therunner

Saturday 3 March 2012

That bloody tank

And it's myriad layers of primer and paint. 8 hours graft and metal us eventually free, just.

The new seat...

... Has landed. Brilliant job done my an amazing upholsterer, who us a tru perfectionist and craftsman... Im happy as Larry this afternoon.

Wednesday 29 February 2012

Wiring

Some goodies have landed today, ready to attack the ingnition and wiring... Looking at the wiring diagram it is not going to be a two minute job. Maybe 5 buy definitely not 2!

Tuesday 28 February 2012

Had a single print edition of Wallpaper run last year to sum up sum up the brilliant summer and it's been gathering dust ever since. Jetset bought me a matching frame for the poster print so it is ready for the wall on Saturday.

Bruiser sat and waited whilst I framed it.

Next to the desk are some treats for Saturday afty... Can't wait.

Tank stripping

After a long round trip to Cambridge today I swang into the DIY shop and stocked on some nitromorse, brushes, a stripping blade and dug out a pair of unused gloves.

After applying a thick coat to the top of the tank and top yoke I sat and waited, once blistered on went the second.

So an hour of waiting & scraping has removed most of the gold, the primer, the original red and the original primer is now exposed.

I want raw metal.

The Runner

Here's what's happened with the bike. In the last few weeks momentum has picked up (from the square root of 0) and things are a happening at last.

Uv gone from wanting to bin it to loving it and everything I'm learning along the way - probably about myself and lack if patience to be frank.... Which has been addressed ;-)

After this I am up to date and ready to keep on track in 'realtime'... Thank **** for that.

Last weekend without the seat and tank, note the old bars hanging off due to breaking a bloody bolt in the switch housing.

New bars, grips, switches, levers, speedo (now moved again since) and mock up seat

The shite I have removed form this bike to date, she is a lot better for it.

Beofre the new drop-bars went on. note last years rattle can tank with petrol spill down it!

Note to self; you cannot make something tidy by simply bolting something new to it. do not repeat.

Last years home-made improvised seat... it did the trick for a few months and will be missed

New skinnier seat layout ready for a good mate to cover it properly for me.

last weekend, getting there slowly.

and from the front, she is no lingerie model but I love her again & she getting there.

The last few months

To test this new app and get rid of the burden of a million pictures here is the last few months in graphic detail, a picture speaks a thousand words after all... so here they are, as I said; its been busy.

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