wild foamy

haha, the wife buggered off 14 years ago!

the frame is ready, woohoo! , finally got round to fabricating some new engine mounts, no way of telling wether they will actually match up wihen it comes to mounting the engine but there are ways around that, will be taking it down to rolling art on tuesday to be shotblasted/acid dipped/powder coated along with the wheels Pics are of the old man welding the new mounts on, my welding is not exactly brilliant (looks like a pidgeon has shit on a newspaper) so i left it to his many years of expertise. it seems my blood, sweat and swear words are paying off, check out the blog for more goings-on

Thanks nayruf, i have bought a new set of shoes but either they didnt come with springs or i lost them as the box was in the back of my car for quite some time, will have a look on fleabay though

what the feck? i missed it, bollocks...

Hey peeps the back end of the XJ turbo is more or less ready to go back on, the wheels and frame are going down to Rolling Art in swindon to be refurbished and the forks are going to Philpots in luton, theres only a few things left to source and the puzzle is complete, one of these parts is the rear brake shoes springs, the rear brake shoes are EBC Y515s, the old ones were rust as hell and i want to make sure i get the springs right to prevent any chance of failure

Reviving a dead post here, lol cheers for the input everyone, i havent even looked at this generator since last time i posted as have been cracking on with the XJ650 Turbo

nah, there is only one DT i will ever love, thats my beloved Donkey , G237 MYA where are you now?... besides im now skint, bought myself a trailer tent so i can be a happy camper at Mini festivals

*noise of crickets chirping*

well if you decide not to get it throw it my way

whats that hiding under the sheet in the shed? another toy? you can was my XJ600 aswell if you want

if your missus decides its not a wise investment, sell the missus

Tampon on a screwdriver, great for getting right in to them hard to reach places and mopping up oil

This thread = winning

i dropped a WR125 in there last year, rode up on my DT, got chatting to one of the sales guys and got chatting, asked to sit on the bike to make sure i can reach the floor, went to put it back on the stand but didnt push it back enough (giggity), went to get off it and it fell over on me

bollocks was going to go to their open day this year, i went a few years ago with a mate and it was a great crack, even got a set of gloves i bought from there years ago they will be missed

haha, good one up.yours more shotblasting and spraying last night, im running out of things to paint, need to weld some new engine mounting lugs onto the frame and get it sent off to be refurbed and then i can start putting this heap of crap back together. blasting the fairing mount was very slow

No I still felt it was too much money to be spending, I did make a cheeky offer but not heard anything more I wouldn't mind buying a few beers at the camping weekend, maybe finding myself some hot young biker chick and rock the tent a bit, I may only weigh 60kg but its not the size of the hammer but the length of the nail that counts

Bought myself a shotblaster next week and Its brilliant!, managed to strip down the swingarm, tripple trees and airbox and have them painted within 4 hours, check out the blog for info On that note if anyone wants anything shotblasted let me know

cheeky fucker...

you're all a bunch of dirty old men... -.-

Welcome Harleyjayne I had a DT50MX myself, not quite the same animal i know but ive never quite got over that crave for a 2 stroke

Well peeps went over to Rolling Art in Swindon earlier to have a chat with Glenn and see what their work is like and i gotta say they do some pretty good stuff and are very knowledgeable, im tempted to go with a powder-coated frame because the finish is more flexable and resistant to minor knocks over the more brittle stove enamel. Im planning to drop the frame and wheels in to them middle of next week, have also ordered myself a shotblasting gun and some glassbead so i can hopefully get the swingarm serviceable and get this thing on its wheels before february

well peeps i have finally found a local and reasonably priced place willing to work on the frame, check out Rolling Art Motorcycles, only based over in swindon, can get the frame acid-dipped and powdercoated for £140, im just waiting to hear back a price for enamel coating but at that price powdercoating is sounding like a nice option aswell the forks will be going off to Philpots in luton, going to have to package up the stanchions and run them over there on the bike early next week

Welcome to the forum. mike that was cringeworthy... just... no

i second the above