The rough stuff is at the blasters , then primed .
Engine being picked up at the end of the month by a mate who will strip it down to see if the cases are worth saving .. if so he will proceed with a rebuild in the new year
He is also bringing some wheels and bits down
So once I get the bits back i’ll See how much work the frame loop need ,lots and lots by the look of it , the frame look is very rough .. if I could locate another I would
is a series 2 the same ??
I’ll rebuild the forks in the meantime and sort some new headset bearings and a front hub
The shopping list is going to be immense!! ££££££££
No real work has actually been carried out, but have collected some more parts so rebuilt small block with a tuned SIL 200 alloy top end , sterling exhaust, another frame loop and side panels (£50!!),saddle covers ,hubs , wheels and tyres ,front dampers and a few other bits. The frame loop was needed as after soda blasting mine was perforated like a teabag in places and would have needed a lot of plating to make safe but would have suited the rat look I’ll be going for
I ordered a series 1 headset and horncast (Indian copies )along with fork rebuild kit and steering bearing kit from beedspeed little did I know what’s happened with the new owners ,as last time I used them 20 years ago all was good
So spent £330 online on Black Friday 27th Nov to get the discount on parts supposedly in stock and finally got them on 24th Jan , luckily I had paid on PayPal so opened a case for a refund just in case they did my show up.
So a pile of bits ready to bolt together one I have some one look at the main frame as where it’s corroded it looks dimpled and not sure if it’s weakened it , I know some welders so may need to sleeve the main frame for piece of mind .
Hopefully I’ll be in the position in a few weeks of having the frame repaired and frame loop welded on. Then I can start bolting it together in the meantime I’ll rebuild the forks with damper brackets , hub and wheel ready fro bolting together
For anyone thinking of buying the Indian headsets and horncasts , the casting is rough in places and no where near the Italian quality but prices for S1 Italian parts are crazy so it’s a compromise I have had to make , I’ll be getting the dremel out to tidy them up so a couple of hours work will see them looking a lot better
