Talking of daylight, the green bike briefly emerged into the light recently.
To finish, the workshop as it is at the moment.
The business is starting to flourish, slowly but surely, 4 more bikes arriving next week, one this week too. There seems to be daylight at the end of the very long dark tunnel. Which is nice. Talking of daylight, the green bike briefly emerged into the light recently. Bought another elevating bike table and had to reorganise everything in it to make things flow better. Tidy little Zane 750S turned up, needs bringing out of hibernation. Although they have a bad reputation for several 'issues' I was impressed by the quality of the parts used. It's a much more modern design than the Breganze bikes, and this shows in working on it. EVERYTHING is tucked away making it a mare to work on. To get the battery out you have to remove the rear wheel and mudguard, as an example. To remove the fuel tank you basically have to dismantle half the bike. Fun times ahead, but will make an interesting change to the triples. Fitted Hel brake lines to the green bike. Excellent service, almost next day delivery from placing the order. Got my own bike MOT'd, passed easily, should do as I hate to say it but only had a couple of hundred ore on the odometer from the last one. Too busy getting the business up and running these days. Hopefully I can fit some miles in before the end of the season. I also applied for tax exemption for it as it's over 40 years old now. Process was very easy, just needed the V5, payment reminder (V11), MOT and insurance certificate and the post office processed it quickly. The V5 gets sent back to the DVLA (likely to add a statement about being tax exempt) and then next year I have to go through the motions of taxing it, but don't pay anything. Result! Every little helps, saves almost £90 a year.
To finish, the workshop as it is at the moment.
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Work on the green bike progresses. Brakes, exhaust system and drive chain fitted Solved an electrical issue with the silver Jota too. The starter relay had welded itself up causing all sorts of electrical mayhem. New relay on order. I also fitted the original full fairing to the Harris. It will soon be ready for sale.
For the last week or so I have been working flat out to create new storage and office areas since the stairs have been fitted now. I needed to do this so I could finally unpack boxes and crates and actually start to find stuff again. So I have been busy with woodworking tools. Happy to say it is almost complete, well enough so I can restart bike work again. The finishing touches can come later. All the lighting and sockets are now finished, and just final connections for the fire alarm system to be completed. Now it's time to get back to Laverdas.
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