Not so shiny bits

The search for bits continues, I had wondered about the OE disc, they are chromed and this one is quite corroded and pitted so was on the lookout if anything suitable showed up that would be an easy bolt on fix.
 I bought this from a German ebay seller.

The apparantly rusty disc on the right is a direct replacement for the original one on the left that I took off the bike , it probably came off a Ducati Pantah but is the right size and offset and with a little clean up I'll paint the inside carrier ring

Tyres

After a few months I finally have tyres on my wheels.
Bridgestone BT45's

Hopefully this will mean I will be able to partly assemble a running frame soon and have all of the scattered bits back in one place.

I have wheels

After what seemed like an endless search I finally found a nearby shop that did beadblasting, so after a few days I picked up the newly powdercoated wheels.
This place- P&J Powder Coatings

They are more or less the same colour as the originals.
Its slightly exasperating that the removal of old, purchase and refitting of new bearings cost a lot more than the powdercoat process itself, especially as their was nothing wrong with them in the first place.
There is a little bit of overspray to remove from the drum brake to clean it up but thats them ready for refitting.
I've put off fitting tyres for a bit and will look around at my options, currently considering Bridgestone BT45's, but that may change.

Shiny forks

I've finally managed to put these back together
The fork legs were rechromed by Philpots and should last as long as the rest of the bike does now.
After a bit of fiddling I refitted the dampers and pushed in the new seals and they seem to sit well.
The only thing left to do now is add fork oil but I'll wait until I need to fit them before doing that.
The fork bottoms were cleaned as well as I could and sprayed black and coated with laquer, they'll probably need redone at some stage but they are much better than the horrible rashed red they were when I got them.



Shiny shocks

New shock arrived today, I wasn't going to replace these but the old ones did look really tatty,even if thats not clear in the photos.
The new ones are budget items from Tecbikeparts who mostly do Triumph parts and they were only £45 so I felt I could just get them without breaking any budgets.

Old ones on the left, new ones on the right with the black body. I did have a choice of colours but felt this one was favourite