Saturday, 6 March 2010

Harly davidson 883 sportster

Up for a re-build and a splash of paint..
..taffdog style..



This is the start of a 13 week total re-build
it looked like this when it went on the bench...








start to strip it down



1,000 miles with no oil in the gearbox = rusty primary chain
and 1/4" longer than the new one



Hey baby lets get naked.!!




brakes were totaly re-built



















As were the forks







Where have all the teeth gone.????



this is got over by turning the middle out of the original pully and the outer of a spare standard one so after a trip to the dentist we have a good one .!!!



lots of stuff to the polishing man..



How to tart up a tank.!!
make a plate to fit around petrol cap


turn the heads off some S/S bolts


mark out and scrape paint down to the metal



glue it on ...(simples..)


Start to put it all back togrther.











hello there chaps..


paint by Si Clark







workshop forman checks for snags





Test rider 2 reports all is well (but the footrests are a bit warm.)