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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: hobs on November 18, 2012, 07:22:18 PM

Title: final progress report
Post by: hobs on November 18, 2012, 07:22:18 PM: Here is the bike complete ready for the rego check on Friday. Have checked that everything works and had a couple of sneeky rides to check running gear and pump tyres up.
Will be replacing the tyres as discussed on previous post after rego check and can legally ride to the bike shop.

Thanks for all those who gave advice during this restoration. It was a long 14mths and many labour hours. Spent about $2000, so after initial purchase of $300, thought it was a worthwhile project.

Hope to enjoy many miles of riding very soon. Going to work in Whyalla in the new year, so will have many miles of straight road to test.

(http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd499/ozstoc/0053a0fad66db36239fab768784e75c6.jpg)
Title: Re: final progress report
Post by: Tackleberry on November 18, 2012, 07:38:56 PM: Looks great Hobs. Hope you rack up plenty of enjoyable miles on it buddy. :blk11
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Post by: sargent on November 18, 2012, 07:48:52 PM: Amazing job... Well done.
Hope the STead serves you well and you a Safe and Enjoyable partnership.
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Post by: Abe on November 18, 2012, 07:52:02 PM: Credit to you, and happy riding.

Cheers
Dave
:dred11
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Post by: Biggles on November 18, 2012, 08:00:10 PM: It looks magnificent! Is the $300 a typo!? You got that great bike for $2300!?
The only downside is the number of hours you put in- the very real upside is just how well you know the bike.
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Post by: hobs on November 18, 2012, 08:04:35 PM: No It is not a typo. I paid $300 for the bike. Very neglected and needing a lot of TLC and restoring. Most of the plastic was broken. I repaired all but one piece.
Title: Re: final progress report
Post by: Biggles on November 18, 2012, 08:09:01 PM: Quote from: hobs on November 18, 2012, 08:04:35 PM
No It is not a typo. I paid $300 for the bike. Very neglected and needing a lot of TLC and restoring. Most of the plastic was broken. I repaired all but one piece.

Well you deserve heaps of cred in here. A lot of work, but a product you can be very proud of.
You'd have no trouble doubling your money, but you'd probably only be paying yourself a couple of dollars an hour for your work.
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Post by: tj189 on November 18, 2012, 09:18:36 PM: great effort and result, well done :thumbs
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Post by: Streak on November 18, 2012, 10:02:54 PM: Fantastic effort hobs, great colour, the bike looks fantastic!
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Post by: Brian on November 19, 2012, 05:32:13 AM: Looks the goods hobs... I'd have painted the top box too but I'm sure it was an after thought.
Enjoy the beaSTie mate
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Post by: ST2UP on November 19, 2012, 05:54:57 AM: Well done.....looks great. :thumbsup
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Post by: Nh478m on November 19, 2012, 06:50:57 PM: What a lovely looking machine. Well done. I now know what patience and determination look like!
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Post by: Shiney on November 21, 2012, 08:38:51 AM: :-++ :-++ :-++ Legendary effort mate :-++ :-++ :-++
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Post by: alphafang on November 23, 2012, 08:25:07 PM: It's a good looking machine a real credit to you Hobs
Here's to hours days weeks of pleasure riding her. :beer
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Post by: Sabie on November 23, 2012, 08:35:27 PM: :thumb Hey, Nice job Hobbs, who cares how much, it looks a million dollars, well maybe $999,999.00 LOL :thumbsup