The Honda Owners Club

Well she is back on the road and flew through the MOT yesterday morning and has done 181 miles since.

Here are the latest pics which were taken just before leaveing to get her Mot'd

I still have a few odd jobs to do to get her into the condition I really want her eg Tank and Panels need a re-spray and several nuts and bolts need changing for shiny new ones and I am on the lookout for some original bits and pieces to replace some parts which are not original for this bike eg:indicators.

Cheers witch

Well, it certainly looks pretty good in those photos! Hope you manage to get the re-spraying done, and find those bits that need replacing.

Thanks Red yes the bike does in my opinion look well too, however when you are a classic fanatic like me it seams that a semi-restorationor even a full restoration even is never finished !! as there is always something that can be improved or replaced.

Well I am fortunate enough to be able to do any re-spraying myself as years ago i did a gov.training course in vehicle re-spraying allthough I never did work in this field after completing the course.

I did however use what I learnt back then and adapted it to Guitar Restoration and had my own workshop for almost 20 years whilst living in Germany repairing, restoring and even building guitars and other stringed instruments.

During this time I also resprayed several bike tanks and panels for customers.

The finished required on guitars is of a much higher standard than on most vehicles and glass like finishes are required and could take anything up to six weeks to complete .... spraying rubbing down repeatedly often building up to as many coats as 30 (of which more than half would be clear laquer.

Therefore working on a bike tank is a doddle ... also working on metal or plastic surfaces are much easier than wood as metal doesn't expand or contract at the same rate they are also a much flatter surface ei: no grain which needs filling.

As for some of the odd bits required for my bike I have found a supplier who has many NOS honda bits and pieces many of which David Silver or CMSNL doesn't have in stock. ..... "Riders of Yeovil" they have just sent me a complete list of Honda parts which was so large it crashed my browser a couple of times downloading it lol.

Cheers Witch

Well I have now got a spare tank so I can re-spray one whist not having to take the bike of the road. I picked it up on ebay for a tenner and its solid has no dents but will need cleaning inside and re-sealing and definately re-spraying as its blue and not red. And it came with all the panels too which need some work to put them in top condition.

Pics will follow as work progresses.

Cheers Witch