Junkyard Dog Part 19 – Let’s Get Together Again
But first the frame needs to be seriously tidied up and painted. I thought the tidying up wouldn’t take long but I could not have been more wrong. Two days it took in the end. I wasn’t happy with some…
Restorations
Junkyard Dog Part 18 – Rip It Up!
Work on the seat is still ongoing but the time has come to start taking it all apart for painting before final assembly. Every thing will be cleaned up as it comes off, there are a few parts that still…
Despair Shop 27 – Cut!
The new pump arrived for the SRAD 600, I wasn’t expecting it for quite some time but it arrived just 2 days after ordering, which was nice. I tested it on a battery before installing it and it buzzed away…
Junkyard Dog Part 16 – One man went to mow and then discovered Dave had cut his mower up
I ended up having to remake the front engine mount, which was rather annoying, didn’t take long though. I had a wee issue (don’t mean there is something wrong with my bladder) in that I couldn’t find a piece of…
Junkyard Dog Part 15
I am now totally happy with the frame apart from one tab needs to be cut off near the seat but I can’t get to it with the ammo box in the way, the ammo box needs to be slightly…
Junkyard Dog Part 14 –
The mudguard that I found last week was definitely the right size and shape but it had been badly knocked about and had several deep gouges that did nothing to improve it’s appearance. It looked like somebody had attacked the…
Junkyard Dog Part – 13 Prepare To Disrepair
One other little job that I had been putting off was the ignition switch bracket, I couldn’t decide where I wanted it. Originally I was going to mount it in the Ammo box / electrical gubbins box but there isn’t…
Junkyard Dog Part 12 – Brake? I’ll Give You a Sodding Brake!
The front caliper mount ended up being a lot harder than I thought. It has to be made really accurately as it must be square to the disc, the pads must fully contact the disc and the caliper has to…
Junkyard Dog Part 10 – The Tough Stuff
As work progresses I now find myself at the stage where I have to resolve a lot of the problems I have encountered along the way and ignored because there was easier stuff to do. It’s probably not the best…
Junkyard Dog Part 9 – More Exhausts and Other Stuff
Some days are great and everything goes just how you want it to. Other days are like today and nothing goes as planned. I woke up full of enthusiasm to get on with the exhausts, the first side went quite…