Tarting the old girl up

[Gammakeith]

Thanks! I took early retirement last year so have lots of time but not so much money (a fair bit less than £1000). Thus, the simple answer to your question is a HUGE amount of time but not so much money. I had to buy a few bits new but pretty much all the body work is repaired original and I replated lots of fasteners at home. The only bit I farmed out was the frame blasting and powder coating. Biggest cost was £500 for a spare engine but I only swapped the piston/barrel and balancer shaft and it has a good bottom end so that can be off set when I sell

It ran lovely in the Isle of Man apart from a dragging clutch which I need to investigate. I did about 400 miles (mostly off road) though the bike now has a bit of "patina" to some of the plastics as I had more enthusiasm than ability.

Keith

[Gammakeith]

Thanks! I took early retirement last year so have lots of time but not so much money (a fair bit less than £1000). Thus, the simple answer to your question is a HUGE amount of time but not so much money. I had to buy a few bits new but pretty much all the body work is repaired original and I replated lots of fasteners at home. The only bit I farmed out was the frame blasting and powder coating. Biggest cost was £500 for a spare engine but I only swapped the piston/barrel and balancer shaft and it has a good bottom end so that can be off set when I sell

It ran lovely in the Isle of Man apart from a dragging clutch which I need to investigate. I did about 400 miles (mostly off road) though the bike now has a bit of "patina" to some of the plastics as I had more enthusiasm than ability.

Keith

[jonnygal]

Looks fantastic mate

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[Haverland]

Well after proving that these electric log splitters work and a final flurry of activity the CRM250AR is finally done. Just need to get it MOT'd to be legal. A couple of trips around the block revealed a 2t oil leak (level warning switch) and an antifreeze leak - both now sorted. Even that short run on a freshly rebuilt engine shows how much better it is now running. It starts really easily and started to pop the front wheel up in third without trying so I am looking forward to putting some miles on it before the classic TT

Keith

[jonnygal]

Stunning, amazing work mate

[Gammakeith]

Its getting on for a few years ago so not I'm sure how much it cost. Not so much cash but lots of time carefully repairing wiring and plastics damage. The engine rebuild was fairly cheap as I found a good donor engine so used the expensive bits out of that (top end and balancer shaft) which meant just some seals and Honda piston rings to buy. I sprayed the plastics and they have held up well despite a fair bit of greenlaining.

Keith