So I wanted to go riding the bloody thing. That required me to stick the engine onto the frame – and then a few other minor details like wheels, lighting, license plate and such. Little did I know what I was in for…<\/p>\n
Largely untouched apart from cleaning and internal repaint with Hammerite anti-rust. Given the enormous 1 bhp engine output, the frame remains surprisingly true and my only gripe with this part has been seized bolts.<\/p>\n
Take the suspension apart and smother internals with grease. I could do with a pair of new fork legs – but the OE’s will have to do for now.<\/p>\n
Link seems to be solid. Move on…<\/p>\n
Disassembly. Clean drum brake housings + replace linings. Reasssemble + grease. Surprisingly easy.<\/p>\n
This bit is somewhat of a headache, as it’s a thing I’ve devised myself and had a mate weld up. Definitely not OE quality. Definitely not OE function. But it still looks better than the OE collapsible monstrosity. At some point I’d like to replace it with a CT70 trail handlebar assembly from the mid-80’es, which is what the current DIY bits aim to replicate. Oh well, silver rattle-can-paint to the rescue for now.<\/p>\n
New headlight reflector. Exchange all bulbs to 12V. Done.<\/p>\n
OE sidestand and footrests deteriorated beyond repair. Replacement OE kit unobtainable. Okay, let’s try with a chinese knock-off.<\/p>\n
Again; crap. OK solid, but so big I end up putting it into the blacktop on cornering. OTOH I now have a centre stand…<\/p>\n
Needs a replacement. Bodged up the existing – now for the third time. A proper OE replacement costs a fortune \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n
Needs work. Postponed, as the existing seat will do its job and I have no intention of riding in rain.<\/p>\n
Polished up what could be rescued, replaced what couldn’t. Definitely not cheap, but since chrome is a central part of the bike’s expression, it had to be done.<\/p>\n
There’s just so much chrome – more area<\/em> than on a modern-day car I should think.<\/p>\n Oh, what joy it is to mirror yourself in these ridiculously flash fenders. Proper ones, not the ugly (both shape and colour) german types.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So I wanted to go riding the bloody thing. That required me to stick the engine onto the frame – and then a few other …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":49,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martinfiltenborg.dk\/mechanicality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martinfiltenborg.dk\/mechanicality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martinfiltenborg.dk\/mechanicality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martinfiltenborg.dk\/mechanicality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martinfiltenborg.dk\/mechanicality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martinfiltenborg.dk\/mechanicality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martinfiltenborg.dk\/mechanicality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martinfiltenborg.dk\/mechanicality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}