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Offline davecara

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Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« on: February 02, 2016, 08:45:53 PM »
Heres some pics of ours the day it came home back in '74 ( 5 years before I was born!!)






Look at that exhaust  8)

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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2016, 08:48:09 PM »
And how it looked when I pulled it out of a lock up last year  :(




Several trips down the road and 30+ years of neglect and this is the result

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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2016, 08:53:52 PM »
When I got it home






Next batch should be when Ive had the frame and swingarm refinished in either 2 pack or powder, havent decided yet and with the engine In after Dads found a primary chain that doesnt cost the earth!

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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2016, 08:54:05 PM »
Bit different  from the usual before and after pictures.

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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2016, 09:40:14 PM »
Wow, plenty of hard work and money needed to revive that bike , but well worth it, keep pics coming
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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2016, 09:04:14 AM »
At least its all there-with history as well!
nice bike,nothing in the bank

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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2016, 12:09:42 PM »
Someone had found the limits on right hande bends (on the way back from the dealers?) by the look of the silencer in the first photo !

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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2016, 12:11:20 PM »
..... doubt if if that Cresta is still around !!

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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2016, 12:44:06 PM »
love the safety shoes  ;D ;D
Keep up the good work I loved every minute of my 400 resto.
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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2016, 03:31:01 PM »

That frame weighs a bit too !
Still, the mug of tea is out of harms way and the suzuki is standing by for action

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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2016, 03:42:21 PM »
Nice pictures
Happy revival

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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2016, 07:05:55 PM »
Thanks for posting.

What happened to the razor blade front number plate that's on the old pics and one of your new pics but not on the others photos?

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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2016, 07:38:36 PM »
What happened to the razor blade front number plate that's on the old pics and one of your new pics but not on the others photos?

Yes, I like that.
And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know.

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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2016, 10:35:16 PM »
Pedestrian slicer is in a box with a load of bits at the mo whilst i get the frame sorted and try and sort some wheels out. If I cant get a new set of front and rear plates I'll restore the original front one and just get a new rear. Need a new vin plate too ome to think of it, the old one is full of tinworm. Any ideas?

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Re: Just because everyone likes pictures!!
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2016, 10:56:36 PM »
Cycle City on e bay, about £21 with post.

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