My K6 / K7 mongrel is coming along

[Spitfire]

Sounds good, but what did you do with the frame in the end or did I miss that one !

Cheers

Den

[SteadyEddie]

Spitfire, I welded the frame myself after consulting an engineer friend who told me I was making a mountain out of a molehill, not the prettiest of finishes but she is now back to full strength.

[Spitfire]

That's excellent, good job.

Cheers

Den

[honda-san]

Well done for perservering.

Great finish on the engine - what paint did you use, or is at some kind of satin powder coat?

[UK Pete]

Very nice i bet your well pleased with your progress, the engine started easily and sounds nice , well done
Pete

[SteadyEddie]

Honda - San, it is a mixture of PJ1 fast black and believe it or not Halfords satin Black as used by my brother on his superb restorations of seventies MX bikes.

[SteadyEddie]

Picked up my wheels today after a rebuild, I had alloy rims and stainless spokes fitted by Hagons, they done a nice job. On the way home from Hagons I stopped at the tyre dealer who fitted Avon Roadriders AM26's, I am well pleased with them. Over the next few days i can put the forks in complete with new tubes from David Silver and get her back on her wheels.

[Stewartgh]

Wow those wheels look amazing, do you mind me asking how much the rebuild cost you, both wheels on my F1 are in need of the same treatment.... looking like a great job, good work.... I so wish I had a garage, rained off the driveway again today trying to fix my wiring!

Don't worry Eddie, I found all I need on their web site.....

[SteadyEddie]

Stewart, one thing to bear in mind is they have a 6 week waiting list at the moment although I managed to persuade them to do mine quicker on an emergency build at a premium of

[UK Pete]

Great looking wheels, and nice tyres, i have the same tyres on my F2, one day i will finish the bike and be able to see how the tyres perform
Pete

[SteadyEddie]

Wheels are on as are new shocks, fork tubes, chain and sprockets etc,etc,etc. Altered the marshall deeptone 4 into 1 to look like a Piper from the seventies. Ordered a pair of clip ons today, the light is shining at the end of the tunnel, it's been a long tunnel !

[SteveD CB500K0]

70's Piper exhausts flipped up at the rear (they were fixed to the rear footrest mountings.

Like my avatar.

[SteadyEddie]

Your not wrong Steve, I tried various angles for the tail section and just preffered this angle, what I was getting at about the Piper look was just a straight section as opposed to a cone type section, there was nothing wrong with the Marshall tail section but it was like a great big traffic cone shoved on the end of the pipe.

[UK Pete]

nice work Eddie, you are nearly there, how did you make the pipe?
pete