So this is my starting block. Its just tired and well ridden through many british winters.
Plenty of corrosion. So I guess the plan is take off all the bodywork.
Drop the swingarm out. Drop the forks and yolks out. Drop the engine out. Strip the loom out.
Put the engine on a work stand.
Then decide what Im going to next. Finances will dictate what order some of it gets done in.
Ive just finished rebuilding Yamaha that belonged to Josh that got stolen and trashed, so now its time to get the Speed Triple out of its shed
Lets have a closer look at how well its aged
This is your home now...
Paint bubbling. I dont even know why this is happening. Its a nylon tank so its not corrosion.
This is what most of the frame and swingarm look like
Corrosion bubbles or peeling and flaking
Engine cases corrosion
More under paint corrosion
This is on the front of the engine. All the paint is coming off in huge flakes
Rusty downpipes and horn
Faark... there is an exhaust stud waiting to snap if Ive ever seen one
And the rest too
Headlight stonechips
Body panels dont clip together properly any more
Chrome headlights are just...
Upper fork legs
Rear spring
ANother angle of the rusty downpipes
This is an invention I made to resolve the fucked up speedo drive. There are 4 magnets in the centres of the floating disc connectors which move past the black Hall sensor you can see
The Hall sensor is held in place with a real good looking aluminum bracket made from a section from a double glazing window I cut to shape and bolted together.
Then I cut into the wiring loom and connected the hall sensor to the cables that fed the speedometer and the milometer.
It works and its pretty accurate too.
But although its functional, it does look a bit shit...
But no one ever noticed it.