Well winters near,, I"v got my project,   owned one in 1979....

 

Edited October 4, 20159 yr by blackhat250

nice one John, doesn't look too bad...is there an engine with it?

Engine in boxes, but I have a fully rebuilt 400 Engine in shed, ,  V5 - original turn signals Tank clean inside, ., exhaust missing, ,,lots of spares tho,  ,it was covered in cobwebs, real barnfind,,, barrel is .50,  no scratches , decompressor fitting, clocks showing 5,600mls,

Edited October 4, 20159 yr by blackhat250

nice find John

hope to see its progress

Stripped to the bone,  air filter disintegrated after 39 years,  [  lots of original bolts & rubbers ]  loom complete ,  head bearings were dry paste, but seats are unmarked , [ new balls & grease]  as taper bearings are too tall, and the headlamp shrouds end up loose,]

Gonna paint frame, not a fan of powder coat,

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are you hand painting the frame or getting it professionaly sprayed with enamel?

Gonna blast it , then gloss black paint,  . am not a fan of powder coating,,  Stafford show next week ,  be on the hunt,,

Good find ! , should make a decent bike whats the seat base and rear muddy like.

I sold my DT360 about 2 months ago, dont regret it though as theres a 77 xt500 sat in its place ready for a restoration.

TTB

Im also at Stafford on Saturday on the hunt.

 

TTB 

Aye tommy " ,  the seat is a bit thin [ tinworm ]   not fooked tho,   rear fender is complete. no small triangle piece tho ,to mount the plate/light,

 

Bit of brazing work and some tin bashing should be able to sort out both the seat base and the small triangular piece.

 You never know what may show up this weekend.

 

Ok "  here where were at,  Chrome time,   stripped speedo & tach,  slow tedious job,   frames painted ,   ,,

 

Edited November 28, 20159 yr by blackhat250

Rebuilt the clocks, and some shiney stuff back , 1 week turnaround, , service for yeh ,Agbrigg -Leeds,

 

 

very nice, agbrigg is good

That looks like a nice job, was it expensive?

That chrome looks great (or it it polished ?) . Nice fast turnaround as well

That looks like a nice job, was it expensive?

That lot in picture, " unchromed picky "  [ Thers a gt500 tail,light, too]  and a heap of bolts ,  £150,  postage included, [ both ways, ].

not polished yet jack ,

Shed time lots done,   ,, paintwork done -new seat, engine in ,[ alloy fins done to factory spec, .that was a chore, ;,] 

looking good there John, love the black too ( just needs a hat on it)

Nice work sir !

Bit more shed time,.  wiring loom on , Rear fender ,[ that was a task] ,  tried on the fineries to see ,,

 

A word of warning,  Yuniparts [ Uk ] [ ebay ]. sell switchgear, [repro]  the imdicator switch arrives.  it has 6 pin & 4 pin plugs,  well the twinshock 513 models have a 4 pin only , the rest are loose,  in this [ bar switch] thers a  blue white. now on both my bikes MX 1M2 & twinshock, 513, thers no blue/white. [ or in diagrams] so I traced it ,into switch , it is the power to lights,  should line up with brown on loom ,

 So I emails yuniparts,  do you sell any swiches to mach the 513-00-00 models, [ they sell this loom]  NO WE ONLY SELL USA & Canada switches, 501-00-00.   I REPLIES well that's crazy,  you sell the looms and no switches to match,,

Any way I sorted it to suit,