hi

started off as a silver mk2, frame all scratched , stickers scratched, rusty chrome all round the rims foam on handle bars knacked, seat been eaten by a mouse or something , but mega cheap and something to work on

so far really only  stripped all fairly easy aprt from one cotter pin, which was a nightmare, drilled out, handle bars well wd40 down the stem left over night bit of twisting and brut force and out they came

rims just been wire wooled, certainly not mint but cost wise bit of elbow grease cost me nowt  ;)

frame was stripped with flap wheel, then on went primer, sanded down with wet and dry to flat spot primer, extra coat of primer and then couple of coats of paint, was going to go with original silver but changed mind at last minute, now its vw scirocco tornado red to match my vw , handle bars sanded primed and painted black , forks red

once paint dry will start rebuild, clean bearings, new seat new foam for handle bars, will not be a minter but will be nice and all working, more pics to follow if you want some

let me know  

story over  

mike

more pics defo wanted mike, great work so far  

Looking great so far mike! as the lads say, more pics, more pics!!    be great to see this all back together and being used!! good luck with the rest of it!!

quick update

while paint drying cleaned up all the chrome dirty parts,

one little question, have new chainwheel and cover ( not joined) how do yuou guys normally join them together, notice original are rivetted together, ideas guys

rebuild will commence soon

if you cant rivet it get some thin nuts and flat bolts and saw off excess thread

Rivets are best mate. Most car parts shops sell rivets. (take the guard there to test the size you need) First place the rivet inside the hole of the plastic guard and through the chainwheel, then put a little nut over the rivet to fill the hole in the plastic hex nuts. Then place your rivet gun on the nut and squeeze till it pops. Then just remove the nut and do the next one.  

Heres one done earlier!


Insert rivet as normal, place small nuts on the rivet as picture shows then use rivet gun as normal. Job jobbed  

yes more pics please

pic of what i started with  , will have more pics soon
frame has turned out well

managed to get in an hour tonight

first up, forks on frame, tricky  but easy if you have 3 hands, new grease and bearing top and bottom of head stem,

new grease in bottom bracket all tightened up nice

wheels on    

handle bars, litle tip, smother bottom of handlebars in copper slip, use it on my bike bolts to prevent rusting and seizing, got to help next time you get these forks out

all for now

oh seat on ....   some more pics   getting there









anybody have this toggle that comes out of rear wheel only part i have not got..... please....

ebay mate there cheap on there.    Its looking very nice.  

yes gone ok so far, forgot to put front mudguard on so brake caliper will have come off  again

whats chances of getting rear mudguard  other part i am missing

mike

looking good up to now (what decals you putting on) mudguards easy to get .some on ebay at the mo but no flaps on someone on here must have a spare one post in wanted section good luck n happy griffin

no idea on decals, what would you guys recommend  

John  (canopusxs235) has some excellent waterslide decals at £35 a set posted or if you want a cheaper option i have some vinyl ones at £10 a set posted.    

--Last edited by 4737carling on 2009-06-26 08:47:20 --

new foam on handlebars, brake levers on, grip gear change on

next question is there a knack to get rear brake cable  in and out the frame before i spend hours trying to do this  



mike  ps might take you up on both your offers mk1 decals for this one and john when next bike started

For the rear cable just bend the inner cable a little push through the frame till you can see it then use a bit of stiff wire to hook it out! (i use the wire from a clothes peg it works a treat!)  

ok nearly there, few items needed to finish anyone help couple of clips for rear brake cable to hold to frame and rear mudguard

anyone have these ?

tonight foam on levers on, brake lever covers dont seem to fit very well have i missed something there ?
mudguard on, brakes sorted

hope you enjoyed the pics hopefully will finish this middle of next week few bits on way

mike

comments welcome negative or positive