 30 days left to go , rebuild not even started yet , will Jamie stokes finish it in time ...... dun dun dun !!!!!





























no seriously will I , im starting to wonder my self :s

[anders]

get cracking this weekend.
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[Jamie S]

Rebuild begun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am SO happy to finally to see that its getting some were

here is what I have been doing all day:

My Dad helped me put the engine in btw, but that was only because I couldn't hold the engine and put the bolts in at the same time LOL.

https://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s297/honda_tlr/DSC00320.jpg

[anders]

Some good progress.

p.s. nice carpet?!
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[Jamie S]

[Jamie S]

[Mjolnir]

[Jamie S]

Just a quick up date , I now have the gearbox back in, next the rear shockers will be built up and put back on, then the wheels will go back on so that I have a rolling chassis, then the head light, primary drive case , wiring , mudguards putting back on, oil lines , petrol lines, brakes, just little job's really.
I will post some more pics soon.

[Jamie S]

Did I hear some one say swanky new chrome parts !

I managed to get my self some new rear shocker shroud things, don't they look nice ?!? So they should do for the money (£56 ! But that was cheaper than getting the old ones re chromed ) I was not prepared to put the old ones back on in the state that they were in so it was worth the money for the new ones.

Pics of new ones , and then new ones next to old ones:

https://bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=47732

https://bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=47731

[cqueen]

Just out of interest, where do you get the money from to keep all these bikes going?

[lllN30lll]

sod money, I want to know where he's had 2 gold blobs from now
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[Jamie S]

[stinkwheel]

You have no idea how lucky you are.

Clutch and primary on that bike is what I'd call a 'side of the road' job. Hell man, it's a pre-unit engine, it's going to take what, 20 minutes and use two spanners (and admittedly about three tubes of silicone RTV if you want it to stay oil-tight)?

Just interested, you gonna ride this bike or is it going to be a 'trailer queen'? Just seems a lot of effort on the chromework there (I like to see old bikes with a bit of patina on them).

Please say you're going to ride it (or have it rideable), you can then take it to shows and make a point of riding it past all the highly polished gold-stars with no engine internals as they're being pushed off the field. I totally hate the "Oh I couldn't possibly ride it, it's a classic you know." mentality some people have.

My mate Rick does that, he runs a 1920's BSA that's totally original. It's great to watch the faces on the other exhibitors when he puts his lid on, fires it up and rides off home at the end of the day. They're all still busy throwing duvet covers over theirs and loading them onto trailers.
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