My least favourite job on a Bike or Car project is bodywork painting… I’m fine Hammerite painting and spraying bits and pieces like Calipers and Engine parts, but when it comes to Tanks, Plastics and Bodywork it’s not my core … Continue reading Now to the bit I hate, Painting at home!

Well, now that it’s running, time for one of the last bits of strip, clean, inspect and paint… the front Wheel, front Forks and the brake Calipers… So I set to taking the front wheel off, removing the disks and … Continue reading Front Forks pose another challenge…

So, off we go into rebuild mode… 1st things first – Gearbox back onto Engine and Clutch actuation relocated… all good so far. Then offer up Frame to Engine unit… bolt up Yep – that still fits… next Cooling system. … Continue reading So, build up, will it run again? Of course it will, it’s a K75

So, once stripped I got the Engine on the Bench and continued to inspect, clean and generally de-grease the whole thing. Inspecting each item as I went along, cleaning each nut, case and surface with a Wire brush on a … Continue reading Engine out, cleaned and inspected