Holding my hands up to a bit of a mistake, when I got the engine in late last night, I overlooked the aesthetics of it and to be honest I was a bit disappointed when I looked at it this morning. Nothing else to do but take it back out and give the heart of the bike a nice fresh coat of paint, looks so much better and I should of done it at the start.
Neat job Steve.
I was getting confused what with OE seat, Raid headlight, kickstart etc. Couldn't remember what it looked like to start with!
Going to look sweet
Definitely a one off! Bit of a mish mash of all the best bits
Raid Headlight
OE base bike
Kicker
This bike was a basket case I bought from ebay, the engine was proper screwed, but the frame was rock solid and the best I could find for the resto, other parts have been accumulated along the way. I have got all new white panels for it, apart from the rear mudguard, but again I have found a super solid one, that just needs a bit of TLC to make it look like new New side panels were squirrelled away a couple of years ago and just ordered a new genuine white front mudguard.
Just found I can still get the proper raid headlight indicator brackets, so may change what I have done to fit them.
Going for a black and white look, think the Acerbis tank is going to look nice on it and will see if I can get some stickers for it, like the idea of the speed block like on my WRF, guy in Cornwall makes them, so may go and visit him
That looks choice. Needs to be dirty. A matter of time.
What type of decals /stickers stay on an Acerbis tank?
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In the Riverina.
'73 RD250, '80 XS1100, '81 RD373LC, '96 Tiger 900/sidecar, '02 TTR250, and another XS11 - this time a chain drive Period 5 race bike that may be ready to race eventually.
Not sure about the graphics yet, as the tank has a rough texture to it and not sure if any will work yet? the Acerbis sticker has been put on a smooth bit of tank made by the manufacturer, that's why I'm not sure it will work yet. Need to get someone to have a look.
The bike passed it's MOT just fine, took her for a road ride to Bude and back taking in some lovely Devon and Cornish countryside I must admit I have struggled a bit in the past doing road work with my friends on bigger bikes, but not this time! The 350 engine transforms our little bikes into something spectacular I am eternally grateful to Simon who got this project to off the ground and into the shop, thanks matey!
The bike passed it's MOT just fine, took her for a road ride to Bude and back taking in some lovely Devon and Cornish countryside I must admit I have struggled a bit in the past doing road work with my friends on bigger bikes, but not this time! The 350 engine transforms our little bikes into something spectacular I am eternally grateful to Simon who got this project to off the ground and into the shop, thanks matey!
Steve
Good to hear on both the MOT & the performance, bet you didn't tell rego it is not a 350cc!!!
Thought it was best not tell the mot guy or the insurance, as it would be to complicated and who would ever know
Our rego takes a leap above 250cc, I know guys with 250 KLX's with the 300cc barrel like back in the XL250S days guys used a 305 kit, no one ever told the rego dept.
I had a XR400RC before the TTR & what a great engine, wonder if it gets close ?