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Okay.......stop procrastinating

Made some progress on the engine. Barrels on and the head is nearly back together. Finished sorting out the base of the seat too. I dropped the base off to the motor trimmers doing the seat and they pointed out that since I had chopped off the sides I needed to fill the gap I created around the base.............doh. So here is the base with it's newly filled in section where I had previously cut the sides off to make the seat a little narrower. Hope that makes sense. Base is now back at the motor trimmers and just waiting for the finished item to turn up now.

Finally the pistons for the front calipers arrived ex Japan. Surprisingly cheap which was a bonus. I was expecting the worst! Put the calipers back together with new seals and pads. Will sort some new lines and we will be in business.

Makes life much easier when you know the tricks of the trade. Seal on the piston first and then into the hole. Took me bloody ages to figure that out lol!

Purely a cosmetic mod but my front brake master cylinder doesn't match the clutch one. The front brake has the mount sticking out for the mirror and the clutch doesn't (one off a faired bike and one off a naked). Anal I know but it will drive me batshit so I cut of the mount. Just needs to be pulled apart and painted and you will never know. Least my sanity will be safe lol

Looking really good! Keep them coming!

Getting closer!

Wahoo! Engine back together. Still needs a paint and polish but getting closer now to having a running bike!

Engine nearly ready to go back in. Going to replace the clutch plates and need to finish polishing the engine covers then pop it back in the bike. Excitng!

Also bought my next project too the other day. Should probably finish this one first lol!

Hey Larriken, love your work. You are turning this old beast into something special.

New EBC clutch and springs fitted now and the best part is I get to fit the very shiny clutch cover. Like a magpie, shiny makes me happy lol. If you are wondering why there are no photos of the left side of the engine yet it's because I haven't finished polishing the mag cover. Not far off though. Clutch was slipping a lot when I pulled the bike to bits, must have been for a while. Look at the size of the washer the last owner shoved in there to get a bit of extra tension.

oooooooh shiney


so i seen no leading axle on the "new project"am i to assume it is a 1980 mk11????
leon

I'm thoroughly enjoying this project, and drawing lots of inspiration for mine.
Great work!