As always, lots to do, and getting through it.
The series 2 Jota is now finished, runs well and is up for sale at £18,000. I think this is a very decent price considering the bike has been restored from the ground up and I see unrestored bikes up for sale at almost £17,000.
Anyway, this bike will be at the Scottish bike show next weekend (7th-8th April) in Ingliston.
The series 2 Jota is now finished, runs well and is up for sale at £18,000. I think this is a very decent price considering the bike has been restored from the ground up and I see unrestored bikes up for sale at almost £17,000.
Anyway, this bike will be at the Scottish bike show next weekend (7th-8th April) in Ingliston.
My enlarged tank is now finished and was sent in the post to me yesterday. I had it restored by my Spanish painter friend, so if it is here before the weekend I will take this to the show as well. It will be interesting to find out how much larger it is. I would be happy if I get close to 5 litres more.
I ordered a pile of brake hoses from Hel and had a couple of days of stripping, cleaning and rebuilding calipers and master cylinders.
I refurbished a customer's exhaust system by fitting rechromed downpipes and a new stainless collector box. Between the much larger bore of the collector (compared to what was on it) and the de-restricted air box this bike will breathe a lot better now.
eI also found some time to work on my 007 project. This is engine/frame number 1007, so 7th one off the production line. I HAVE to return it to standard. I had some gussets welded into the headstock and also had some brackets re-welded on as they had gone AWOL at some point. Then I stripped it down and plugged any threaded holes and took it for powder coating, should get it back next week. Still looking for a few parts for it (like 1200 cylinder block) and I have tracked down some other parts I need in Austria. I had a painted rear mudguard that I stripped (after around 10 applications) and then took it for polishing. It seems to be made from some odd type of stainless as it did not polish up perfectly, but I will see if I can use it on the final project later.