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Post by masonmart on Jul 13, 2024 10:11:12 GMT 1
Well, despite having been tricked into paying a fortune to restore four boxes of corroded junk with half missing and a dream minter that perhaps wasn't quite what it seemed I'm going to pick up a new project F2. It's disassembled and part reassembled with the frame powder coated and looking good. It's complete and the gentleman has spent good money buying new bits that he intended to use. The price was very fair (how unusual he says) and having had a good and often painful apprenticeship I'll enjoy doing it. I've cleared some space in the garage and have a cunning plan which will be to get it finished performing like a new bike but not necessarily looking perfect, more like a really well looked after 1988 bike should look. The key thing will be not contracting anything out that I can possibly do with my own efforts and it will be to a tight budget unlike my normal money spray. My budget is £7k finished including the bike cost and for me essentials like crank resto, rebore and panel and fairing painting. Again I see it as a good thing to do getting one of these lovely bikes back out of a shed and on to the road and superb therapy for me, perhaps at the end of my life's biking chapter  . |
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Post by Linx on Jul 13, 2024 10:17:12 GMT 1
Sounds great. Good luck 👍
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Post by jon on Jul 14, 2024 13:44:39 GMT 1
masonmart, if you don’t mind how much is it to paint an F2 these days? Jon
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Post by masonmart on Jul 14, 2024 14:47:38 GMT 1
masonmart , if you don’t mind how much is it to paint an F2 these days? Jon Jon I live close to a very good coater and he has given me an unofficial quote of £900 for the lot, that is fairing, tank, seat and body panels not frame or wheels. To me it sounds really good. MM |
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Post by jon on Jul 14, 2024 17:24:56 GMT 1
masonmart , if you don’t mind how much is it to paint an F2 these days? Jon Jon I live close to a very good coater and he has given me an unofficial quote of £900 for the lot, that is fairing, tank, seat and body panels not frame or wheels. To me it sounds really good. MM I’d agree, think that’s a bargain in current times. Jon |
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Post by masonmart on Jul 23, 2024 8:07:25 GMT 1
I got my F2 project bike last nigh and it is just perfect for a restoration to whatever you wanted. The engine is assembled still but the crank and bearings feel very good still at an indicated 24k miles. Just thoughts please but are there any conditions where instead of just restoring the crank you accept it as OK. MM  thumbnail by Martin Mason, on Flickr |
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Post by fletche36 on Jul 23, 2024 9:15:44 GMT 1
I got my F2 project bike last nigh and it is just perfect for a restoration to whatever you wanted. The engine is assembled still but the crank and bearings feel very good still at an indicated 24k miles. Just thoughts please but are there any conditions where instead of just restoring the crank you accept it as OK. MM thumbnail by Martin Mason, on Flickr if it feels good , it is good. Dont replace for the sake of replacing. ultimately if it needs a recon then its an afternoons work to take the motor out and remove the crank. You might just have got a good one this time  |
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Post by abar121 on Jul 23, 2024 10:49:42 GMT 1
As long as you know that the crankshaft seals are OE Yamaha and are recent, you could go with it.
If not and you have to replace the seals, then get the crank checked, why not unless you are in a rush to get it on the road.
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Post by masonmart on Jul 23, 2024 12:35:33 GMT 1
Yes, have to replace seals so will do the crankshaft as well unless I can show it is patently OK.
Anyway, first disaster on day one. The tank looks OK but it is covered in dents and filler which is now coming off. The bodywork has several bad cracks and other fails and isn't good. Instead of £900 based only on photos it is £1300 but best guess only and open ended. Never mind, I can buy an as new and just sprayed Faraway Blue Body kit for the same price!! But no damn it, the frame colours are different and my frame is newly sprayed midnight silver. It would look OK but it isn't standard which I prefer.
Would anybody not just buy the new body kit and sell the existing kit and just have a slightly but justifiably non-standard bike. Can Silver replace black decently?
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