On its wheels again

Sitting back on its wheels again, though only for a bit as it'll all need to come off again at some stage.

Its at this stage where a lot of the frustrating jobs begin. I managed to bend the centrestand mount, mainly due to the stupid design which needs one steel tube to fit inside another instead of,say, a collar at each end, hopefully it wont cause problems later.
The forks seem to sit very high but I'm guessing thats because theres no weight on them yet.

The rebuild finally starts

After a long winter where nothing was touched I've finally started to put bits back together.
Yesterday was spent pounding the swingarm spindle with a mallet in an attempt to get it all the way through the frame, I loosened off the two guide plates that bolt to the centre of the frame and it finally went through, a few turn engaged the threads on the chain side and it seemed to be quite secure.

The headstock is seated as I finally obtained enough quarter inch bearings to fill the race.

I also wanted to bolt on the new shocks. these were attached using the old bolts, if I waited until everything was cleaned or replaced with shiny new bits it would sit in my garage forever.
Getting it together is the prioity, replacing the old bolts and fasteners cane be done afterwards.