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10-10-2013, 09:44 PM | #1 |
Anglo-Saxon Warrior
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: North Yorkshire
Bike: M900
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Project - Not Monster
Here is my 750SS project so far:
Lightened cam wheels: Started as Scottys 750SS, it now has a bitza 900 engine (1994 bottom end, i.e. barrels and pistons and V2 heads). It will be white and red cafe racer style when I've finished so finished for Christmas?? Yorkie
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11-10-2013, 12:43 AM | #2 |
1/2 man - 1/2 pogo-stick
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Dartford, Kent
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Great looking project mate
Looking forward to further updates on rebuild
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11-10-2013, 07:23 AM | #3 |
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like it a lot
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11-10-2013, 09:59 PM | #4 |
Anglo-Saxon Warrior
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11-10-2013, 11:41 PM | #5 |
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: London
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Blimey that's a cheap bike!
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12-10-2013, 08:32 AM | #6 | |
Anglo-Saxon Warrior
Join Date: Aug 2002
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£150 for the wheels and frame powder-coating, £50 for the rear-sets and then bearings, bolts and other consumables. Mark at http://www.madasl.co.uk/ did the lightened cam wheels, they are about half the original weight! The important thing is I am still on for £1000 or there abouts!! Careful with money! Yorkie
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12-10-2013, 09:54 AM | #7 | |
1/2 man - 1/2 pogo-stick
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Tight as ####
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12-10-2013, 01:49 PM | #8 |
Anglo-Saxon Warrior
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Bike: M900
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GT thank you so very much, thats the nicest thing you have said to me!!
Yorkie
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13-10-2013, 07:19 PM | #9 |
Ciao, come stai?
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Somewhere
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As Yorkie said to me last I saw him, "a Yorkshireman is just a Scotsman with the generosity squeezed out"
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12-10-2013, 10:07 AM | #10 |
Lord of the Rings
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Norwich
Bike: M900sie
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The maths is looking very good.
I have been recording EVERY cost on my last two projects, and it's suprising how much all the little bits and pieces add up to. I managed to break even with a Triumph Sprint I did early this Summer, and hopefully will be in slight profit if I sell some of the left overs. The Monster is keeper, so it's a slightly different matter, but I am still a bit below the market value at the moment. I loved my 750SS, it was white and red like yours. It was quite a revalation after riding 750/650 Triumphs for so long, but I don't really get on with low bars, and the rear wheel tended to be a bit light at times...Reckon I could get on with a naked SS with straight bars though....Erm.That's a Monster isn't it? Project is looking very good though, and White suits the SS..Keep us posted. Good luck. |
12-10-2013, 01:48 PM | #11 | |
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Yorkie
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12-10-2013, 02:35 PM | #12 |
Fanactical volunteer
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Nice one mate. Like that lots. Like also the hole under the tank.
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12-10-2013, 04:46 PM | #13 | |
Lord of the Rings
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I hope common sense prevails and your build is not quite so radical...Got to admire the engineering in it though. This thread has made me realise that I didn't properly finish liking my 750SS. |
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13-10-2013, 07:20 PM | #14 |
Ciao, come stai?
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That's bloody ace
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13-10-2013, 07:23 PM | #15 | |
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I really like the look of stripped down SS's too but I can't put my finger on why but for me the orange bike seems cluttered somehow. Is it just me or does everyone seems to be on the Café Racer thing at the moment with almost any old nail getting the treatment? And don't get me started on the bikes that are being advertised as 'classics' just now- a lot weren't good when they were new and just because they are a few years old doesn't make them good, let alone classic now!
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