First Love Revisited
Discussion
This chap...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/simon999999999?_trksid=p...
...has a shed full of bike bits so if you are struggling to find a part send him a message and see what he's got.
In the meantime.
For the price of the new filter fitted I got a spare air box.
Radiator that doesn't leak with a tidy looking fan (now tested and it works. Bonus).
Bum holders with the locating pin on the front one.
The missing front seat mount bracket and original tinted indicators so I won't have to go to Halfords for a pair of fifteen year old dinky winky's.
Cleaner rear set mounting brackets. So the single seat conversion is off the board.
Most important...
...a box of stuff. I had my best poker face when I rummaged. Spare starter solenoid and switch because the ones on the bike has been out in all weathers since 2006 and are more then likely
, fuse box with cover (the missing cover has been troubling me more than it should), battery tray with the loom and relay mounts (mine are a little rustier so I'll use the best of the bunch), missing fairing brackets and stuff.
So unlike when women do a supermarket sweep mostly useful stuff and things.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/simon999999999?_trksid=p...
...has a shed full of bike bits so if you are struggling to find a part send him a message and see what he's got.
In the meantime.
For the price of the new filter fitted I got a spare air box.
Radiator that doesn't leak with a tidy looking fan (now tested and it works. Bonus).
Bum holders with the locating pin on the front one.
The missing front seat mount bracket and original tinted indicators so I won't have to go to Halfords for a pair of fifteen year old dinky winky's.
Cleaner rear set mounting brackets. So the single seat conversion is off the board.
Most important...
...a box of stuff. I had my best poker face when I rummaged. Spare starter solenoid and switch because the ones on the bike has been out in all weathers since 2006 and are more then likely
, fuse box with cover (the missing cover has been troubling me more than it should), battery tray with the loom and relay mounts (mine are a little rustier so I'll use the best of the bunch), missing fairing brackets and stuff. So unlike when women do a supermarket sweep mostly useful stuff and things.
Pope said:
http://www.elliottmc.co.uk/welcome/mail
Not sure if you've heard of them; if they can help or not but I have used Elliots in the past and last I visited it was an alladins cave of import bits.
"Sorry we don't do imports any more. Nobody does. I don't know where you got our details". Not sure if you've heard of them; if they can help or not but I have used Elliots in the past and last I visited it was an alladins cave of import bits.
I was going to reply...
"The link from your up to date website obviously".
...but thought better of it.
Liquid Knight said:
Pope said:
http://www.elliottmc.co.uk/welcome/mail
Not sure if you've heard of them; if they can help or not but I have used Elliots in the past and last I visited it was an alladins cave of import bits.
"Sorry we don't do imports any more. Nobody does. I don't know where you got our details". Not sure if you've heard of them; if they can help or not but I have used Elliots in the past and last I visited it was an alladins cave of import bits.
I was going to reply...
"The link from your up to date website obviously".
...but thought better of it.
Right my shed is full of Russians hitting themselves with branches and sweating a lot. Well it should be. I'll wait for the weather to cool down a bit before I get back to work on my bike.
The part search goes on. Mostly bodywork as the rest of it is consumables that are easily available. I may have to redo the plastic welding, use bumper filler and work with what I have at this rate. The new GSXR250 is a twin so I could only use the seat unit if I wanted to go modern style original power. Period race fairings for the RGV and GK's could be a viable alternative if I can do a tidy enough job making them fit around the original lights, brackets and mounts. Modifying the original plastics could be another option. Filling the cracks in the three piece seat unit and making it one part perhaps.
The issue is how I remember the bike and what I had planned "back in the day" is unrealistic now. Also my attitude has changed towards these things and modifying such a rare bike would be sacrilegious.
Maybe make the bike a track day screamer and teach my nephew how to get his knee down.
The part search goes on. Mostly bodywork as the rest of it is consumables that are easily available. I may have to redo the plastic welding, use bumper filler and work with what I have at this rate. The new GSXR250 is a twin so I could only use the seat unit if I wanted to go modern style original power. Period race fairings for the RGV and GK's could be a viable alternative if I can do a tidy enough job making them fit around the original lights, brackets and mounts. Modifying the original plastics could be another option. Filling the cracks in the three piece seat unit and making it one part perhaps.
The issue is how I remember the bike and what I had planned "back in the day" is unrealistic now. Also my attitude has changed towards these things and modifying such a rare bike would be sacrilegious.
Maybe make the bike a track day screamer and teach my nephew how to get his knee down.
Well. Let's just say things stalled and never got going again.
I've advertised the bike in bits for £500
She's worth £3,000+ restored and there's an incomplete engine on eBay for £299
I'll be forty soon, start a new career tomorrow and as much as I loved my bike back in the day the thought of screaming around on what amounts to a race bike with lights just doesn't appeal.
I think I got over the disappointment of the head gasket being the only thing done when I would have pulled the head apart, cleaned the valves and polished the ports.
I've advertised the bike in bits for £500
She's worth £3,000+ restored and there's an incomplete engine on eBay for £299
I'll be forty soon, start a new career tomorrow and as much as I loved my bike back in the day the thought of screaming around on what amounts to a race bike with lights just doesn't appeal.
I think I got over the disappointment of the head gasket being the only thing done when I would have pulled the head apart, cleaned the valves and polished the ports.
Liquid Knight said:
Well. Let's just say things stalled and never got going again.
I've advertised the bike in bits for £500
She's worth £3,000+ restored and there's an incomplete engine on eBay for £299
I'll be forty soon, start a new career tomorrow and as much as I loved my bike back in the day the thought of screaming around on what amounts to a race bike with lights just doesn't appeal.
I think I got over the disappointment of the head gasket being the only thing done when I would have pulled the head apart, cleaned the valves and polished the ports.
don't sell it just put the project on hold. You will regret it in a few years if you let it go now.I've advertised the bike in bits for £500
She's worth £3,000+ restored and there's an incomplete engine on eBay for £299
I'll be forty soon, start a new career tomorrow and as much as I loved my bike back in the day the thought of screaming around on what amounts to a race bike with lights just doesn't appeal.
I think I got over the disappointment of the head gasket being the only thing done when I would have pulled the head apart, cleaned the valves and polished the ports.
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