[yantosh]

my boy has come to the conclusion that he needs a bike , so we picked up an old skool smoker ..... I actually had one of these in 1988.... GP100... feel the powah

motor mechanic friend had been building it, but he has less time than me .... or so he says , so we've taken on an "Unfinished Project".... DunDunDun.......

it does run and is lookin pretty good, and he needs no more than CBT

so lets have at it

 

[yantosh]

the tank is a good place to start, I've been told it's been treated with molasses...... what has actually been done is its had neat molasses put in it..... fuckin thing has been coated with treacle

wash the tank out, wash the tank out again, and again .... fit a blanking plate to the fuel tap area, put the cap on and sandblast the rust off it

fill it with proper diluted molasses and leave to simmer

 

[yantosh]

break out the direct to steel shiny black paint and give the underside a good coating ( i have since found a couple of missed spots, but i'll deal with that)

the fuel tap was also full of the sweet smell of horse food..... but plenty of boiling water liberally applied sorted that

 

[yantosh]

next , side panels, a previous owner had tried painting them , with disastrous consequences,

i'm going to skin with carbon , save me the hassle of trying to save this fry up.....

the panels have a groove in them, that would be a pain in the dick to skin, so it's getting filled and smoothed off

 

[yantosh]

CBT is end of June ....... so chop chop Yan

 

[yantosh]

started painting the tank , promptly made a cunt of it , phoned Deeks, he put me right .... that's it primed, ready to be flattened , then it's paint time

 

[yantosh]

the body work all arrived in a bag, so i'm piecing the tail together... the light set up is not original, in an ideal world i'd re do the full seat to suit, but time is not on my side, so i'm going to modify the original tail plastics to fit on, have a little storage compartment and possibly an extra brake light

won't be ideal , but it'll be "OK"....

 

[yantosh]

side panels are all black and rough , ready for skinning in Carbon

 

[yantosh]

nearly done, few nuts and bolts, couple of bits and bobs

 

[yantosh]

tank badges are on , metal battery strap made , rear L plate on , discovered the indicators have 12v bulbs... shop for 6v tomorrow, last of the bolts ordered

 

[yantosh]

main priority right now is getting it on the road and him with it, i can look at sliders next , perhaps crash bars

 

[yantosh]

18, unfortunately his work shifts clash with my free time, and I done a fair bit at work, he'll have time to learn stuff , i just needed it built so I could crack on with m builds . He'll learn how to maintain it and keep it going.

i was out on it today, a lot better than i expected