Resurrection of a wreck

[John Watson]

I did know that, Geoff, but it had totally slipped my mind until you reminded me, so thanks for the reminder.

[Geoff Hastings]

Hi John, how's the project progressing?

[John Watson]

Slowly at the moment, Geoff, still waiting for one or two bits to surface and saving a bit of cash to get some chroming sorted.

I bought stainless rims and spokes from Central Wheels in Birmingham and built those up, the motor has been offered up to the frame and is held in lòosely with some spare bolts while I get the originals re-plated.

Saw your bike in this month's Tansha, congrats on the award.

[John Watson]

To update the few bits I have managed since February, here's the finished rims, I'm sure they will take a bit of buffing to bring out more of a shine:

P1196353 by Happy Grandad2010, on Flickr

It was always my preference to fit blinkers to the bike, so I looked around for a suitable switchgear, found pretty much what I wanted from one of the smaller, modern Hondas and fitted it to my temporary handlebars made from an short length of 7/8" pipe I had lying around.

There was a problem in as much as the mirror threads were M10x1.25, and I ideally wanted to fit original mirrors with their M8 threads. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, I had an old M10x1.25 set screw which I spent some time drilling down it's length with my pillar drill, with a 6.8mm bit(tapping size for M8x1.25 thread), and much to my surprise, pulled it off. It was very much squeaky bum time as I ran the tap down it, I was convinced it was going to crumble, but I got away with it, fitted it to the switch with a touch of Loctite Studloc, and there it sits, all nice and lovely. A shame the photos aren't as good:

P7166355 by Happy Grandad2010, on Flickr


P7166357 by Happy Grandad2010, on Flickr


P7166358 by Happy Grandad2010, on Flickr

[Geoff Hastings]

Nice to see the progress John, both my mirror mounts were butchered so I used the low melting point alloy sticks. Filled the holes, drilled and tapped to the required size, surprisingly easy fix.

[John Watson]

Still here, not gone away and still grabbing the odd spare part as something I need comes along.

I'm bimbling along with the electrics, bought a new harness from Thailand and have that fitted. There are one or two odd coloured cables but nothing that can't be traced through fairly easily.

Just putting a bit of cash together to get the bits that need chroming done, hopefully early in the New Year.

A very Happy Christmas and New Year to all the members on this great forum.

[brewsky]

This is a great thread and it is good to see the attachments haven't been lost (or maybe have been restored?).

Merry Christmas to you also and keep posting the inspirational work!

BTW, how is the Thai harness quality?