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pedrosan · Senior Member

A bit of spannering and spraying

Cubber · Super Guru

That's ma boy! biggrin

It's surprising how much crud gets stuck behind the side pods, mudguards, bash plate and things - it took me a couple of days to de-mud mine and it still looks mucky! cry hmm

It brings back memories seeing your number plate; NU - Derbyshire registration, like my Dad's first car JNU way back in 1964. aww

Your bike will feel a different machine when it's all done, chain & sprockets make all the difference.

Martyn

pedrosan · Senior Member

Thanks Martyn for your encouragement, I'm going to touch up some of the paint at various rust spots on the frame and swingarm, and I'll stick some pics up as I go.

TTRfan · Super Guru

Good luck Pete - look forward to seeing the follow up pics.

I am pleased that a bit of my enthusiasm has rubbed off on you wink

Brian

pedrosan · Senior Member

Whilst I had the plastics off I finally got round to brushing down the exhaust and painting it up with some heat proof paint I had got lying around

petenz · Super Guru

looks like a lot of work for a bike thats only going to get muddy again..

water blaster & a wipe down with CRC is good enough for mine..

pedrosan · Senior Member

I agree! I can't help myself though, I would truly love to do the full strip down rebuild thing, it's just a matter of not having the time...

by the way, is that montessa cota a trials bike? I seem to remember the name from when I had a scorpa to play on years ago

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petenz · Super Guru

pedrosan wrote:
I agree! I can't help myself though, I would truly love to do the full strip down rebuild thing, it's just a matter of not having the time...
by the way, is that montessa cota a trials bike? I seem to remember the name from when I had a scorpa to play on years ago

-- Edited by pedrosan on Saturday 10th of May 2014 08:45:30 AM

yes it is..... It's a MRR ..Malcom Rathnell Replica ..he was 1976 world champ..

The one in the pic on the left is a Montesa 125 H6 Enduro... quite rear... 250 & 360 H6 were very popular

in the day... But not the 125..

Cota 348 dueing the rebuild

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pedrosan · Senior Member

Well fancy that, I've actually ridden with Martin Rathmell (Malcolm's son) years ago. My friend Matt was involved peripherally in the world championship trials scene in what I guess would be the late 90's, and would go riding with Dougie Lampkin, Martin Crosswaite (who now has the pub in the next village to me!), graham Jarvis (grimbo), and other Yorkshire lads. Very occasionally I would tag along.