weimieman

Fantastik, orsum

No such thing as a mid life crisis when it comes to bikes Chris! Welcome to the forum, enjoy the bike and be safe

Proper enough for you??!?!?!? You'd think with the amount of times you've advised me on uploading I'd be getting it right by now!!!

To be honest Nev, I left the old sponge on as it was still very, very springy. I also left the old seat cover one so it's given me a whole extra three mils of ride height! You're barking up the wrong tree with my wife I'm afraid as you've never met a more anti biker than her. She's not anti in such that she doesn't like them on the road but she's fearful of what can happen when you're on one. Reason - she was a nurse in intensive care so she's spent many a Monday patching up the born again biker after a bank holiday Sunday ride. My answer to them being dangerous - meh (shrugs shoulders). In fact, in all the years I've had a bike, she has never even so much as sat on one of them. Even my Mum's been on with me a few times and my dog Tilly likes to sit on the back seat when I move it into the garage! She did help me push it into the garage when I was having the starter motor trouble though so she can't be all bad. The speedo really is a weird thing. The cables intact, the hub spins and a power drill drives the speedo itself so all three components are working but not together. I'll do some more chin scratching at the weekend I think. It doesn't remove the grin off my face when I'm buzzing up and down the drive so that's the main thing! I'm covering holidays and sickness at work at the mo so time is scarce hence my absence from the forum!

Right, let's sort out these damned pics Uploaded with ImageShack.us Last thing to do here is a good polish on the fork legs. Also might need to tinker with the headlight adjustment as I think it could be aiming a bit high. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Really chuffed with how the rear turned out. As previously mentioned, its a rear of a 92 DTR but I think I've got away with it! Also the light is nice and straight now and there's no evidence of the drill holes and the tie wraps anymore. The chrome reack still needs more polishing as "brand new old stock" from 1983 was always going to have it's challenges. Oh and I've sorted the crease out in the seat before anyone picks up on it!!!! Uploaded with ImageShack.us Ah the view I'm most pleased with The tank needs a bit of a polish and the screw that snapped off in the bottom of the exhaust shield still bothers me but that will be a distant memory if I get my way and wifey lets me get a performance exhaust! Also I've got my disc guard back as the previous legs had the lugs snapped off. Uploaded with ImageShack.us The trusty right hand side where I had such high hopes for pinstriping instead of the expensive Yahama decal. Oh what a fool was I! Uploaded with ImageShack.us Not a lot to see on this top down one but those of you who grew up playing with Star Wars figures will know what I mean with the next bit. Remember the smell of a new figure when you took it out of the packet? Well that's what my Yamaha grips smell of

Damn the pictures are tiny again! I'll reupload later on as my dog is demanding a walk now!!!!

Well, except for a final polish on things like the fork legs, tank and exhaust etc, she's done. Done, done, done, finito. All I had to do to finish was fit the new seat cover and replace the belly pan and due to other household projects and covering sickness and holidays at work, I've only just got around to it today but at least I'm chuffed with the results. Shes not concours by any means but that was never my aim. All I set out to do was breath life into a tired old classic and make it usuable as a daily runner which I think I've pretty much achieved. I think I'm most chuffed with the new headlight bringing a modern twist on an 80's stroker. That and the fact that I rewired it through my CB eyes! I'm still having trouble with the speedo as it still won't register despite the everything moving and working. I may just invest another tenner in a new cable to get rid of that possibility but I would much rather just buy the new digital one that has been on my watch list for the last four months! 2012 should hopefully bring a new performance exhaust but that should definately be it for spending. Big thanks to all those who helped and advised asI probably would have given up and she'd have just ended up as a box of bits on ebay as "unfinished project".

Crikey this brought back memories. I was only a wee nipper at the time but the sad thing is I still have some of those toys in my loft! I also never realised how wealthy we were (sarcasm) as my Dad had one of those digital watches! Sad thing is he's still got it. Must be where I get it from - the hoarding gene

One of the best threads I've read in ages! A couple of things I've got from this though is that I think Nev is having us on how old he really is and he appears to be "down with the homies" (or something like that, not up on text talk and all that cack myself) and secondly, I really fancy a kebab now. 2500 calories of pure muck but boy are they tasty. I suppose I must comment that most alarming is that neither of the original two came back so that poor sod still doesn't know how many mpg he will get!

Nice to see the compulsory restoration "plaster" on the finger there! Keep up the good work

Ha ha, well spotted!

I need to set more time aside to watch all these! Classics, each and every one

Sounds like you're one happy camper. Welcome to the forum

I've defended you up until now Nev, you do have too much time on your hands to know that !!!!!

That is looking mighty fine (and having a TARDIS as a shed must help!). I'm tackling my DT seat over the weekend and i hope it turns out half as good as yours. Had a trial run a while ago and bottled it!

Have eyes in the back and sides of your head and more than anything, assume evertone else is a wanker who has just passed their test so therefore they will pull out in front of you.

Truthfully I think the "input" of non-biker suggestions is down to the the bloody Discovery Channel and all their bike building programmes. They watch Paul Jnr fabricate a seat and that'll stick in their minds until the opportunity arises for them to say "you know what, I think you should fabricate a seat for that bike!" Personally I love "as is" and definately a carpet seat. I'd keep a bin bag with you at all times though for the British weather!!! At the end of the day though, opinions are like a55holes, we all have one

Morning Pete and welcome to the forum

Have a butchers at www.pattern-parts.net They have a good stock of new stuff and brand new old stuff so you may get lucky

How's the bike going Dean? Any new pics?

I've not checked in on your thread for a few days and I'm glad I hadn't because it was worth dropping in just to see that engine! You are one patient son of a bitch gun and my God is it paying off. Oh as for 85 mph with the dog, how do you get a DT to do that speed without dropping it from a plane!!! Anyway, back to the engine, get it off the grass 'cos it's getting dirty

Just tuned in for the lastest episode of Farmer County Choppers and I must say it's looking mean. I love the dinky indicators, on such a meaty bike they seem just right. Also liking the idea of the sissy bar, nothing too over the top, nothing that will serve any purpose whatsoever but something just to make you stand back and look at it and go "I did that" Do it, you know you want to

Couldn't make my mind up about those bars but by the time I'd finished reading, yep, like them big time

Damn, another thread I'm going to be addicted to!

Definately good advice there about being new to your machine and the wonderful world of biking. Personally I used to use cheap cacky gear all the time despite the amount of money I put into my bikes and it took me a long time to realise that this was both false economy and not safe. It was only when I started doing more miles that I decided to put more into my clothing. I invested wisely in a pair Frank Thomas boots back in the late 90's and they are still going strong. They were half price at £69 as they were end of line stock and other than Herman Munster buying them, nobody wanted size 12's! But anyone who knows about winter riding will tell you buy bigger so you can get some good socks on, maybe even two pairs. So no you don't have to invest big bucks in them but a good bit of searching and you should find a bargain or two that will last you a helluva long time