Well I was rather hoping that I would connect it all up and everything would work.Silly me! The connecting everything…
While waiting for various parts to arrive in the post, I thought to overcome a small problem that I’m sure…
Notable work needing to be addressed on the donor bike loom. The fusebox is missing There is an extraneous connector…
After initial evaluation, and identifying which pieces of the loom need replacing or repair, I thought it would be easier…
The headlamp is a horror show. Somehow, i had convinced myself that it was original, but the plastic housing, while…
A few posts ago, I posted pictures of the two looms I have available, one from the donor bike, and…
When I assembled the brake caliper, I had thought that the piston was a little cocked in the bore.Naively, I…
In order to complete the wiring loom endpoints, I still need to fit the instruments and the handlebar switches to…
Here are the left and right switchgear from the donor bike. Straight away we can see that I am missing…
Success! Carefully increasing the jack pressure by a few millimeters at a time and then slackening off, I crept up…
After spending so much time filing, sawing, and drilling rusted bolts out of their sockets, I decided not to prioritise…
I have realised that i have been referring to “The Parts Box” on many occasions, and it behooves me to…
From the last post, we established that we need to prepare some parts to fit to the frame, in order…
Now that the project is up on it’s wheels, It’s time to look at bolting things on. Rather than approach…
So much cleaning!Cleaning of wheels, plastic bits, electrical bits; cleaning of everything which came off the bike and will be…
These are the bearings I have used The second hand bottom yoke I had, arrived with the bottom race still…
“Lubricate the inside surface of the caliper with fresh brake fluid and install the pistons. These should slide in with…
At long last, a post which talks about assembling rather than dismantling or cleaning!all of the elements of the forks…
The paint on a brake caliper is quite hard to remove.It requires multiple applications of Nitromors, followed by application of…
Last week, I attempted to clean my alloy fork legs with a kitchen scourer and some WD40. I had seen…