My F1 Rebuild

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After seeing everyone else's I decided to bite the bullet and get on with one of mine, this is how she looked when I bought her last year


Not too bad but a few bits needed doing, so after finding some replacement panels I took all the bodywork off and down to get resprayed back to original


Frame has been sand blasted and powder coated

[vin]

Very nice mate

[doy]

Would have done me pre rebuild :)Look forward to seeing it done.

[mellow]

my god m8 that looked mint b4 i had one of those back in '80 summin first "big"bike i bought after passin test.wonder if its still about

nice work m8 n e way

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The problem is that they all look good in photos, up close is different, don't get me wrong it wasn't a heap but there were a few bits, the fairing had had some previous repair work; some that you can see and lots that you can't, I think that most of the panels had been repaired or needed repairing, so I gradually got hold of all the bits I needed - good belly pan and mid sections, the tank had been recently done and looked good although it had some sort of cracking type effect under the lacquer, and with that being recent it made the rest stand out a tad.
The engine has had the barrels replaced at some time in its life with 1UA barrels and there was an oil leak from the gear selector.
The crankcases have never been split - still got all the original fasteners in place, so I decided to do a proper job, body work off, barrels back to 31K - got a few spare engines to choose from; and if I'm doing the barrels it seemed wise to replace the crank seals whilst the engine is out. I then looked at the frame and it had been sprayed previously and this was cracking everywhere so might as well do that as well, talk about in at the deep end
Stripping it down revealed only a couple of issues that would have otherwise gone un-noticed, the block connector for one of the electrics had overheated and fell to pieces when I undid it, that was easy enough to repair, the wiring to the rear indicators had worn down to the wire where the seat had been rubbing against it and a couple of other bullet style connectors snapped off when I tried to undo everything, all repaired now though
My aim is to return it to original spec as far as possible. I will leave the engine until last I think.
Oh and I'm trying to take lots of pictures as I go along, mainly to assist in reassembling

[mellow]

cool.keep the pics comin as u go m8..........we all luv piccys

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Rear master cylinder before, when I took it to bits it was half full of rust debris

And after powder coating and new repair kit fitting

[scott]

nice job simon

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Couple more bits to add to the list, clock assembly, and headlamp bracket assembled ready to fit



Rear swing arm assembled

[mellow]

thats lookin well cool now m8 i wish id kept mine now

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Shocker cleaned up nice ;D

Rear light assembly ready to go on

and in place

[mellow]

[Norbo]

So your not going to see any of this year on then

[doy]

That's coming on nicely mate

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Took the engine to bits............................







Vapoured up nicely.......




Carbs ..........





Afterwards ........

[mellow]

just like new

[scott]

wish i had the patience(spelling check )to clean my bits up like that simon ,what ya done ur carbs with?

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Jun 7, 2008 19:56:25 GMT 1 scott said:

wish i had the patience(spelling check )to clean my bits up like that simon ,what ya done ur carbs with?

Scott, I had them vapoured, then spent a bit of time washing them out thoroughly making sure all the fine residue was out
I'm pleased with the finish.

[mellow]

im pleased with the finish to ;D

[Norbo]

bloody nice that vapor blasting does give a sooper finish . DOY on hear does it

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It's getting there, slowly but surely

[Norbo]

looks real nice . Seems a shame to spray over that blasting the barrels look well nice all silver .

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Hi Gary, all sorted now mate, used some bumper spray to finish off the insides as they should have been If its worth doing might as well do it properly hey ;D

Any tips anyone for the tank, been stood empty for a while whilst it was away being sprayed, came back with bits of crud in it have removed as much as I can get to - any precautions to take before filling with petrol, was thinking of putting an in-line filter in as well.

[mellow]

thats lookin the mutts nuts m8

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After many months, nearly a year now I've done some more...............
She lives ;D ;D
Had a fiddle with the carbs after a teething problem yesterday, put some fuel in the tank and watched helplessly as it pissed out of the overflow pipe.
Stripped the carbs one at a time to find the problem, LH carb was fine, RH carb had a knackered float body seal, which caused the RH carb to fill with fuel then not stop filling - deep joy and fumes / petrol throughout the garage yesterday
Anyway, sorted that plus added an in line filter and then put some new plugs in - that itself was a t**t to tighten them up, is there a short style plug socket that people use?
Fuel to prime, checked for overflow - non - result, turned on ignition, pulled out choke and kicked it over - after about 20 kicks thought WTF
Then looked at the kill switch I wonder - flick, kick and ring a ding ding.
Gaz check your voice mail ;D ;D ;D
There was me reading about all these people starting their fresh rebuilds, 1 or 2 kicks and it fires up thinking bollocks.
Anyway dropped the tickover to 1K ish and let her run till warm, no leaks or mishaps so far, will re torque the head when cold, but it's looking good finally. ;D

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As the weathers warmed up I've decided to do some more, might even finish soon
Changed the wheels over to a black set as I didn't like the look of the red ones, took some effort to shine the ali up and clean the black but it looks better for me.
Replaced the kick start with a refreshed one.
Then got the fairing in place and bolted up.









Next job is to polish up the screen and fit, wash out the proper tank and fit that along with the side panels.

[mellow]

cant wait to see this finished...............luv these.................that tanks a bit retro innit ;D

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Apr 27, 2010 19:21:45 GMT 1 mellow said:

cant wait to see this finished...............luv these.................that tanks a bit retro innit ;D

Yes very retro - but like new inside ;D

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Apr 28, 2010 6:28:55 GMT 1 garyrdrobbo said:

really nice simon.... ;D ;D


now when are you gonna join up and get it on the lc club stands....

Gaz, can't see it being good enough for a stand, too many anoracks will pick at it for my liking.

[Norbo]

Its not all about them looking green bolt standard for a stank at a show mate so long as its a nice bike . I for 1 get bored at looking at the same bikes all the time as shows. they are nice but yours will be new .