From the ground up

Spent a while this evening cleaning and tidying the working space to start the bike rebuild. I got the engine mounted into the frame, swingarm and rear suspension - all the mounting bolts have yet to be tightened and the originals have been replaced with stainless steel where possible.

Bouncy Stuff

Over the last few weeks I have mainly been concentrating on the bolt on gear in so far as cleaning and re-coating. The rear shock and links along with the front fork bottoms and top yoke needed a lick of paint. The front forks have a new set of seals and 10W oil. Where possible the bolts, nuts and washers have been replaced with stainless steel.

Heavy Corrosion

Here is the second batch of images before the clothes are stripped.

There is a lot of corrosion to all the metals and some general observations below.

1.] the chain and sprockets need to be replaced, I was going to clean the chain in Kerosene but its too far gone.
2.] the rear shock is leaking and heavily corroded.
3.] the l/h gearchange and footpeg hanger seems to have been bent.
4.] the brake discs dont seem to be too bad, although the brake surfaces are rusted they are not
heavily worn
5.] the brake hoses seem good but we would be looking at changing them for braided lines.
6.] almost every nut and bolt while originally being galvanized or coated in some way have been attacked by rust to the plan is to replace them all with stainless steel.