Rickman build

[captaink]

The fibreglass panels are going off in about a month to the body shop
I have repaired a few small imperfections in the fairing and re shaped the rear section / seat.
There be painted in orange with black wording and stripes and the painter I have used for years will ensure all stripes etc are prepared and lacquered so that you won't feel the lines or edges.
The painter being an ex racer, having raced against agostini in his day knows what I want from them and he unfortunately charges me accordingly , but you only get what you pay for I'm afraid.

Picture as I came off the bike

[captaink]

Forks came back today from having the stations rechromed and the legs polished.
There now rebuilt with new seals etc and tested
Must say they did a good job, hence the six weeks wait

[captaink]

Another

[captaink]

Clip ons re chromed, new speedo, tacho and cables.
The old gauges had dented cases so they had to go.
All bolts are stainless and have yet to be polished
The headlight shell is a genuine Honda part from David silver, I melted the original on.

[captaink]

Fairing and tank pre fit

[captaink]

Polished fork legs
The disk centres are still to painted but they'll get done later , new fixing bolts for the discs are needed but there a funny size something like m10 x 1.25 me thinks ?

[captaink]

Fork tops polished up quite well

You can see the difference in colour from the polished ally, chrome and nickel

[captaink]

Another angle
The trusty Colorado norton works based commando in the background

[captaink]

Sorry, I can only send pictures one at a time from this I pad for some reason

[JamesH]

Seriously impressive build

[Green1]

+1 when can you start mine. 

Mick

[UK Pete]

Amazing, that is going to be stunning
pete

[captaink]

Cheers.

When the panels get painted orange it should really get bling.

[MCTID]

Ooooh....can't wait to see the finished bike. Glorious.

[captaink]

Progress is a little slow at present but some engine parts have come back from D & M engineering.
The cylinders have been rebored to 836cc ( big bore kit ) and the head has had new valve guides,new springs and the new valves have been ground in.
They also repaired a cracked fin.
The engine casings have gone of and had new ape studs fitted.
Next job will be to have main and rod shells replaced after the crank has been inspected, I'm leaving that to D & M to decide on what's best. No cutting corners so it's got to done 100 percent.
I'm doing some work on my 61 Harley at present so while the engines under way there's no time wasted.

Will post pictures when I can