These were a bit of a nightmare to fit. They had the wrong thread when they arrived. I had to machine the old thread off and buy an M26x1.0mm die to cut the thread to right size.

I think it looks quite good. Nice photo of Ange too.

Did this one in a day 🙂

Massive session in our garage working on Anges bike today. We started with her stock standard bike at 12 noon and now almost everything is done apart from the dreaded electrics (which I’m glad to say are Anges department). 10 hours solid, no lunch or dinner just some beersies for me. Looking really good ? I’m shattered now.

I fitted the front mudguard yesterday and it looks pretty good ?

I got a new Inverter MIG welder for Christmas so today I completed the front mudguard. I’m a bit average at welding, but the angle grinder hides many sins. It definitely won’t come to bits though. Paint job is a bit average too, but I needed to get paint on it quickly before it started to rust. Might give it a repaint once the sun comes out.

Oops, yesterday’s headlight bracket fitting was upside down. Here is a photo of the correct orientation.

I decided that the nice alloy headlight brackets pushed the headlight out too far from the forks, so I got these lovely stainless steel ones, a bit more retro like the stock ones. I think they look much better. A bit of tight squeeze with the speedo cable and headlight shroud but they also have a hole to mount my new mini indicators when they arrive.

got the engine back together tonight with the new big bore cylinder and piston. It’s now 149cc. I took it for a little ride up to the shops and everyone was looking at it.  Still some work to do with re-jetting the carburettor, I went up two sizes on the main jet and raised the needle to maximum and now it’s way too rich. Better too rich than lean, but I’ll sort it out tomorrow. Still need to finish the front mudguard and modify the instrument bracket to hold a tachometer.  My Christmas present from ange is a MIg welder so I can do those other little jobs over the Christmas holidays.

I managed to remove the mounts from the mudguard I had bought and then open it up a bit so it’s wide enough to cover the width of the front tire. Next I need to buy some steel rod and fabricate the mounting arms.

Rather than the bar end mirrors I was going to fit, I decided that some old school retro style mirrors would be more appropriate.