 trevoriv World Chat Champion

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 Posted: 21:31 - 11 Jun 2009 Post subject: Tada - Here's one I made earlier! |
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Now this may not look like much but im useless at most things practical especially regarding the bike but i'm well proud of how this has turned out. My old man helped out a fair bit mind!
I binned my bike like a cnut about a month ago and it looked like this.
https://www.pricktees.co.uk/05052009472.jpg
Items damaged:- Indicators, mirrors, headlight, clocks, front fairing, front fairing mounting bracket, air scoop intake, windscreen, v peice, fork guards, gen cover, crash bung, both side fairings and parts of the air intake. She also wouldn't start
A combination of a few hundred quid, some patching up and a lot of bodging and making things fit and shes back on the road.
First stripped her down to see what was and wasn't salvagable:
https://www.pricktees.co.uk/30052009490.jpg
Then tank off and some fettling to get it up and running, such a nice feeling:
https://www.pricktees.co.uk/30052009491.jpg
Then to start putting her back together:
https://www.pricktees.co.uk/30052009492.jpg
Almost back together and just needing a respray:
https://www.pricktees.co.uk/30052009493.jpg
And finally back from the sprayers:
https://www.pricktees.co.uk/11062009519.jpg
Proper chuffed with how it looks but the bike has had a few panels reprayed over the years and so its fairly evident that they arent quite matching. There's also a number of hardcore bodges that would be evident to most such as custom L brackets holding the headlight to the fairing and the screw through the two side fairings at the bottom
Overall though im well happy  ____________________ Past: '96 Thundercat, '02 ZX636R (A1P), '58 KTM 690 SM LC4 Current: '06 ZX636R (C6F)
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 ms51ves3 Super Spammer

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 Posted: 05:11 - 12 Jun 2009 Post subject: |
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Did you give it a clean while you were working on it?  |
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 trevoriv World Chat Champion

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 ajb Crazy Courier
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 Posted: 22:59 - 12 Jun 2009 Post subject: |
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good effort mate, must feel good getting it back up together after the state it looked in the first pic.  ____________________ CBR125R '05 > CB500 '00 > CBR600F '99 |
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 trevoriv World Chat Champion

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 Posted: 09:08 - 13 Jun 2009 Post subject: |
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Aye, doesnt feel like the same bike but I guess that's all just in the mind.
Going to go and put it through it's paces today to make sure everything is okay  ____________________ Past: '96 Thundercat, '02 ZX636R (A1P), '58 KTM 690 SM LC4 Current: '06 ZX636R (C6F)
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