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Reincarnation............

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:29 pm
by masterofinsanity
Picked this up last night off a member on here, its an L2 manufactured 1992 registered in 1998.
my plans........

clean up all the rust, remove some of the stickers, paint the wheels and use it.
the bike is not currently running but i think a new set of plugs and clean the carbs will sort that, it attempts to fire so nothing major, on returning home last night looks like one of the fork seals has gone as its peed out its oil, and also probably gonna need a new chain as its a bit rusty.will keep you updated as i work on it.


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Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 9:11 pm
by masterofinsanity
spent a few hours on it this evening, removed some of the stickers and what was left of the tank pad, whipped the plugs out and put a nice set of clean plugs in it, put the battery on charge this morning so it was ready when i got it home from work, clean plugs and fully charged battery and away it went. cleaned the discs up with a wire brush on a drill and also attacked the well rusty and seized chain, have spent hours wriggling and lubing each chain link, got half of it done and its not looking too bad.desperately needs a good service, but i'll get it mot'd first before i start splashing any more cash out on it.

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 10:58 pm
by Scott221
Lookin' good there baz!! Get those nuts in a box of WD40 and theyll be good to go.

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 5:10 pm
by masterofinsanity
Scott221 wrote:Lookin' good there baz!! Get those nuts in a box of WD40 and theyll be good to go.
my missus don't like the taste of wd40 mate. :smt003

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:46 pm
by masterofinsanity
Fitted my new blue screen.what a pig them rubber grommets are to get on.

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:52 pm
by RedexRobB
nice touch. Is it me or are the discs going rusty again?

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:53 pm
by masterofinsanity
no i aint done that side yet :smt005

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 4:00 pm
by RedexRobB
take the thing for a ride for gods sake, itll take 2 seconds! You know you want to!

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 4:01 pm
by masterofinsanity
fork seal is pissing out the right hand side and i think its been like it for a while as the oil is burnt onto the disc, just ordered 2 seals from cradley so will be doing that next few days, then i'll burn the crap off the disc on the way to the mot station. :smt003

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:28 pm
by rene
looks nice baz. Mind me asking how much you picked it up for?

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:54 pm
by masterofinsanity
rene wrote:looks nice baz. Mind me asking how much you picked it up for?

yeah don't be nosy :smt005

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 8:27 pm
by RedexRobB
How much would you pay to know rene? :smt002

If i were they guy it was bought from id be kicking myself now, thats for sure!

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:03 pm
by masterofinsanity
i think it was a fair price considering it wasn't running and no tax or mot, it needs a new chain & sprockets (but hoping to get it motd as is) fork seals leaking, have ordered new seals, i was more worried about the headers they looked well rotten but i have got it going, i will be taking the fairings off and the headers for closer inspection and a repaint, engine seems ok but yet to take it out for a blast so who knows.anyways i'm pleased with it and this time i won't be selling.

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 12:03 am
by masterofinsanity
right ............ done the fork seal today pig of a job and i can see why they charge soo much to do it.But its done!

and now the fairings off i can see a list of jobs coming on.........

Re: Reincarnation............

Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:58 pm
by masterofinsanity
While the wheels were off me and Gem treated em to a nice coat of paint over the weekend.Chain seems to be ok now and well oiled, will try and get it in for an mot this week somethime.