Post by holdawayt on Nov 25, 2022 12:26:36 GMT
Hi all,
Thought I'd introduce myself, I've just come over from the RetroRides forum.
I'm Tom and I'm from the beautiful Black Country. I now live in Worcestershire but the accent remains (oh ar loike).
I've owned a few bikes since passing my test in 2015 but nothing particularly noteworthy until 2018 when I lost my Dad and needed a project to protect myself from my own thoughts.
Enter financial burden no1:
It's a 1983 BMW R100RT that was in excellent condition, took me and the future wife over to Wales without any complaints and I really had to think hard about chopping it up. As you can see in the picture below, I did a sacrilege.
It's far too loud, the colour scheme has grown a bit thin on me so I'm going to change the tank to black soon and fit some gold GSXR forks to replace the black K8 ones currently fitted.
Otherwise it's fairly straightforward with a Motogadget M-unit Blue installed, Walzwerk seat and subframe and some time spent making everything look nice and clean. It's great fun and certainly has people stopping to ask about it. I was also honored to have it accepted into the 2022 Bikeshed show where you might have seen it amongst a sea of bikes built by far more talented chaps and chapettes on Shed Row.
Once that was done I bought a few hornet 600s to fix and sell on, which allowed me to fund a fun new restoration project.
Enter financial burden no2:
It's a 1978 Suzuki GS750 that was brought over from the states 10 or so years ago and has been the bane of countless people's lives since. When I bought it, I could tell that others had been messing. The wiring loom was knackered, the engine was knocking and the more I've done on it, the more horrors I've found.
The bike is now 95% complete and is looking beautiful in the original colour scheme.
The engine knock turned out to be the cam chain tensioner and everything else has been rebuilt properly with NOS parts. I've just got some finishing touches to sort before it's ready for summer 2023.
I'll stick some proper build threads up if anybody's interested, it may take a while as I'm balancing this with a demanding project management career, fixing up our house and looking after my 18 month old daughter.
Thanks for reading,
Tom.
Thought I'd introduce myself, I've just come over from the RetroRides forum.
I'm Tom and I'm from the beautiful Black Country. I now live in Worcestershire but the accent remains (oh ar loike).
I've owned a few bikes since passing my test in 2015 but nothing particularly noteworthy until 2018 when I lost my Dad and needed a project to protect myself from my own thoughts.
Enter financial burden no1:
It's a 1983 BMW R100RT that was in excellent condition, took me and the future wife over to Wales without any complaints and I really had to think hard about chopping it up. As you can see in the picture below, I did a sacrilege.
It's far too loud, the colour scheme has grown a bit thin on me so I'm going to change the tank to black soon and fit some gold GSXR forks to replace the black K8 ones currently fitted.
Otherwise it's fairly straightforward with a Motogadget M-unit Blue installed, Walzwerk seat and subframe and some time spent making everything look nice and clean. It's great fun and certainly has people stopping to ask about it. I was also honored to have it accepted into the 2022 Bikeshed show where you might have seen it amongst a sea of bikes built by far more talented chaps and chapettes on Shed Row.
Once that was done I bought a few hornet 600s to fix and sell on, which allowed me to fund a fun new restoration project.
Enter financial burden no2:
It's a 1978 Suzuki GS750 that was brought over from the states 10 or so years ago and has been the bane of countless people's lives since. When I bought it, I could tell that others had been messing. The wiring loom was knackered, the engine was knocking and the more I've done on it, the more horrors I've found.
The bike is now 95% complete and is looking beautiful in the original colour scheme.
The engine knock turned out to be the cam chain tensioner and everything else has been rebuilt properly with NOS parts. I've just got some finishing touches to sort before it's ready for summer 2023.
I'll stick some proper build threads up if anybody's interested, it may take a while as I'm balancing this with a demanding project management career, fixing up our house and looking after my 18 month old daughter.
Thanks for reading,
Tom.
