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Thanks Martyn,

Picking up some super moto wheels for it on Monday as I'll be doing a fair % of my miles on the road. Just have about a mile of track before I get to one 

May have to do some mods to make them fit though 

Fitted some cheapo white hand guards today to replace the blue ones.

Going for a white/black theme, so aim to paint frame black and replace as much of the plastic as I can.

Will post some pics as I go.

Got the tyres fitted now and they look good, so started trial fitting rear wheel. Turns out it's a TTR hub and appears to fit with no mods at all 

Bad news though is that the disk bolts are all solid on both hubs, and both hubs need new disks  Soaking them now to try again tomorrow.

Also discovered rear shock is completely knackered, doh!

Think the previous owner saw me coming, as not only are chain and rear sprocket fubarred, but the rear sprocket was actually really loose ! Wondered what the chattering noise was !

Also (bad day today) discovered that my rear spindle doesn't have the arm on the end to stop it moving, just a bolt head like so :-

Is that correct ?

ALSO, the swinging arm doesn't have any end pieces on it 

Thanks for the advice on the bolts Brian, will try the impact driver before I resort to the hammer and chisel 

Haven't got the shoc off yet so can't tell what it's like.

Guess my axle could be the Serow one as it is steel. Will stick with it for now, although it doesn't have a lock pin hole, despite having a castellated nut

Back out to the garage now........ 

Can't believe 3 years has almost gone by since I last posted 

Unfortunately, due to various things going on in my life, the TTR has just been sitting around with various jobs half done, but I've had a good couple of weeks and it's almost back ready for the road again. I had bought new front and rear sprockets and a new chain and fitted them, but I also acquired a SpeedoDRD, and a little digital rev counter and some new LED indicators, and lastly a new headlight unit foma Kawasaki with a decent glass head light unit. All of that is now on the bike, and I'll post some pictures up tomorrow if I get a moment.

I had some problems with the supermoto front wheel as I could just about get the spacing right, but had to make and fit a bracket for the caliper as the disk was a larger diameter. Once that was fitted, there was only about 1mm clearance between the caliper bracket bolts and the disk bolts So, I really wasn't happy with that, and fter much searching, came up with a TTR front hub on the Bay, in the US. It was a really good price even with the postage, and was in good condition. when it arrived, I stripped the existing sm wheel down and fitted the rim to the new hub with the existing spokes. they were too long, but once I had it centered I was ableto measure the length I would need to fit it correctly. I've just orderedsome spokes from central wheel, and I'll put it all back together when they arrive 

Fitted the SpeedoDRD today and set it up so that's ready to be road tested.

I had bought a longer brake pipe and replacement caliper for the front from Brian (that shows how long it is since I did any work on it!), sand when I wnet to nleed it all, nothiing, so I have anew master cylinder repair kit coming from Steve (excellent service), and that will get done in the next day or so.

Also changed the oil and filter (thanks Steve), and the old oil was really good so the previous owner must have done it before I got it. No sign of any swarf either

Obviously had to warm it up before doing the oil change, so  I turned it over a few times with no juice to get the oil flowing and then turned on the fuel and coke, and it went first time! not bad after 3 years of standing. Tested the rev counter and that seems to work fine too

That's it for now, I'll try and post some picture tomorrow....