Scooterotica

This was gonna be my first full resto
i picked this bike up in Jan 08, hoping to show it off at that years IOW




I set about stripping it and finally got it to this stage



credit crunch kicked in and monet became tight so the plan was IOW 09

over the coming months i set about fixing stuff up, getting bits in and getting the bodywork sorted (all when money was available)

BRM speedwell did some panel work and welding

next step blasters to see how bad it was



Whilst all that was going on the engine got a clean and new kit/internals





then came a full dry build, mot and registration carry on



once all that was done January 09 it was stripped back down and off to the painters



Now the exciting bit, the rebuild

as i said it was all new to me so it took a while, trying not to scratch stuff etc

and the end result was done and ready for the IOW 09



I am sure a few people saw it over the 3 days and i was as pleased a punch it got there and back in 1 piece



My inspiration



The colours are Mustang Gold Glow and Raven Black, same as the car i chose to base the scheme around

LOOKS THE DOGS DANGLIES MATE REALLY LIKE IT

Well done. I like it.

Full credit for doing the full dry build. I think it's my impatience & I know it has to be done, but I hate doing dry builds.

a thing of beauty!!

Bilko wrote:Well done. I like it.

Full credit for doing the full dry build. I think it's my impatience & I know it has tp be done, but I hate doing dry builds.

If I ever did a dry build to that extent I'd be inclined to go "feck it" and just get the matt black out and finish it that way.

that is cool! well done

Very retro cool!! love the front mudguard look..nice one :bouncyeng:

very good ,is that a york mud flap

Well worth all the time, trouble and money eh!

what did you do to the engine to get it looking as ace as that?

Great work!!

Middo