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Post by verbotten on May 25, 2017 10:34:31 GMT 1
Hi - Time for me to stop stalking and start talking.
Veg's 'barn find' ebay ad had me in stiches as I'm currently getting my '82 LC ready for the road, it really was a barn find. I bought it from a guy in southwest Germany in 2005 who kept it in his barn. That said he really looked after it so no farmyard caused patina anywhere in sight.
The bike has not been run since 2006 so I am methodically going over it using the Haynes manual as a reference but am blown away by the knowledge on the forum which has been a brilliant help.
Cheers - Jim
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on May 25, 2017 10:44:29 GMT 1
Hi Jim,
Welcome in, good to see another Scot on here.
Steve
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Post by arrow on May 25, 2017 10:59:29 GMT 1
Welcome to the forum Jim.
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Post by dusty350 on May 25, 2017 12:40:33 GMT 1
Hi Jim Welcome to the forum mate😊
Regards
Dusty
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Post by gci_scot on May 25, 2017 13:04:33 GMT 1
Hi Jim
Welcome, good to see another member from Ayrshire. I come from near Kilmarnock. Living in Guernsey now though. I am almost on the road with my 4LO, thanks to this great forum and it's wealth of knowledge and expertise.
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Post by 4l04ever on May 25, 2017 13:13:05 GMT 1
Welcome in! :-)
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Post by verbotten on May 25, 2017 13:26:39 GMT 1
Many thanks, my bike was very near standard with the exceptions of clippons & rearsets. Have been buying bits over the years to revert to normal (not showroom) as far back as getting stuff from Norbo in 2005 that has sat in a drawer since then. Got a nice surprise yesterday when replacing the clippons with standard bars, the braided brake hose is now too short so new one ordered. I will do all the basic stuff and will ask some of the guys here to help with the engine as I don't have the courage to do it myself despite reading Dusty's fab blog on the rebuild.
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Post by aid22 on May 25, 2017 13:38:09 GMT 1
Hi Jim, Loads of really good people on here to help you, gladly. Good luck with the resto.
Aid.
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Post by markhoopy on May 25, 2017 13:44:13 GMT 1
Is it still snowing up there? Bet you can't wait for spring to arrive
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Post by Gitram on May 25, 2017 14:20:14 GMT 1
Is it still snowing up there? Bet you can't wait for spring to arrive yeah, its only 22C in Inverness today... welcome aboard Verbotten
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Post by verbotten on May 25, 2017 14:29:27 GMT 1
Looks like 23C tomorrow around this neck of the woods; highly likely that we'll have a hose pipe ban by the weekend:)
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Post by Gitram on May 25, 2017 14:29:52 GMT 1
oops, my mistake, its 25C here...
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Post by mattybeckett on May 25, 2017 15:03:39 GMT 1
Welcome to a great forum.. never stuck for answers here :-)
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