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400/4 build. Paused due to other commitments. But starting up again

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ComfySofa:
As above - i joined the us forum thinking that was "the" place but, being in the UK ive found/stumbled across this one since resurrecting the build. As i said in my intro i started this a few years back and it stalled due to a massive garden renovation which im still working on but getting to the end of....

A little bit of history....my dads bike. When he passed away we thought he sold it but, it was at the back of the garage in good condition with some blankets over (but not used for 20 years or so). As my 2 brothers part owned it they wanted to sell it. It has 2 previous owners, both in the family and 6k ish on the clock. About 7 years ago i rode it once to the MOT which it passed but then made the decision to buy my 2 brothers out (best thing i ever did) . As i had no room in my garage to store it (a small garage with an RSV4, Hypermotard 1100 evo sp and a z1000) in there my mate offered to store it in a shipping container at his workplace....it sat there for 5 years and the damp ate it alive...hence my decision to strip it down and rebuild from the ground up. My plan is to do a resto mod....and update all the wiring, remove the old points, add in a Motogadget MUnit and change all the bulbs to LED.

I did make a start by getting a load of powder coating done, some rechroming and rebuild the wheels with alloy rims and stainless spokes. Heres some random pics and not in order....

ComfySofa:
Having problems uploading...ill have to resize them locally and upload later on.... [ Guests cannot view attachments ]

ComfySofa:
Ah - this one was just under 3meg (Someone on the Ducati forum im on had a set of spare Honda performance swing arm bushings for free which were duly fitted!

Oddjob:
The bronze bushes are a good start. However most of the wear is the internal collar than runs inside those bushes, check that for wear because if it's worn new bushes won't do much good. Maybe post a pic of the ends of the collar/spacer if your unsure on what is excessive wear.

ComfySofa:
Well, its all back together now...the original bushes were hardly used...it was free (so i fitted them! ) ill put more pics up later on when i get home...at the office and supposed to be working but this is far more interesting!

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