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Title: picking up the finally pieces to the puzzle!!!!
Post by: amamet on July 09, 2020, 10:02:45 AM

tomorrow im going to pick up my painted bodywork for my '77 lemans. this is my first full rebuild, never worked inside an engine before, never rebuilt forks, never rewired a bike, never swapped bearings etc...
more photos come...


(https://i.ibb.co/MgS9z22/Full-Size-Render.jpg) (https://ibb.co/MgS9z22)

(https://i.ibb.co/f1xL2Js/Full-Size-Render-6.jpg) (https://ibb.co/f1xL2Js)

(https://i.ibb.co/989ck50/Full-Size-Render-7.jpg) (https://ibb.co/989ck50)

(https://i.ibb.co/B2zwx7N/Full-Size-Render-5.jpg) (https://ibb.co/B2zwx7N)

Title: Re: picking up the finally pieces to the puzzle!!!!
Post by: Lannis on July 09, 2020, 10:28:47 AM

OOooh, that's gonna be pretty.   Red on an Italian bike is always right ....

Lannis

Title: Re: picking up the finally pieces to the puzzle!!!!
Post by: JJ on July 09, 2020, 10:33:18 AM

Looks GREAT!  Good luck with the assembly...and please post a photo of the completed bike! :thumb: :cool: :smiley:

Title: Re: picking up the finally pieces to the puzzle!!!!
Post by: wrbix on July 09, 2020, 10:39:26 AM

Use LOTS of blue tape to protect surfaces on reassembly.....scra tches happen.

Title: Re: picking up the finally pieces to the puzzle!!!!
Post by: Groover on July 09, 2020, 04:26:46 PM

Maybe I'm just seeing things. but pretty sure I saw my own reflection when I looked at the photos! That's some juicy paint work  :thumb:

Title: Re: picking up the finally pieces to the puzzle!!!!
Post by: Canuck750 on July 09, 2020, 08:56:28 PM

 :thumb:  :popcorn:

Title: Re: picking up the finally pieces to the puzzle!!!!
Post by: Old Jock on July 10, 2020, 03:47:50 AM

Cool

Just take it easy and go slow, no special skills needed and plenty of advice here if you need (but not from a sausage fingered clutz like me). Canuck knows his onions  :wink:

As far as the Mechanical side my best advice is a camera or phone and as you take it all apart take loads of pictures, even the simple stuff you think you'd never need. Other than that tag, bag and label everything leaving bolts in the parts if you can (so as you know what they're used for.

Electrics, you doing the rewire yourself or purchasing a loom? If doing yourself, get the diagram done first, size the wire, put the electrical components on, lay the wire and group/make the loom, then terminations, in that order.

Not trying to "teach my granny" but I wish somebody had told me these obvious things when I did my first build

Looks beautiful I'll watch with interest, besides you'll do a better job than me (but that's not saying much)

John

Title: Re: picking up the finally pieces to the puzzle!!!!
Post by: SED on July 10, 2020, 10:34:13 AM

That paint looks great! 

Why the extra sidecover?

Title: Re: picking up the finally pieces to the puzzle!!!!
Post by: amamet on July 11, 2020, 12:06:02 PM

who hasn't lost a side cover??  no extra charge from my painter anyway

Title: Re: picking up the finally pieces to the puzzle!!!!
Post by: bigbikerrick on July 11, 2020, 12:11:57 PM

Quote from: amamet on July 11, 2020, 12:06:02 PM

who hasn't lost a side cover??  no extra charge from my painter anyway

I thought maybe someone mounted a sidecar on it at some time, thus the cut out on the extra sidecover.
Rick.