Nov 212009
 

The postman didn’t deliver anything this morning (Monday). Hopefully tomorrow. Ken came round and we re-positioned the bike on the lift so that I could get at the prop stand. I then did some stripping this afternoon and I got the exhausts off, foot rests, sissy bar, rack and various trim panels. There is some surface rust on chips on the frame paint and so it is going to need a good clean and then a touch up in various places. The more I look at it it may be better to strip to a bare frame and respray but I don’t think that I am prepared to do that much work at the moment or spend that much money.

Post man arrived this morning with the parts from Pinwall. Very pleased with them except for the radiator cap it isn’t quite as good in the flesh as it looked on the photos still its not too bad. The other pieces are better than they looked in the photos so it evens out. I stripped the exhausts down and found that two of the welded brackets had snapped off the covers due to rust and two of the clamps were missing so more pieces to order and I will have to see about making new clamps to replace the broken ones.

Post man didn’t deliver anything on Wednesday but I had a phone call from one of the bike shops that is advertising my bike for sale. They have a customer who is interested and I will take it for him to look at tomorrow. I didn’t manage to do anything today and I won’t tomorrow either.

I temporarily fitted the radiator grill to take some photos for the manufacturer to the bike today (Friday).

New stainless grill

New stainless grill

I took the rear wheel off and much to my surprise the axle and splines were really well greased and in very good condition so no problems there. I took the prop stand off and tomorrow Ken will come round and help me get the tank off so then I can strip the bars and the front end (without damaging the tank paintwork) next week and get it all away for polishing and chroming.

On Saturday Ken helped me get the tank off and slightly re-position the bike on the jack as with everything removed from the rear the front wheel wouldn’t come off the ground!