My 1971 Dl125

[johnd]

I aquired this restoration project a number of years ago from a good mate who knew i was after an italian DL of any description. I took me a long while to get started and in the end i didn't have the funds to really paint it properly as i would have liked, but instead i built a nice rough and ready machine to get me back out and about on. Sorry for the pic quality, all of them were taken with an oily phone.

the bike as i recieved it.


soda blasted the engine

and fitted a few new bits

bought some sand paper and cheap paint and got to work.








then started assembly.




the stickering started



Nearly done now



Should be my daily transport in the coming months.
Thanks John

[Toddy]

That's a cracking job Mate well done

[johnd]

Cheers mate, i'm no anorak so i used some original SIL parts rather than bad italian remakes , she runs and stops sweet as nut too.

[LI150]

Coil i like that

[gaz_powell]

nice one..

its ages since I did a rattle can bike - there was always a sense of achievement when complete.

nothing wrong with good/genuine SIL parts - that's what has kept us going for years

gaz

[johnd]

To be honest, the paint came out a bit s**t, but the colour choice, Olive drab and satin black kind of suit the "s**t" look.

[johnd]

And if i learned anything from this paintjob it is "Never use poundland primer". Nothing sticks to it, and when you scrub it back everything reacts to it.

[Elite-225]

Fair Play ! .. Looks cool as f@@k to me mate

[johnd]

[scooterslag]

that's great, love the olive n' black rattle can job- good work fella